Hybrid/Remote Market Research Job Trends

Market Research
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Market Research skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 365 424
Rank change year-on-year +39 +59 +198
Permanent jobs citing Market Research 45 67 65
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.30% 0.41% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.44% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 27 20 46
10th Percentile £51,534 £45,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +37.50% -18.37%
75th Percentile £105,000 £78,438 £63,750
90th Percentile £160,000 £100,000 £86,875
UK median annual salary £45,000 £56,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -13.46% -

All Process & 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 permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,070 15,388 20,350
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.44% 93.64% 93.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8,286 9,071 16,480
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,750 £45,164
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £79,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Market Research
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Market Research and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Market Research job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Market Research.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Market Research

Market Research
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Market Research over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Market Research salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (2.22%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 19 (42.22%) SaaS
2 6 (13.33%) AWS
3 1 (2.22%) Azure
3 1 (2.22%) GCP
3 1 (2.22%) Google Analytics
3 1 (2.22%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.89%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (4.44%) Metadata
General
1 27 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (28.89%) Marketing
3 11 (24.44%) Legal
4 9 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (11.11%) Finance
5 5 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (8.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (8.89%) Publishing
7 3 (6.67%) Law
7 3 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (6.67%) Public Sector
8 2 (4.44%) Telecoms
9 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 19 (42.22%) Product Manager
2 5 (11.11%) Compliance Manager
2 5 (11.11%) Lead
3 4 (8.89%) AWS Engineer
3 4 (8.89%) Java Engineer
3 4 (8.89%) Senior
3 4 (8.89%) Senior Producer
4 3 (6.67%) Designer
4 3 (6.67%) Developer
4 3 (6.67%) Digital Product Manager
4 3 (6.67%) Product Designer
4 3 (6.67%) Product Lead
4 3 (6.67%) Python Developer
4 3 (6.67%) User Experience Manager
4 3 (6.67%) User Researcher
4 3 (6.67%) UX Designer
5 2 (4.44%) Account Manager
5 2 (4.44%) Analyst
5 2 (4.44%) Head of AI
5 2 (4.44%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.56%) Onboarding
2 4 (8.89%) Podcast
2 4 (8.89%) Product Ownership
2 4 (8.89%) Web Conferencing
3 3 (6.67%) Reinsurance
4 2 (4.44%) AI Agents
4 2 (4.44%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.22%) Blog
5 1 (2.22%) Digital Media
5 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.22%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (2.22%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (60.00%) Agile
1 27 (60.00%) Product Management
2 23 (51.11%) User Stories
3 19 (42.22%) Acceptance Criteria
4 18 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (40.00%) Roadmaps
4 18 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 18 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
5 16 (35.56%) Customer-Centricity
5 16 (35.56%) Product Requirements
6 11 (24.44%) Product Roadmap
6 11 (24.44%) User Experience
7 10 (22.22%) Product Strategy
8 8 (17.78%) Analytics
8 8 (17.78%) Backlog Management
8 8 (17.78%) User Research
9 7 (15.56%) B2B
9 7 (15.56%) Budget Management
9 7 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (15.56%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.89%) Java
1 4 (8.89%) Python
2 1 (2.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (11.11%) Degree
2 3 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.89%) QA
2 3 (6.67%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.44%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (2.22%) Google
1 1 (2.22%) Hootsuite
1 1 (2.22%) Salesforce