Digital Transformation Contracts

Digital Transformation
UK

The median Digital Transformation daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 561 746
Rank change year-on-year -1 +185 -104
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Transformation 29 158 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.067% 0.27% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.28% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 145 97
10th Percentile £363 £481 £390
25th Percentile £478 £513 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +2.27% +4.27%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £625
90th Percentile £656 £700 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +11.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53.75 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £61.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,021 55,966 84,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,056 39,104 59,482
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,666 1,571 2,084
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.29 £65.75 £49.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%

Digital Transformation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Transformation in the UK

Digital Transformation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Transformation in the UK

Digital Transformation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Transformation over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Transformation in the UK

Digital Transformation
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Transformation within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 -16 27 £600 +6.67% 19
London +1 16 £638 +10.87% 8
Work from Home +11 11 £638 +13.33% 4
UK excluding London +42 9 £525 -4.55% 11
East of England +14 5 - - 1
South West +19 2 £525 -4.55%
South East +20 1 - - 1
East Midlands +20 1 - - 4
Midlands +11 1 - - 6

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Digital Transformation 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 Transformation in the job title.

1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Project Management
2 8 (27.59%) Finance
3 7 (24.14%) SQL
3 7 (24.14%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (20.69%) Power Platform
4 6 (20.69%) Power BI
4 6 (20.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (20.69%) Change Management
4 6 (20.69%) Retail
5 5 (17.24%) Data Analysis
5 5 (17.24%) Google
5 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (17.24%) Degree
5 5 (17.24%) Management Information System
5 5 (17.24%) Back Office
5 5 (17.24%) Service Management
5 5 (17.24%) GIS
5 5 (17.24%) Line Management
5 5 (17.24%) Google Sheets
6 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
6 4 (13.79%) PRINCE2
6 4 (13.79%) ERP
6 4 (13.79%) Programme Management
6 4 (13.79%) Agile
7 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (10.34%) Computer Science

Digital Transformation 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:

Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) Power Platform
2 5 (17.24%) Google Sheets
3 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.69%) Power BI
2 5 (17.24%) GIS
3 1 (3.45%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Finance
3 6 (20.69%) Retail
4 5 (17.24%) Back Office
5 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.90%) Banking
6 2 (6.90%) Law
6 2 (6.90%) Legal
6 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.45%) Electronics
7 1 (3.45%) Marketing
7 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.45%) Contactless
2 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.45%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Project Management
2 7 (24.14%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.69%) Change Management
3 6 (20.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 5 (17.24%) Data Analysis
4 5 (17.24%) Line Management
4 5 (17.24%) Service Management
4 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (13.79%) Agile
5 4 (13.79%) ERP
5 4 (13.79%) PRINCE2
5 4 (13.79%) Programme Management
6 3 (10.34%) Computer Science
6 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (10.34%) Translating Business Requirements
7 2 (6.90%) Business Transformation
7 2 (6.90%) Digital Banking
7 2 (6.90%) Target Operating Model
7 2 (6.90%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.45%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Google
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.45%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.45%) SAP