Psychology Contracts in the UK excluding London

Psychology
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Psychology skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Psychology 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 376 424 486
Rank change year-on-year +48 +62 -86
Contract jobs citing Psychology 23 14 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.061% 0.089%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.069% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 16
10th Percentile £504 £512 £423
25th Percentile £575 £513 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +2.86% +5.53%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £556
90th Percentile £645 £615 £581
UK median daily rate £450 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £85.56 - -
25th Percentile £86.40 - -
Median hourly rate £87.80 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £86.40 £65.00 £50.50
% change year-on-year +32.92% +28.71% +10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Psychology 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,325 20,337 27,186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.38% 89.23% 89.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,289 13,953 19,001
10th Percentile £250 £260 £238
25th Percentile £375 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,130 1,241 1,347
10th Percentile £12.42 £10.63 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.40
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.50 £62.35
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%

Psychology
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Psychology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Psychology in the UK excluding London

Psychology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Psychology in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Psychology in the UK excluding London

Psychology
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Psychology in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Psychology in the UK excluding London

Psychology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Psychology in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Psychology in the UK excluding London

Psychology
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Psychology within the UK excluding London 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
Wales - 10 £600 -
East of England - 7 - - 4
North of England +20 3 - - 4
Scotland +36 2 £221 -57.91%
North West +20 2 - - 2
Yorkshire +12 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 £700 - 7
West Midlands - 1 £700 - 4
Psychology
UK

Psychology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (43.48%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (43.48%) Acrobat
2 9 (39.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (34.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (34.78%) Photoshop
4 1 (4.35%) SPSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Big Data
General
1 16 (69.57%) Social Skills
2 13 (56.52%) Finance
3 10 (43.48%) Local Government
3 10 (43.48%) Marketing
4 8 (34.78%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (34.78%) Mandarin Language
4 8 (34.78%) Telecoms
5 3 (13.04%) Legal
6 2 (8.70%) Health Technology
7 1 (4.35%) Humanities
7 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.35%) Publishing
7 1 (4.35%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Senior
2 10 (43.48%) Bid Manager
3 8 (34.78%) Senior Bid Manager
3 8 (34.78%) Senior Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Designer
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Designer
5 2 (8.70%) Senior UI Designer
5 2 (8.70%) Senior UI/UX Designer
5 2 (8.70%) Senior UX Designer
5 2 (8.70%) UI Designer
5 2 (8.70%) UI/UX Designer
5 2 (8.70%) UX Designer
6 1 (4.35%) Business Change Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Change Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Content Designer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) PRINCE2
2 10 (43.48%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (43.48%) Project Management
2 10 (43.48%) Risk Management
2 10 (43.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (43.48%) Value Proposition
3 8 (34.78%) Critical Thinking
3 8 (34.78%) Document Management
3 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (13.04%) Bill of Materials
5 3 (13.04%) Budget Management
5 3 (13.04%) Work Breakdown Structure
6 2 (8.70%) Product Roadmap
6 2 (8.70%) Product Strategy
6 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
6 2 (8.70%) Service Design
6 2 (8.70%) User Experience
6 2 (8.70%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 2 (8.70%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) R
1 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (86.96%) Degree
2 10 (43.48%) PMI Certification
2 10 (43.48%) PMP
2 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
2 10 (43.48%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.35%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
2 10 (43.48%) Adobe