Ergonomics Contracts

Ergonomics (Human Factors)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Ergonomics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Ergonomics over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 547 651 784
Rank change year-on-year +104 +133 -104
Contract jobs citing Ergonomics 23 39 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.054% 0.069% 0.090%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.063% 0.077% 0.100%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 16 39
10th Percentile £270 £341 £413
25th Percentile £298 £376 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £520 £538
Median % change year-on-year -32.69% -3.26% +2.38%
75th Percentile £375 £591 £575
90th Percentile £415 £806 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £549 £525
% change year-on-year -36.25% +4.57% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 6
10th Percentile - £58.43 £21.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £59.44 £31.56
Median hourly rate £55.00 £72.40 £50.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.03% +44.08% +16.86%
75th Percentile £57.50 £84.85 £57.19
90th Percentile - £84.94 £71.86
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £72.40 £38.25
% change year-on-year -24.03% +89.28% -30.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Ergonomics 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,537 50,741 79,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.91% 89.71% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,555 35,132 55,704
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £439 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £483
% change year-on-year - +3.63% +9.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,471 1,680 1,899
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.74 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.56
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.75 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.86% +75.00% -4.99%

Ergonomics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Ergonomics in the UK

Ergonomics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ergonomics.

Daily rate trend for Ergonomics in the UK

Ergonomics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ergonomics over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Ergonomics in the UK

Ergonomics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ergonomics.

Hourly rate trend for Ergonomics in the UK

Ergonomics
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ergonomics within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
England +85 17 £350 -38.22% 52
UK excluding London +47 13 £350 -36.25% 48
North of England +29 8 £350 -37.28% 9
North West - 7 £350 - 7
Work from Home +105 6 £292 -46.75% 77
South East +15 3 - - 17
London +89 2 £388 -22.50% 5
South West +13 2 - - 9
Yorkshire +14 1 - - 2

Ergonomics
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 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (4.35%) Adobe XD
2 1 (4.35%) InVision
2 1 (4.35%) Sketch
2 1 (4.35%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Figma
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Axure RP
General
1 5 (21.74%) Manufacturing
2 4 (17.39%) Automotive
2 4 (17.39%) Marketing
3 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
3 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Advertising
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Legal
4 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) User Researcher
2 4 (17.39%) Lead
3 3 (13.04%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Designer
4 2 (8.70%) Senior
4 2 (8.70%) Service Designer
5 1 (4.35%) IT Support
5 1 (4.35%) Senior IT Support
5 1 (4.35%) Senior User Researcher
5 1 (4.35%) Support Officer
5 1 (4.35%) User Experience Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (4.35%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (4.35%) Freedom of Information Act
1 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.35%) Robotics
1 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
1 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
1 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
1 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) Human Factors
2 12 (52.17%) Agile
2 12 (52.17%) User Research
3 11 (47.83%) Ethnography
3 11 (47.83%) Usability Testing
3 11 (47.83%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 9 (39.13%) Actionable Insight
4 9 (39.13%) Design Persona
4 9 (39.13%) Service Design
5 8 (34.78%) User Experience
6 7 (30.43%) Data Science
6 7 (30.43%) Focus Group
6 7 (30.43%) Front End Development
6 7 (30.43%) Guerrilla Testing
6 7 (30.43%) Market Research
6 7 (30.43%) Mentoring
6 7 (30.43%) Qualitative Research
6 7 (30.43%) Quantitative Research
6 7 (30.43%) Requirements Gathering
6 7 (30.43%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) Degree
2 5 (21.74%) Master's Degree
3 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
4 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
4 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) CCNA
5 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.35%) MCSE
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (13.04%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (4.35%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Adobe
3 1 (4.35%) EMC
3 1 (4.35%) VMware