Market Research Contracts in England

Market Research
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Market Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Market Research over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 432 495 615
Rank change year-on-year +63 +120 +52
Contract jobs citing Market Research 53 47 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.22% 0.13% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.15% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 35 27
10th Percentile £281 £325 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £616 £619 £619
90th Percentile £738 £660 £650
UK median daily rate £483 £513 £495
% change year-on-year -5.85% +3.54% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
Median hourly rate £29.00 £10.42 -
Median % change year-on-year +178.31% - -
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £10.42 -
% change year-on-year +418.23% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
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 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Market Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Market Research in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Market Research in England.

Daily rate trend for Market Research in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Market Research in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Market Research in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Market Research in England.

Hourly rate trend for Market Research 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 Market Research within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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 +45 34 £513 -12.77% 525
North of England +15 5 £450 +28.57% 209
South West - 4 £450 - 107
North East - 4 £440 - 23
Midlands +24 3 £481 - 172
East of England +29 2 - - 135
West Midlands +15 2 £413 - 98
South East +40 1 £325 -38.10% 243
North West +10 1 £475 +35.71% 111
East Midlands - 1 £550 - 61
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UK

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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 2 (3.77%) CMS
1 2 (3.77%) Confluence
2 1 (1.89%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.77%) Trello
3 1 (1.89%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.89%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (5.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.89%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.55%) Azure
2 2 (3.77%) AWS
3 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.89%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.89%) Figma
3 1 (1.89%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.89%) Intranet
1 1 (1.89%) MQTT
1 1 (1.89%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.55%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.77%) Big Data
2 2 (3.77%) Data Lake
2 2 (3.77%) Tableau
3 1 (1.89%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (15.09%) JIRA
2 1 (1.89%) Eclipse
General
1 29 (54.72%) Social Skills
2 22 (41.51%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (28.30%) Marketing
4 11 (20.75%) Finance
5 9 (16.98%) Public Sector
6 8 (15.09%) Retail
7 5 (9.43%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (7.55%) Banking
8 4 (7.55%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (7.55%) Telecoms
9 3 (5.66%) Retail Banking
10 2 (3.77%) Automotive
10 2 (3.77%) Brand Awareness
10 2 (3.77%) French Language
10 2 (3.77%) German Language
10 2 (3.77%) Legal
10 2 (3.77%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.89%) Electronics
11 1 (1.89%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (30.19%) Product Manager
2 6 (11.32%) Analyst
3 5 (9.43%) Product Owner
4 4 (7.55%) Business Analyst
4 4 (7.55%) Senior
5 3 (5.66%) Business Manager
5 3 (5.66%) Senior Manager
5 3 (5.66%) Senior Product Manager
6 2 (3.77%) Asset Management Analyst
6 2 (3.77%) Asset Management Business Analyst
6 2 (3.77%) Business Development Director
6 2 (3.77%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (3.77%) Customer Insight Specialist
6 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Solution Manager
6 2 (3.77%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (3.77%) IT Manager
6 2 (3.77%) Marketing Manager
6 2 (3.77%) Programme Manager
6 2 (3.77%) Project Manager
6 2 (3.77%) Wealth Management Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.98%) Product Ownership
2 6 (11.32%) Digital Media
3 4 (7.55%) IoT
4 2 (3.77%) Blog
4 2 (3.77%) Digital Signage
4 2 (3.77%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.77%) Social Media
5 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.89%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (1.89%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.89%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.89%) NHS
5 1 (1.89%) PMI
5 1 (1.89%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.89%) Robotics
5 1 (1.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (39.62%) Agile
1 21 (39.62%) Roadmaps
2 17 (32.08%) Analytics
2 17 (32.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (30.19%) Project Management
4 15 (28.30%) Decision-Making
4 15 (28.30%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (24.53%) Product Strategy
6 12 (22.64%) Product Management
6 12 (22.64%) Product Roadmap
7 8 (15.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (15.09%) User Experience
8 7 (13.21%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (13.21%) B2B
8 7 (13.21%) Project Delivery
8 7 (13.21%) Strategic Roadmap
8 7 (13.21%) User Stories
9 6 (11.32%) Business Analysis
9 6 (11.32%) PLM
9 6 (11.32%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.77%) SQL
2 1 (1.89%) PL/SQL
2 1 (1.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (16.98%) Degree
2 6 (11.32%) Security Cleared
3 4 (7.55%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.77%) CSPO
4 2 (3.77%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.89%) MBA
5 1 (1.89%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.89%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.77%) QA
2 1 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.89%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (11.32%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.66%) Adobe
2 3 (5.66%) Cisco
2 3 (5.66%) Logitech
2 3 (5.66%) Workday
3 2 (3.77%) Facebook
3 2 (3.77%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.89%) Bloomberg
4 1 (1.89%) Cegedim Rx
4 1 (1.89%) Oracle