Usability Testing Contracts

Usability Testing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Usability Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Usability Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 412 469 555
Rank change year-on-year +57 +86 -78
Contract jobs citing Usability Testing 109 113 163
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.26% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.30% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 84 118
10th Percentile £325 £333 £368
25th Percentile £366 £394 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £488 £524
Median % change year-on-year -1.03% -6.92% +4.75%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £588
90th Percentile £635 £575 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £425 £475
% change year-on-year -5.88% -10.53% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £55.54 - £48.75
25th Percentile £61.23 - £54.38
Median hourly rate £73.29 - £65.00
75th Percentile £86.18 - £76.88
90th Percentile £92.36 - £83.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Usability Testing 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 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Usability Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Usability Testing in the UK

Usability Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Usability Testing in the UK

Usability Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Usability Testing over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Usability Testing in the UK

Usability Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Usability Testing in the UK

Usability Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Usability Testing over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Usability Testing in the UK

Usability Testing
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Usability Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +61 80 £469 +10.29% 109
London +55 63 £488 -2.50% 76
Work from Home +20 28 £400 -23.08% 48
UK excluding London +51 25 £400 -5.88% 45
Scotland +13 9 £375 -31.82% 4
South West +50 5 £375 -48.28% 5
North West +13 5 £357 +1.86% 12
North of England +6 5 £357 +1.86% 16
Midlands +22 3 £322 -19.50% 3
South East +42 2 £650 +15.56% 15
East Midlands - 2 £318 -
West Midlands +12 1 £515 +28.75% 2
East of England - 1 £363 - 2
Wales - 1 £525 - 2

Usability Testing
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 6 (5.50%) Confluence
2 4 (3.67%) nginx
3 2 (1.83%) CMS
4 1 (0.92%) Drupal
Applications
1 28 (25.69%) Adobe XD
2 25 (22.94%) Sketch
3 8 (7.34%) InVision
4 6 (5.50%) Autodesk Smoke
5 3 (2.75%) UserZoom
6 2 (1.83%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.92%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.92%) Trello
7 1 (0.92%) UXPin
7 1 (0.92%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 54 (49.54%) Figma
2 12 (11.01%) Miro
3 11 (10.09%) SaaS
4 7 (6.42%) AWS
5 5 (4.59%) Google Analytics
6 2 (1.83%) Azure
7 1 (0.92%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.92%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (8.26%) Axure RP
2 8 (7.34%) JIRA
3 2 (1.83%) Balsamiq
3 2 (1.83%) Selenium
4 1 (0.92%) Appium
4 1 (0.92%) Git
4 1 (0.92%) Postman
4 1 (0.92%) SpecFlow
General
1 54 (49.54%) Social Skills
2 35 (32.11%) Public Sector
3 18 (16.51%) Finance
4 16 (14.68%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (11.93%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.50%) Marketing
6 6 (5.50%) Wearables
7 4 (3.67%) Retail
8 3 (2.75%) Banking
9 2 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.83%) Legal
9 2 (1.83%) Local Government
10 1 (0.92%) Aviation
10 1 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.92%) Electronics
10 1 (0.92%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.92%) Games
10 1 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.92%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (46.79%) Designer
2 26 (23.85%) User Researcher
3 24 (22.02%) UX Designer
4 13 (11.93%) Senior
5 8 (7.34%) Interaction Designer
5 8 (7.34%) Product Designer
6 7 (6.42%) Developer
6 7 (6.42%) Lead
6 7 (6.42%) Service Designer
6 7 (6.42%) UI Designer
7 6 (5.50%) Product Owner
7 6 (5.50%) UI/UX Designer
7 6 (5.50%) User Experience Researcher
7 6 (5.50%) UX Developer
7 6 (5.50%) Visual Designer
8 5 (4.59%) Digital Designer
9 4 (3.67%) Senior Designer
9 4 (3.67%) Senior UX Designer
9 4 (3.67%) UI Developer
9 4 (3.67%) UI/UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (24.77%) CSS
1 27 (24.77%) HTML
2 9 (8.26%) React
3 4 (3.67%) AngularJS
4 3 (2.75%) Node.js
4 3 (2.75%) RESTful
4 3 (2.75%) Vue
5 2 (1.83%) CSS3
5 2 (1.83%) HTML5
6 1 (0.92%) .NET
6 1 (0.92%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 23 (21.10%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.50%) IoT
3 5 (4.59%) Mobile App
3 5 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.92%) Animation
6 1 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.92%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.92%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.92%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.92%) Sports Betting
6 1 (0.92%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.92%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.75%) Android
1 3 (2.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (83.49%) User Research
2 83 (76.15%) User Experience
3 63 (57.80%) UX Design
4 46 (42.20%) Agile
5 39 (35.78%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 39 (35.78%) Wireframes
6 24 (22.02%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (21.10%) Qualitative Research
8 22 (20.18%) Analytics
9 21 (19.27%) Actionable Insight
9 21 (19.27%) Prototyping
10 20 (18.35%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
10 20 (18.35%) Quantitative Research
10 20 (18.35%) Service Design
11 18 (16.51%) Stakeholder Management
12 17 (15.60%) Responsive Web Design
13 16 (14.68%) Inclusive Design
13 16 (14.68%) Interaction Design
14 15 (13.76%) Journey Map
15 13 (11.93%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 25 (22.94%) JavaScript
2 5 (4.59%) Python
3 2 (1.83%) SQL
3 2 (1.83%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (15.60%) Security Cleared
2 15 (13.76%) SC Cleared
3 10 (9.17%) Degree
4 3 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (43.12%) Accessibility
2 13 (11.93%) WCAG
3 7 (6.42%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.83%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.83%) QA
System Software
1 5 (4.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.92%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 33 (30.28%) Adobe
2 3 (2.75%) CA Agile Central
3 2 (1.83%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.92%) Google
4 1 (0.92%) Hotjar
4 1 (0.92%) IBM
4 1 (0.92%) Pega
4 1 (0.92%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.92%) SAP
4 1 (0.92%) ServiceNow