Usability Testing Contracts with Work from Home Options

Usability Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 298 360 414
Rank change year-on-year +62 +54 -53
Contract jobs citing Usability Testing 48 105 211
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.33% 0.43% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.48% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 81 111
10th Percentile £377 £370 £406
25th Percentile £422 £463 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.82%
75th Percentile £550 £569 £575
90th Percentile £575 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £524 £510
% change year-on-year -4.53% +2.70% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - £19.80
25th Percentile - - £20.24
Median hourly rate - £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +80.00% -
75th Percentile - - £57.38
90th Percentile - - £61.95
UK median hourly rate - £65.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +225.00% -49.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,810 21,655 40,201
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.61% 89.64% 91.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,641 15,361 29,229
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 502 523
10th Percentile £14.88 £18.49 £14.30
25th Percentile £24.13 £25.80 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%

Usability Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Usability Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Usability Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Usability Testing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Usability Testing.

Usability Testing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Usability Testing
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Usability Testing over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Usability Testing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Usability Testing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Usability Testing.

Usability Testing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Usability Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (2.08%) CMS
1 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (18.75%) Adobe XD
2 8 (16.67%) Sketch
3 4 (8.33%) UserZoom
4 1 (2.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (2.08%) Chatbot
4 1 (2.08%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 14 (29.17%) Figma
2 8 (16.67%) Azure
2 8 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (10.42%) Miro
4 3 (6.25%) Azure API Management
4 3 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.17%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.08%) SaaS
6 1 (2.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) Power BI
2 1 (2.08%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (6.25%) JMeter
1 3 (6.25%) LoadRunner
1 3 (6.25%) Postman
2 2 (4.17%) JIRA
3 1 (2.08%) Axure RP
3 1 (2.08%) Balsamiq
3 1 (2.08%) Selenium
General
1 26 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
3 8 (16.67%) Finance
3 8 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 7 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.17%) Retail
6 1 (2.08%) Advertising
6 1 (2.08%) Banking
6 1 (2.08%) Danish Language
6 1 (2.08%) Law
6 1 (2.08%) Legal
6 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.08%) Police
Job Titles
1 23 (47.92%) Designer
2 13 (27.08%) UX Designer
3 9 (18.75%) User Researcher
4 6 (12.50%) Lead
5 5 (10.42%) Service Designer
6 4 (8.33%) Interaction Designer
6 4 (8.33%) Senior
6 4 (8.33%) Senior Designer
6 4 (8.33%) Senior UX Designer
7 3 (6.25%) Test Manager
8 2 (4.17%) Agile Delivery Lead
8 2 (4.17%) Analyst
9 1 (2.08%) Business Analyst
9 1 (2.08%) Developer
9 1 (2.08%) Product Manager
9 1 (2.08%) Service Manager
9 1 (2.08%) Supply Chain Manager
9 1 (2.08%) Test Analyst
9 1 (2.08%) Web Manager
9 1 (2.08%) Web Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.25%) Swagger
2 1 (2.08%) CSS
2 1 (2.08%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.17%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.08%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.08%) Smartphone
3 1 (2.08%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (68.75%) User Research
2 26 (54.17%) User Experience
3 24 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 17 (35.42%) Agile
5 15 (31.25%) UX Design
6 12 (25.00%) Wireframes
7 10 (20.83%) Prototyping
7 10 (20.83%) UX Research
8 9 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (16.67%) DevOps
10 7 (14.58%) Actionable Insight
10 7 (14.58%) Journey Map
10 7 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (12.50%) Service Design
11 6 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
12 5 (10.42%) Collaborative Working
12 5 (10.42%) Decision-Making
12 5 (10.42%) Human-Centred Design
12 5 (10.42%) Interaction Design
12 5 (10.42%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.08%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.08%) Python
1 1 (2.08%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (12.50%) Degree
1 6 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.25%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (37.50%) Accessibility
2 4 (8.33%) QA
2 4 (8.33%) WCAG
3 2 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.08%) SLA
Vendors
1 10 (20.83%) Adobe
2 5 (10.42%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.08%) OpenAI
3 1 (2.08%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.08%) SAP