Qualitative Research Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Qualitative Research
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Qualitative Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Qualitative 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 294 320 413
Rank change year-on-year +26 +93 +45
Contract jobs citing Qualitative Research 10 25 64
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.10% 0.16% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.19% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 23 51
10th Percentile £281 £359 £400
25th Percentile £402 £385 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.95% -5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £575
90th Percentile £575 £646 £588
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £525
% change year-on-year - -9.52% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - -
Median hourly rate £21.00 - -
75th Percentile £21.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £29.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 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%

Qualitative Research
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Qualitative Research
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Qualitative Research daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Qualitative Research
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Qualitative 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 Qualitative Research.

Qualitative Research hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Qualitative Research
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Figma
General
1 5 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Legal
4 1 (10.00%) Marketing
4 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (10.00%) Publishing
4 1 (10.00%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) User Researcher
2 1 (10.00%) Analytics Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Business Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analytics Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Data Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Designer
2 1 (10.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Service Designer
2 1 (10.00%) User Experience Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Quantitative Research
2 6 (60.00%) User Research
3 5 (50.00%) Agile
4 4 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
4 4 (40.00%) Usability Testing
5 3 (30.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 2 (20.00%) Customer Experience
6 2 (20.00%) Data Collection
6 2 (20.00%) Ethnographic Research
6 2 (20.00%) Ethnography
6 2 (20.00%) Journey Map
6 2 (20.00%) Service Design
6 2 (20.00%) User Experience
7 1 (10.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 1 (10.00%) Budgeting
7 1 (10.00%) Focus Group
7 1 (10.00%) Product Backlog
7 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
7 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
7 1 (10.00%) UX Research
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) IBM