Psychology
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Psychology skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Psychology over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 748 814 907
Rank change year-on-year +66 +93 -86
Permanent jobs citing Psychology 148 161 337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.16% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.17% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 39 49 81
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,790 £32,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £50,250 £43,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.15% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £66,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year -35.85% +65.63% -20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Psychology is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,701 95,929 153,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.52% 95.60% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 59,701 56,502 82,944
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Psychology
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Psychology in the UK

Psychology
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Psychology.

Salary trend for Psychology in the UK

Psychology
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Psychology over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Psychology in the UK

Psychology
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Psychology within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London -18 113 £42,500 -35.85% 40
Scotland +22 77 - - 1
England -2 67 £49,000 -27.41% 63
London +131 32 £62,500 -7.41% 27
Work from Home +80 31 £43,362 -38.05% 21
South East +7 15 £31,500 -51.54% 6
North of England +25 11 £57,500 -17.86% 6
South West -19 7 £27,500 - 6
North West -7 5 £60,000 -14.29% 3
North East - 4 £50,862 - 2
Yorkshire +86 2 £42,500 -20.56% 1
West Midlands -3 2 - - 9
Midlands -4 2 - - 14
Wales - 1 - - 3

Psychology
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 (0.68%) SAS
1 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (21.62%) UserZoom
2 12 (8.11%) Sketch
3 8 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (4.05%) InVision
5 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.68%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.68%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Exchequer
1 1 (0.68%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 78 (52.70%) Figma
2 70 (47.30%) SurveyMonkey
3 6 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (4.05%) Power Automate
3 6 (4.05%) Power Platform
3 6 (4.05%) PowerApps
4 5 (3.38%) Azure
4 5 (3.38%) Heroku
5 3 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.68%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.05%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.05%) Power BI
1 6 (4.05%) Tableau
2 2 (1.35%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.35%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 32 (21.62%) Jenkins
General
1 101 (68.24%) Marketing
2 90 (60.81%) Law
3 88 (59.46%) Finance
4 80 (54.05%) Social Skills
5 79 (53.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (26.35%) Social Science
7 22 (14.86%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (9.46%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (7.43%) Public Sector
10 7 (4.73%) Legal
10 7 (4.73%) Retail
11 6 (4.05%) French Language
12 4 (2.70%) Advertising
13 3 (2.03%) Humanities
14 2 (1.35%) Automotive
14 2 (1.35%) Banking
14 2 (1.35%) Financial Institution
14 2 (1.35%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.68%) Games
15 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (37.84%) User Experience Researcher
2 40 (27.03%) Lead
3 16 (10.81%) Designer
4 13 (8.78%) User Researcher
5 10 (6.76%) Senior
6 9 (6.08%) UX Designer
7 7 (4.73%) Analyst
7 7 (4.73%) Data Analyst
8 6 (4.05%) Data Insight Analyst
8 6 (4.05%) Insight Analyst
8 6 (4.05%) Insight Data Analyst
9 5 (3.38%) Interaction Designer
9 5 (3.38%) Senior User Experience Researcher
10 4 (2.70%) Developer
11 3 (2.03%) Data Scientist
12 2 (1.35%) Change Manager
12 2 (1.35%) Dashboard Developer
12 2 (1.35%) Full Stack Developer
12 2 (1.35%) Lead Data Scientist
12 2 (1.35%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.81%) HTML
2 14 (9.46%) CSS
3 5 (3.38%) .NET
4 2 (1.35%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.68%) HTML5
5 1 (0.68%) SVG
5 1 (0.68%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (0.68%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 27 (18.24%) Market Risk
2 19 (12.84%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.41%) Blockchain
3 8 (5.41%) NHS
4 6 (4.05%) Algorithms
4 6 (4.05%) FMCG
5 5 (3.38%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.35%) Social Media
7 1 (0.68%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.68%) Life Science
7 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.68%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.68%) Vector Graphics
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (75.68%) User Experience
1 112 (75.68%) User Research
2 98 (66.22%) Actionable Insight
3 95 (64.19%) UX Research
4 79 (53.38%) Service Design
5 77 (52.03%) Anthropology
6 67 (45.27%) Product Management
7 66 (44.59%) Roadmaps
8 62 (41.89%) Interaction Design
9 58 (39.19%) Qualitative Research
10 55 (37.16%) Cognitive Science
11 53 (35.81%) Fintech
12 46 (31.08%) Agile
13 43 (29.05%) DevOps
14 42 (28.38%) Analytics
15 41 (27.70%) Information Architecture
15 41 (27.70%) Market Research
16 40 (27.03%) Data Analytics
17 38 (25.68%) Cognitive Psychology
17 38 (25.68%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 38 (25.68%) R
2 10 (6.76%) Python
3 7 (4.73%) JavaScript
4 6 (4.05%) C#
5 5 (3.38%) MATLAB
6 4 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 131 (88.51%) Degree
2 60 (40.54%) Master's Degree
3 47 (31.76%) PhD
4 2 (1.35%) Postgraduate
4 2 (1.35%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.35%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.68%) APMG
5 1 (0.68%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (27.70%) Actionable Recommendations
2 16 (10.81%) Accessibility
3 6 (4.05%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.35%) PMO
5 1 (0.68%) GDPR
Vendors
1 70 (47.30%) Qualtrics
2 17 (11.49%) Adobe
2 17 (11.49%) Microsoft
3 8 (5.41%) Salesforce
4 6 (4.05%) Hotjar
5 2 (1.35%) Databricks
6 1 (0.68%) Apteco