Social Science Researchers

A Social Science Researcher carries out and facilitates social science research to better understand human behaviour. Involves activities such as analysis of laboratory results, quality control, data management, and presentations of findings. May utilize statistic or other data analysis software such as SPSS, STATA or SAS.

About this Career

Average Salary

£30,104

New workers start at around £17,330. Normal pay is £30,104 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £50,922

Annual Openings

75

Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons in London, and do not distinguish between full and part-time jobs

Daily Tasks

  • Addresses conferences and publishes articles detailing the methodology and results of research undertaken.
  • Undertakes analyses of data, presents results of research to sponsors, the media and other interested organisations.
  • Administers questionnaires, carries out interviews, organises focus groups and implements other social research tools.
  • Identifies, compiles and analyses economic, demographic, legal, political, social and other data to address research objectives.
  • Traces the evolution of word and language forms, compares grammatical structures and analyses the relationships between ancient, parent and modern languages.
  • Undertakes research across the humanities that furthers understanding of human culture and creativity.
  • Studies society and the manner in which people behave and impact upon the world.

Skills Employers are looking for

Skills Importance
Reading Comprehension 92%
Writing 89%
Critical Thinking 89%
Active Listening 87%
Active Learning 84%
Speaking 81%
Science 79%
Learning Strategies 77%
Mathematics 74%
Monitoring 72%

Related courses