Ergonomics Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Ergonomics (Human Factors)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Ergonomics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 489 556 516
Rank change year-on-year +67 -40 +85
Permanent jobs citing Ergonomics 20 10 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.047% 0.028% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.060% 0.031% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 25
10th Percentile £54,550 £49,583 £48,997
25th Percentile £62,875 £50,655 £51,243
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.31% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £81,250 £63,748
90th Percentile - - £70,499
UK median annual salary £70,000 £61,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +11.36% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Ergonomics 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,283 31,985 30,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.49% 89.04% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,187 14,363 22,780
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Ergonomics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ergonomics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Ergonomics job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Ergonomics
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Ergonomics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Ergonomics

Ergonomics
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ergonomics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Ergonomics in the UK excluding London

Ergonomics
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ergonomics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
North West +29 11 - - 3
North of England +18 11 - - 5
South East +37 4 £77,500 +47.62% 8
Wales - 4 - - 2
South West +9 1 £50,000 -35.48% 3
Ergonomics
UK

Ergonomics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Google Workspace
1 4 (20.00%) SurveyMonkey
2 1 (5.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) Bluetooth
1 4 (20.00%) Firewall
1 4 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (20.00%) Modbus
1 4 (20.00%) Network Security
1 4 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (20.00%) VLAN
1 4 (20.00%) Wireshark
1 4 (20.00%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Burp Suite
1 4 (20.00%) Metasploit
2 1 (5.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (20.00%) Law
2 4 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (15.00%) Automotive
4 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (70.00%) Senior
2 10 (50.00%) Human Factors Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Software Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Software Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Associate Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Security Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) .NET
1 3 (15.00%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) CAN bus
1 4 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (20.00%) IoT
1 4 (20.00%) Operational Technology
1 4 (20.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Android
1 4 (20.00%) Kali Linux
1 4 (20.00%) Linux
1 4 (20.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (85.00%) Human Factors
2 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (20.00%) AI
3 4 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 4 (20.00%) Cognitive Science
3 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (20.00%) Cryptography
3 4 (20.00%) Data Science
3 4 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 4 (20.00%) Innovative Thinking
3 4 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 4 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 4 (20.00%) Psychology
3 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 4 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 4 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
3 4 (20.00%) Smart Manufacturing
3 4 (20.00%) Statistics
3 4 (20.00%) User Experience
3 4 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) C++
1 4 (20.00%) Java
1 4 (20.00%) Python
1 4 (20.00%) R
1 4 (20.00%) Rust
2 3 (15.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 16 (80.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 16 (80.00%) Degree
2 10 (50.00%) Chartered Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) CISA
4 1 (5.00%) CISM
4 1 (5.00%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (5.00%) GDPR
1 1 (5.00%) GRC
1 1 (5.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Nessus
1 4 (20.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Cisco
1 4 (20.00%) Google
1 4 (20.00%) Qualtrics
1 4 (20.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (20.00%) Splunk
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft