Digital Transformation Contracts in England

Digital Transformation
UK > England

The median Digital Transformation daily rate in England is £537, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 458 514 506
Rank change year-on-year +56 -8 +194
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Transformation 27 28 147
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.075% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.081% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 14 135
10th Percentile £353 £472 £481
25th Percentile £500 £509 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -10.50% +6.67% +2.27%
75th Percentile £666 £650 £638
90th Percentile £688 £656 £700
UK median daily rate £537 £588 £563
% change year-on-year -8.60% +4.44% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £26.38 - -
25th Percentile £26.56 £53.75 -
Median hourly rate £28.75 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% - -
75th Percentile £31.56 £61.25 -
90th Percentile £32.13 - -
UK median hourly rate £28.75 £57.50 -
% change year-on-year -50.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Digital Transformation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Digital Transformation in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Transformation in England

Digital Transformation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Transformation in England

Digital Transformation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Transformation in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Transformation in England

Digital Transformation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Transformation in England.

Hourly rate trend for Digital Transformation in England

Digital Transformation
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 Transformation 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
London +38 16 £550 -13.73% 17
South East +50 5 £487 - 38
Midlands +23 3 £525 -3.67% 32
East Midlands +11 2 £525 - 13
North West - 2 £500 - 17
North of England - 2 £500 - 35
South West +45 1 £700 +33.33% 18
West Midlands - 1 - - 17
Digital Transformation
UK

Digital Transformation Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Digital Transformation contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Digital Transformation in the job title.

1 17 (62.96%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 14 (51.85%) Agile
3 11 (40.74%) Finance
4 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 8 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (25.93%) Project Management
7 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
8 4 (14.81%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (14.81%) Customer Experience
8 4 (14.81%) Data Protection
8 4 (14.81%) Change Management
8 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
8 4 (14.81%) Local Government
8 4 (14.81%) Degree
9 3 (11.11%) Business Analysis
9 3 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 3 (11.11%) Programme Management
9 3 (11.11%) Six Sigma
9 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
9 3 (11.11%) PRINCE2
9 3 (11.11%) PMI Certification
9 3 (11.11%) Mentoring
9 3 (11.11%) Waterfall
9 3 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
9 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
9 3 (11.11%) PMO
9 3 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Strategy
9 3 (11.11%) Backlog Management

Digital Transformation Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (7.41%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) Amazon EC2
1 2 (7.41%) Amazon EKS
1 2 (7.41%) AWS
1 2 (7.41%) Azure
1 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.70%) Miro
2 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.70%) Power BI
General
1 11 (40.74%) Finance
2 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (14.81%) Local Government
4 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.41%) Banking
5 2 (7.41%) Financial Institution
5 2 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Investment Banking
5 2 (7.41%) Marketing
5 2 (7.41%) Retail
5 2 (7.41%) Retail Banking
6 1 (3.70%) Agriculture
6 1 (3.70%) Automotive
6 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Educational Technology
1 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
1 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
1 2 (7.41%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.70%) IoT
2 1 (3.70%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (62.96%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 14 (51.85%) Agile
3 8 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (25.93%) Project Management
5 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (14.81%) Change Management
6 4 (14.81%) Customer Experience
6 4 (14.81%) Data Protection
6 4 (14.81%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
7 3 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (11.11%) Backlog Management
7 3 (11.11%) Business Analysis
7 3 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Strategy
7 3 (11.11%) Mentoring
7 3 (11.11%) PRINCE2
7 3 (11.11%) Programme Management
7 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
7 3 (11.11%) Six Sigma
7 3 (11.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) PMI Certification
3 2 (7.41%) DBS Check
3 2 (7.41%) PMP
3 2 (7.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) CBAP
4 1 (3.70%) CISSP
4 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.70%) CSPO
4 1 (3.70%) MCP
4 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.70%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) PMO
2 1 (3.70%) GDPR
2 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
1 2 (7.41%) NEC
1 2 (7.41%) Oracle
2 1 (3.70%) DocuSign