Market Research Job Trends in the City of London

Market Research
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Market Research skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 146 157
Rank change year-on-year +32 +11 +88
Permanent jobs citing Market Research 20 19 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.87% 0.72% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.75% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 16 6 8
10th Percentile £45,308 £46,875 £97,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -45.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £100,000 £60,313 -
90th Percentile £155,000 £90,625 -
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% -45.00% +42.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Market Research falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,992 2,540 2,654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.35% 95.67% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,457 1,620 2,368
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Market Research relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Market Research job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Market Research.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Market Research

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Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Market Research in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Market Research in the City of London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) SaaS
2 4 (20.00%) AWS
3 2 (10.00%) Google Analytics
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (10.00%) Power BI
General
1 8 (40.00%) Finance
2 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Banking
3 4 (20.00%) Legal
3 4 (20.00%) Retail
4 3 (15.00%) Marketing
4 3 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Product Manager
2 4 (20.00%) AWS Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Digital Product Owner
2 4 (20.00%) Java Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Product Owner
2 4 (20.00%) Senior
2 4 (20.00%) Senior Product Owner
3 3 (15.00%) Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Designer
3 3 (15.00%) Lead
3 3 (15.00%) Product Designer
3 3 (15.00%) Product Lead
3 3 (15.00%) User Experience Manager
3 3 (15.00%) UX Designer
4 2 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Product Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Business IT Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) IT Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) IT Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (15.00%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) User Stories
2 13 (65.00%) Agile
3 10 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 9 (45.00%) Product Management
4 9 (45.00%) Roadmaps
5 7 (35.00%) Backlog Management
5 7 (35.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 7 (35.00%) Customer Service
5 7 (35.00%) Product Backlog
6 6 (30.00%) Acceptance Criteria
6 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (30.00%) Product Requirements
6 6 (30.00%) Strategic Thinking
6 6 (30.00%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (20.00%) Customer Experience
7 4 (20.00%) Digital Banking
7 4 (20.00%) Human-Centred Design
7 4 (20.00%) Scrum
7 4 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
7 4 (20.00%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) Java
2 2 (10.00%) Python
2 2 (10.00%) R
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Google
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft