Market Research Contract Job Trends in Central London

Market Research
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Market Research skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 118 157
Rank change year-on-year -8 +39 +40
Contract jobs citing Market Research 3 11 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.16% 0.47% 0.062%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.51% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 0
10th Percentile £505 £485 -
25th Percentile £513 £500 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 -
75th Percentile £688 £675 -
90th Percentile £785 £705 -
London median daily rate £550 £463 £525
% change year-on-year +18.92% -11.90% -4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Market Research 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 in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,800 2,142 2,917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.70% 91.97% 89.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,204 1,383 2,028
10th Percentile £315 £363 £356
25th Percentile £419 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £598
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.77% +3.91%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 28 17
10th Percentile £18.69 £17.75 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.00 £24.83 £16.61
Median hourly rate £28.33 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.07% +34.62% -38.10%
75th Percentile £50.75 £65.63 £42.32
90th Percentile £63.75 £119.65 £59.30
London median hourly rate £31.49 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -10.03% -6.67% +3.45%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Market Research in Central London

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Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Market Research.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Market Research

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Market Research in Central London over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Market Research in Central London

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Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Market Research.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Market Research

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Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 21 September 2025. 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
City of London +2 3 £525 -8.70% 39
Market Research
London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 1 (33.33%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) KDB
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Agile Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) C++ Developer
1 1 (33.33%) C++ Developer - Algorithmic Trading
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) FIX Protocol
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithmic Trading
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Content Management
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Low Latency
1 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
1 1 (33.33%) Qualitative Research
1 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Research
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Time Series Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
1 1 (33.33%) User Stories
1 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Qualtrics