Focus Group Contracts in the North of England

Focus Groups
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Focus Group skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Focus Group over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 180 205 223
Rank change year-on-year +25 +18 -57
Contract jobs citing Focus Group 10 14 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.21% 0.24% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.26% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 11
10th Percentile - £385 £327
25th Percentile £325 £450 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £600 £488
Median % change year-on-year -41.67% +23.08% -9.30%
75th Percentile £381 - £509
90th Percentile £449 £623 £538
England median daily rate £365 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -23.16% -5.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Focus Group is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,110 5,288 6,359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.80% 90.70% 88.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,521 3,674 4,657
10th Percentile £288 £303 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £563
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 356 207 261
10th Percentile £11.04 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.48 £15.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.61 £27.70 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.43% +49.73% -
75th Percentile £44.24 £45.05 £32.77
90th Percentile £53.88 £65.00 £50.78
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

Focus Group
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Focus Group as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Focus Group in the North of England

Focus Group
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Focus Group in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Focus Group in the North of England

Focus Group
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Focus Group in the North of England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Focus Group in the North of England

Focus Group
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Focus Group in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Focus Group in the North of England

Focus Group
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Focus Group within the North of England region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
North West +26 8 £350 -36.36% 7
Yorkshire +18 2 £463 -22.92% 5
Focus Group
England

Focus Group
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 3 (30.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) User Researcher
2 3 (30.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Change Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) SAP Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Agile Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) User Experience
2 8 (80.00%) Agile
2 8 (80.00%) Mentoring
2 8 (80.00%) User Research
2 8 (80.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 8 (80.00%) UX Design
3 7 (70.00%) Actionable Insight
3 7 (70.00%) Data Science
3 7 (70.00%) Design Persona
3 7 (70.00%) Ergonomics
3 7 (70.00%) Ethnography
3 7 (70.00%) Front End Development
3 7 (70.00%) Guerrilla Testing
3 7 (70.00%) Human Factors
3 7 (70.00%) Market Research
3 7 (70.00%) Qualitative Research
3 7 (70.00%) Quantitative Research
3 7 (70.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 7 (70.00%) Service Design
3 7 (70.00%) Usability Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (20.00%) GDPR
2 2 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) SAP