Cognitive Psychology Contract Job Trends

Cognitive Psychology
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Cognitive Psychology skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 578 - 595
Rank change year-on-year - - +186
Contract jobs citing Cognitive Psychology 8 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.022% - 0.018%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.025% - 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 8
10th Percentile £357 - £385
25th Percentile £361 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £364 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.74%
75th Percentile £381 - -
90th Percentile £393 - £430
UK excluding London median daily rate £364 - £400
% change year-on-year - - -10.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cognitive 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,432 29,959 38,773
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.29% 88.23% 88.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,397 18,286 25,908
10th Percentile £300 £307 £306
25th Percentile £406 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £743 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,093 972 1,488
10th Percentile £14.51 £15.62 £14.33
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £18.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%
75th Percentile £50.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £31.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -26.98% -29.21% +39.26%

Cognitive Psychology
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cognitive Psychology relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Cognitive Psychology job vacancy trend in the UK

Cognitive Psychology
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cognitive Psychology.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cognitive Psychology

Cognitive Psychology
Top 9 Contract Job 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 21 December 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
Work from Home - 7 £364 - 1
England - 6 £364 - 1
UK excluding London - 3 £364 -
North of England - 2 £364 -
London - 2 £400 - 1
North East - 2 £364 -
South East - 2 £364 -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -

Cognitive Psychology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Google Analytics
1 1 (12.50%) Miro
General
1 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) User Researcher
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior User Experience Researcher
2 1 (12.50%) User Experience Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Agile
1 8 (100.00%) Psychology
1 8 (100.00%) Usability Testing
2 7 (87.50%) Actionable Insight
2 7 (87.50%) Design Persona
2 7 (87.50%) Ergonomics
2 7 (87.50%) Human Factors
2 7 (87.50%) Market Research
2 7 (87.50%) Qualitative Research
2 7 (87.50%) Quantitative Research
2 7 (87.50%) Service Design
2 7 (87.50%) User Experience
2 7 (87.50%) User Research
3 6 (75.00%) Ethnography
3 6 (75.00%) Front End Development
3 6 (75.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (75.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 6 (75.00%) UX Design
4 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Google
1 1 (12.50%) Hotjar
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft