Qualitative Research Contract Job Trends in the South West

Qualitative Research
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Qualitative Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 - 145
Rank change year-on-year - - +19
Contract jobs citing Qualitative Research 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.098% - 0.095%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £474 - -
25th Percentile £495 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.22%
75th Percentile £565 - -
90th Percentile £586 - -
England median daily rate £444 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -1.39% -10.00% -12.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,834 2,073 2,776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 89.86% 84.23% 87.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,054 1,221 1,891
10th Percentile £223 £300 £308
25th Percentile £375 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £734 £723
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 174 280
10th Percentile £15.25 £16.88 £20.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £37.19 £46.74
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.60% +9.17% -5.11%
75th Percentile £63.75 £71.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.63% -9.38% +27.14%

Qualitative Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Qualitative Research relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Qualitative Research job vacancy trend in the South West

Qualitative Research
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Qualitative Research.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Qualitative Research

Qualitative Research
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Qualitative Research in the South West over the 6 months to 24 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Qualitative Research in the South West

Qualitative Research
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 24 October 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
Bristol - 2 £530 -
Qualitative Research
England

Qualitative Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe XD
1 1 (50.00%) InVision
1 1 (50.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Axure RP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
2 1 (50.00%) Service Designer
2 1 (50.00%) UX Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe