Ethnographic Research Contracts in England

Ethnographic Research
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Ethnographic Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ethnographic Research over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 538 631
Rank change year-on-year +63 +93 +104
Contract jobs citing Ethnographic Research 10 4 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.011% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.012% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 15
10th Percentile £375 - £485
25th Percentile £406 - £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year -12.81% -6.67% +9.76%
75th Percentile £519 - £569
90th Percentile £575 - £580
UK median daily rate £458 £475 £563
% change year-on-year -3.63% -15.56% +10.02%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Ethnographic Research falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Ethnographic Research
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Ethnographic Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Ethnographic Research in England

Ethnographic Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Ethnographic Research in England

Ethnographic Research
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ethnographic Research in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ethnographic Research in England

Ethnographic Research
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethnographic Research within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +43 7 £483 -8.10% 5
North of England +20 3 £364 -
North West - 3 £364 -
Ethnographic Research
UK

Ethnographic Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) InVision
1 2 (20.00%) UserZoom
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Axure RP
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (30.00%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Local Government
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) User Researcher
2 2 (20.00%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) CSS
1 2 (20.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Android
1 2 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Ethnography
2 8 (80.00%) User Research
3 7 (70.00%) Usability Testing
4 6 (60.00%) Agile
4 6 (60.00%) User Experience
5 5 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
5 5 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
6 4 (40.00%) Analytics
6 4 (40.00%) Contextual Inquiry
6 4 (40.00%) Focus Group
7 3 (30.00%) Prototyping
7 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
7 3 (30.00%) User Stories
7 3 (30.00%) UX Research
8 2 (20.00%) Co-Creation
8 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (20.00%) Human-Centred Design
8 2 (20.00%) Inclusive Design
8 2 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (20.00%) Social Listening
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) CA Agile Central
2 1 (10.00%) IBM