Market Research Contracts

Market Research
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 533 667 713
Rank change year-on-year +134 +46 -140
Contract jobs citing Market Research 56 53 156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.086% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.096% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 39 93
10th Percentile £325 £349 £401
25th Percentile £375 £440 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £495 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% -3.41% +3.54%
75th Percentile £606 £619 £586
90th Percentile £645 £655 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £579 £538
% change year-on-year -35.23% +7.72% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 6
10th Percentile - - £21.49
25th Percentile - - £22.98
Median hourly rate £10.42 - £40.25
75th Percentile - - £57.00
90th Percentile £11.59 - £71.86
UK excluding London median hourly rate £10.42 - £21.97

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,881 55,208 81,430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.36% 89.86% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,533 38,169 57,174
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,409 1,808 1,952
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.85 £16.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £33.07 £36.00 £24.87
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +44.78% -0.54%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £71.25 £73.98 £63.24
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.07 £35.80 £19.91
% change year-on-year -7.64% +79.81% -8.42%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Market Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Market Research in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Market Research in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Market Research over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Market Research in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Market Research in the UK

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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 Market Research within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +125 46 £525 +5.00% 237
London +107 26 £575 +19.54% 110
UK excluding London +68 21 £375 -35.23% 126
Work from Home +114 20 £525 +6.06% 92
North of England +41 10 £350 -37.28% 37
North West - 9 £350 - 20
South East - 6 £525 - 37
East of England - 3 £575 - 17
Scotland +38 1 £350 - 8
Midlands +37 1 - - 16
West Midlands +30 1 - - 14
Yorkshire +19 1 £400 -28.32% 12

Market Research
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 2 (3.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (3.57%) Sketch
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.79%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.14%) Azure
2 2 (3.57%) Asana
2 2 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
2 2 (3.57%) Figma
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.57%) OneDrive
2 2 (3.57%) SaaS
3 1 (1.79%) GCP
3 1 (1.79%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.14%) Internet
2 1 (1.79%) 3G
2 1 (1.79%) 4G
2 1 (1.79%) 5G
2 1 (1.79%) Broadband
2 1 (1.79%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.57%) Big Data
2 1 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 23 (41.07%) Social Skills
2 17 (30.36%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (17.86%) Public Sector
4 8 (14.29%) Marketing
5 7 (12.50%) Finance
6 6 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (10.71%) Telecoms
7 5 (8.93%) German Language
7 5 (8.93%) Law
8 4 (7.14%) Legal
8 4 (7.14%) Spanish Language
9 2 (3.57%) French Language
9 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.79%) Arabic Language
10 1 (1.79%) Banking
10 1 (1.79%) Billing
10 1 (1.79%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.79%) Local Government
10 1 (1.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (30.36%) User Researcher
2 11 (19.64%) Senior
3 7 (12.50%) Product Manager
4 6 (10.71%) Senior User Researcher
5 4 (7.14%) Product Owner
6 3 (5.36%) Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Business Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Consultant
6 3 (5.36%) Telecoms Manager
6 3 (5.36%) Telecoms Product Manager
7 2 (3.57%) Commercial Manager
7 2 (3.57%) IAM Consultant
7 2 (3.57%) Identity and Access Management Consultant
7 2 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) Lead
7 2 (3.57%) Management Consultant
7 2 (3.57%) Marketing Specialist
7 2 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (3.57%) Senior Business Analyst
7 2 (3.57%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) React
1 1 (1.79%) Spring
1 1 (1.79%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.36%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.57%) Blockchain
3 2 (3.57%) Digital Media
3 2 (3.57%) Graphic Design
4 1 (1.79%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.79%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (48.21%) Agile
2 21 (37.50%) Actionable Insight
3 20 (35.71%) User Experience
4 19 (33.93%) Mentoring
4 19 (33.93%) User Research
5 18 (32.14%) Requirements Gathering
5 18 (32.14%) UX Design
6 17 (30.36%) Qualitative Research
6 17 (30.36%) Quantitative Research
7 16 (28.57%) Data Science
7 16 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (28.57%) Usability Testing
8 15 (26.79%) Front End Development
8 15 (26.79%) Roadmaps
8 15 (26.79%) Service Design
9 14 (25.00%) Design Persona
9 14 (25.00%) Ethnography
9 14 (25.00%) Focus Group
9 14 (25.00%) Guerrilla Testing
9 14 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.79%) C++
1 1 (1.79%) Java
1 1 (1.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (28.57%) Degree
2 8 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.57%) CBAP
3 2 (3.57%) MBA
4 1 (1.79%) CSPO
4 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (26.79%) Actionable Recommendations
2 6 (10.71%) QA
3 1 (1.79%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (3.57%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (8.93%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.57%) Adobe
3 1 (1.79%) Google
3 1 (1.79%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.79%) TSYS