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 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 - 91
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Market Research 6 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.32% - 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% - 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £350
75th Percentile - - £375
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £650 - £350

All Process & 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 1,581 822 1,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.17% 87.82% 86.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 939 559 819
10th Percentile £300 £306 £323
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £581 £575 £588
90th Percentile £670 £692 £688
North West median daily rate £475 £455 £495
% change year-on-year +4.40% -8.08% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 33 82
10th Percentile £22.47 £14.20 £12.50
25th Percentile £30.00 £22.16 £14.13
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.99 £26.76
Median % change year-on-year +7.87% +90.53% +18.93%
75th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £87.75 £83.35 £74.30
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £31.76 £30.00
% change year-on-year +57.43% +5.87% -1.77%

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

Market Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (50.00%) dbt
1 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 3 (50.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Looker
1 3 (50.00%) Power BI
1 3 (50.00%) Semantic Layer
1 3 (50.00%) Star Schema
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Product Owner
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Analytics
1 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (50.00%) Data Transformation
1 3 (50.00%) Migration
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (33.33%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 2 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (33.33%) Product Backlog
2 2 (33.33%) Product Management
2 2 (33.33%) Product Vision
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Insight
3 1 (16.67%) Infographics
3 1 (16.67%) Storytelling
3 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared