Market Research Contracts with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Market Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Market Research over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 328 444 535
Rank change year-on-year +116 +91 -113
Contract jobs citing Market Research 20 32 87
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.13% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.14% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 19 43
10th Percentile £418 £463 £383
25th Percentile £453 £483 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +8.58%
75th Percentile £550 £619 £581
90th Percentile £625 £640 £648
UK median daily rate £500 £495 £525
% change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% +10.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - £22.78
25th Percentile - - £23.99
Median hourly rate £10.42 - £30.00
75th Percentile - - £59.48
90th Percentile - - £74.77
UK median hourly rate £10.42 - £40.25
% change year-on-year - - -11.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Market Research is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,319 22,924 40,623
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,917 16,193 29,494
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 527 541
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.67 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Market Research
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Market Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Market Research trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Market Research.

Market Research daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Market Research over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Market Research daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Market Research.

Market Research hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (5.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Asana
1 2 (10.00%) Azure
1 2 (10.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (10.00%) OneDrive
1 2 (10.00%) SaaS
2 1 (5.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) Internet
2 1 (5.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Law
2 4 (20.00%) Legal
2 4 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (15.00%) Marketing
3 3 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) French Language
4 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (10.00%) Spanish Language
5 1 (5.00%) Billing
5 1 (5.00%) Finance
5 1 (5.00%) Local Government
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Product Owner
2 3 (15.00%) Product Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Telecoms Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Telecoms Product Manager
2 3 (15.00%) User Researcher
3 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Development Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (5.00%) Head of User Experience
4 1 (5.00%) Senior
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Business Development Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Business Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Development Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.00%) Graphic Design
2 1 (5.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Agile
2 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (35.00%) Roadmaps
3 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (20.00%) Analytics
4 4 (20.00%) Business Strategy
4 4 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 4 (20.00%) Economics
4 4 (20.00%) Project Management
4 4 (20.00%) Quantitative Analysis
4 4 (20.00%) User Research
5 3 (15.00%) Backlog Management
5 3 (15.00%) Budget Management
5 3 (15.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (15.00%) Product Management
5 3 (15.00%) Product Requirements
5 3 (15.00%) Product Roadmap
5 3 (15.00%) Product Strategy
5 3 (15.00%) Release Management
5 3 (15.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Degree
1 6 (30.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (10.00%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (10.00%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Adobe
2 1 (5.00%) TSYS