Quantitative Research Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Quantitative Research
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Quantitative Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 117 129
Rank change year-on-year -1 +12 +29
Contract jobs citing Quantitative Research 7 4 16
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.39% 0.19% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.21% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 12
10th Percentile £519 £481 £526
25th Percentile £547 £509 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £798
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -29.49% +30.24%
75th Percentile £685 £703 £1,000
90th Percentile £771 £784 -
Central London median daily rate £638 £563 £798
% change year-on-year +13.33% -29.49% +30.24%

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 1,646 1,948 2,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 92.32% 91.50% 89.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,151 1,199 1,690
10th Percentile £339 £370 £363
25th Percentile £421 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £690
90th Percentile £756 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 13
10th Percentile £20.06 £16.70 -
25th Percentile £25.88 £22.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £38.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% +54.00% -51.92%
75th Percentile £52.19 £92.50 £46.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £122.20 £69.60
Central London median hourly rate £31.00 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -11.43% +37.25% -50.00%

Quantitative Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Quantitative Research relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Quantitative Research job vacancy trend in the City of London

Quantitative Research
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

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 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Quantitative Research in the City of London

Quantitative Research
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Quantitative Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Google Analytics
1 1 (14.29%) Miro
General
1 3 (42.86%) Front Office
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Law
2 2 (28.57%) Local Government
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Qualitative Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Quantitative Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) User Experience Researcher
3 1 (14.29%) Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Service Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Service Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Digital Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Service Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior User Experience Researcher
3 1 (14.29%) Senior User Researcher
3 1 (14.29%) Service Designer
3 1 (14.29%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) XML
1 1 (14.29%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
1 1 (14.29%) Credit Derivative
1 1 (14.29%) Derivative
1 1 (14.29%) Distributed Computing
1 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Qualitative Research
2 3 (42.86%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (42.86%) Diary Studies
2 3 (42.86%) Mathematics
2 3 (42.86%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 2 (28.57%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) Collateral Management
3 2 (28.57%) Design Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Product Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Change
3 2 (28.57%) Storytelling
3 2 (28.57%) Usability Testing
3 2 (28.57%) User Experience
3 2 (28.57%) User Research
3 2 (28.57%) UX Research
4 1 (14.29%) Market Research
4 1 (14.29%) Monte Carlo Method
4 1 (14.29%) Multithreading
4 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C#
1 2 (28.57%) C++
2 1 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) VBA
2 1 (14.29%) VC++
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) EMIR
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 1 (14.29%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Google
1 1 (14.29%) Hotjar
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle
1 1 (14.29%) Qualtrics