Usability Testing Contracts

Usability Testing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Usability Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Usability Testing 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 463 536 476
Rank change year-on-year +73 -60 -46
Contract jobs citing Usability Testing 116 164 429
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.27% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.30% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 118 234
10th Percentile £340 £368 £405
25th Percentile £394 £450 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £518 £501
Median % change year-on-year -10.63% +3.24% +5.08%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £575
90th Percentile £575 £650 £634
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 11
10th Percentile - £48.75 -
25th Percentile £71.25 £54.38 £17.00
Median hourly rate £72.50 £65.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +160.00% -51.46%
75th Percentile £73.75 £76.88 £54.56
90th Percentile - £83.25 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £19.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Usability Testing 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%

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 26 April 2024.

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
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 Usability Testing 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 +69 77 £425 -19.05% 47
Work from Home +72 48 £520 +4.00% 22
London +78 47 £500 -9.09% 21
UK excluding London +51 37 £425 -10.53% 25
North of England +32 18 £350 -37.28% 8
Scotland +33 9 £550 +15.79% 1
North West +25 9 £350 -41.67% 6
Yorkshire +21 9 £425 -22.59% 1
South East +18 6 £563 +18.42% 3
West Midlands +30 3 £400 -15.79% 3
Midlands +26 3 £400 -15.79% 7
South West +17 1 £725 +61.11% 5

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 2 (1.72%) SAS
Applications
1 28 (24.14%) Sketch
2 25 (21.55%) Adobe XD
3 9 (7.76%) InVision
4 8 (6.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (5.17%) UserZoom
6 5 (4.31%) Zeplin
7 4 (3.45%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (3.45%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.86%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.86%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
8 1 (0.86%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 44 (37.93%) Figma
2 8 (6.90%) Azure
2 8 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (6.03%) Miro
4 3 (2.59%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.72%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.86%) AWS
6 1 (0.86%) GCP
6 1 (0.86%) npm
6 1 (0.86%) SaaS
6 1 (0.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.59%) Big Data
2 1 (0.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (8.62%) Axure RP
2 4 (3.45%) Selenium
3 3 (2.59%) JMeter
3 3 (2.59%) LoadRunner
4 2 (1.72%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.72%) webpack
5 1 (0.86%) Babel
5 1 (0.86%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.86%) ESLint
5 1 (0.86%) Git
5 1 (0.86%) Vite
General
1 57 (49.14%) Social Skills
2 19 (16.38%) Public Sector
3 14 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (6.03%) Finance
6 6 (5.17%) Marketing
7 4 (3.45%) Banking
8 2 (1.72%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.86%) Advertising
9 1 (0.86%) Arabic Language
9 1 (0.86%) Automotive
9 1 (0.86%) Cantonese Language
9 1 (0.86%) Danish Language
9 1 (0.86%) Games
9 1 (0.86%) Law
9 1 (0.86%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.86%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.86%) Police
9 1 (0.86%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.86%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 61 (52.59%) Designer
2 27 (23.28%) UX Designer
3 26 (22.41%) User Researcher
4 20 (17.24%) Service Designer
5 18 (15.52%) Senior
6 14 (12.07%) Lead
7 9 (7.76%) Senior Designer
8 8 (6.90%) Interaction Designer
8 8 (6.90%) Senior UX Designer
9 7 (6.03%) Senior User Researcher
10 5 (4.31%) Test Leader
11 4 (3.45%) UI Designer
11 4 (3.45%) User Experience Researcher
12 3 (2.59%) Developer
12 3 (2.59%) Head of User Experience
13 2 (1.72%) Agile Delivery Lead
13 2 (1.72%) Technical Tester
13 2 (1.72%) Tester
13 2 (1.72%) UI Developer
13 2 (1.72%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.62%) CSS
1 10 (8.62%) HTML
2 2 (1.72%) React
2 2 (1.72%) REST
2 2 (1.72%) Vue
3 1 (0.86%) ADO
3 1 (0.86%) D3.js
3 1 (0.86%) Jest
3 1 (0.86%) Material-UI
3 1 (0.86%) Parceljs
3 1 (0.86%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.21%) Mobile App
2 8 (6.90%) Graphic Design
3 7 (6.03%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.59%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.86%) BYOD
6 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.86%) Infotainment
6 1 (0.86%) Life Science
6 1 (0.86%) NHS
6 1 (0.86%) Podcast
6 1 (0.86%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (63.79%) User Research
2 68 (58.62%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 64 (55.17%) User Experience
4 54 (46.55%) Agile
5 50 (43.10%) UX Design
6 35 (30.17%) Service Design
7 33 (28.45%) Wireframes
8 32 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (24.14%) Prototyping
10 25 (21.55%) Actionable Insight
11 22 (18.97%) Workshop Facilitation
12 20 (17.24%) Ethnography
13 19 (16.38%) Ergonomics
13 19 (16.38%) Human Factors
14 18 (15.52%) Interaction Design
15 17 (14.66%) Journey Map
16 15 (12.93%) Focus Group
16 15 (12.93%) Mentoring
16 15 (12.93%) Qualitative Research
16 15 (12.93%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.03%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.86%) Python
2 1 (0.86%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (20.69%) Degree
2 7 (6.03%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.17%) Master's Degree
4 5 (4.31%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (4.31%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.86%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.86%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (34.48%) Accessibility
2 13 (11.21%) Actionable Recommendations
3 12 (10.34%) WCAG
4 5 (4.31%) QA
5 1 (0.86%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.86%) SLA
Vendors
1 34 (29.31%) Adobe
2 4 (3.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.86%) Brio
3 1 (0.86%) Google
3 1 (0.86%) OpenAI
3 1 (0.86%) Pega
3 1 (0.86%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.86%) SAP