Ethnography Contracts in England

Ethnography
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Ethnography skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ethnography over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 474 525 630
Rank change year-on-year +51 +105 +74
Contract jobs citing Ethnography 12 16 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.049% 0.043% 0.085%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.054% 0.050% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 30
10th Percentile £335 - £473
25th Percentile £363 £325 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £400 £563
Median % change year-on-year +8.19% -28.89% +7.14%
75th Percentile £494 £425 £588
90th Percentile £575 - £630
UK median daily rate £433 £400 £563
% change year-on-year +8.19% -28.89% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Ethnography 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 22,247 32,161 45,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.13% 86.56% 90.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,550 21,078 31,861
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £444
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 £768
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 2,252 1,585
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.93 £10.91
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Ethnography
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Ethnography in England

Ethnography
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Ethnography in England

Ethnography
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ethnography in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ethnography in England

Ethnography
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ethnography in England.

Hourly rate trend for Ethnography in England

Ethnography
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 Ethnography within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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 +46 9 £458 +7.71% 9
North of England +15 3 £364 +4.00%
North West +11 3 £364 +4.00%
Ethnography
UK

Ethnography
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 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) InVision
1 2 (16.67%) UserZoom
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Figma
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Axure RP
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Banking
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Legal
3 1 (8.33%) Local Government
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) User Researcher
2 2 (16.67%) User Experience Researcher
3 1 (8.33%) Designer
3 1 (8.33%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) CSS
1 3 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (8.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Android
1 2 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Ethnographic Research
1 10 (83.33%) User Research
2 8 (66.67%) Usability Testing
2 8 (66.67%) User Experience
3 7 (58.33%) Agile
4 6 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
4 6 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
5 5 (41.67%) Focus Group
6 4 (33.33%) Analytics
6 4 (33.33%) Contextual Inquiry
6 4 (33.33%) Prototyping
6 4 (33.33%) UX Design
7 3 (25.00%) Guerrilla Testing
7 3 (25.00%) Rapid Prototyping
7 3 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
7 3 (25.00%) Service Design
7 3 (25.00%) User Stories
7 3 (25.00%) UX Research
8 2 (16.67%) Human-Centred Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (8.33%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) CA Agile Central
2 1 (8.33%) IBM
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft