Qualitative Research Contracts in London

Qualitative Research
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 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 329 366 424
Rank change year-on-year +37 +58 +57
Contract jobs citing Qualitative Research 24 25 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.19% 0.14% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.16% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 21 43
10th Percentile £274 £363 £325
25th Percentile £388 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.86% +5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £594
90th Percentile £600 £588 £675
England median daily rate £450 £463 £510
% change year-on-year -2.65% -9.31% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £37.00 - -
England median hourly rate £37.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Qualitative Research
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Qualitative Research in London

Qualitative Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Qualitative Research in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Qualitative Research in London

Qualitative Research
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Qualitative Research in London

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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 Research within the London 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
Central London +6 3 £600 +14.29%
East London - 2 £285 -
West London - 1 £450 - 1
Qualitative Research
England

Qualitative Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (4.17%) SAS
1 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Adobe XD
1 4 (16.67%) InVision
1 4 (16.67%) Sketch
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (4.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Figma
2 1 (4.17%) Canva
2 1 (4.17%) OCI
2 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (4.17%) MS Access
1 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Axure RP
General
1 9 (37.50%) Finance
2 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Banking
3 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 3 (12.50%) Marketing
4 3 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Retail
5 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Legal
6 1 (4.17%) German Language
6 1 (4.17%) Local Government
6 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (4.17%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) User Researcher
2 5 (20.83%) Designer
2 5 (20.83%) Interaction Designer
3 4 (16.67%) Senior
3 4 (16.67%) User Experience Researcher
3 4 (16.67%) UX Designer
4 3 (12.50%) Senior User Experience Researcher
5 2 (8.33%) Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Lead
6 1 (4.17%) Business Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Change Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Customer Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Customer Insight Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Database Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Insight Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Migration Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Trainer
6 1 (4.17%) User Experience Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (8.33%) NHS
1 2 (8.33%) Social Media
2 1 (4.17%) e-Learning
2 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) Quantitative Research
2 14 (58.33%) User Experience
3 13 (54.17%) Usability Testing
4 12 (50.00%) User Research
5 8 (33.33%) UX Design
6 7 (29.17%) Agile
6 7 (29.17%) Analytics
7 6 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
8 5 (20.83%) Customer Insight
8 5 (20.83%) Ethnography
8 5 (20.83%) Interaction Design
8 5 (20.83%) Prototyping
8 5 (20.83%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 5 (20.83%) UX Research
9 4 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (16.67%) Ethnographic Research
9 4 (16.67%) Service Design
10 3 (12.50%) Contextual Inquiry
10 3 (12.50%) Journey Map
10 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Degree
1 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) Accessibility
2 4 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Adobe
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle
2 1 (4.17%) Qualtrics