Quantitative Research Contracts in England

Quantitative Research
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Quantitative Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Quantitative Research over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 465 546 594
Rank change year-on-year +81 +48 -90
Contract jobs citing Quantitative Research 70 117 185
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.23% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.26% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 79 140
10th Percentile £345 £363 £424
25th Percentile £404 £478 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £605 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.22% +10.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £763 £738 £650
90th Percentile - £850 £763
UK median daily rate £513 £588 £540
% change year-on-year -12.77% +8.80% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £32.90
25th Percentile - - £43.06
Median hourly rate - - £56.00
75th Percentile - - £70.06
90th Percentile - - £72.50
UK median hourly rate - - £56.00
% change year-on-year - - +115.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Quantitative Research 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 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
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% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Quantitative Research
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Quantitative Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Research in England

Quantitative Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Quantitative Research in England.

Daily rate trend for Quantitative Research in England

Quantitative Research
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Research in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Quantitative Research in England

Quantitative Research
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Quantitative Research in England.

Hourly rate trend for Quantitative Research in England

Quantitative Research
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 Quantitative Research within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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 +50 53 £550 -11.29% 91
North of England +38 12 £350 -32.53% 4
North West +21 8 £350 -15.15% 3
South East +29 4 £475 -16.89% 4
Yorkshire +19 3 £500 -11.11% 1
North East - 1 - -
Quantitative Research
UK

Quantitative Research
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 (1.43%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.43%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.43%) InVision
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.43%) Sketch
2 1 (1.43%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 18 (25.71%) Azure
2 16 (22.86%) AWS
2 16 (22.86%) GCP
3 5 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.71%) Power Automate
4 4 (5.71%) SaaS
5 2 (2.86%) NuGet
6 1 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.43%) Figma
6 1 (1.43%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.43%) Miro
6 1 (1.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.86%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.86%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.43%) Big Data
2 1 (1.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Bitbucket
1 2 (2.86%) Git
1 2 (2.86%) TeamCity
2 1 (1.43%) Axure RP
General
1 29 (41.43%) Finance
2 19 (27.14%) Front Office
3 14 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 10 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.71%) Banking
6 4 (5.71%) Investment Banking
6 4 (5.71%) Local Government
7 3 (4.29%) Law
7 3 (4.29%) Marketing
8 2 (2.86%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.86%) Health Technology
8 2 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.43%) Arabic Language
9 1 (1.43%) Cantonese Language
9 1 (1.43%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.43%) Retail
9 1 (1.43%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.43%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 27 (38.57%) Developer
2 22 (31.43%) Python Developer
3 18 (25.71%) Quantitative Developer
4 14 (20.00%) Finance Manager
5 10 (14.29%) User Researcher
6 6 (8.57%) Designer
7 5 (7.14%) Senior
8 4 (5.71%) Analyst
8 4 (5.71%) Applications Developer
8 4 (5.71%) Power Apps Developer
8 4 (5.71%) Service Designer
9 3 (4.29%) Data Scientist
9 3 (4.29%) User Experience Researcher
9 3 (4.29%) UX Strategist
10 2 (2.86%) Automation Developer
10 2 (2.86%) Insight Analyst
10 2 (2.86%) Interaction Designer
10 2 (2.86%) Lead
10 2 (2.86%) Senior Power Apps Developer
10 2 (2.86%) Senior Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.71%) Matplotlib
1 4 (5.71%) NumPy
1 4 (5.71%) Pandas
2 3 (4.29%) .NET
3 2 (2.86%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.43%) ADO
4 1 (1.43%) Tkinter
Miscellaneous
1 23 (32.86%) Derivative
2 20 (28.57%) Equities
3 17 (24.29%) Fixed Income
4 16 (22.86%) Hedge funds
5 5 (7.14%) Algorithms
6 3 (4.29%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (4.29%) NHS
6 3 (4.29%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.86%) Credit Derivative
7 2 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.43%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.43%) Digital Media
8 1 (1.43%) Equity Derivative
8 1 (1.43%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.86%) Linux
1 2 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (54.29%) Qualitative Research
2 27 (38.57%) Agile
3 22 (31.43%) Software Engineering
4 18 (25.71%) Service Design
5 17 (24.29%) User Experience
5 17 (24.29%) User Research
6 16 (22.86%) Actionable Insight
6 16 (22.86%) Asset Management
6 16 (22.86%) Investment Management
7 15 (21.43%) Data Science
8 14 (20.00%) Data Analysis
8 14 (20.00%) Focus Group
8 14 (20.00%) UX Design
9 13 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (14.29%) Analytics
10 10 (14.29%) Computer Science
10 10 (14.29%) Mentoring
10 10 (14.29%) Usability Testing
11 9 (12.86%) Market Research
11 9 (12.86%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 31 (44.29%) Python
2 17 (24.29%) R
3 5 (7.14%) C#
3 5 (7.14%) C++
3 5 (7.14%) SQL
4 4 (5.71%) Java
5 3 (4.29%) VBA
6 1 (1.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 14 (20.00%) Degree
2 11 (15.71%) Master's Degree
3 2 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.86%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.86%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.43%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (20.00%) Bloomberg
2 2 (2.86%) Brandwatch
2 2 (2.86%) Oracle
3 1 (1.43%) Adobe
3 1 (1.43%) Brio
3 1 (1.43%) Databricks
3 1 (1.43%) Google
3 1 (1.43%) Microsoft