Market Research Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Market Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Market Research over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 323 447
Rank change year-on-year +34 +124 +96
Contract jobs citing Market Research 15 22 30
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.15% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.16% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 20
10th Percentile £446 £420 £469
25th Percentile £464 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £588 £609
90th Percentile £685 £625 £639
UK median daily rate £483 £513 £495
% change year-on-year -5.85% +3.54% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £10.42 -
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £10.42 -
% change year-on-year +418.23% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Market 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Market Research
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Market Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Market Research trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Market Research.

Market Research daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Market Research
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Market Research over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 remote working options 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 1 (6.67%) CMS
1 1 (6.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Adobe XD
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Sketch
1 1 (6.67%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (6.67%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Marketing
3 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
4 4 (26.67%) Telecoms
5 3 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (13.33%) Brand Awareness
6 2 (13.33%) Retail
7 1 (6.67%) Automotive
7 1 (6.67%) Electronics
7 1 (6.67%) Finance
7 1 (6.67%) Legal
7 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (6.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (13.33%) IT Manager
1 2 (13.33%) Marketing Manager
1 2 (13.33%) Product Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Analytics Consultant
2 1 (6.67%) Architect
2 1 (6.67%) Business Consultant
2 1 (6.67%) Business Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Consultant
2 1 (6.67%) Data Analytics Consultant
2 1 (6.67%) Data Consultant
2 1 (6.67%) Developer
2 1 (6.67%) Digital Project Manager
2 1 (6.67%) E-Commerce Manager
2 1 (6.67%) E-Commerce Project Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Engagement Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Product Developer
2 1 (6.67%) Product Owner
2 1 (6.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (6.67%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) IoT
2 2 (13.33%) Blog
2 2 (13.33%) Digital Media
2 2 (13.33%) Digital Signage
2 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
2 2 (13.33%) Social Media
3 1 (6.67%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.67%) PMI
3 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Project Management
3 4 (26.67%) Agile
3 4 (26.67%) Data Analysis
3 4 (26.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 4 (26.67%) Decision-Making
3 4 (26.67%) Product Strategy
4 3 (20.00%) Analytics
4 3 (20.00%) B2B
4 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 3 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (20.00%) Scrum
4 3 (20.00%) SEO
4 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (13.33%) B2C
5 2 (13.33%) Brand Management
5 2 (13.33%) Email Marketing
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) CSPO
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Adobe
1 2 (13.33%) Facebook
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft