Digital Innovation Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Digital Innovation
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Digital Innovation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Digital Innovation 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 2.16% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £165 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 - -
75th Percentile £195 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £180 - £488

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

Digital Innovation 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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 144 83 125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 77.84% 79.81% 70.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 40 83
10th Percentile £203 £168 £160
25th Percentile £411 £200 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £325 £262
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +23.89% -41.71%
75th Percentile £594 £488 £450
90th Percentile £700 £610 £621
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £425 £419
% change year-on-year +5.18% +1.43% -6.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 8 19
10th Percentile - £18.59 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.35 £20.30 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.59 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% +34.80% +3.98%
75th Percentile £18.59 £24.18 £23.07
90th Percentile £24.29 £24.32 £26.15
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £22.50 £17.71
% change year-on-year -16.13% +27.05% +5.23%

Digital Innovation
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Digital Innovation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire.

Digital Innovation job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Digital Innovation
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Innovation within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 12 March 2026. 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
Bakewell - 2 - -
Chesterfield - 1 - -
Derby - 1 £180 -
Digital Innovation
East Midlands

Digital Innovation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DBS Check