Human Factors Contracts

Human Factors
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Human Factors skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Human Factors over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 664 783
Rank change year-on-year +98 +119 -88
Contract jobs citing Human Factors 18 33 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.059% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.048% 0.066% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 33
10th Percentile - £324 £413
25th Percentile £325 £376 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £548 £530
Median % change year-on-year -36.07% +3.30% +0.95%
75th Percentile £375 £591 £550
90th Percentile £400 £701 £598
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £549 £525
% change year-on-year -36.25% +4.57% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile £57.25 £58.43 £25.80
25th Percentile £64.38 £59.44 £40.88
Median hourly rate £77.50 £72.40 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.04% +34.07% -1.82%
75th Percentile £78.75 £84.85 £65.30
90th Percentile - £84.94 £77.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £77.50 £72.40 -
% change year-on-year +7.04% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Human Factors falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Human Factors in the UK

Human Factors
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Human Factors over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Human Factors in the UK

Human Factors
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Human Factors in the UK

Human Factors
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Human Factors over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Human Factors in the UK

Human Factors
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 Human Factors within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 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 +80 15 £350 -38.22% 31
UK excluding London +22 13 £350 -36.25% 27
North of England +19 7 £350 -37.28% 4
North West - 6 £350 - 3
South East +13 4 - - 10
Work from Home +97 3 £350 -36.07% 14
London +79 2 £360 - 5
South West +2 2 - - 4
Yorkshire +10 1 - - 1

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 1 (5.56%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Figma
General
1 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Advertising
3 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) User Researcher
2 5 (27.78%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Service Designer
4 1 (5.56%) UI Designer
4 1 (5.56%) UI Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) UI/UX Designer
4 1 (5.56%) User Experience Researcher
4 1 (5.56%) UX Designer
4 1 (5.56%) UX Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Ergonomics
2 11 (61.11%) Agile
2 11 (61.11%) User Research
3 10 (55.56%) Usability Testing
3 10 (55.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 9 (50.00%) Ethnography
5 8 (44.44%) Actionable Insight
5 8 (44.44%) Design Persona
5 8 (44.44%) User Experience
6 7 (38.89%) Service Design
6 7 (38.89%) UX Design
7 6 (33.33%) Data Science
7 6 (33.33%) Focus Group
7 6 (33.33%) Front End Development
7 6 (33.33%) Guerrilla Testing
7 6 (33.33%) Market Research
7 6 (33.33%) Mentoring
7 6 (33.33%) Qualitative Research
7 6 (33.33%) Quantitative Research
7 6 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) DV Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) EMC