Quantitative Research Contract Job Trends

Quantitative Research
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Quantitative Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 505 530 519
Rank change year-on-year +25 -11 0
Contract jobs citing Quantitative Research 60 33 123
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.088% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.10% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 17 93
10th Percentile £301 £250 £400
25th Percentile £409 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £610
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -5.74% -0.41%
75th Percentile £628 £638 £800
90th Percentile £815 £793 £1,000
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £315 £538
% change year-on-year +50.79% -41.40% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Median hourly rate - £17.99 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year - -21.78% -62.60%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £15.98 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Quantitative 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,120 32,351 42,343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.53% 86.01% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,720 19,487 28,729
10th Percentile £296 £308 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,911 1,239 1,585
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +36.92%
75th Percentile £42.79 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.27 £40.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -44.34% -8.88% +65.99%

Quantitative Research
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Quantitative Research job vacancy trend in the UK

Quantitative Research
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Quantitative Research.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Quantitative Research

Quantitative Research
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Research over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Quantitative Research in the UK

Quantitative Research
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Quantitative Research.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Quantitative Research

Quantitative Research
Top 12 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Research within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +52 56 £525 +16.67% 83
London +50 43 £563 -16.67% 57
Work from Home +25 17 £563 -6.25% 43
UK excluding London -14 16 £475 +50.79% 48
North of England -14 10 £413 - 4
North East -5 4 £359 -
North West - 4 - -
Scotland +3 3 £475 -17.39%
South East +9 2 £495 +57.14% 39
Yorkshire - 2 £525 - 4
South West - 1 £600 - 1
Wales - 1 £475 - 2

Quantitative Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.67%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.67%) InVision
2 1 (1.67%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (8.33%) Aladdin
2 2 (3.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.33%) SaaS
2 4 (6.67%) Google Analytics
3 3 (5.00%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.67%) Mixpanel
2 3 (5.00%) KDB
3 2 (3.33%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Axure RP
1 1 (1.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (30.00%) Front Office
2 15 (25.00%) Finance
3 13 (21.67%) Public Sector
4 9 (15.00%) Social Skills
5 8 (13.33%) Banking
6 6 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (6.67%) Investment Banking
7 4 (6.67%) Law
8 3 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (3.33%) Digital Healthcare
9 2 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.67%) Digital Health
10 1 (1.67%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 21 (35.00%) User Researcher
2 12 (20.00%) Analyst
3 10 (16.67%) User Experience Researcher
4 6 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 6 (10.00%) Developer
4 6 (10.00%) Qualitative Analyst
4 6 (10.00%) Quantitative Analyst
5 5 (8.33%) Business Manager
5 5 (8.33%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
5 5 (8.33%) Python Developer
6 4 (6.67%) Designer
6 4 (6.67%) UX Designer
7 3 (5.00%) Consultant
7 3 (5.00%) Lead
7 3 (5.00%) Quantitative Consultant
7 3 (5.00%) Quantitative Developer
7 3 (5.00%) Senior
7 3 (5.00%) UI Designer
7 3 (5.00%) UI/UX Designer
8 2 (3.33%) Low Latency C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.00%) NumPy
1 3 (5.00%) Pandas
2 2 (3.33%) Lightning Web Components
2 2 (3.33%) XML
2 2 (3.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.00%) Fixed Income
2 7 (11.67%) Derivative
3 6 (10.00%) Algorithms
4 5 (8.33%) Equities
4 5 (8.33%) Hedge funds
5 3 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (5.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (5.00%) NHS
5 3 (5.00%) Virtual Team
6 2 (3.33%) Credit Derivative
6 2 (3.33%) Data Structures
6 2 (3.33%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (3.33%) Product Ownership
6 2 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (60.00%) Qualitative Research
2 29 (48.33%) User Research
3 28 (46.67%) Agile
4 23 (38.33%) User Experience
5 18 (30.00%) Usability Testing
5 18 (30.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 16 (26.67%) UX Research
7 15 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
7 15 (25.00%) Service Design
8 14 (23.33%) Analytics
9 13 (21.67%) UX Design
10 12 (20.00%) Product Strategy
11 8 (13.33%) Computer Science
11 8 (13.33%) Decision-Making
12 7 (11.67%) Customer Insight
13 6 (10.00%) Business Analysis
13 6 (10.00%) Data Analysis
13 6 (10.00%) Mathematics
13 6 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
14 5 (8.33%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (33.33%) Python
2 10 (16.67%) SQL
3 7 (11.67%) C++
4 4 (6.67%) Java
4 4 (6.67%) VBA
5 3 (5.00%) C#
6 2 (3.33%) VC++
Qualifications
1 6 (10.00%) Degree
1 6 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.33%) Accessibility
2 4 (6.67%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (5.00%) EMIR
Vendors
1 6 (10.00%) Google
2 5 (8.33%) BISAM
3 4 (6.67%) Hotjar
4 2 (3.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.33%) Oracle
4 2 (3.33%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.67%) Adobe
5 1 (1.67%) Qualtrics