Digital Engineering Contract Job Trends in Central London

Digital Engineering
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Digital Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 - 143
Rank change year-on-year - - +52
Contract jobs citing Digital Engineering 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.15% - 0.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% - 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £623
25th Percentile £613 - £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.95%
75th Percentile £638 - £713
90th Percentile - - £728
London median daily rate £618 £675 £675
% change year-on-year -8.52% - +5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Digital Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,818 2,147 2,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.76% 92.07% 89.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,272 1,344 1,757
10th Percentile £343 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £466 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £680 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £813
London median daily rate £530 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 27 16
10th Percentile £19.94 £18.34 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £28.32 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.09% +37.25% -37.04%
75th Percentile £36.00 £52.50 £51.31
90th Percentile £51.25 £112.00 £69.38
London median hourly rate £31.49 £36.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -12.53% +5.88% -12.54%

Digital Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Digital Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Digital Engineering job vacancy trend in Central London

Digital Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Digital Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Digital Engineering

Digital Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Engineering within the Central London region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
City of London - 3 £625 - 3
Digital Engineering
London

Digital Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) International Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Product Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Product Owner
1 2 (66.67%) Product Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Product Owner
2 1 (33.33%) Business Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Management Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Backlog Management
1 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
1 2 (66.67%) Product Backlog
1 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
1 2 (66.67%) Strategic Roadmap
1 2 (66.67%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) BCP
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Competitor Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Catalogue
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) User Research