Some companies and organisations, particularly the larger ones, have their own market research departments, and there are openings for statisticians in these. Others use specialist market research companies and agencies to undertake the research for them; these are major employers of market research statisticians.
Most job vacancies for market research statisticians are advertised as they arise. Vacancies are likely to be advertised in various places including:
- Electronic mailing lists (such as Allstat)
- The Royal Statistical Society’s RSSeNews website
- Specialist recruitment agencies (such as Datatech)
- The Market Research Society’s Research Jobfinder website
- General recruitment websites.
Posts are not necessarily advertised as ‘Statistician’. The job title might for example be ‘Data Analyst’, but be aware that the amount of actual statistics involved in different roles can vary widely.
Useful web links
- The Market Research Society
- Market research statistician/data analyst on the Prospects site