Cognitive Psychology Contracts

Cognitive Psychology
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Cognitive Psychology skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cognitive Psychology over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 582 685 825
Rank change year-on-year +103 +140 -147
Contract jobs citing Cognitive Psychology 4 8 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.014% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% 0.015% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 19
10th Percentile £365 £545 £510
25th Percentile £388 £554 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £579 £550
Median % change year-on-year -30.92% +5.27% +7.32%
75th Percentile - £609 £588
90th Percentile - £626 £615
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £558 £525
% change year-on-year -28.32% +6.29% +14.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cognitive Psychology is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,201 52,182 79,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.27% 89.83% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,946 36,175 55,967
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,437 1,727 1,890
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

Cognitive Psychology
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cognitive Psychology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cognitive Psychology in the UK

Cognitive Psychology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cognitive Psychology.

Daily rate trend for Cognitive Psychology in the UK

Cognitive Psychology
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cognitive Psychology within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
England +85 2 £375 -35.23% 1
Work from Home +114 1 £350 -39.55% 1
London +99 1 £350 - 1
UK excluding London +68 1 £400 -28.32% 1
North of England +26 1 £400 -28.32%
Yorkshire +24 1 £400 -28.32%

Cognitive Psychology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Advertising
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
1 3 (75.00%) Senior User Researcher
1 3 (75.00%) User Researcher
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 4 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 4 (100.00%) Psychology
1 4 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) User Research
2 3 (75.00%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Data Science
2 3 (75.00%) Design Persona
2 3 (75.00%) Ethnography
2 3 (75.00%) Focus Group
2 3 (75.00%) Front End Development
2 3 (75.00%) Guerrilla Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Market Research
2 3 (75.00%) Quantitative Research
2 3 (75.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (75.00%) Service Design
2 3 (75.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 3 (75.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Actionable Recommendations