Psychology Contracts

Psychology
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Psychology skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Psychology over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 662 735
Rank change year-on-year +130 +73 -171
Contract jobs citing Psychology 47 38 125
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.063% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.070% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 23 65
10th Percentile £350 £485 £402
25th Percentile £385 £493 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +4.55% +15.30%
75th Percentile £625 £631 £588
90th Percentile - £670 £694
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £558 £525
% change year-on-year +7.53% +6.29% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 9
10th Percentile £63.76 £48.75 £35.35
25th Percentile £77.42 £54.38 £41.00
Median hourly rate £86.40 £65.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.92% +28.71% +35.80%
75th Percentile £87.80 £76.88 £51.75
90th Percentile - £83.25 £63.99
UK excluding London median hourly rate £87.80 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 37,600 53,916 80,351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.32% 89.91% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,240 37,368 56,382
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
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% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,775 1,932
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -
75th Percentile £59.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.34%

Psychology
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Psychology in the UK

Psychology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Psychology in the UK

Psychology
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Psychology over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Psychology in the UK

Psychology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Psychology in the UK

Psychology
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Psychology over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Psychology in the UK

Psychology
Top 12 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 April 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 +109 26 £390 -35.00% 30
UK excluding London +80 23 £600 +7.53% 19
Work from Home +116 16 £395 -27.52% 34
London +107 13 £390 -35.00% 16
Wales - 10 £600 -
East of England - 7 - - 1
North of England +22 4 £400 -28.32% 5
North West +21 2 - - 3
Yorkshire +17 2 £400 -27.14% 1
West Midlands +31 1 £700 +28.44%
Midlands +28 1 £700 +28.44%
Scotland - 1 £221 - 3

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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (21.28%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.13%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (21.28%) Acrobat
2 8 (17.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (14.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (14.89%) Photoshop
4 4 (8.51%) UserZoom
5 2 (4.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (4.26%) SPSS
6 1 (2.13%) Adobe XD
6 1 (2.13%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.51%) SaaS
2 3 (6.38%) Figma
3 2 (4.26%) SurveyMonkey
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.51%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Axure RP
General
1 30 (63.83%) Social Skills
2 14 (29.79%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (27.66%) Finance
3 13 (27.66%) Marketing
4 10 (21.28%) Local Government
5 8 (17.02%) Public Sector
6 7 (14.89%) Mandarin Language
6 7 (14.89%) Telecoms
7 6 (12.77%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (6.38%) Games
8 3 (6.38%) Legal
9 2 (4.26%) German Language
9 2 (4.26%) Health Technology
9 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
10 1 (2.13%) Advertising
10 1 (2.13%) Humanities
10 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (2.13%) Publishing
10 1 (2.13%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 22 (46.81%) Senior
2 10 (21.28%) Bid Manager
3 8 (17.02%) Designer
3 8 (17.02%) Senior Bid Manager
3 8 (17.02%) Senior Manager
3 8 (17.02%) User Researcher
4 6 (12.77%) Senior Designer
5 5 (10.64%) Senior User Researcher
6 4 (8.51%) User Experience Researcher
6 4 (8.51%) UX Designer
7 3 (6.38%) Games Designer
7 3 (6.38%) Senior Games Designer
7 3 (6.38%) Senior UX Designer
8 2 (4.26%) E-Commerce Designer
8 2 (4.26%) Marketing Specialist
8 2 (4.26%) Senior UI Designer
8 2 (4.26%) Senior UI/UX Designer
8 2 (4.26%) UI Designer
8 2 (4.26%) UI/UX Designer
9 1 (2.13%) Senior User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.38%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 3 (6.38%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.26%) Digital Media
2 2 (4.26%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.26%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.13%) Life Science
3 1 (2.13%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.17%) User Experience
2 15 (31.91%) Actionable Insight
3 14 (29.79%) UX Design
4 13 (27.66%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (27.66%) Quantitative Research
5 12 (25.53%) Agile
5 12 (25.53%) Qualitative Research
5 12 (25.53%) User Research
6 11 (23.40%) Focus Group
6 11 (23.40%) PRINCE2
7 10 (21.28%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (21.28%) Data Science
7 10 (21.28%) Project Management
7 10 (21.28%) Risk Management
7 10 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (21.28%) Usability Testing
7 10 (21.28%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 10 (21.28%) Value Proposition
8 9 (19.15%) Critical Thinking
8 9 (19.15%) Sociology
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.26%) R
2 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (82.98%) Degree
2 10 (21.28%) PMI Certification
2 10 (21.28%) PMP
2 10 (21.28%) SC Cleared
2 10 (21.28%) Security Cleared
3 9 (19.15%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.13%) PhD
4 1 (2.13%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.89%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.13%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 13 (27.66%) Adobe
2 11 (23.40%) Microsoft