Human Factors Job Trends in the South West

Human Factors
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Human Factors skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 219 207
Rank change year-on-year +53 -12 +99
Permanent jobs citing Human Factors 1 4 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.027% 0.063% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.034% 0.083% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 9
10th Percentile - £50,375 £45,500
25th Percentile £49,000 £54,688 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £63,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.57% -1.92% -
75th Percentile £51,000 £72,188 £75,000
90th Percentile - £76,125 -
England median annual salary £70,000 £50,055 £57,495
% change year-on-year +39.85% -12.94% +27.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Human Factors falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,962 4,822 4,408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 80.73% 76.29% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,889 2,728 3,350
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,388
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Human Factors
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Human Factors relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Human Factors job vacancy trend in the South West

Human Factors
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Human Factors.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Human Factors

Human Factors
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Human Factors within the South West region over the 6 months to 24 October 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +33 1 £50,000 -35.48% 2
Human Factors
England

Human Factors
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft