Qualitative Research Contracts in England

Qualitative Research
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Qualitative Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Qualitative Research over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 461 489 559
Rank change year-on-year +28 +70 +14
Contract jobs citing Qualitative Research 27 42 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.12% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.13% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 34 58
10th Percentile £297 £325 £325
25th Percentile £403 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.16% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £575 £566 £588
90th Percentile £600 £588 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £525
% change year-on-year - -9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £37.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £12.75 -
% change year-on-year +190.20% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Qualitative 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 22,114 31,426 43,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.28% 86.34% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,436 20,611 30,630
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 2,247 1,533
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.00 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.41 £36.50 £36.54
Median % change year-on-year -22.16% -0.11% +46.16%
75th Percentile £62.24 £60.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.64 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -24.27% +1.39% +40.19%

Qualitative Research
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Qualitative Research in England

Qualitative Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Qualitative Research in England

Qualitative Research
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Qualitative Research in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Qualitative Research in England

Qualitative Research
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Qualitative Research in England

Qualitative Research
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 Research within the England region over the 6 months to 21 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 +33 22 £451 -14.19% 57
South West - 2 £300 - 1
North of England +12 1 £415 +18.57% 20
North West +2 1 £415 +18.57% 14
West Midlands - 1 £405 - 2
Midlands - 1 £405 - 2
Qualitative Research
UK

Qualitative Research
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 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Adobe XD
1 3 (11.11%) InVision
1 3 (11.11%) Sketch
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.70%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 5 (18.52%) Figma
2 1 (3.70%) Canva
2 1 (3.70%) OCI
2 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (3.70%) MS Access
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Axure RP
General
1 7 (25.93%) Finance
2 6 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Banking
3 3 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Legal
4 2 (7.41%) Marketing
4 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Retail
5 1 (3.70%) German Language
5 1 (3.70%) Local Government
5 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) User Researcher
2 6 (22.22%) Designer
3 4 (14.81%) Interaction Designer
3 4 (14.81%) User Experience Researcher
3 4 (14.81%) UX Designer
4 3 (11.11%) Senior
5 2 (7.41%) Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Lead
5 2 (7.41%) Senior User Experience Researcher
6 1 (3.70%) Business Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Change Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Data Analytics Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Data Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Database Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Financial Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Migration Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Oracle Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Oracle Trainer
6 1 (3.70%) Research Manager
6 1 (3.70%) User Experience Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.41%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (7.41%) NHS
2 2 (7.41%) Social Media
3 1 (3.70%) e-Learning
3 1 (3.70%) IVR
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (77.78%) Quantitative Research
2 15 (55.56%) Usability Testing
3 13 (48.15%) User Experience
4 12 (44.44%) User Research
5 7 (25.93%) Agile
5 7 (25.93%) UX Design
6 6 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
6 6 (22.22%) Analytics
6 6 (22.22%) Ethnographic Research
6 6 (22.22%) Ethnography
7 5 (18.52%) Contextual Inquiry
7 5 (18.52%) Roadmaps
7 5 (18.52%) UX Research
8 4 (14.81%) Interaction Design
8 4 (14.81%) Prototyping
8 4 (14.81%) Service Design
8 4 (14.81%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 3 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (11.11%) Data Science
9 3 (11.11%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.41%) Degree
3 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.93%) Accessibility
2 4 (14.81%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Adobe
2 1 (3.70%) IBM
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle
2 1 (3.70%) Qualtrics