Qualitative Analyst Contracts

Qualitative Analyst
UK

The median Qualitative Analyst daily rate in the UK is £900 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 548 621 796
Rank change year-on-year +73 +175 -140
Contract jobs requiring a Qualitative Analyst 35 75 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.13% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.088% 0.14% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 40 23
10th Percentile £577 £674 £545
25th Percentile £825 £747 £775
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £838 £850
Median % change year-on-year +7.46% -1.47% +21.43%
75th Percentile £950 £975 £950
90th Percentile £998 £1,084 £993
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,665 55,057 84,118
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,784 38,442 59,095
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,534 2,069
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.26 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +3.98%

Qualitative Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Qualitative Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Qualitative Analyst in the UK

Qualitative Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Qualitative Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Qualitative Analyst in the UK

Qualitative Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Qualitative Analyst over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Qualitative Analyst in the UK

Qualitative Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Qualitative Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Qualitative Analyst in the UK

Qualitative Analyst
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Qualitative Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +64 35 £900 +7.46% 35
London +47 34 £900 +7.46% 31
Work from Home +110 13 £900 +5.88% 13

Qualitative Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Qualitative Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Qualitative Analyst in the job title.

1 27 (77.14%) Finance
2 18 (51.43%) Front Office
3 17 (48.57%) Banking
4 16 (45.71%) Python
4 16 (45.71%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (42.86%) C++
5 15 (42.86%) Investment Banking
6 14 (40.00%) Degree
6 14 (40.00%) C#
6 14 (40.00%) Quantitative Finance
7 12 (34.29%) Analytics
7 12 (34.29%) Mathematics
8 11 (31.43%) Physics
9 10 (28.57%) Numerate Degree
10 9 (25.71%) Derivative
11 8 (22.86%) Algorithms
11 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (22.86%) Distributed Computing
12 7 (20.00%) Credit Risk
12 7 (20.00%) Stress Testing
12 7 (20.00%) Equities
13 6 (17.14%) Project Management
13 6 (17.14%) Data Modelling
13 6 (17.14%) Wealth Management
13 6 (17.14%) Statistics
13 6 (17.14%) Retail Banking
13 6 (17.14%) Corporate Banking
13 6 (17.14%) Retail
13 6 (17.14%) Software Architecture
13 6 (17.14%) R

Qualitative Analyst Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
Development Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Visual Studio
2 4 (11.43%) Git
General
1 27 (77.14%) Finance
2 18 (51.43%) Front Office
3 17 (48.57%) Banking
4 16 (45.71%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (42.86%) Investment Banking
6 6 (17.14%) Corporate Banking
6 6 (17.14%) Retail
6 6 (17.14%) Retail Banking
7 5 (14.29%) Wholesale Banking
8 4 (11.43%) Social Skills
9 1 (2.86%) Back Office
9 1 (2.86%) Financial Institution
9 1 (2.86%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) XML
1 1 (2.86%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.71%) Derivative
2 8 (22.86%) Algorithms
2 8 (22.86%) Distributed Computing
3 7 (20.00%) Credit Risk
3 7 (20.00%) Equities
4 4 (11.43%) Credit Derivative
4 4 (11.43%) Fixed Income
4 4 (11.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (11.43%) Hedge funds
5 3 (8.57%) Equity Derivative
6 2 (5.71%) Market Risk
7 1 (2.86%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.29%) Linux
2 4 (11.43%) Unix
2 4 (11.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (40.00%) Quantitative Finance
2 12 (34.29%) Analytics
2 12 (34.29%) Mathematics
3 11 (31.43%) Physics
4 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (20.00%) Stress Testing
6 6 (17.14%) Data Modelling
6 6 (17.14%) Model Validation
6 6 (17.14%) Project Management
6 6 (17.14%) Software Architecture
6 6 (17.14%) Statistics
6 6 (17.14%) Wealth Management
7 5 (14.29%) Credit Risk Analysis
7 5 (14.29%) Financial Modelling
7 5 (14.29%) Numerical Analysis
7 5 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
7 5 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
8 4 (11.43%) Data Analytics
8 4 (11.43%) Mathematical Modelling
8 4 (11.43%) Time Series Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (45.71%) Python
2 15 (42.86%) C++
3 14 (40.00%) C#
4 6 (17.14%) R
5 5 (14.29%) VBA
6 4 (11.43%) Java
6 4 (11.43%) Perl
6 4 (11.43%) Shell Script
7 3 (8.57%) SQL
8 2 (5.71%) PHP
9 1 (2.86%) VC++
Qualifications
1 14 (40.00%) Degree
2 10 (28.57%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (8.57%) Master's Degree
4 2 (5.71%) PhD
5 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.86%) Oracle