Qualitative Analysis Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Qualitative Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Qualitative Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 392 368 417
Rank change year-on-year -24 +49 +86
Contract jobs citing Qualitative Analysis 4 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.024% 0.012% 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.014% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £203 - -
25th Percentile £237 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £296 - -
75th Percentile £359 - -
90th Percentile £395 - -
UK median daily rate £306 £650 £723
% change year-on-year -52.88% -10.03% +26.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £20.24 -
UK median hourly rate - £20.24 £25.50
% change year-on-year - -20.65% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Qualitative Analysis 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,634 14,053 18,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.07% 83.77% 88.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,837 8,001 12,182
10th Percentile £225 £245 £250
25th Percentile £370 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £671 £685 £695
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,624 910 1,309
10th Percentile £14.08 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.17 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.27 £36.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.15% -15.29% +56.68%
75th Percentile £39.45 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £72.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -32.04% -15.60% +25.65%

Qualitative Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Qualitative Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Qualitative Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Qualitative Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Qualitative Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Qualitative Analysis

Qualitative Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Qualitative Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Qualitative Analysis in the UK excluding London

Qualitative Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Qualitative Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Qualitative Analysis

Qualitative Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Qualitative Analysis within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
South East - 2 - - 4
Scotland - 1 £180 -
North of England - 1 £413 -
North East - 1 £413 -
Qualitative Analysis
UK

Qualitative Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) CRM
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (25.00%) User Research
2 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (25.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
1 2 (50.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow