Human Factors
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Human Factors skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Human Factors over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 841 788 1106
Rank change year-on-year -53 +318 -253
Permanent jobs citing Human Factors 73 178 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.17% 0.082%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.086% 0.18% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 35 52 41
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,311 £36,953
25th Percentile £43,421 £43,318 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,845
Median % change year-on-year - +8.17% -7.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,519 £78,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £64,486 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +22.22% -10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Human Factors is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,624 98,922 149,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.89% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,744 58,119 83,346
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Human Factors in the UK

Human Factors
Top 11 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 5 May 2024. 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 +30 73 £55,000 - 48
UK excluding London -61 61 £55,000 - 41
South West -13 18 £42,500 -17.07% 12
Work from Home +85 17 £44,225 -17.72% 15
North of England +58 15 £49,612 -11.80% 9
West Midlands +26 15 £55,000 - 2
Midlands +23 15 £55,000 - 4
North West +25 13 £65,000 - 8
East of England -53 13 £55,000 - 3
London +111 11 £61,000 +34.15% 5
North East - 2 £44,225 -

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:

Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.37%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.37%) InVision
2 1 (1.37%) Sketch
2 1 (1.37%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 33 (45.21%) Azure
2 17 (23.29%) Power Platform
3 12 (16.44%) Entra ID
3 12 (16.44%) IaaS
3 12 (16.44%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (16.44%) PaaS
4 5 (6.85%) Power Automate
4 5 (6.85%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.37%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.44%) DHCP
1 12 (16.44%) DNS
1 12 (16.44%) LAN
1 12 (16.44%) WAN
1 12 (16.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Eclipse
1 3 (4.11%) Rational Rhapsody
1 3 (4.11%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.37%) Axure RP
2 1 (1.37%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (12.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (6.85%) Military
3 4 (5.48%) Aerospace
3 4 (5.48%) Manufacturing
3 4 (5.48%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (4.11%) Electronics
4 3 (4.11%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.11%) Welsh Language
5 2 (2.74%) Automotive
5 2 (2.74%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.37%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (16.44%) Analyst
1 12 (16.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 12 (16.44%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
1 12 (16.44%) Operations Engineer
2 7 (9.59%) Systems Engineer
3 6 (8.22%) Business Analyst
3 6 (8.22%) Business Information Analyst
3 6 (8.22%) Business Systems Analyst
3 6 (8.22%) Information Analyst
3 6 (8.22%) Information Systems Analyst
3 6 (8.22%) Lead
3 6 (8.22%) Report Analyst
3 6 (8.22%) Senior
3 6 (8.22%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (8.22%) Senior Operations Engineer
3 6 (8.22%) Service Analyst
3 6 (8.22%) Service Desk Analyst
3 6 (8.22%) Technical Analyst
3 6 (8.22%) Technical Business Analyst
3 6 (8.22%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.22%) .NET
1 6 (8.22%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 23 (31.51%) Management Information System
2 12 (16.44%) Driving Licence
3 6 (8.22%) Data Centre
4 4 (5.48%) Algorithms
4 4 (5.48%) Product Ownership
4 4 (5.48%) Robotics
5 3 (4.11%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.37%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.37%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (100.00%) Ergonomics
2 36 (49.32%) Physics
3 19 (26.03%) Agile
4 18 (24.66%) ITIL
5 17 (23.29%) Systems Engineering
6 16 (21.92%) Validation
7 13 (17.81%) Cybersecurity
7 13 (17.81%) Information Assurance
7 13 (17.81%) Verification and Validation
8 12 (16.44%) Digital Strategy
8 12 (16.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 12 (16.44%) ITSM
9 10 (13.70%) Data Analysis
9 10 (13.70%) Information Management
10 9 (12.33%) Actionable Insight
11 7 (9.59%) Business Development
11 7 (9.59%) Mentoring
11 7 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (8.22%) Incident Management
12 6 (8.22%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.07%) SQL
2 6 (8.22%) C
2 6 (8.22%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.48%) C#
4 3 (4.11%) Java
5 1 (1.37%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (38.36%) Security Cleared
2 15 (20.55%) Degree
3 14 (19.18%) SC Cleared
4 12 (16.44%) A+ Certification
4 12 (16.44%) Network+ Certification
5 10 (13.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.37%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (1.37%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (19.18%) Def Stans
2 7 (9.59%) QA
3 4 (5.48%) Accessibility
3 4 (5.48%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (5.48%) COSHH
3 4 (5.48%) IEC 62304
3 4 (5.48%) ISO 13485
4 1 (1.37%) IEC 61508
4 1 (1.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (16.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (8.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (16.44%) Microsoft
1 12 (16.44%) Veeam
2 3 (4.11%) IBM
3 1 (1.37%) Adobe
3 1 (1.37%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (1.37%) EMC
3 1 (1.37%) Sparx