Psychology Contracts in the UK excluding London

Psychology
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Psychology skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Psychology over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 321 365 438
Rank change year-on-year +44 +73 +32
Contract jobs citing Psychology 14 24 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.12% 0.051%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.14% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 7
10th Percentile £208 £382 £529
25th Percentile £281 £575 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £600 £558
Median % change year-on-year -52.08% +7.53% +6.29%
75th Percentile £335 £625 £600
90th Percentile £400 £635 £630
UK median daily rate £357 £413 £575
% change year-on-year -13.58% -28.26% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £87.80 -
UK median hourly rate £53.50 £86.40 £65.00
% change year-on-year -38.08% +32.92% +28.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Psychology 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 11,533 17,354 21,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.51% 84.54% 89.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,213 10,334 14,740
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.20% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £660 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 833 2,042 1,299
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.30 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.18 £15.50
Median hourly rate £27.13 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.67% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.86 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £28.68 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -21.44% +1.39% +44.00%

Psychology
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Psychology in the UK excluding London

Psychology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Psychology in the UK excluding London

Psychology
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Psychology in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Psychology in the UK excluding London

Psychology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Psychology in the UK excluding London

Psychology
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 Psychology within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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 East - 9 £288 - 17
North of England +18 2 £357 -10.88% 14
North West +13 2 £357 - 10
Wales -6 2 - - 1
East of England +27 1 £475 - 2
Psychology
UK

Psychology
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 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (7.14%) InVision
1 1 (7.14%) OmniGraffle
1 1 (7.14%) Sketch
1 1 (7.14%) UserZoom
1 1 (7.14%) UXPin
1 1 (7.14%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Axure RP
1 1 (7.14%) Balsamiq
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 9 (64.29%) Marketing
3 3 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Finance
5 1 (7.14%) Legal
5 1 (7.14%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Digital Executive
1 7 (50.00%) E-Commerce Executive
2 2 (14.29%) Designer
2 2 (14.29%) Senior
2 2 (14.29%) UX Designer
3 1 (7.14%) Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Coordinator
3 1 (7.14%) Research Scientist
3 1 (7.14%) Security Researcher
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Designer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior UX Designer
3 1 (7.14%) Service Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) CSS
1 2 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Android
1 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Analytics
2 8 (57.14%) CRM
2 8 (57.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 8 (57.14%) Digital Marketing
2 8 (57.14%) E-Commerce
2 8 (57.14%) Email Marketing
3 4 (28.57%) User Experience
4 3 (21.43%) UX Design
4 3 (21.43%) Wireframes
5 2 (14.29%) Agile
5 2 (14.29%) Behavioural Analytics
5 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (14.29%) Prototyping
5 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (14.29%) Usability Testing
5 2 (14.29%) User Research
5 2 (14.29%) User Stories
6 1 (7.14%) Customer Experience
6 1 (7.14%) Inclusive Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 2 (14.29%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Adobe
1 1 (7.14%) CA Agile Central
1 1 (7.14%) Capita