Market Research Jobs

Market Research
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Market Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Market Research over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 552 358
Rank change year-on-year +52 -194 +446
Permanent jobs citing Market Research 208 374 965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.38% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.44% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 128 221 74
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £45,188 £34,500 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £49,990 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.02% -6.56% -17.69%
75th Percentile £72,813 £70,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £37,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +36.00% -25.00% -9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,302 84,920 96,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.76% 85.59% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 27,015 59,883 56,845
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,008 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £98,474 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Market Research
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Market Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Market Research in the UK

Market Research
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Market Research.

Salary trend for Market Research in the UK

Market Research
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Market Research over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Market Research in the UK

Market Research
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Market Research within the UK over the 6 months to 11 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +26 190 £55,000 +15.79% 549
UK excluding London +82 134 £51,000 +36.00% 277
Work from Home +90 64 £52,500 +10.53% 274
London +51 59 £65,000 +4.00% 349
North of England +84 57 £55,000 +32.53% 67
North West +25 46 £53,500 +52.86% 49
South East +38 35 £48,750 +30.00% 120
East of England +35 14 £65,000 +44.44% 19
South West +92 13 £55,000 +52.78% 20
Midlands +52 12 £42,500 +29.77% 39
Yorkshire +65 10 - - 17
West Midlands +56 10 £42,500 +30.07% 27
Scotland +87 3 £70,000 +40.03% 10
East Midlands +34 1 £80,000 +113.33% 9
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 5

Market Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (1.44%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (8.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (5.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (5.29%) SPSS
5 4 (1.92%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.48%) Notion
6 1 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.92%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 25 (12.02%) SaaS
2 11 (5.29%) AWS
3 7 (3.37%) Serverless
4 5 (2.40%) Amazon SQS
4 5 (2.40%) AWS CloudFormation
4 5 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
4 5 (2.40%) Azure
5 3 (1.44%) Anthropic Claude
5 3 (1.44%) ChatGPT
5 3 (1.44%) Figma
5 3 (1.44%) Google Workspace
5 3 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (1.44%) Slack
6 2 (0.96%) GCP
7 1 (0.48%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.48%) Miro
7 1 (0.48%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.48%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.44%) Network Security
1 3 (1.44%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (0.48%) LAN
2 1 (0.48%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.48%) VoIP
2 1 (0.48%) WAN
2 1 (0.48%) Wireless
2 1 (0.48%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.29%) Tableau
2 5 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (2.40%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (1.44%) Big Data
4 1 (0.48%) Looker
4 1 (0.48%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (1.92%) JIRA
2 3 (1.44%) Git
3 2 (0.96%) Axure RP
General
1 131 (62.98%) Social Skills
2 79 (37.98%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (35.10%) Marketing
4 59 (28.37%) Finance
5 25 (12.02%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (11.54%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (8.17%) Legal
8 14 (6.73%) Public Sector
9 13 (6.25%) Advertising
9 13 (6.25%) Electronics
9 13 (6.25%) Retail
10 12 (5.77%) Telecoms
11 11 (5.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (4.81%) Banking
13 9 (4.33%) Billing
14 8 (3.85%) Law
14 8 (3.85%) Manufacturing
15 7 (3.37%) Brand Awareness
15 7 (3.37%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (3.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 43 (20.67%) Product Manager
2 31 (14.90%) Analyst
3 24 (11.54%) Senior
4 20 (9.62%) Project Manager
5 14 (6.73%) Business Development Manager
5 14 (6.73%) Development Manager
5 14 (6.73%) Marketing Manager
5 14 (6.73%) Vendor Manager
6 13 (6.25%) Business Manager
6 13 (6.25%) Consultant
6 13 (6.25%) Market Analyst
6 13 (6.25%) Sales Manager
7 12 (5.77%) Product Marketing Manager
8 10 (4.81%) Operations Manager
8 10 (4.81%) Senior Manager
9 9 (4.33%) Operations Project Manager
9 9 (4.33%) Sales Executive
9 9 (4.33%) Sales Operations Manager
9 9 (4.33%) Senior Product Manager
10 8 (3.85%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.85%) AngularJS
1 8 (3.85%) Laravel
1 8 (3.85%) Vue
2 5 (2.40%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (1.92%) CSS
3 4 (1.92%) HTML
4 3 (1.44%) Serverless Framework
5 2 (0.96%) web3js
6 1 (0.48%) Akka
6 1 (0.48%) Google JAX
6 1 (0.48%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.94%) Social Media
2 19 (9.13%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 15 (7.21%) FMCG
5 14 (6.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 11 (5.29%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.88%) IoT
8 5 (2.40%) Digital Media
8 5 (2.40%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.40%) NHS
8 5 (2.40%) PACS
9 4 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.92%) Blog
10 3 (1.44%) CCTV
10 3 (1.44%) Digital Signage
10 3 (1.44%) EPoS
10 3 (1.44%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.44%) Robotics
11 2 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.96%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.73%) Windows
1 14 (6.73%) Windows Vista
2 1 (0.48%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (34.62%) Decision-Making
2 64 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (25.48%) Roadmaps
4 49 (23.56%) Business Development
5 48 (23.08%) Analytics
6 37 (17.79%) Agile
7 35 (16.83%) CRM
8 34 (16.35%) B2B
8 34 (16.35%) Project Management
9 33 (15.87%) Data Analysis
10 31 (14.90%) Product Strategy
10 31 (14.90%) Service Delivery
11 29 (13.94%) Product Management
12 28 (13.46%) Customer Service
12 28 (13.46%) Product Roadmap
13 27 (12.98%) Business Intelligence
14 26 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
15 25 (12.02%) Collaborative Working
16 24 (11.54%) Customer Engagement
17 23 (11.06%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.29%) SQL
2 8 (3.85%) PHP
3 7 (3.37%) JavaScript
3 7 (3.37%) TypeScript
4 4 (1.92%) Python
5 1 (0.48%) R
Qualifications
1 76 (36.54%) Degree
2 33 (15.87%) Master's Degree
3 16 (7.69%) DBS Check
4 11 (5.29%) MBA
5 5 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.44%) APMG
6 3 (1.44%) CCIE
6 3 (1.44%) CCNP
6 3 (1.44%) CCSE
6 3 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.44%) CISM
6 3 (1.44%) CISSP
7 1 (0.48%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (0.48%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.21%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.40%) QA
3 2 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 6 (2.88%) Terraform
2 4 (1.92%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (0.48%) Puppet
Vendors
1 39 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.21%) Salesforce
3 11 (5.29%) Capita
4 10 (4.81%) Broadcom
4 10 (4.81%) Oracle
4 10 (4.81%) Symantec
4 10 (4.81%) VMware
5 7 (3.37%) HubSpot
6 6 (2.88%) Google
7 4 (1.92%) Duck Creek
8 3 (1.44%) Arista
8 3 (1.44%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.44%) Cisco
8 3 (1.44%) F5
8 3 (1.44%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.44%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.44%) SAP
9 1 (0.48%) Mercator
9 1 (0.48%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.48%) Thales