Digital Economy Contracts

Digital Economy (Web Economy, New Economy)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Economy in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Digital Economy over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 578 678 783
Rank change year-on-year +100 +105 -128
Contract jobs citing Digital Economy 16 38 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.064% 0.081%
As % of the General category 0.063% 0.11% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 27 42
10th Percentile £525 £443 £494
25th Percentile £563 £600 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £745 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.40% +29.57% -
75th Percentile £788 - £650
90th Percentile £825 - £775
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £500
% change year-on-year - - +1.01%

All General Skills
UK

Digital Economy is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,224 34,906 49,765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.24% 58.47% 56.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,923 24,205 34,471
10th Percentile £270 £313 £319
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.80% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,931 1,062 1,439
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.42 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.09 £14.85
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +62.79% -4.44%
75th Percentile £51.83 £61.25 £46.21
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.84 £30.54 £18.50
% change year-on-year -8.86% +65.08% -7.50%

Digital Economy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Economy in the UK

Digital Economy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Economy in the UK

Digital Economy
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Economy over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Economy in the UK

Digital Economy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Digital Economy in the UK

Digital Economy
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 Digital Economy within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 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 +97 14 £675 -9.40% 14
UK excluding London +71 11 - - 7
South West - 7 - -
London +83 5 £675 -9.40% 9
Work from Home +106 3 £800 +7.38% 3
South East - 2 - - 2
Wales - 2 - -

Digital Economy
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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (43.75%) AWS
1 7 (43.75%) PaaS
1 7 (43.75%) SaaS
2 2 (12.50%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) PBX
1 7 (43.75%) VoIP
2 2 (12.50%) Firewall
2 2 (12.50%) Internet
Development Applications
1 7 (43.75%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (43.75%) Telecoms
2 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
3 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (12.50%) Law
5 2 (12.50%) Legal
5 2 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Finance
6 1 (6.25%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Architect
1 7 (43.75%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Desktop Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Desktop Support
2 2 (12.50%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Blackberry
1 7 (43.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) ArchiMate
1 7 (43.75%) Architecture Governance
1 7 (43.75%) BPMN
1 7 (43.75%) Customer Engagement
1 7 (43.75%) Decision-Making
1 7 (43.75%) Digital Strategy
1 7 (43.75%) Enterprise Architecture
1 7 (43.75%) ITIL
1 7 (43.75%) PQQ
1 7 (43.75%) Roadmaps
1 7 (43.75%) Strategic Roadmap
1 7 (43.75%) TOGAF
1 7 (43.75%) Zero Trust
2 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (18.75%) Agile
3 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
3 3 (18.75%) Commercial Awareness
3 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Degree
1 7 (43.75%) DV Cleared
1 7 (43.75%) HND
1 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
1 7 (43.75%) TOGAF Certification
2 3 (18.75%) CCNP
2 3 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 7 (43.75%) Avaya
2 7 (43.75%) Cisco
2 7 (43.75%) Ericsson
2 7 (43.75%) Google
2 7 (43.75%) IBM
2 7 (43.75%) Juniper
2 7 (43.75%) Nokia
2 7 (43.75%) Ribbon
3 3 (18.75%) VMware