Digital Executive Contracts

Digital Executive
UK

The median Digital Executive daily rate in the UK is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 583 680 847
Rank change year-on-year +97 +167 -114
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Executive 7 6 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.011% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.011% 0.001%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £143 £150 -
25th Percentile £185 £171 £194
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £215 £213
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +1.18% -
75th Percentile £275 £268 £231
90th Percentile £320 £295 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £120 £183 -
% change year-on-year -34.25% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,530 52,517 83,153
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 94.52% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,076 36,648 58,643
10th Percentile £280 £313 £316
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.64% +2.71% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,932 1,488 1,934
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.39 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.96
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.33 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +7.99%

Digital Executive
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Digital Executive in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Executive in the UK

Digital Executive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Executive in the UK

Digital Executive
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Executive over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Executive in the UK

Digital Executive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Digital Executive in the UK

Digital Executive
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Executive within the UK over the 6 months to 10 June 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 +101 7 £190 -11.63% 52
London +88 5 £220 -26.67% 5
UK excluding London +35 1 £120 -34.25% 46
North of England +29 1 £120 -44.19% 11
North West +13 1 £120 -44.19% 5

Digital Executive Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 June 2024, Digital Executive contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Digital Executive in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Marketing
2 4 (57.14%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (57.14%) SEO
3 3 (42.86%) Customer Experience
3 3 (42.86%) CRM
3 3 (42.86%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Google
4 2 (28.57%) Social Media
4 2 (28.57%) Google Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Email Marketing
4 2 (28.57%) CMS
4 2 (28.57%) Sitecore CMS
4 2 (28.57%) Sitecore
4 2 (28.57%) Customer Retention
4 2 (28.57%) Brandwatch
4 2 (28.57%) Personalization
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
5 1 (14.29%) User Research
5 1 (14.29%) Salesforce Einstein
5 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) GDPR
5 1 (14.29%) Marketing Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) UX Design
5 1 (14.29%) Multivariate Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (14.29%) Data Entry
5 1 (14.29%) Online Marketing

Digital Executive Skill Set
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 (28.57%) CMS
1 2 (28.57%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Google Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce Einstein
General
1 6 (85.71%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Social Media
2 1 (14.29%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Digital Marketing
1 4 (57.14%) SEO
2 3 (42.86%) Analytics
2 3 (42.86%) CRM
2 3 (42.86%) Customer Experience
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Retention
3 2 (28.57%) Email Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Personalization
4 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Data Entry
4 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Multivariate Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Online Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) User Experience
4 1 (14.29%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Brandwatch
1 2 (28.57%) Google
1 2 (28.57%) Sitecore
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud