Digital Optimization Contract Job Trends in England

Digital Optimization
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Digital Optimization skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 529 596
Rank change year-on-year +19 +67 +173
Contract jobs citing Digital Optimization 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.015% 0.003% 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.016% 0.004% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £371 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile - - £556
90th Percentile - - £575
UK median daily rate £371 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Digital Optimization 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25,032 28,386 38,301
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.77% 85.87% 89.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,940 18,103 26,668
10th Percentile £300 £313 £320
25th Percentile £404 £425 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £660
90th Percentile £738 £753 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,467 1,443 1,387
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.16 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.63 £19.03
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.19
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.92% +49.35%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £41.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% +2.41% +49.66%

Digital Optimization
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Digital Optimization as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Optimization in England

Digital Optimization
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Digital Optimization.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Digital Optimization

Digital Optimization
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Digital Optimization.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Digital Optimization

Digital Optimization
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Optimization within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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 +25 4 £371 - 11
Digital Optimization
UK

Digital Optimization
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (75.00%) Confluence
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Contentsquare
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
2 3 (75.00%) A/B Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
2 3 (75.00%) Personalization
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
3 1 (25.00%) Service Design
3 1 (25.00%) Storytelling
3 1 (25.00%) User Research
3 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (25.00%) UX Design
3 1 (25.00%) Wealth Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Adobe
1 3 (75.00%) Optimizely