Quantitative Research Contracts in the City of London

Quantitative Research
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Quantitative Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Quantitative Research over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 120 152
Rank change year-on-year +7 +32 +31
Contract jobs citing Quantitative Research 6 6 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.34% 0.27% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.30% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 19
10th Percentile £361 - £415
25th Percentile £453 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £675
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -29.63% +10.20%
75th Percentile - £513 £788
90th Percentile £634 £528 £875
Central London median daily rate £600 £475 £675
% change year-on-year +26.32% -29.63% +10.20%

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,637 1,989 3,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.17% 90.53% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 1,408 2,250
10th Percentile £363 £363 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.33
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -14.63%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

Quantitative Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Research in the City of London

Quantitative Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Quantitative Research in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Quantitative Research in the City of London

Quantitative Research
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Research in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Quantitative Research in the City of London

Quantitative Research
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Quantitative Research in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Quantitative Research in the City of London

Quantitative Research
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Moorgate - 1 £300 -
Quantitative Research
Central London

Quantitative Research
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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) EViews
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) KDB
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Advertising
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
3 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Senior
1 2 (33.33%) Senior User Experience Researcher
1 2 (33.33%) User Experience Researcher
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Lead Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Quantitative Strategist
2 1 (16.67%) Research Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Distributed Computing
1 1 (16.67%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) Data Science
1 3 (50.00%) User Experience
2 2 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Competitor Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Design Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) Journey Map
2 2 (33.33%) Lean UX
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Product Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Qualitative Research
2 2 (33.33%) Storytelling
2 2 (33.33%) Usability Testing
2 2 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (33.33%) UX Design
2 2 (33.33%) UX Research
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Focus Group
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (16.67%) QA