Sociology Contracts with Work from Home Options

Sociology
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 Sociology skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Sociology over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 456 597
Rank change year-on-year +113 +141 -126
Contract jobs citing Sociology 6 8 13
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.040% 0.032% 0.029%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.046% 0.036% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 8
10th Percentile £354 - -
25th Percentile £364 £485 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £495 £563
Median % change year-on-year -21.21% -12.00% +17.92%
75th Percentile £395 £505 £588
90th Percentile £416 - £621
UK median daily rate £390 £495 £550
% change year-on-year -21.21% -10.00% +15.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £81.66
Median hourly rate - - £83.31
75th Percentile - - £84.97
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £52.75
% change year-on-year - - +6.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Sociology 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 13,102 22,417 40,338
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.99% 89.73% 91.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,786 15,844 29,294
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 517 543
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.63 £14.30
25th Percentile £25.25 £28.62 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £37.78
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +38.98% +54.18%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £71.60
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%

Sociology
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Sociology trend for jobs with a WFH option

Sociology
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 Sociology.

Sociology daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Sociology
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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe XD
1 1 (16.67%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) SaaS
2 1 (16.67%) Figma
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Quantitative Researcher
1 1 (16.67%) User Experience Researcher
1 1 (16.67%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 6 (100.00%) Anthropology
1 6 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 6 (100.00%) Psychology
1 6 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
2 5 (83.33%) Computer Science
2 5 (83.33%) Data Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) Data Collection
2 5 (83.33%) Data Interpretation
2 5 (83.33%) Data Science
2 5 (83.33%) Focus Group
2 5 (83.33%) Qualitative Research
3 4 (66.67%) CRM
4 2 (33.33%) User Experience
4 2 (33.33%) UX Research
5 1 (16.67%) Agile
5 1 (16.67%) Ethnographic Research
5 1 (16.67%) Ethnography
5 1 (16.67%) Usability Testing
5 1 (16.67%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
1 6 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe