Ethnography Contracts

Ethnography
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Ethnography skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Ethnography over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 630 741
Rank change year-on-year +68 +111 -102
Contract jobs citing Ethnography 17 64 122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.040% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.046% 0.12% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 41 72
10th Percentile - £450 £414
25th Percentile £325 £525 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +7.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £450 £588 £564
90th Percentile £499 £625 £594
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £550 £501
% change year-on-year -36.36% +9.73% +0.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Ethnography 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 36,622 51,397 80,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.09% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,613 35,611 56,174
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £439 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,690 1,913
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.77 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%

Ethnography
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Ethnography in the UK

Ethnography
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Ethnography in the UK

Ethnography
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ethnography over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Ethnography in the UK

Ethnography
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Ethnography in the UK

Ethnography
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethnography within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +83 11 £350 -37.78% 7
UK excluding London +40 9 £350 -36.36% 1
North of England +32 8 £350 -37.28%
North West - 6 £350 -
Work from Home +81 4 £450 -20.00% 2
London +72 3 £475 -15.56% 4
Yorkshire +15 2 - -
Scotland +37 1 £475 -17.39%

Ethnography
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 2 (11.76%) Adobe XD
1 2 (11.76%) Sketch
2 1 (5.88%) InVision
2 1 (5.88%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Axure RP
General
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Investment Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Law
4 1 (5.88%) Retail
4 1 (5.88%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) User Researcher
2 4 (23.53%) Designer
2 4 (23.53%) Service Designer
3 3 (17.65%) Senior
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Designer
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Service Designer
4 2 (11.76%) User Experience Researcher
5 1 (5.88%) Senior User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) User Research
2 15 (88.24%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 14 (82.35%) Agile
4 13 (76.47%) User Experience
5 12 (70.59%) Usability Testing
6 11 (64.71%) Ergonomics
6 11 (64.71%) Human Factors
6 11 (64.71%) Service Design
7 10 (58.82%) Actionable Insight
8 9 (52.94%) Design Persona
8 9 (52.94%) Focus Group
8 9 (52.94%) Mentoring
8 9 (52.94%) Qualitative Research
8 9 (52.94%) Quantitative Research
8 9 (52.94%) UX Design
9 7 (41.18%) Data Science
9 7 (41.18%) Guerrilla Testing
9 7 (41.18%) Journey Map
9 7 (41.18%) Market Research
9 7 (41.18%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (17.65%) Accessibility
3 1 (5.88%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Adobe