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 30 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 374 407
Rank change year-on-year +24 +33 +82
Contract jobs citing Qualitative Research 21 16 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.097% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.11% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 11 41
10th Percentile £293 £358 £363
25th Percentile £385 £380 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.63% -20.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £570 £581 £588
90th Percentile £600 £588 £638
England median daily rate £450 £463 £522
% change year-on-year -2.65% -11.31% -3.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £37.00 - £23.00
England median hourly rate £37.00 - £46.54
% change year-on-year - - -21.79%

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 12,530 14,570 22,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.13% 88.78% 90.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,389 10,332 16,185
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.48% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 212 236
10th Percentile £16.50 £16.25 £18.63
25th Percentile £24.66 £22.00 £24.06
Median hourly rate £29.50 £34.00 £41.27
Median % change year-on-year -13.24% -17.62% +17.91%
75th Percentile £49.63 £54.06 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.25 £71.25 £80.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -39.40% -2.35% +63.46%

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

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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 30 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Qualitative Research in London

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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 30 July 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 - 4 £525 - 1
East London - 2 £285 -
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 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.76%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (4.76%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Figma
2 1 (4.76%) Canva
2 1 (4.76%) OCI
2 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (4.76%) MS Access
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Axure RP
General
1 7 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Finance
3 3 (14.29%) Banking
4 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Retail
5 1 (4.76%) Digital Health
5 1 (4.76%) German Language
5 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Local Government
5 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.76%) Marketing
5 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) User Researcher
2 4 (19.05%) User Experience Researcher
3 3 (14.29%) Lead
3 3 (14.29%) Senior
4 2 (9.52%) Designer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior User Experience Researcher
5 1 (4.76%) Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Change Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Database Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Interaction Designer
5 1 (4.76%) Migration Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Oracle Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Oracle Trainer
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Trainer
5 1 (4.76%) UI Designer
5 1 (4.76%) User Experience Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) NHS
1 3 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.52%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (9.52%) Social Media
3 1 (4.76%) e-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (71.43%) Quantitative Research
2 11 (52.38%) User Experience
2 11 (52.38%) User Research
3 10 (47.62%) Agile
3 10 (47.62%) Usability Testing
4 8 (38.10%) UX Research
5 7 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 6 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
6 6 (28.57%) Service Design
7 5 (23.81%) UX Design
8 4 (19.05%) Analytics
8 4 (19.05%) Ethnographic Research
8 4 (19.05%) Ethnography
8 4 (19.05%) Roadmaps
9 3 (14.29%) Contextual Inquiry
9 3 (14.29%) Data Protection
9 3 (14.29%) Data Science
9 3 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 3 (14.29%) Product Strategy
9 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
1 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) Degree
3 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) Accessibility
2 3 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) Google
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle
1 1 (4.76%) Qualtrics
1 1 (4.76%) Salesforce