Market Research Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Market Research
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of 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 118 120 152
Rank change year-on-year +2 +32 +36
Contract jobs citing Market Research 3 9 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.17% 0.43% 0.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.46% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 0
10th Percentile £505 £481 -
25th Percentile £513 £500 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -
75th Percentile £688 £675 -
90th Percentile £785 £713 -
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,629 1,938 2,716
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.11% 91.94% 90.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,082 1,226 1,882
10th Percentile £320 £375 £363
25th Percentile £419 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £765 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £598
% change year-on-year -4.35% -3.77% +3.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 18 16
10th Percentile £17.08 £15.40 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.75 £20.88 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.15 £32.75 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.05% +31.00% -41.52%
75th Percentile £56.75 £107.13 £44.87
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £28.33 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.07% +34.62% -38.10%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Market Research in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Market Research.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Market Research

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for Market Research in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Market Research.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Market Research

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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