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 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 522 582
Rank change year-on-year +41 +60 +98
Contract jobs citing Focus Group 21 27 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.077% 0.076% 0.092%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.084% 0.088% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 22 30
10th Percentile £408 £261 £325
25th Percentile £434 £325 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £390 £525
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% -25.71% +3.96%
75th Percentile £514 £449 £600
90th Percentile £552 £792 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £384 £500
% change year-on-year +30.12% -23.15% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.50
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £60.00
% change year-on-year - - +130.77%

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 24,867 30,640 42,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.63% 85.70% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,953 19,992 29,367
10th Percentile £300 £310 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £645 £666
90th Percentile £745 £751 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,327 2,045 1,480
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.21 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.86 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.33% -7.06% +63.46%
75th Percentile £53.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.33 £73.75 £77.55
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £42.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% -10.31% +61.35%

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

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Focus Group in England over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Focus Group in England

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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 20 July 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
North of England +3 11 £504 -36.06% 4
London +34 10 £458 +17.37% 28
North West +6 8 £504 -36.06% 2
Yorkshire - 3 - - 1
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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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (23.81%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.76%) SPSS
2 1 (4.76%) Stata
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) Legal
3 3 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Games
5 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Analyst
1 6 (28.57%) Business Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) User Researcher
3 4 (19.05%) Lead
3 4 (19.05%) Senior
3 4 (19.05%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Senior Business Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Engineering Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Software Engineering Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Software Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Designer
5 1 (4.76%) Legal Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) User Experience Researcher
5 1 (4.76%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) .NET
1 3 (14.29%) .NET Framework
1 3 (14.29%) ASP.NET
1 3 (14.29%) MSMQ
2 1 (4.76%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (4.76%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) CMDB
2 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
2 4 (19.05%) Product Ownership
3 3 (14.29%) N-Tier
4 1 (4.76%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Agile
2 10 (47.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (38.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (38.10%) Risk Management
4 8 (38.10%) Scrum
5 7 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 7 (33.33%) Project Management
5 7 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (28.57%) Business Analysis
6 6 (28.57%) ITSM
6 6 (28.57%) Service Management
6 6 (28.57%) Test Strategy
6 6 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (23.81%) Artificial Intelligence
7 5 (23.81%) Change Management
7 5 (23.81%) Ethnography
7 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Identification
7 5 (23.81%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) VB.NET
2 1 (4.76%) R
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) PMP
2 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) EU AI Act
1 4 (19.05%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.76%) IBM