Research Manager Contracts

Research Manager
UK

The median Research Manager daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 693 816
Rank change year-on-year +114 +123 -90
Contract jobs requiring a Research Manager 5 4 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.007% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.008% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 22
10th Percentile £321 £258 £379
25th Percentile £513 £269 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £325 £475
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% -31.58% +27.01%
75th Percentile £575 £369 £544
90th Percentile £613 £373 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £360 - £600
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £60.25
Median hourly rate - - £61.50
75th Percentile - - £62.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Research Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Research Manager in the UK

Research Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Research Manager.

Daily rate trend for Research Manager in the UK

Research Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Research Manager over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Research Manager in the UK

Research Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Research Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Research Manager in the UK

Research Manager
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Research Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 13 June 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 +88 5 £550 +69.23% 13
Work from Home +119 4 £538 - 5
London +82 3 £550 +69.23% 6
UK excluding London +30 2 £360 - 8
North of England - 2 £360 - 3
Yorkshire - 1 £195 -
North West - 1 £525 - 3

Research Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 June 2024, Research Manager 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 Research Manager in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Service Design
1 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) B2B
2 1 (20.00%) PMP
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (20.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Product Vision
2 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (20.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Business Development
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
2 1 (20.00%) Product Management
2 1 (20.00%) Qualitative Research

Research Manager 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:

General
1 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Service Design
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) B2B
2 1 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (20.00%) Business Development
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (20.00%) Product Management
2 1 (20.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Product Vision
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Qualitative Research
2 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (20.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) PMP