Ethnographic Research Contracts

Ethnographic Research
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Ethnographic Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Ethnographic Research over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 585 677 793
Rank change year-on-year +92 +116 -108
Contract jobs citing Ethnographic Research 5 22 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.038% 0.058%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.013% 0.042% 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 15 40
10th Percentile £424 £523 £425
25th Percentile £441 £556 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £563 £520
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +8.17% -
75th Percentile £503 £569 £575
90th Percentile £516 £610 £594
UK excluding London median daily rate - £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -0.99%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Ethnographic Research is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,094 51,920 79,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,889 35,981 55,625
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,716 1,886
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.24 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Ethnographic Research
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Ethnographic Research in the UK

Ethnographic Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Ethnographic Research in the UK

Ethnographic Research
Top 6 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
England +90 4 £525 -6.67% 4
London +83 2 £525 -6.67% 3
UK excluding London +53 2 - - 1
North of England +35 2 - -
Yorkshire +18 2 - -
Work from Home +105 1 £425 -24.44%

Ethnographic Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe XD
1 1 (20.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Figma
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Designer
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Designer
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Service Designer
1 2 (40.00%) Service Designer
1 2 (40.00%) User Experience Researcher
2 1 (20.00%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Journey Map
2 4 (80.00%) User Research
3 3 (60.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 3 (60.00%) UX Research
4 2 (40.00%) Business Model Canvas
4 2 (40.00%) Coaching
4 2 (40.00%) Customer Journey Map
4 2 (40.00%) Interaction Design
4 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (40.00%) Persona Development
4 2 (40.00%) Prototyping
4 2 (40.00%) Quantitative Research
4 2 (40.00%) Rapid Prototyping
4 2 (40.00%) Service Design
4 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (40.00%) UX Design
5 1 (20.00%) Storyboarding
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe