Human Factors Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Human Factors
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Human Factors skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 579 512
Rank change year-on-year +61 -67 +126
Permanent jobs citing Human Factors 18 15 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.052% 0.031% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.061% 0.039% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 15
10th Percentile - £48,321 £48,997
25th Percentile £49,000 £48,869 £51,243
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £57,495
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% -12.94% +24.99%
75th Percentile £51,000 £53,750 £71,250
90th Percentile - £63,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,055 £55,030
% change year-on-year +4.89% -9.04% +19.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,636 38,624 30,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 86.20% 79.82% 94.14%
Number of salaries quoted 16,507 19,158 22,289
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £54,000 £52,700
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +2.47% +0.38%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

Human Factors
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Human Factors job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Human Factors
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Human Factors

Human Factors
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 Human Factors within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 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
North of England +29 13 - - 2
North West +16 13 - - 2
Wales - 3 - -
South West +42 1 £50,000 -21.57% 3
South East +30 1 - - 3
Human Factors
UK

Human Factors
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Google Workspace
1 3 (16.67%) SurveyMonkey
2 1 (5.56%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Bluetooth
1 3 (16.67%) Firewall
1 3 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (16.67%) Modbus
1 3 (16.67%) Network Security
1 3 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 3 (16.67%) VLAN
1 3 (16.67%) Wireshark
1 3 (16.67%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Burp Suite
1 3 (16.67%) Metasploit
General
1 6 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 3 (16.67%) Automotive
2 3 (16.67%) Law
2 3 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (72.22%) Senior
2 10 (55.56%) Human Factors Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Engineering Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.56%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Security Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) CAN bus
1 3 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (16.67%) IoT
1 3 (16.67%) Operational Technology
1 3 (16.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Android
1 3 (16.67%) Kali Linux
1 3 (16.67%) Linux
1 3 (16.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Ergonomics
2 4 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (16.67%) AI
3 3 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 3 (16.67%) Cryptography
3 3 (16.67%) Finite Element Analysis
3 3 (16.67%) Hazard Analysis
3 3 (16.67%) Machine Learning
3 3 (16.67%) People Management
3 3 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 3 (16.67%) Prototyping
3 3 (16.67%) Psychology
3 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 3 (16.67%) Security Architecture
3 3 (16.67%) Smart Manufacturing
3 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (16.67%) Statistics
3 3 (16.67%) User Experience
3 3 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) C++
1 3 (16.67%) Java
1 3 (16.67%) Python
1 3 (16.67%) R
1 3 (16.67%) Rust
Qualifications
1 16 (88.89%) BPSS Clearance
2 13 (72.22%) Degree
3 10 (55.56%) Chartered Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) CISA
5 1 (5.56%) CISM
5 1 (5.56%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (5.56%) GDPR
1 1 (5.56%) GRC
1 1 (5.56%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Nessus
1 3 (16.67%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Cisco
1 3 (16.67%) Google
1 3 (16.67%) Qualtrics
1 3 (16.67%) Red Hat
1 3 (16.67%) Splunk
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft