Usability Testing Contracts with Work from Home Options

Usability Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 289 366 394
Rank change year-on-year +77 +28 -25
Contract jobs citing Usability Testing 48 101 238
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.32% 0.39% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.44% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 78 126
10th Percentile £400 £368 £400
25th Percentile £472 £456 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £567 £550
90th Percentile £575 £615 £612
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £506
% change year-on-year -2.44% +1.23% +6.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £31.43
25th Percentile - - £41.06
Median hourly rate - £45.00 £57.25
Median % change year-on-year - -21.40% -
75th Percentile - - £61.19
90th Percentile - - £63.48
UK median hourly rate - £65.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year - +195.45% -44.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,316 22,957 40,627
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,913 16,228 29,490
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £626
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 528 539
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.93 £13.70
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £19.96
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.13
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.56
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Usability Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Usability Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Usability Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Usability Testing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Usability Testing over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

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 a work from home option 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:

Applications
1 8 (16.67%) Sketch
2 7 (14.58%) Adobe XD
3 5 (10.42%) UserZoom
4 2 (4.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (2.08%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 16 (33.33%) Figma
2 7 (14.58%) Azure
2 7 (14.58%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (10.42%) Miro
4 4 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.17%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) Power BI
2 1 (2.08%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) SpecFlow
2 1 (2.08%) JMeter
2 1 (2.08%) LoadRunner
2 1 (2.08%) Selenium
General
1 26 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.83%) Presentation Skills
3 8 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 5 (10.42%) Finance
6 1 (2.08%) Advertising
6 1 (2.08%) Arabic Language
6 1 (2.08%) Banking
6 1 (2.08%) Cantonese Language
6 1 (2.08%) Danish Language
6 1 (2.08%) Law
6 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.08%) Marketing
6 1 (2.08%) Police
6 1 (2.08%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 25 (52.08%) Designer
2 14 (29.17%) UX Designer
3 10 (20.83%) User Researcher
4 7 (14.58%) Service Designer
5 6 (12.50%) Lead
6 5 (10.42%) Senior
6 5 (10.42%) Senior Designer
6 5 (10.42%) Senior UX Designer
7 4 (8.33%) Interaction Designer
8 2 (4.17%) Agile Delivery Lead
8 2 (4.17%) Technical Tester
8 2 (4.17%) Tester
8 2 (4.17%) User Experience Researcher
9 1 (2.08%) Azure Developer
9 1 (2.08%) Developer
9 1 (2.08%) DevOps Developer
9 1 (2.08%) Digital Designer
9 1 (2.08%) Digital UX Designer
9 1 (2.08%) Head of User Experience
9 1 (2.08%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.25%) Mobile App
1 3 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.17%) Graphic Design
3 1 (2.08%) BYOD
3 1 (2.08%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.08%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (68.75%) User Research
2 26 (54.17%) User Experience
3 24 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 18 (37.50%) Agile
5 17 (35.42%) UX Design
6 12 (25.00%) UX Research
6 12 (25.00%) Wireframes
7 10 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (20.83%) Prototyping
8 8 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
8 8 (16.67%) Journey Map
8 8 (16.67%) Service Design
9 7 (14.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (14.58%) DevOps
9 7 (14.58%) Workshop Facilitation
10 6 (12.50%) Decision-Making
10 6 (12.50%) Interaction Design
11 5 (10.42%) Collaborative Working
11 5 (10.42%) Human-Centred Design
12 4 (8.33%) User Journey Map
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.08%) Python
1 1 (2.08%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (14.58%) Degree
2 5 (10.42%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.25%) Master's Degree
5 2 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (31.25%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.25%) QA
3 2 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (4.17%) WCAG
4 1 (2.08%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (18.75%) Adobe
2 4 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.08%) OpenAI
3 1 (2.08%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.08%) SAP