Usability Testing Contracts in England

Usability Testing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Usability Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Usability Testing over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 476 513 509
Rank change year-on-year +37 -4 -108
Contract jobs citing Usability Testing 67 125 285
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.26% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.29% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 96 158
10th Percentile £325 £378 £412
25th Percentile £351 £459 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +0.48% +4.50%
75th Percentile £531 £578 £588
90th Percentile £550 £625 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £524 £510
% change year-on-year -4.53% +2.70% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £17.63
25th Percentile - £82.50 £19.69
Median hourly rate - £85.00 £23.12
Median % change year-on-year - +267.65% -41.47%
75th Percentile - £87.50 £38.69
90th Percentile - - £50.06
UK median hourly rate - £65.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +225.00% -49.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Usability Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,587 42,714 64,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.77% 89.96% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,623 29,972 45,670
10th Percentile £300 £325 £335
25th Percentile £413 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £543
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.38% +8.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £767 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,317 1,513 1,726
10th Percentile £12.85 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%

Usability Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Usability Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Usability Testing in England

Usability Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Usability Testing in England.

Daily rate trend for Usability Testing in England

Usability Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Usability Testing in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Usability Testing in England

Usability Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Usability Testing in England.

Hourly rate trend for Usability Testing in England

Usability Testing
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Usability Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +56 45 £500 -9.09% 31
North of England +21 13 £350 -36.25% 6
North West +20 7 £350 -41.67% 5
Yorkshire +11 6 £406 -22.62% 1
Midlands +21 4 £394 -1.56% 4
West Midlands +15 3 £400 -15.79% 3
South East +1 3 £500 +5.26% 2
East Midlands +14 1 £313 -3.85% 1
South West +2 1 £725 +61.11% 2
Usability Testing
UK

Usability Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (4.48%) SAS
2 1 (1.49%) CMS
2 1 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (10.45%) Adobe XD
1 7 (10.45%) Sketch
2 6 (8.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 5 (7.46%) InVision
4 4 (5.97%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (5.97%) Photoshop
5 2 (2.99%) Chatbot
5 2 (2.99%) SPSS
6 1 (1.49%) Adobe Captivate
6 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (1.49%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 20 (29.85%) Figma
2 11 (16.42%) Azure
3 9 (13.43%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (10.45%) Miro
5 4 (5.97%) Azure API Management
5 4 (5.97%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (5.97%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.99%) SaaS
7 1 (1.49%) AWS
7 1 (1.49%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.97%) Power BI
2 2 (2.99%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (7.46%) Axure RP
2 4 (5.97%) Postman
3 3 (4.48%) JIRA
3 3 (4.48%) JMeter
3 3 (4.48%) LoadRunner
4 2 (2.99%) webpack
5 1 (1.49%) Babel
5 1 (1.49%) Balsamiq
5 1 (1.49%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.49%) ESLint
5 1 (1.49%) Git
5 1 (1.49%) Selenium
5 1 (1.49%) Vite
General
1 27 (40.30%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.93%) Finance
3 6 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.97%) Marketing
4 4 (5.97%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.99%) Health Technology
5 2 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.99%) Retail
6 1 (1.49%) Advertising
6 1 (1.49%) Games
6 1 (1.49%) Legal
6 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.49%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.49%) Police
6 1 (1.49%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 34 (50.75%) Designer
2 21 (31.34%) UX Designer
3 12 (17.91%) User Researcher
4 9 (13.43%) Senior
5 6 (8.96%) Senior Designer
5 6 (8.96%) Service Designer
6 5 (7.46%) Senior UX Designer
6 5 (7.46%) UI Designer
7 4 (5.97%) Analyst
7 4 (5.97%) Lead
7 4 (5.97%) Test Leader
7 4 (5.97%) Test Manager
8 3 (4.48%) UI/UX Designer
8 3 (4.48%) User Experience Researcher
9 2 (2.99%) Data Analyst
9 2 (2.99%) Developer
9 2 (2.99%) Product Manager
9 2 (2.99%) Senior User Researcher
9 2 (2.99%) Test Analyst
9 2 (2.99%) UX Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.93%) CSS
1 10 (14.93%) HTML
2 4 (5.97%) Swagger
3 2 (2.99%) React
3 2 (2.99%) Vue
4 1 (1.49%) ADO
4 1 (1.49%) D3.js
4 1 (1.49%) Jest
4 1 (1.49%) Material-UI
4 1 (1.49%) Parceljs
4 1 (1.49%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.42%) Mobile App
2 5 (7.46%) Graphic Design
2 5 (7.46%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.97%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.49%) Life Science
4 1 (1.49%) NHS
4 1 (1.49%) Podcast
4 1 (1.49%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.49%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (59.70%) User Experience
2 37 (55.22%) User Research
3 31 (46.27%) UX Design
4 28 (41.79%) Agile
5 27 (40.30%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 19 (28.36%) Wireframes
7 16 (23.88%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (23.88%) Service Design
8 15 (22.39%) Prototyping
9 14 (20.90%) Actionable Insight
10 11 (16.42%) DevOps
11 10 (14.93%) Data Science
11 10 (14.93%) Roadmaps
12 9 (13.43%) Interaction Design
12 9 (13.43%) Requirements Gathering
12 9 (13.43%) Workshop Facilitation
13 8 (11.94%) Data Analysis
13 8 (11.94%) Focus Group
13 8 (11.94%) Qualitative Research
13 8 (11.94%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.45%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.99%) Python
2 2 (2.99%) SQL
3 1 (1.49%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (22.39%) Degree
2 6 (8.96%) Master's Degree
3 5 (7.46%) Security Cleared
4 4 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (4.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.99%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.49%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.49%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (23.88%) Accessibility
2 6 (8.96%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (5.97%) WCAG
4 1 (1.49%) QA
4 1 (1.49%) SLA
Vendors
1 14 (20.90%) Adobe
2 7 (10.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.49%) Brio
3 1 (1.49%) Pega
3 1 (1.49%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.49%) SAP
3 1 (1.49%) Virgin Media