Quantitative Research Contracts in England

Quantitative Research
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Quantitative Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Quantitative 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 417 472 535
Rank change year-on-year +55 +63 +57
Contract jobs citing Quantitative Research 68 70 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.28% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.22% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 59 80
10th Percentile £400 £345 £363
25th Percentile £489 £404 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £608
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -13.58% +10.45%
75th Percentile £788 £763 £738
90th Percentile £875 - £850
UK median daily rate £575 £513 £594
% change year-on-year +12.20% -13.68% +9.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £37.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £29.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Quantitative 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%

Quantitative Research
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Research in England

Quantitative Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Quantitative Research in England

Quantitative Research
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Quantitative Research in England

Quantitative Research
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Quantitative Research in England

Quantitative 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 Quantitative 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 +47 62 £588 +6.82% 229
Midlands - 3 £405 - 1
West Midlands - 3 £405 - 1
South West - 2 £300 - 2
Quantitative Research
UK

Quantitative 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 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (8.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (5.88%) Adobe XD
3 4 (5.88%) InVision
3 4 (5.88%) Sketch
4 1 (1.47%) EViews
4 1 (1.47%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (25.00%) Aladdin
2 2 (2.94%) Bankmaster
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.82%) Figma
2 1 (1.47%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.47%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) KDB
2 1 (1.47%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.47%) MS Access
2 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (7.35%) Axure RP
2 1 (1.47%) Git
General
1 43 (63.24%) Finance
2 37 (54.41%) Front Office
3 17 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 11 (16.18%) Financial Institution
5 7 (10.29%) Banking
5 7 (10.29%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.88%) Investment Banking
7 3 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.94%) Marketing
8 2 (2.94%) Retail
9 1 (1.47%) Advertising
9 1 (1.47%) Legal
9 1 (1.47%) Local Government
9 1 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.47%) Publishing
9 1 (1.47%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (42.65%) Business Analyst
2 27 (39.71%) Analyst
3 19 (27.94%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
4 17 (25.00%) Business Manager
5 10 (14.71%) Front Office Business Analyst
5 10 (14.71%) User Researcher
6 9 (13.24%) Electronic Trading Business Analyst
6 9 (13.24%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
7 7 (10.29%) Designer
7 7 (10.29%) Financial Analyst
8 6 (8.82%) Finance Business Analyst
8 6 (8.82%) Finance Manager
9 5 (7.35%) Interaction Designer
9 5 (7.35%) Qualitative Analyst
9 5 (7.35%) Quantitative Analyst
9 5 (7.35%) UX Designer
10 4 (5.88%) Data Analyst
11 3 (4.41%) Commodities Business Analyst
11 3 (4.41%) Developer
11 3 (4.41%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.47%) NumPy
1 1 (1.47%) Pandas
1 1 (1.47%) Rendezvous
Miscellaneous
1 28 (41.18%) Fixed Income
2 18 (26.47%) Hedge funds
3 17 (25.00%) Derivative
4 2 (2.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.94%) NHS
4 2 (2.94%) Social Media
5 1 (1.47%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.47%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.47%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.47%) Equities
5 1 (1.47%) IVR
5 1 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.94%) Linux
2 1 (1.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (42.65%) Business Analysis
1 29 (42.65%) User Acceptance Testing
2 26 (38.24%) Agile
3 24 (35.29%) Analytics
3 24 (35.29%) Qualitative Research
4 17 (25.00%) Asset Management
4 17 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 17 (25.00%) Investment Management
4 17 (25.00%) Performance Attribution
4 17 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
5 14 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (20.59%) User Research
6 13 (19.12%) Economics
6 13 (19.12%) Electronic Trading
6 13 (19.12%) User Experience
7 12 (17.65%) Manual Testing
7 12 (17.65%) Product Management
7 12 (17.65%) Regression Testing
7 12 (17.65%) Test Automation
7 12 (17.65%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 32 (47.06%) Python
2 19 (27.94%) SQL
3 7 (10.29%) Java
4 5 (7.35%) VBA
5 4 (5.88%) C++
6 1 (1.47%) C#
6 1 (1.47%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (25.00%) Degree
2 5 (7.35%) Master's Degree
3 2 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.94%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.94%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.24%) Accessibility
2 5 (7.35%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.47%) QA
Vendors
1 17 (25.00%) BISAM
2 9 (13.24%) ION Trading
3 4 (5.88%) Adobe
4 1 (1.47%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.47%) TIBCO