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 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 326 401
Rank change year-on-year +21 +75 +181
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Psychology 6 9 19
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.061% 0.069% 0.090%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.066% 0.080% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 12
10th Percentile - £354 £501
25th Percentile £200 £378 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £413 £545
Median % change year-on-year -30.30% -24.31% +3.81%
75th Percentile £313 £510 £581
90th Percentile £365 £596 £673
UK median daily rate £357 £435 £540
% change year-on-year -17.95% -19.54% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £47.51
25th Percentile - - £51.27
Median hourly rate - £87.80 £57.54
Median % change year-on-year - +52.60% +48.13%
75th Percentile - - £63.80
90th Percentile - - £67.56
UK median hourly rate - £86.40 £70.07
% change year-on-year - +23.31% +52.33%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,095 11,310 18,901
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 92.03% 87.23% 89.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,057 7,502 13,329
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 343 462
10th Percentile £12.62 £18.50 £17.27
25th Percentile £17.51 £30.47 £25.13
Median hourly rate £34.83 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.01% -14.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.61 £68.75
90th Percentile £69.13 £75.00 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.94 £42.50
% change year-on-year -38.57% -3.67% +54.55%

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 Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Psychology.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Psychology

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 25 August 2025.

Psychology daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Psychology.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Psychology

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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 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) InVision
1 1 (16.67%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Axure RP
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Marketing
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Local Government
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Digital Executive
1 3 (50.00%) E-Commerce Executive
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Service Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience Researcher
2 1 (16.67%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) CRM
2 3 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 3 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 3 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (50.00%) Email Marketing
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Cognitive Psychology
3 2 (33.33%) Ergonomics
3 2 (33.33%) Ethnography
3 2 (33.33%) Human Factors
3 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (33.33%) Usability Testing
3 2 (33.33%) User Experience
3 2 (33.33%) User Research
4 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Insight
4 1 (16.67%) Ethnographic Research
4 1 (16.67%) SDLC
4 1 (16.67%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) CA Agile Central
1 1 (16.67%) Capita