Focus Group Contracts in England

Focus Groups
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Focus Group skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Focus Group over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 514 591 671
Rank change year-on-year +77 +80 -111
Contract jobs citing Focus Group 29 57 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.078% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.090% 0.13% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 43 83
10th Percentile £262 £305 £341
25th Percentile £325 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -23.16% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £402 £600 £555
90th Percentile £520 £625 £600
UK median daily rate £390 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -17.89% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £40.45
25th Percentile £60.50 - £43.75
Median hourly rate £61.00 - £50.50
75th Percentile £61.50 - £52.38
90th Percentile - - £52.75
UK median hourly rate £61.00 - £50.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Focus Group 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,201 45,536 64,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.24% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,119 31,974 45,794
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,240 1,592 1,770
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.83% +49.20% -

Focus Group
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Focus Group as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Focus Group in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Focus Group in England.

Daily rate trend for Focus Group in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Focus Group in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Focus Group in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Focus Group in England.

Hourly rate trend for Focus Group in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Focus Group within the England region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
London +92 12 £390 -17.98% 10
North of England +25 10 £350 -41.67% 16
North West +26 8 £350 -36.36% 7
South West +16 5 £270 - 2
Yorkshire +18 2 £463 -22.92% 5
South East +13 1 - - 3
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Focus Group
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.45%) SAS
1 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) Photoshop
2 1 (3.45%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.24%) SaaS
2 1 (3.45%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (3.45%) Figma
2 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.45%) Smartsheet
2 1 (3.45%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
General
1 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
3 3 (10.34%) Advertising
3 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.90%) Finance
4 2 (6.90%) Legal
4 2 (6.90%) Marketing
5 1 (3.45%) Arabic Language
5 1 (3.45%) Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Cantonese Language
5 1 (3.45%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Law
5 1 (3.45%) Retail
5 1 (3.45%) Retail Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) User Researcher
2 4 (13.79%) IT Trainer
2 4 (13.79%) Trainer
2 4 (13.79%) User Experience Researcher
3 3 (10.34%) Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Senior
4 2 (6.90%) Change Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Designer
4 2 (6.90%) Lead
4 2 (6.90%) SAP Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Service Designer
5 1 (3.45%) Agile Business Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Communications Specialist
5 1 (3.45%) Developer
5 1 (3.45%) HR Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Lead Service Designer
5 1 (3.45%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Quantitative Researcher
5 1 (3.45%) Senior User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) CSS
1 1 (3.45%) HTML
1 1 (3.45%) jQuery
1 1 (3.45%) JSON
1 1 (3.45%) Web Services
1 1 (3.45%) XML
1 1 (3.45%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
1 2 (6.90%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.45%) Life Science
2 1 (3.45%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) User Experience
2 14 (48.28%) Qualitative Research
2 14 (48.28%) Quantitative Research
3 12 (41.38%) Actionable Insight
3 12 (41.38%) Data Science
4 11 (37.93%) Requirements Gathering
5 10 (34.48%) Agile
5 10 (34.48%) Usability Testing
5 10 (34.48%) UX Design
6 9 (31.03%) Service Design
6 9 (31.03%) User Research
7 8 (27.59%) Data Analysis
7 8 (27.59%) Decision-Making
7 8 (27.59%) Ethnography
7 8 (27.59%) Mentoring
7 8 (27.59%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 7 (24.14%) Ergonomics
8 7 (24.14%) Human Factors
8 7 (24.14%) Market Research
8 7 (24.14%) Psychology
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (31.03%) Degree
2 6 (20.69%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (24.14%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (6.90%) GDPR
2 2 (6.90%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) SAP
3 1 (3.45%) Adobe