by Matthew Law

These are the basic summary statistics for the WikiArcSurvey of UK Field Archaeologists, which ran from December 2008 - January 2009.

160 results total

SOURCE: Where people learned about the survey

BAJR Forum 106
Personal e-mail 27
Facebook message 14
http://pasthorizons.wordpress.com 5
Facebook BAJR group 3
BAHId Message Board 2
Facebook British Archaeology Group 1
http://matthewlaw.wordpress.com 1
WikiArc 1

1. Job titles (143 respondents/ 89.38% of total)

67 different answers!

Archaeological Assistant Supervisor 1
Archaeological Consultant 1
Archaeological Field Technician 1
Archaeological Officer 1
Archaeological Supervisor 1
Archaeologist 16
Archaeologist/ Site Assistant/ Supervisor 1
Archaeologist - Fieldwork 1
Assistant Archaeologist 1
Assistant Consultant 1
Assistant 1
Assistant Geophysicist 1
Assistant Project Officer 2
Assistant Supervisor 5
College Lecturer - Archaeology 1
Consultant 1
Consultant/ Field Archaeologist 1
Crime Scene Investigator/ Forensic Archaeologist 1
Curatorial Archaeologist 1
Digital Specialist 1
Director 5
Enviro Supervisor 1
Environmental Sample Processing Unit Supervisor 1
Experienced Archaeologist 1
Field Archaeologist 2
Field Officer 2
Fieldwork Supervisor 2
Finds Archaeologist/ Field Supervisor 1
Freelance 1
Freelance Archaeological Conservator 1
Freelance Consultant 1
Geomatics Project Officer 1
Geomatics Supervisor 2
Geophysics Survey Assistant 1
GIS Officer 1
Head of Archaeology and Monuments 1
HLC Officer 1
Landscape Archaeologist 1
Photographic Supervisor 1
Planning Archaeologist 1
Principal Archaeologist 1
Principal Consultant 1
Project/Middle Manager 1
Project Archaeologist 2
Project Assistant 5
Project Manager 6
Project Officer 13
Project Officer CAD and Survey 1
Project Supervisor 5
Senior Archaeologist 5
Senior Archaeology Consultant 1
Senior Project Officer 6
Senior Site Assistant 3
Senior Supervisor 1
Site Assistant 7
Site Supervisor 2
Student 1
Supervisor 3
Supervisor Fieldwork 1
Supervisor Geomatics 1
Survey Officer 1
Surveyor 1
Unemployed 2
Unemployed Archaeological Assistant 1
Unemployed Field Archaeologist 1
Unemployed Project Assistant 1
Unemployed, but was Field Archaeologist 1

1b How long have you held your current position?

138 RESPONDENTS

Min 0.01 years (five days)
Max 30 years
Mean 3.36 years
Standard Error 0.37 years
Variance: 19.11 years
SD: 4.37 y
Median 2 years
25 percentile: 0.975
75 Percentile: 4

1c How long have you worked for your current employer?

133 Respondents

Min 0.02 years (1 week)
Max: 30 years
Mean: 4.76 years
Std Error 0.47
Variance 29.87
SD 5.47
Median 3
25 percentile 1
75 percentile 6.5

1d How long have you been a professional archaeologist?

144 Respondents

Min: 0.5 years
Max: 40 years
Mean 10.34 years
SE 0.69
Variance 68.05
SD 8.34
Median 8
25 percentile 4
75 percentile 14.75

1e What is the longest uninterrupted period you have worked for the same employer?

145 respondents

Min 0.12
Max 30
Mean 5.15
Std. error 0.41
Variance 24.51
Stand. dev 4.95
Median 3.5
25 percentile 1.5
75 percentile 7.29

1g How would you describe your current contract? a. Permanent b. Rolling c. Fixed-Term d. Self-employed

No answer 25 (15.62%)
Permanent (a) 67 (41.88%)
Rolling (b) 32 (20.00%)
Fixed-Term (c) 22 (13.75%)
Self-employed (d) 14 (8.75%)

1h What is your current salary?

No answer 24 (15.00%)
Below £14 000 per annum (a) 11 (6.88%)
£14 000 to £17 000 per annum (b) 49 (30.63%)
£17 000 to £20 000 per annum (c) 29 (18.12%)
£20 000 to £30 000 per annum (d) 33 (20.62%)
Greater than £30 000 per annum (e) 14 (8.75%)

2. What is your gender?

No answer 19 (11.88%)
Female (F) 52 (32.50%)
Male (M) 89 (55.62%)

2a How would you describe your ethnicity?

135 respondents

White British 104
White Irish 4
White English 3
White 3
Anglo-Saxon 2
British 2
English 2
Welsh 2
White American 2
White Australian 2
White Other 2
White Scottish 2
American 1
Anglo-Arab 1
European 1
Irish 1
Nigerian 1
Traveller 1
White British/ Irish 1
White Polish 1

2b Do you hold religious beliefs? If yes, please specify by name

No answer 41 (25.62%)
No (1) 88 (55.00%)
Yes (2) 31 (19.38%)

Christian 5
Christian - Church of England/ Anglican 3
Christian - Roman Catholic 3
Christian - Church in Wales 1
Christian - Church of Ireland 1
Christian - Evangelical 1
Christian - Presbyterian 1

Pagan 3
Follower of The Way 1
Marxist 1
Muslim 1

2c What is your age in years?

145 respondents

Min 23
Max 60
Mean 34.9
Std. error 0.70
Variance 71.86
Stand. dev 8.48
Median 32
25 percentile 28
75 percentile 41

3.What is the highest level of education you have attained?

No answer 17 (10.62% )
GCSE/ GCE O-Level or equivalent (1) 2 (1.25%)
GCE A-Level/ IB or equivalent (2) 1 (0.62%)
Undergraduate qualification (BA/BSc/CertHE/undergrad MA, etc) (3) 71 (44.38%)
Taught postgraduate qualification (MA/ MSc/ PG Dip/ etc) (4) 59 (36.88%)
Postgraduate degree by research (MPhil/PhD/ etc) (5) 10 (6.25% )
NVQ in Archaeological Practice, Level 3 (6) 0 (0)

4a Are you a member of the IfA? If so, what level?

No answer 20 (12.50%)
Not a member (1) 90 (56.25%)
Student (2) 0 0 Affiliate (3) 4 (2.50%)
Practitioner (PIfA) (4) 15 (9.38%)
Associate (AIfA) (5) 16 (10.00%)
Member (MIfA) (6) 15 (9.38%)

4b Are you a member of a trade union?

No answer 18 (11.25%)
Not a member (1) 102 (63.75%)
Yes - Prospect (2) 32 (20.00%)
Yes - Unison (3) 4 (2.50%)
Yes - other (4) 4 (2.50%)

4c Are you a member of any other archaeology-related societies? If yes, please specify

Council for British Archaeology (CBA) 12

Prehistoric Society 7

Rescue 6

Fellow of Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 5
Society for Medieval Archaeology 5

British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology 4
British Association for Human Identification (BAHId) 4
Lithics Studies Society 4

Association for Environmental Archaeology (AEA) 3
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries 3
International Society for Archaeological Prospection 3
LAMAS (London and Middlesex Archaeological Society) 2

The Association of Archaeological Illustrators and Surveyors (AAIS) 2
Medieval Settlement Research Group 2
Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) 2
Roman Society 2
Roman Small Finds Group 2
Royal Archaeological Institute 2
Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology 2

Abingdon Area Archaeological and Historical Society 1
ADAC 1
American Institute of Archaeologists (AIA) 1
Amici di Pompeii 1
Archaeomalacology Working Group 1
Association for Roman Archaeology 1
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society 1
British Women Archaeologists (BWA) 1
Capel Ancient Monuments Society 1
CBA Wales 1
Council for Scottish Archaeology (CSA) 1
Coventry and District Archaeological Society 1
Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society 1
Diggers Forum 1
Egypt Exploration Society 1
English Heritage 1
European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) 1
Federation of Independent Detectorists 1
FLARE 1
Folklore Society 1
Friends of Friendless Churches 1
Historical Metallurgy Society 1
Institute of Conservation (ICON) 1
IEW 1
Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) 1
Irish Association of Professional Osteoarchaeologists 1
Kent Archaeological Society 1
Lancaster Archaeological Society 1
Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society 1
Leicestershire Museums Archaeological Fieldwork Group 1
Roman Pottery Study Group 1
Society for Clay Pipe Research 1
Society for Landscape Studies 1
Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology 1
Somerset Archaeological Society 1
Ulster Archaeological Society
Vernacular Architecture Group 1

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