Market Research Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Market Research
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Market Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 63 67
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 -
Contract jobs citing Market Research 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.35% 0.26% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.31% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £364 £231 £249
25th Percentile £366 £236 £249
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £255 £275
Median % change year-on-year +49.02% -7.27% -
75th Percentile £396 £276 £302
90th Percentile £400 £283 £303
England median daily rate £450 £450 £525
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -2.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 736 637 702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 86.79% 84.37% 84.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 395 510
10th Percentile £216 £267 £206
25th Percentile £350 £356 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £445 £478
Median % change year-on-year -6.74% -6.81% +0.53%
75th Percentile £523 £550 £602
90th Percentile £638 £613 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 28 51
10th Percentile £16.17 £14.90 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 £16.87
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.84% +3.33% +32.61%
75th Percentile £25.15 £50.00 £52.63
90th Percentile - £51.50 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.63% -9.38% +27.14%

Market Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Market Research relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Market Research job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Market Research.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Market Research

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Market Research.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Market Research

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 October 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
Northamptonshire - 3 £380 - 3
Market Research
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Payment Gateway
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Cost Control
1 3 (100.00%) Fintech
1 3 (100.00%) Product Management
1 3 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 3 (100.00%) Regulatory Change
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 3 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft