Digital Strategy Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Digital Strategy
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Digital Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 - 108
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
Contract jobs citing Digital Strategy 2 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.14% - 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% - 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £320 - £365
25th Percentile £369 - £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - £421
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.41%
75th Percentile £556 - £460
90th Percentile £605 - £480
England median daily rate £513 £560 £600
% change year-on-year -8.48% -6.67% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

Digital Strategy 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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,250 1,125 1,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.80% 80.59% 87.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 447 882
10th Percentile £198 £221 £225
25th Percentile £364 £314 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £565 £613
90th Percentile £682 £650 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 254 368
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.00 £13.76
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £27.59 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -23.87% +39.25% -5.67%
75th Percentile £59.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.88 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.16 £44.50
% change year-on-year -38.89% -7.52% +27.14%

Digital Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Digital Strategy job vacancy trend in the East of England

Digital Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Digital Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Digital Strategy

Digital Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Strategy in the East of England over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Strategy in the East of England

Digital Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Digital Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Digital Strategy

Digital Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Strategy within the East of England region over the 6 months to 23 October 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
Bedfordshire - 1 £625 - 1
Norfolk - 1 £300 - 4
Digital Strategy
England

Digital Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) EDMS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow