Usability Testing Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Usability Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 276 296 380
Rank change year-on-year +20 +84 +14
Contract jobs citing Usability Testing 28 49 97
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.28% 0.32% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.36% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 34 76
10th Percentile £313 £400 £366
25th Percentile £340 £472 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £490 £550 £569
90th Percentile £550 £575 £624
UK median daily rate £483 £488 £524
% change year-on-year -1.03% -6.92% +4.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £89.68 - -
Median hourly rate £93.08 - £45.00
75th Percentile £96.49 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £73.29 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +160.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 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%

Usability Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Usability Testing trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Usability Testing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Usability Testing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Usability Testing
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Usability Testing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Usability Testing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Usability Testing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Usability Testing
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 2 (7.14%) CMS
1 2 (7.14%) Confluence
2 1 (3.57%) Drupal
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Adobe XD
2 4 (14.29%) Sketch
3 2 (7.14%) InVision
4 1 (3.57%) Chatbot
4 1 (3.57%) Photoshop
4 1 (3.57%) Trello
4 1 (3.57%) UserZoom
4 1 (3.57%) UXPin
Cloud Services
1 11 (39.29%) Figma
2 3 (10.71%) Miro
2 3 (10.71%) SaaS
3 1 (3.57%) AWS
3 1 (3.57%) Azure
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Axure RP
1 3 (10.71%) JIRA
2 2 (7.14%) Balsamiq
General
1 13 (46.43%) Public Sector
2 9 (32.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Finance
4 2 (7.14%) Legal
4 2 (7.14%) Marketing
4 2 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Electronics
5 1 (3.57%) Humanities
5 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (42.86%) Designer
2 7 (25.00%) User Researcher
3 6 (21.43%) UX Designer
4 3 (10.71%) UI Designer
4 3 (10.71%) User Experience Researcher
5 2 (7.14%) Product Owner
5 2 (7.14%) Service Designer
5 2 (7.14%) UI/UX Designer
6 1 (3.57%) Content Designer
6 1 (3.57%) Lead
6 1 (3.57%) Mobile Designer
6 1 (3.57%) Mobile UX Designer
6 1 (3.57%) Pega Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Pega Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Senior
6 1 (3.57%) UI Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) UI/UX Developer
6 1 (3.57%) User Experience Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) UX Developer
6 1 (3.57%) UX Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (32.14%) CSS
1 9 (32.14%) HTML
2 2 (7.14%) AngularJS
2 2 (7.14%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.57%) Animation
2 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Android
1 1 (3.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (82.14%) User Research
2 20 (71.43%) User Experience
3 17 (60.71%) UX Design
4 14 (50.00%) Agile
4 14 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 13 (46.43%) Wireframes
6 7 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
7 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (17.86%) Prototyping
8 5 (17.86%) UX Research
9 4 (14.29%) Contextual Inquiry
9 4 (14.29%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
9 4 (14.29%) Inclusive Design
9 4 (14.29%) Interaction Design
9 4 (14.29%) Journey Map
9 4 (14.29%) Qualitative Research
9 4 (14.29%) Responsive Web Design
9 4 (14.29%) Service Design
10 3 (10.71%) Analytics
10 3 (10.71%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 8 (28.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) SC Cleared
1 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.71%) Degree
3 2 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (57.14%) Accessibility
2 7 (25.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Adobe
2 1 (3.57%) CA Agile Central
2 1 (3.57%) IBM
2 1 (3.57%) Pega
2 1 (3.57%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.57%) SAP