Human Factors Contracts in the UK excluding London

Human Factors
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Human Factors skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Human Factors over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 328 380 425
Rank change year-on-year +52 +45 +57
Contract jobs citing Human Factors 10 10 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.078% 0.048% 0.088%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.086% 0.057% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 11
10th Percentile £273 - £320
25th Percentile £299 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £350 £540
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -35.19% +2.86%
75th Percentile £447 £375 £594
90th Percentile - £385 £900
UK median daily rate £467 £400 £501
% change year-on-year +16.63% -20.20% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £50.94 - £58.43
25th Percentile £58.09 £52.50 £59.44
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £72.40
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -24.03% -
75th Percentile - £57.50 £84.85
90th Percentile - - £84.94
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £72.40
% change year-on-year +27.27% -24.03% +34.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Human Factors falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,581 17,478 21,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.43% 84.68% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,255 10,443 14,838
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 839 2,054 1,309
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.31 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.34 £15.24 £15.63
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.96 £36.00
% change year-on-year -19.35% -0.11% +44.00%

Human Factors
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Human Factors as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Human Factors in the UK excluding London

Human Factors
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Human Factors in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Human Factors in the UK excluding London

Human Factors
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Human Factors in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Human Factors in the UK excluding London

Human Factors
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Human Factors in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Human Factors in the UK excluding London

Human Factors
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Human Factors in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Human Factors in the UK excluding London

Human Factors
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Human Factors within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +38 6 £447 - 2
North of England +11 2 £313 -10.57% 12
North West +11 1 £313 -10.57% 8
South East - 1 - - 7
Wales - 1 £263 -
North East - 1 - - 2
Human Factors
UK

Human Factors
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) InVision
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (10.00%) UserZoom
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) LAN
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Axure RP
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
1 1 (10.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (10.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Law
2 1 (10.00%) Legal
2 1 (10.00%) Marketing
2 1 (10.00%) Military
2 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Human Factors Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Customer Support Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) IT Support
2 1 (10.00%) IT Support Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Support Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) CSS
1 1 (10.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Android
1 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Ergonomics
2 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (10.00%) Analytics
3 1 (10.00%) Cognitive Psychology
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Ethnographic Research
3 1 (10.00%) Ethnography
3 1 (10.00%) Guerrilla Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusive Design
3 1 (10.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (10.00%) Rapid Prototyping
3 1 (10.00%) Time Management
3 1 (10.00%) Usability Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Use Case
3 1 (10.00%) User Experience
3 1 (10.00%) User Stories
3 1 (10.00%) UX Design
3 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (10.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Def Stans
2 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Ab Initio
1 1 (10.00%) CA Agile Central
1 1 (10.00%) IBM
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft