Ethnographic Research Contracts

Ethnographic Research
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 12 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 536 554 650
Rank change year-on-year +18 +96 +165
Contract jobs citing Ethnographic Research 12 5 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.036% 0.013% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.040% 0.015% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 14
10th Percentile £389 £446 £508
25th Percentile £408 £497 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -24.55% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £451 £606 £569
90th Percentile £497 £663 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £415 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,869 33,284 47,171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.47% 85.48% 89.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,656 21,283 32,342
10th Percentile £300 £310 £320
25th Percentile £404 £413 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £546
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.76% -0.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,699 1,835 1,536
10th Percentile £14.19 £14.05 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.35 £18.74
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £41.80
Median % change year-on-year -38.66% -1.91% +57.74%
75th Percentile £47.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.22
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £42.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year -46.75% +17.24% +64.77%

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
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ethnographic Research over the 6 months to 12 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ethnographic Research in the UK

Ethnographic Research
Top 7 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 12 August 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
England +33 12 £415 -24.55% 10
London +9 6 £451 -18.09% 8
UK excluding London - 6 £415 - 3
North of England - 5 £415 -
North West - 5 £415 -
Work from Home +23 3 £415 -26.22% 3
South West - 1 - - 2

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) InVision
1 2 (16.67%) UserZoom
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
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Advertising
3 1 (8.33%) Banking
3 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Legal
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) User Researcher
2 1 (8.33%) Digital Product Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Product Manager
2 1 (8.33%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) CSS
1 2 (16.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Android
1 3 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Ethnography
2 11 (91.67%) User Research
3 10 (83.33%) Agile
3 10 (83.33%) Usability Testing
4 7 (58.33%) Contextual Inquiry
4 7 (58.33%) Focus Group
4 7 (58.33%) Qualitative Research
4 7 (58.33%) Scrum
5 6 (50.00%) Roadmaps
5 6 (50.00%) User Experience
6 4 (33.33%) Analytics
7 3 (25.00%) Prototyping
7 3 (25.00%) Quantitative Research
7 3 (25.00%) Service Design
8 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
8 2 (16.67%) Human-Centred Design
8 2 (16.67%) Inclusive Design
8 2 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (16.67%) Task Model
8 2 (16.67%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) 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 4 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) CA Agile Central
2 1 (8.33%) IBM