Market Research Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Market Research
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Market Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 81 95
Rank change year-on-year - +14 +37
Contract jobs citing Market Research 0 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester - 0.18% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.21% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £314 -
25th Percentile - £317 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £331 £350
Median % change year-on-year - -5.36% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £342 £431
90th Percentile - £343 £465
North West median daily rate £713 £338 £413
% change year-on-year +111.11% -18.18% +57.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Market 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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,050 972 1,356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.82% 89.67% 88.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 705 585 969
10th Percentile £306 £294 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -6.00% -
75th Percentile £583 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 39 48
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.98 £15.74
25th Percentile £19.52 £22.75 £17.37
Median hourly rate £22.82 £32.50 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -29.80% +31.31% -33.65%
75th Percentile £53.94 £44.38 £57.19
90th Percentile £64.13 £65.00 £76.10
North West median hourly rate £32.00 £32.01 £35.50
% change year-on-year -0.03% -9.83% +37.54%

Market Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Market Research relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Market Research job vacancy trend in Manchester

Market Research
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Market Research.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Market Research