Qualitative Analysis Contract Job Trends in London

Qualitative Analysis
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Qualitative Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 350 385
Rank change year-on-year -50 +35 +97
Contract jobs citing Qualitative Analysis 4 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.023% 0.008% 0.034%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.025% 0.009% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £556
25th Percentile - £599 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £633 £650
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% -2.62% +13.04%
75th Percentile - £666 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £600 £633 £650
% change year-on-year -5.21% -2.62% +13.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,703 11,565 15,791
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.59% 92.19% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,518 7,845 11,317
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 169 324
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.37 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.54 £22.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.00 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.41% +15.25% -22.62%
75th Percentile £57.86 £50.75 £47.56
90th Percentile £73.75 £63.75 £65.93
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.67% -4.00%

Qualitative Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Qualitative Analysis job vacancy trend in London

Qualitative Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Qualitative Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Qualitative Analysis
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2026. 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
Central London - 2 - -
Qualitative Analysis
England

Qualitative Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) dbt
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) Planning and Forecasting
2 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 2 (50.00%) Predictive Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Data Interpretation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Anaplan