Qualitative Research Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Qualitative Research
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex citing Qualitative Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	47	32	-
Rank change year-on-year	-15	-	-
Contract jobs citing Qualitative Research	7	1	0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex	1.62%	0.43%	-
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.84%	0.53%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	7	1	0
10^th Percentile	£360	-	-
25^th Percentile	£373	£473	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£417	£495	-
Median % change year-on-year	-15.76%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£438	£518	-
90^th Percentile	£462	-	-
South East median daily rate	£417	£420	£475
% change year-on-year	-0.60%	-11.68%	-5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 citing process or methodology skills in West Sussex.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	381	190	106
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex	87.99%	81.55%	85.48%
Number of daily rates quoted	220	144	76
10^th Percentile	£191	£170	£188
25^th Percentile	£283	£219	£357
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£425	£456	£475
Median % change year-on-year	-6.85%	-3.95%	-5.00%
75^th Percentile	£492	£571	£600
90^th Percentile	£638	£715	£644
South East median daily rate	£525	£500	£513
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-2.44%	-1.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted	30	21	2
10^th Percentile	£15.19	£12.63	-
25^th Percentile	£17.36	£15.50	£27.00
Median hourly rate	£35.99	£16.00	£28.00
Median % change year-on-year	+124.94%	-42.86%	-41.67%
75^th Percentile	£52.75	£20.69	£29.00
90^th Percentile	£53.75	-	-
South East median hourly rate	£42.00	£20.71	£57.54
% change year-on-year	+102.80%	-64.01%	+9.60%

Qualitative Research Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Qualitative Research Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Qualitative Research Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex region over the 6 months to 12 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Worthing	-4	7	£417	-15.76%	2
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Qualitative Research Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Qualitative Research also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Sussex region citing Qualitative Research.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Actionable Insight	100.0%	7
1	Quantitative Research	100.0%	7
1	Usability Testing	100.0%	7
1	User Research	100.0%	7
1	Workshop Facilitation	100.0%	7
6	Agile	85.7%	6
6	Problem-Solving	85.7%	6
6	Service Design	85.7%	6
6	User-Centered Design (UCD)	85.7%	6
10	Actionable Customer Insight	57.1%	4
10	Customer Experience	57.1%	4
10	Customer Insight	57.1%	4
10	Design Persona	57.1%	4
10	Ergonomics	57.1%	4
10	Ethnography	57.1%	4
10	Guerrilla Research	57.1%	4
10	Human Factors	57.1%	4
10	Prototyping	57.1%	4
10	Requirements Gathering	57.1%	4
10	User Stories	57.1%	4
21	Cognitive Psychology	42.9%	3
21	Data Modelling	42.9%	3
21	Degree	42.9%	3
21	Journey Map	42.9%	3
21	Market Research	42.9%	3
21	Persona Development	42.9%	3
21	Psychology	42.9%	3
21	SDLC	42.9%	3
21	User Journey Map	42.9%	3
21	Validation	42.9%	3

Qualitative Research Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Actionable Insight	100.0%	7
1	Quantitative Research	100.0%	7
1	Usability Testing	100.0%	7
1	User Research	100.0%	7
1	Workshop Facilitation	100.0%	7
6	Agile	85.7%	6
6	Problem-Solving	85.7%	6
6	Service Design	85.7%	6
6	User-Centered Design (UCD)	85.7%	6
10	Actionable Customer Insight	57.1%	4
10	Customer Experience	57.1%	4
10	Customer Insight	57.1%	4
10	Design Persona	57.1%	4
10	Ergonomics	57.1%	4
10	Ethnography	57.1%	4
10	Guerrilla Research	57.1%	4
10	Human Factors	57.1%	4
10	Prototyping	57.1%	4
10	Requirements Gathering	57.1%	4
10	User Stories	57.1%	4