Psychology Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Psychology
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Psychology 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 490 546 525
Rank change year-on-year +56 -21 +168
Permanent jobs citing Psychology 19 20 48
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.045% 0.056% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.057% 0.063% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 18
10th Percentile £46,350 - £37,500
25th Percentile £48,000 £35,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £36,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +41.10% -16.57% -27.08%
75th Percentile £55,500 £37,250 £63,748
90th Percentile £57,450 - -
UK median annual salary £52,500 £36,500 £53,748
% change year-on-year +43.84% -32.09% -17.31%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Psychology 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%

Psychology
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Psychology job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Psychology
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Psychology
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 Psychology 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
South West - 8 - - 7
South East +30 5 - - 16
Midlands +26 5 £57,500 - 10
East Midlands - 5 £57,500 - 6
Wales - 4 - - 2
East of England - 1 £45,500 - 6
Psychology
UK

Psychology
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 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Google Workspace
1 4 (21.05%) SurveyMonkey
2 1 (5.26%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) Bluetooth
1 4 (21.05%) Firewall
1 4 (21.05%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (21.05%) Modbus
1 4 (21.05%) Network Security
1 4 (21.05%) TCP/IP
1 4 (21.05%) VLAN
1 4 (21.05%) Wireshark
1 4 (21.05%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Burp Suite
1 4 (21.05%) Metasploit
General
1 6 (31.58%) Law
2 4 (21.05%) Aerospace
2 4 (21.05%) Manufacturing
3 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (5.26%) Analytics Consultant
1 1 (5.26%) Consultant
1 1 (5.26%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) CAN bus
1 4 (21.05%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (21.05%) IoT
1 4 (21.05%) Operational Technology
1 4 (21.05%) SCADA
2 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Android
1 4 (21.05%) Kali Linux
1 4 (21.05%) Linux
1 4 (21.05%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Decision-Making
1 5 (26.32%) User Experience
2 4 (21.05%) AI
2 4 (21.05%) Cloud Security
2 4 (21.05%) Cognitive Science
2 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
2 4 (21.05%) Cryptography
2 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (21.05%) Data Science
2 4 (21.05%) Ergonomics
2 4 (21.05%) Human Factors
2 4 (21.05%) Innovative Thinking
2 4 (21.05%) Machine Learning
2 4 (21.05%) Prototyping
2 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
2 4 (21.05%) Security Architecture
2 4 (21.05%) Security Monitoring
2 4 (21.05%) Smart Manufacturing
2 4 (21.05%) Statistics
2 4 (21.05%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) C++
1 4 (21.05%) Java
1 4 (21.05%) Python
1 4 (21.05%) R
1 4 (21.05%) Rust
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Degree
2 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
2 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
3 4 (21.05%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (21.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.26%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) Nessus
1 4 (21.05%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Cisco
1 4 (21.05%) Google
1 4 (21.05%) Qualtrics
1 4 (21.05%) Red Hat
1 4 (21.05%) Splunk
2 1 (5.26%) SAP
2 1 (5.26%) Workday