Digital Thinking Contracts in England

Digital Thinking
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Digital Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 - 652
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Digital Thinking 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% - 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.009% - 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £600
75th Percentile - - £650
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate - - £600
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £26.12 - -
UK median hourly rate £26.12 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Digital Thinking 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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Digital Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Thinking in England

Digital Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Thinking in England.

Daily rate trend for Digital Thinking in England

Digital Thinking
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 Thinking within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Midlands - 1 - -
South West - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Digital Thinking
UK

Digital Thinking
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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Product Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Product Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Business Case
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) Market Research
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) User Research
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SAFe Agilist