Focus Group Contracts in England

Focus Groups
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Focus Group skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Focus Group 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 466 512 617
Rank change year-on-year +46 +105 +55
Contract jobs citing Focus Group 20 29 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.082% 0.078% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.090% 0.090% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 23 42
10th Percentile £376 £262 £303
25th Percentile £423 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £365 £475
Median % change year-on-year +32.33% -23.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £402 £600
90th Percentile £564 £520 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £390 £475
% change year-on-year +28.21% -17.89% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £61.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £61.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Focus Group 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,247 32,161 45,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.13% 86.56% 90.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,550 21,078 31,861
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 2,252 1,585
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.93 £10.91
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Focus Group
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Focus Group as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Focus Group in England

Focus Group
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Focus Group in England.

Daily rate trend for Focus Group in England

Focus Group
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Focus Group in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Focus Group in England

Focus Group
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Focus Group in England.

Hourly rate trend for Focus Group in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Focus Group within the England 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
London +42 12 £458 +17.37% 21
North of England +21 8 £504 +43.86% 25
North West +14 8 £504 +43.86% 18
Focus Group
UK

Focus Group
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (30.00%) MS Visio
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Figma
General
1 5 (25.00%) Legal
1 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Analyst
2 8 (40.00%) Business Analyst
3 6 (30.00%) Senior
3 6 (30.00%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (30.00%) Senior Business Analyst
3 6 (30.00%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
4 5 (25.00%) User Researcher
5 4 (20.00%) Lead
6 1 (5.00%) Agile Business Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Business Engagement Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Business Process Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Designer
6 1 (5.00%) Engagement Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Legal Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Principal Business Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Process Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Stakeholder Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Stakeholder Engagement Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) CMDB
2 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Agile
2 10 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (45.00%) Risk Management
4 8 (40.00%) Business Analysis
4 8 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 8 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (35.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (35.00%) ITSM
5 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (35.00%) Service Management
5 7 (35.00%) Test Strategy
5 7 (35.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (30.00%) User Research
7 5 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 5 (25.00%) Ethnography
7 5 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
7 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Identification
8 4 (20.00%) Ethnographic Research
8 4 (20.00%) Generative AI
8 4 (20.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) EU AI Act
1 4 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.00%) IBM