Digital Engineering Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Digital Engineering
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Digital Engineering skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 128 151
Rank change year-on-year +14 +23 +46
Contract jobs citing Digital Engineering 7 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.40% 0.047% 0.066%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.052% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +38.89% -30.84%
75th Percentile £681 £638 -
90th Percentile £708 - -
Central London median daily rate £625 £625 £450
% change year-on-year - +38.89% -30.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,629 1,938 2,716
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.11% 91.94% 90.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,082 1,226 1,882
10th Percentile £320 £375 £363
25th Percentile £419 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £765 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £598
% change year-on-year -4.35% -3.77% +3.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 18 16
10th Percentile £17.08 £15.40 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.75 £20.88 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.15 £32.75 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.05% +31.00% -41.52%
75th Percentile £56.75 £107.13 £44.87
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £28.33 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.07% +34.62% -38.10%

Digital Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Digital Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Engineering in the City of London

Digital Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Digital Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Digital Engineering

Digital Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
London Bridge - 1 - -
Digital Engineering
Central London

Digital Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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%) Confluence
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Banking
2 3 (42.86%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) International Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
4 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Digital Product Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Product Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Communications Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Communications Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Digital Product Owner
2 2 (28.57%) Engagement Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Product Owner
3 1 (14.29%) Java Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Digital Product Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Product Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) UI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (42.86%) Backlog Management
2 3 (42.86%) E-Commerce
2 3 (42.86%) Product Backlog
2 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
2 3 (42.86%) Strategic Roadmap
2 3 (42.86%) User Stories
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Competitor Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Content Management
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Experience
3 2 (28.57%) Customer-Centricity
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) User Experience
3 2 (28.57%) User Research
4 1 (14.29%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Hitachi