Human Factors Contracts

Human Factors
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 506 569 671
Rank change year-on-year +63 +102 +105
Contract jobs citing Human Factors 17 21 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.049% 0.059%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.064% 0.057% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 14
10th Percentile £307 - £333
25th Percentile £374 £325 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £375 £501
Median % change year-on-year +24.40% -25.19% -5.42%
75th Percentile £496 £419 £580
90th Percentile £502 £425 £810
UK excluding London median daily rate £380 £350 £540
% change year-on-year +8.57% -35.19% +2.86%
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% +34.07%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £84.85
90th Percentile - - £84.94
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £72.40
% change year-on-year +27.27% -24.03% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,732 37,140 52,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.93% 86.25% 89.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,209 23,924 36,124
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £411 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £479 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.20% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,088 2,439 1,724
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.47 £16.00 £16.17
Median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.64% +1.39% +42.97%
75th Percentile £60.25 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.00 £38.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +8.57% +75.00%

Human Factors
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Human Factors as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Human Factors in the UK

Human Factors
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Human Factors.

Daily rate trend for Human Factors in the UK

Human Factors
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Human Factors over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Human Factors in the UK

Human Factors
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Human Factors.

Hourly rate trend for Human Factors in the UK

Human Factors
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Human Factors over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Human Factors in the UK

Human Factors
Top 10 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 10 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
England +69 16 £486 +38.86% 32
UK excluding London +56 10 £380 +8.57% 35
London +50 7 £493 +15.88% 1
South West +44 6 £447 - 2
Work from Home +42 6 £447 +27.71% 28
North of England +12 2 £313 -10.57% 14
South East +42 1 - - 7
North West +9 1 £313 -10.57% 10
North East - 1 - - 2
Wales - 1 £263 -

Human Factors
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) InVision
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.88%) UserZoom
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) LAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Axure RP
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
1 1 (5.88%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (5.88%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 6 (35.29%) Digital Health
2 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Law
3 1 (5.88%) Legal
3 1 (5.88%) Marketing
3 1 (5.88%) Military
3 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Senior
2 5 (29.41%) User Experience Researcher
3 4 (23.53%) Senior User Experience Researcher
4 3 (17.65%) User Researcher
5 2 (11.76%) Human Factors Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Architect
6 1 (5.88%) Customer Support Specialist
6 1 (5.88%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) IT Support
6 1 (5.88%) IT Support Specialist
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 1 (5.88%) Support Specialist
6 1 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) CSS
1 1 (5.88%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Life Science
2 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.88%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Android
1 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Ergonomics
2 8 (47.06%) User Experience
2 8 (47.06%) User Research
3 7 (41.18%) UX Research
4 5 (29.41%) Psychology
5 4 (23.53%) Anthropology
6 2 (11.76%) Agile
6 2 (11.76%) Ethnography
6 2 (11.76%) Guerrilla Testing
6 2 (11.76%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (11.76%) Roadmaps
6 2 (11.76%) Usability Testing
6 2 (11.76%) UX Design
7 1 (5.88%) Asset Management
7 1 (5.88%) B2B
7 1 (5.88%) Benchmarking
7 1 (5.88%) Data Modelling
7 1 (5.88%) Incident Management
7 1 (5.88%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (5.88%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) Master's Degree
3 4 (23.53%) PhD
4 1 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) Def Stans
2 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.88%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (5.88%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Ab Initio
1 1 (5.88%) CA Agile Central
1 1 (5.88%) IBM
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft