Quantitative Researcher Contracts

Quant Researcher
UK

The median Quant Researcher daily rate in the UK is £390 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 584 721 829
Rank change year-on-year +137 +108 -150
Contract jobs requiring a Quantitative Researcher 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.002% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.002% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £536
25th Percentile £385 £325 £551
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £350 £578
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% -39.39% -7.60%
75th Percentile £395 £375 £604
90th Percentile - - £620
UK excluding London median daily rate - £350 £630
% change year-on-year - -44.44% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Quantitative Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Quantitative Researcher in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Researcher in the UK

Quantitative Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Quantitative Researcher.

Daily rate trend for Quantitative Researcher in the UK

Quantitative Researcher
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Researcher within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +121 2 £390 +11.43% 39
Work from Home +126 1 £390 +11.43% 2
UK excluding London +70 1 - -
North of England +33 1 - -
North West +16 1 - -
London - 1 £390 - 38

Quantitative Researcher Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Quantitative Researcher contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Quantitative Researcher in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Data Interpretation
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (50.00%) Focus Group
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Psychology
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) Sociology
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Anthropology
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector

Quantitative Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Anthropology
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Data Collection
1 1 (50.00%) Data Interpretation
1 1 (50.00%) Data Science
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Focus Group
1 1 (50.00%) Psychology
1 1 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
1 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
1 1 (50.00%) Sociology
1 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (50.00%) User Research
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree