Sociology Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Sociology
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Sociology skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Sociology 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.096% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - £390
% change year-on-year - - -22.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Sociology 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 846 441 604
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 80.88% 86.81% 78.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 295 412
10th Percentile £199 £200 £188
25th Percentile £370 £320 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £436 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +2.47% -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £550
90th Percentile £619 £588 £625
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 22 63
10th Percentile £13.54 £13.81 £11.75
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.74 £12.75
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.05 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.20% +25.97% -1.24%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.15 £26.15
90th Percentile £30.25 £33.55 £51.34
England median hourly rate £41.90 £31.70 £34.00
% change year-on-year +32.17% -6.76% -9.33%

Sociology
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 Sociology within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 April 2026. 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
Nottinghamshire - 1 - - 1
Sociology
England

Sociology
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience Researcher
1 1 (100.00%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Psychology
1 1 (100.00%) Qualitative Research
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Degree