Human Factors Jobs

Human Factors
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Human Factors skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Human Factors over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 603 833 818
Rank change year-on-year +230 -15 +262
Permanent jobs citing Human Factors 99 74 150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.071% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.085% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8 34 50
10th Percentile - £38,750 £36,878
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,421 £43,318
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% - +8.17%
75th Percentile £57,813 £57,500 £62,519
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £64,486
UK excluding London median annual salary - £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

Human Factors
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Human Factors as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Human Factors in the UK

Human Factors
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Human Factors.

Salary trend for Human Factors in the UK

Human Factors
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Human Factors over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Human Factors in the UK

Human Factors
Top 8 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 31 May 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
England +195 97 £45,000 -18.18% 30
UK excluding London +211 91 - - 30
Midlands +138 90 - - 4
West Midlands +100 60 - - 1
East Midlands - 30 - - 3
London +100 6 £45,000 -26.23% 2
Work from Home +106 2 £52,500 +21.07% 12
East of England +38 1 - - 7

Human Factors
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 98 (98.99%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (1.01%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 92 (92.93%) Senior
2 8 (8.08%) User Researcher
3 2 (2.02%) Senior User Researcher
4 1 (1.01%) Machine Learning Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.01%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (100.00%) Ergonomics
2 90 (90.91%) Mathematics
2 90 (90.91%) Physics
2 90 (90.91%) Systems Engineering
3 8 (8.08%) Actionable Customer Insight
3 8 (8.08%) Actionable Insight
3 8 (8.08%) Agile
3 8 (8.08%) Customer Insight
3 8 (8.08%) Decision-Making
3 8 (8.08%) Design Persona
3 8 (8.08%) Ethnography
3 8 (8.08%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (8.08%) Usability Testing
3 8 (8.08%) User Research
3 8 (8.08%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 8 (8.08%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (2.02%) Guerrilla Research
4 2 (2.02%) Market Research
4 2 (2.02%) Prototyping
4 2 (2.02%) Quantitative Research
Qualifications
1 96 (96.97%) BPSS Clearance
2 91 (91.92%) Degree
3 1 (1.01%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.08%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.01%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (8.08%) Mercator