Psychology
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Psychology skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Psychology over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 761 835 911
Rank change year-on-year +74 +76 -114
Permanent jobs citing Psychology 147 163 297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.15% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.16% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 38 48 79
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £32,700
25th Percentile £29,750 £51,938 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,250 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,313 £76,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £85,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,000 £66,250 £51,250
% change year-on-year -44.15% +29.27% +2.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Psychology 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 83,814 101,905 146,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 95.67% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 59,590 59,680 83,719
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,250
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 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +9.38%

Psychology
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Psychology in the UK

Psychology
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Psychology.

Salary trend for Psychology in the UK

Psychology
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Psychology over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Psychology in the UK

Psychology
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Psychology within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 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
UK excluding London +20 118 £37,000 -44.15% 13
Scotland +16 77 - -
England +44 66 £55,998 -15.48% 31
Work from Home +108 36 £37,862 -45.91% 12
London +146 26 £65,000 -1.89% 19
North of England +54 17 £58,750 -16.07% 3
South East +4 15 £31,500 -51.54% 4
North West +11 12 £60,000 -14.29% 2
South West -2 6 £27,500 - 4
North East - 3 £44,225 -
Yorkshire +98 2 £42,500 -20.56% 1
West Midlands +27 2 - - 1
Midlands +9 2 - - 1
Wales - 1 - -

Psychology
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.68%) SAS
1 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (21.77%) UserZoom
2 13 (8.84%) Sketch
3 8 (5.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (4.76%) InVision
5 6 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.68%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.68%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Exchequer
1 1 (0.68%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 78 (53.06%) Figma
2 64 (43.54%) SurveyMonkey
3 6 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (4.08%) Power Automate
3 6 (4.08%) Power Platform
3 6 (4.08%) PowerApps
4 5 (3.40%) Azure
4 5 (3.40%) Heroku
5 3 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.08%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.08%) Power BI
1 6 (4.08%) Tableau
2 2 (1.36%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.36%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 32 (21.77%) Jenkins
General
1 101 (68.71%) Marketing
2 95 (64.63%) Law
3 94 (63.95%) Finance
4 86 (58.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 81 (55.10%) Social Skills
6 32 (21.77%) Social Science
7 14 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (7.48%) Public Sector
9 8 (5.44%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (4.76%) Legal
10 7 (4.76%) Retail
11 6 (4.08%) French Language
12 3 (2.04%) Advertising
12 3 (2.04%) Telecoms
12 3 (2.04%) Wearables
13 2 (1.36%) Automotive
13 2 (1.36%) Banking
13 2 (1.36%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.36%) Humanities
13 2 (1.36%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 50 (34.01%) User Experience Researcher
2 41 (27.89%) Lead
3 23 (15.65%) Designer
4 16 (10.88%) Senior
5 15 (10.20%) UX Designer
6 13 (8.84%) User Researcher
7 6 (4.08%) Analyst
7 6 (4.08%) Data Analyst
7 6 (4.08%) Data Insight Analyst
7 6 (4.08%) Insight Analyst
7 6 (4.08%) Insight Data Analyst
8 5 (3.40%) Interaction Designer
8 5 (3.40%) Senior Designer
8 5 (3.40%) Senior User Experience Researcher
9 4 (2.72%) Developer
10 3 (2.04%) Senior UX Designer
11 2 (1.36%) Data Scientist
11 2 (1.36%) Senior UI Designer
11 2 (1.36%) Senior UI/UX Designer
11 2 (1.36%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.88%) HTML
2 14 (9.52%) CSS
3 5 (3.40%) .NET
4 2 (1.36%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.68%) HTML5
5 1 (0.68%) SVG
5 1 (0.68%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (0.68%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 27 (18.37%) Market Risk
2 19 (12.93%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.44%) Blockchain
3 8 (5.44%) NHS
4 7 (4.76%) Cyberattack
5 6 (4.08%) FMCG
6 5 (3.40%) Algorithms
6 5 (3.40%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.04%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.36%) Social Media
9 1 (0.68%) Graphic Design
9 1 (0.68%) Vector Graphics
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.68%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (76.87%) User Experience
1 113 (76.87%) User Research
2 99 (67.35%) Actionable Insight
3 89 (60.54%) UX Research
4 79 (53.74%) Service Design
5 77 (52.38%) Anthropology
6 67 (45.58%) Product Management
6 67 (45.58%) Roadmaps
7 62 (42.18%) Interaction Design
8 55 (37.41%) Cognitive Science
9 54 (36.73%) Agile
10 53 (36.05%) Fintech
11 52 (35.37%) Qualitative Research
12 43 (29.25%) DevOps
13 41 (27.89%) Analytics
13 41 (27.89%) Information Architecture
13 41 (27.89%) Market Research
13 41 (27.89%) Strategic Thinking
14 40 (27.21%) Data Analytics
15 38 (25.85%) Cognitive Psychology
Programming Languages
1 37 (25.17%) R
2 8 (5.44%) Python
3 7 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.40%) C#
4 5 (3.40%) MATLAB
5 3 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 124 (84.35%) Degree
2 53 (36.05%) Master's Degree
3 45 (30.61%) PhD
4 8 (5.44%) Security Cleared
5 7 (4.76%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.36%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.68%) APMG
7 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.68%) PMP
7 1 (0.68%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (27.89%) Actionable Recommendations
2 23 (15.65%) Accessibility
3 6 (4.08%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.68%) GDPR
4 1 (0.68%) PMO
Vendors
1 64 (43.54%) Qualtrics
2 17 (11.56%) Adobe
3 16 (10.88%) Microsoft
4 7 (4.76%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.08%) Hotjar
6 2 (1.36%) Databricks
7 1 (0.68%) Apteco