Psychology Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Psychology
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Psychology skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Psychology 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 288 329 456
Rank change year-on-year +41 +127 +117
Contract jobs citing Psychology 16 16 21
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.10% 0.081%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.12% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 15
10th Percentile £224 £351 -
25th Percentile £281 £378 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £294 £395 £545
Median % change year-on-year -25.63% -27.52% -0.91%
75th Percentile £400 £510 £600
90th Percentile £499 £549 £645
UK median daily rate £357 £413 £575
% change year-on-year -13.58% -28.26% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £87.80 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year - +95.11% -45.98%
UK median hourly rate £53.50 £86.40 £65.00
% change year-on-year -38.08% +32.92% +28.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Psychology
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Psychology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Psychology trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Psychology
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Psychology.

Psychology daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Psychology
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Psychology over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Psychology daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Psychology.

Psychology hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) InVision
1 1 (6.25%) UserZoom
1 1 (6.25%) UXPin
Cloud Services
1 8 (50.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 1 (6.25%) Amazon SageMaker
2 1 (6.25%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Axure RP
1 1 (6.25%) Balsamiq
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 9 (56.25%) Marketing
3 3 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Digital Health
4 2 (12.50%) Finance
5 1 (6.25%) Legal
5 1 (6.25%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Digital Executive
1 7 (43.75%) E-Commerce Executive
2 3 (18.75%) Senior
2 3 (18.75%) User Experience Researcher
3 2 (12.50%) Senior User Experience Researcher
4 1 (6.25%) Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Coordinator
4 1 (6.25%) Data Scientist
4 1 (6.25%) Designer
4 1 (6.25%) Research Scientist
4 1 (6.25%) Security Researcher
4 1 (6.25%) Service Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) CSS
1 2 (12.50%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Life Science
2 1 (6.25%) IoT
2 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Android
1 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Analytics
2 8 (50.00%) CRM
2 8 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 8 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 8 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 8 (50.00%) Email Marketing
3 5 (31.25%) User Experience
4 4 (25.00%) User Research
5 3 (18.75%) Ergonomics
5 3 (18.75%) Human Factors
5 3 (18.75%) UX Research
6 2 (12.50%) Anthropology
6 2 (12.50%) Behavioural Analytics
6 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (12.50%) Usability Testing
6 2 (12.50%) UX Design
6 2 (12.50%) Wireframes
7 1 (6.25%) Reinforcement Learning
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
2 5 (31.25%) Master's Degree
3 4 (25.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) CA Agile Central
1 1 (6.25%) Capita