Ethnography Contract Job Trends in England

Ethnography
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Ethnography skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 522 512 566
Rank change year-on-year -10 +54 +106
Contract jobs citing Ethnography 22 7 17
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.073% 0.023% 0.043%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.081% 0.026% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 4 10
10th Percentile £364 £384 £325
25th Percentile £387 £434 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £519 £470
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +10.49% -19.05%
75th Percentile £480 £570 £600
90th Percentile £545 £573 £650
UK median daily rate £420 £563 £425
% change year-on-year -25.33% +32.35% -26.72%

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 27,075 26,730 35,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.46% 86.69% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,210 16,317 24,093
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £547
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.02% -0.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.43% -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,755 963 1,478
10th Percentile £14.71 £15.10 £14.33
25th Percentile £17.79 £20.06 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.46 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.17
% change year-on-year -28.14% -18.92% +23.33%

Ethnography
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ethnography relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Ethnography job vacancy trend in England

Ethnography
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ethnography.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ethnography

Ethnography
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ethnography in England over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ethnography in England

Ethnography
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ethnography.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ethnography

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 12 November 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 +10 9 £470 -9.40% 8
North of England - 6 £415 -
South East - 5 £409 - 3
North East - 4 £409 -
North West - 2 £415 -
Midlands - 1 - -
South West - 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 - -
Ethnography
UK

Ethnography
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Adobe XD
1 1 (4.55%) InVision
1 1 (4.55%) Sketch
1 1 (4.55%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Axure RP
General
1 7 (31.82%) Public Sector
2 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Advertising
4 1 (4.55%) Marketing
4 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) User Researcher
2 8 (36.36%) Designer
2 8 (36.36%) Service Designer
3 1 (4.55%) Digital Product Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Lead
3 1 (4.55%) Product Manager
3 1 (4.55%) User Experience Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.09%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Android
1 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) Agile
1 17 (77.27%) User Research
2 15 (68.18%) Service Design
3 12 (54.55%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 11 (50.00%) Usability Testing
4 11 (50.00%) User Experience
5 10 (45.45%) Ergonomics
5 10 (45.45%) Human Factors
6 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (36.36%) Qualitative Research
7 7 (31.82%) Actionable Insight
7 7 (31.82%) Ethnographic Research
7 7 (31.82%) Focus Group
7 7 (31.82%) Quantitative Research
8 6 (27.27%) Design Thinking
8 6 (27.27%) Journey Map
8 6 (27.27%) Market Research
8 6 (27.27%) Storytelling
8 6 (27.27%) Workshop Facilitation
9 5 (22.73%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
1 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) Accessibility
2 4 (18.18%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (18.18%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Adobe