Market Research Contracts in the UK excluding London

Market Research
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Market Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Market Research over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 371 427 478
Rank change year-on-year +56 +51 -65
Contract jobs citing Market Research 16 10 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.079% 0.043% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.094% 0.048% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 18
10th Percentile - £543 £435
25th Percentile £325 £548 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £554 £538
Median % change year-on-year -14.26% +3.07% +9.14%
75th Percentile £525 £569 £575
90th Percentile £545 £587 £603
UK median daily rate £488 £498 £525
% change year-on-year -2.01% -5.24% +10.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £10.42 - £21.97
75th Percentile £11.40 - -
90th Percentile £11.98 - -
UK median hourly rate £10.42 - £40.25
% change year-on-year - - -11.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Market 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,110 20,642 27,081
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.43% 89.51% 89.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,201 14,252 18,911
10th Percentile £250 £255 £236
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £476
Median % change year-on-year - +5.04% +8.51%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £653
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,053 1,261 1,359
10th Percentile £12.31 £10.75 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.82 £73.71 £61.30
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +4.82%

Market Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Market Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Market Research in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Market Research in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Market Research in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Market Research in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Market Research in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Market Research in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Market Research in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Market Research within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +22 8 £350 -36.82% 41
North West - 8 £350 - 25
South East - 5 £525 - 40
East of England - 2 - - 21
Midlands +32 1 - - 22
West Midlands +19 1 - - 11
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Broadband
1 2 (12.50%) Internet
2 1 (6.25%) 3G
2 1 (6.25%) 4G
2 1 (6.25%) 5G
2 1 (6.25%) DSL
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Telecoms
3 3 (18.75%) Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Law
4 2 (12.50%) Legal
4 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.25%) Arabic Language
5 1 (6.25%) German Language
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) User Researcher
2 3 (18.75%) Product Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Product Owner
3 2 (12.50%) Telecoms Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Telecoms Product Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Commercial Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) IAM Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Identity and Access Management Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Identity Management Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Lead
4 1 (6.25%) Management Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Commercial Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.25%) Blockchain
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Agile
2 7 (43.75%) User Experience
3 6 (37.50%) Actionable Insight
3 6 (37.50%) Data Science
3 6 (37.50%) Design Persona
3 6 (37.50%) Ergonomics
3 6 (37.50%) Ethnography
3 6 (37.50%) Focus Group
3 6 (37.50%) Front End Development
3 6 (37.50%) Guerrilla Testing
3 6 (37.50%) Human Factors
3 6 (37.50%) Mentoring
3 6 (37.50%) Qualitative Research
3 6 (37.50%) Quantitative Research
3 6 (37.50%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (37.50%) Service Design
3 6 (37.50%) Usability Testing
3 6 (37.50%) User Research
3 6 (37.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 6 (37.50%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
1 4 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (12.50%) MBA
3 1 (6.25%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft