Qualitative Analysis Contract Job Trends in England

Qualitative Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Qualitative Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 506 566
Rank change year-on-year -4 +60 +176
Contract jobs citing Qualitative Analysis 6 2 16
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.021% 0.006% 0.040%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.023% 0.007% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 9
10th Percentile £276 - £522
25th Percentile £278 £625 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £650 £730
Median % change year-on-year -51.92% -10.96% +27.62%
75th Percentile £381 £675 -
90th Percentile £404 - £905
UK median daily rate £306 £650 £723
% change year-on-year -52.88% -10.03% +26.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £21.25 £24.25
Median hourly rate - £21.50 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year - -15.69% -
75th Percentile - £21.75 £26.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £20.24 £25.50
% change year-on-year - -20.65% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Qualitative Analysis 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 26,140 26,980 35,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.84% 86.59% 88.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,569 16,445 24,653
10th Percentile £297 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £417 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,671 999 1,493
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.65 £20.22 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +27.14%
75th Percentile £44.76 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.45 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -32.04% -15.60% +25.65%

Qualitative Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Qualitative Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Qualitative Analysis job vacancy trend in England

Qualitative Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Qualitative Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Qualitative Analysis

Qualitative Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Qualitative Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Qualitative Analysis

Qualitative Analysis
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 Qualitative Analysis within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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
London +22 3 £306 -52.88% 2
South East - 2 - - 5
North of England - 1 £413 -
North East - 1 £413 -
Qualitative Analysis
UK

Qualitative Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Arabic Language
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) CRM
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Data Collection
3 2 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Data Extraction
4 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Economics
4 1 (16.67%) Statistics
4 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
1 2 (33.33%) Salesforce
1 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow