Psychology Contracts

Psychology
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Psychology skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Psychology 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 544 647 720
Rank change year-on-year +103 +73 -110
Contract jobs citing Psychology 40 50 128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.092% 0.090% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.10% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 28 64
10th Percentile £350 £485 £400
25th Percentile £385 £496 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -17.98% -0.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £606 £590
90th Percentile - £688 £699
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £549 £525
% change year-on-year +9.29% +4.57% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 10
10th Percentile £63.76 £48.75 £32.40
25th Percentile £77.42 £54.38 £42.50
Median hourly rate £86.40 £65.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.92% +28.71% +10.53%
75th Percentile £87.80 £76.88 £56.06
90th Percentile - £83.25 £61.37
UK excluding London median hourly rate £87.80 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Psychology 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% -

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Psychology in the UK

Psychology
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Psychology in the UK

Psychology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Psychology in the UK

Psychology
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for Psychology in the UK

Psychology
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Psychology 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 +70 23 £390 -31.28% 71
UK excluding London +38 22 £600 +9.29% 37
Work from Home +107 15 £390 -27.78% 29
London +67 12 £390 -29.73% 41
Wales - 10 £600 - 1
East of England - 7 - - 2
Scotland +48 2 £221 -57.91% 1
North of England +11 2 - - 6
North West +15 1 - - 4
Yorkshire +11 1 - - 2
Midlands - 1 £700 - 8
West Midlands - 1 £700 - 5

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 10 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.50%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (25.00%) Acrobat
2 9 (22.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (20.00%) Photoshop
4 4 (10.00%) UserZoom
5 2 (5.00%) SPSS
6 1 (2.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (2.50%) Adobe XD
6 1 (2.50%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.00%) SaaS
2 2 (5.00%) Figma
2 2 (5.00%) SurveyMonkey
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Axure RP
General
1 29 (72.50%) Social Skills
2 15 (37.50%) Finance
3 11 (27.50%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (27.50%) Marketing
4 10 (25.00%) Local Government
5 8 (20.00%) Mandarin Language
5 8 (20.00%) Telecoms
6 6 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (7.50%) Games
7 3 (7.50%) Legal
7 3 (7.50%) Public Sector
8 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
9 1 (2.50%) Advertising
9 1 (2.50%) Health Technology
9 1 (2.50%) Humanities
9 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.50%) Publishing
9 1 (2.50%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 15 (37.50%) Senior
2 10 (25.00%) Bid Manager
3 8 (20.00%) Senior Bid Manager
3 8 (20.00%) Senior Manager
4 7 (17.50%) Designer
5 4 (10.00%) Senior Designer
5 4 (10.00%) User Experience Researcher
6 3 (7.50%) Games Designer
6 3 (7.50%) Senior Games Designer
6 3 (7.50%) User Researcher
6 3 (7.50%) UX Designer
7 2 (5.00%) UI Designer
7 2 (5.00%) UI/UX Designer
8 1 (2.50%) E-Commerce Designer
8 1 (2.50%) Insight Manager
8 1 (2.50%) Lead
8 1 (2.50%) Senior UI Designer
8 1 (2.50%) Senior UI/UX Designer
8 1 (2.50%) Senior User Experience Researcher
8 1 (2.50%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.50%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 3 (7.50%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.50%) Life Science
2 1 (2.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.50%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (27.50%) PRINCE2
1 11 (27.50%) User Experience
2 10 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (25.00%) Project Management
2 10 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 10 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (25.00%) Value Proposition
3 9 (22.50%) Critical Thinking
3 9 (22.50%) Decision-Making
3 9 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 8 (20.00%) Document Management
4 8 (20.00%) UX Design
5 7 (17.50%) Computer Science
5 7 (17.50%) Focus Group
5 7 (17.50%) Sociology
5 7 (17.50%) User Research
5 7 (17.50%) UX Research
6 6 (15.00%) Anthropology
6 6 (15.00%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.00%) R
2 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (85.00%) Degree
2 10 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 10 (25.00%) PMP
2 10 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 10 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 9 (22.50%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.50%) PhD
4 1 (2.50%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 12 (30.00%) Adobe
2 11 (27.50%) Microsoft