Psychology Jobs

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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 772 805 878
Rank change year-on-year +33 +73 -57
Permanent jobs citing Psychology 150 140 423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.15% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.16% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 44 45 79
10th Percentile £27,300 £27,020 £34,550
25th Percentile £29,938 £50,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,560 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £59,063 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £84,197
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £65,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -38.46% +62.50% -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 89,994 88,841 164,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.43% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,089 53,798 83,455
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,848 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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 9 June 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 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London -54 111 £40,000 -38.46% 35
England -29 75 £44,225 -33.25% 69
Scotland +7 71 - - 1
London +78 36 £57,500 -14.81% 38
Work from Home +65 29 £44,225 -36.82% 28
South East +4 19 £31,500 -51.54% 11
North of England +17 11 £57,500 -17.86% 5
South West -24 7 £27,500 - 7
North West -18 5 £60,000 -14.29% 3
North East - 4 £50,862 -
Yorkshire +62 2 £42,500 -20.56% 2
West Midlands -19 2 - - 3
Midlands -40 2 - - 6
Wales - 1 - - 1

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 (0.67%) SAS
1 1 (0.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (17.33%) UserZoom
2 12 (8.00%) Sketch
3 8 (5.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (4.00%) InVision
5 6 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.67%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.67%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Exchequer
1 1 (0.67%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 68 (45.33%) Figma
2 64 (42.67%) SurveyMonkey
3 6 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (4.00%) Power Automate
3 6 (4.00%) Power Platform
3 6 (4.00%) PowerApps
4 5 (3.33%) Azure
4 5 (3.33%) Heroku
5 3 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.00%) Power BI
1 6 (4.00%) Tableau
2 2 (1.33%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.33%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 26 (17.33%) Jenkins
General
1 91 (60.67%) Law
2 90 (60.00%) Marketing
3 78 (52.00%) Finance
4 73 (48.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 70 (46.67%) Social Skills
6 46 (30.67%) Social Science
7 25 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (9.33%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (8.67%) Public Sector
10 10 (6.67%) Humanities
11 7 (4.67%) Legal
11 7 (4.67%) Retail
12 6 (4.00%) French Language
13 4 (2.67%) Advertising
14 2 (1.33%) Automotive
14 2 (1.33%) Banking
14 2 (1.33%) Financial Institution
14 2 (1.33%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.67%) Games
15 1 (0.67%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 50 (33.33%) User Experience Researcher
2 40 (26.67%) Lead
3 15 (10.00%) User Researcher
4 12 (8.00%) Designer
5 9 (6.00%) Senior
6 8 (5.33%) Development Manager
6 8 (5.33%) Research Manager
7 7 (4.67%) Analyst
7 7 (4.67%) Data Analyst
8 6 (4.00%) Data Insight Analyst
8 6 (4.00%) Insight Analyst
8 6 (4.00%) Insight Data Analyst
9 5 (3.33%) Interaction Designer
9 5 (3.33%) Senior User Experience Researcher
9 5 (3.33%) UX Designer
10 4 (2.67%) Developer
10 4 (2.67%) Lecturer
11 3 (2.00%) Data Scientist
12 2 (1.33%) Full Stack Developer
12 2 (1.33%) Senior User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.00%) HTML
2 10 (6.67%) CSS
3 5 (3.33%) .NET
4 2 (1.33%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.67%) HTML5
5 1 (0.67%) SVG
5 1 (0.67%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (0.67%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 27 (18.00%) Market Risk
2 19 (12.67%) Product Ownership
3 10 (6.67%) NHS
4 8 (5.33%) Life Science
4 8 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.00%) Algorithms
5 6 (4.00%) FMCG
6 5 (3.33%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.67%) Blockchain
8 2 (1.33%) Social Media
9 1 (0.67%) Graphic Design
9 1 (0.67%) Vector Graphics
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (69.33%) User Experience
1 104 (69.33%) User Research
2 94 (62.67%) Actionable Insight
3 89 (59.33%) UX Research
4 73 (48.67%) Anthropology
4 73 (48.67%) Service Design
5 61 (40.67%) Product Management
6 60 (40.00%) Roadmaps
7 58 (38.67%) Interaction Design
7 58 (38.67%) Qualitative Research
8 55 (36.67%) Cognitive Science
9 49 (32.67%) Fintech
10 42 (28.00%) Agile
11 38 (25.33%) Analytics
12 37 (24.67%) Information Architecture
13 35 (23.33%) Market Research
14 34 (22.67%) Data Analytics
15 33 (22.00%) Business Strategy
15 33 (22.00%) DevOps
16 32 (21.33%) Objectives and Key Results
Programming Languages
1 38 (25.33%) R
2 10 (6.67%) Python
3 7 (4.67%) JavaScript
4 6 (4.00%) C#
5 5 (3.33%) MATLAB
6 4 (2.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 129 (86.00%) Degree
2 60 (40.00%) Master's Degree
3 54 (36.00%) PhD
4 4 (2.67%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.67%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.33%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.67%) APMG
6 1 (0.67%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.67%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (23.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 16 (10.67%) Accessibility
3 6 (4.00%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.33%) PMO
5 1 (0.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 64 (42.67%) Qualtrics
2 17 (11.33%) Microsoft
3 13 (8.67%) Adobe
4 8 (5.33%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.00%) Hotjar
6 2 (1.33%) Databricks
7 1 (0.67%) Apteco