Quantitative Research Contract Job Trends in Central London

Quantitative Research
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Quantitative Research skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 131 141
Rank change year-on-year +5 +10 +30
Contract jobs citing Quantitative Research 3 2 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.16% 0.087% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.094% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 19
10th Percentile £340 £813 £455
25th Percentile £400 £814 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £831 £600
Median % change year-on-year -39.81% +38.46% +1.05%
75th Percentile £664 £850 £834
90th Percentile £762 £853 £898
London median daily rate £575 £563 £625
% change year-on-year +2.22% -10.00% -3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Quantitative 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 1,796 2,124 2,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.69% 91.91% 89.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,370 2,016
10th Percentile £316 £363 £350
25th Percentile £419 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £594
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.20% +3.30%
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 18
10th Percentile £18.69 £17.75 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.00 £24.83 £16.71
Median hourly rate £28.33 £35.00 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -19.07% +30.84% -35.54%
75th Percentile £50.75 £65.63 £45.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £119.65 £57.73
London median hourly rate £31.49 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -10.03% -6.67% +5.63%

Quantitative Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Research in Central London

Quantitative Research
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Research in Central London over the 6 months to 22 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Quantitative 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 Quantitative Research.

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

Quantitative Research
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 Quantitative Research within the Central London region over the 6 months to 22 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 +7 3 £500 -39.81% 36
Quantitative Research
London

Quantitative Research
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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) EViews
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Qualitative Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Research Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Distributed Computing
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Collateral Management
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Contextual Inquiry
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Diary Studies
1 1 (33.33%) Econometrics
1 1 (33.33%) Economics
1 1 (33.33%) Market Research
1 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Monte Carlo Method
1 1 (33.33%) Multithreaded Programming
1 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
1 1 (33.33%) Qualitative Research
1 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
1 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) R
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) VBA
1 1 (33.33%) VC++
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) EMIR
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) Qualtrics