Digital Innovation Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Digital Innovation
England > East Midlands

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Digital Innovation 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.00% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £208 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 - -
75th Percentile £253 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £450 £494 £466
% change year-on-year -8.86% +6.05% -15.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 767 488 603
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 85.32% 87.14% 82.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 296 429
10th Percentile £188 £240 £211
25th Percentile £350 £324 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -2.70%
75th Percentile £525 £545 £565
90th Percentile £625 £631 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 23 43
10th Percentile £15.56 £15.48 £11.86
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.44 £22.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.07% +12.50% +18.84%
75th Percentile £24.49 £27.65 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.15 £38.49 £54.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

Digital Innovation
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Digital Innovation job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Digital Innovation
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Digital Innovation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Digital Innovation

Digital Innovation
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Lincolnshire - 5 - - 2
Derbyshire - 3 - - 2
Nottinghamshire - 1 £230 - 3
Digital Innovation
England

Digital Innovation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Computer Science
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Degree