Head of Digital Contracts in England

Head of Digital
UK > England

The median Head of Digital daily rate in England is £575, 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 475 524 638
Rank change year-on-year +49 +114 +116
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Digital 10 18 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.048% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.052% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 16 10
10th Percentile £352 £377 £683
25th Percentile £425 £415 £750
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £775
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -22.58% +6.90%
75th Percentile £738 - £916
90th Percentile £863 £601 £968
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £750
% change year-on-year -4.17% -20.00% +7.14%

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%

Head of Digital
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Digital in England

Head of Digital
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Head of Digital in England

Head of Digital
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Head of Digital in England

Head of Digital
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 Head of Digital 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 +29 5 £725 +20.83% 26
South East +48 3 £375 - 8
Midlands +22 1 - - 5
West Midlands - 1 - - 5
Head of Digital
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Head of Digital 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 Head of Digital in the job title.

1 5 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 5 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (40.00%) NHS
3 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) Business Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Data Security
4 2 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 2 (20.00%) GDPR
4 2 (20.00%) ITIL
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (10.00%) Data Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (10.00%) Magento
5 1 (10.00%) Product Management
5 1 (10.00%) Azure
5 1 (10.00%) SaaS
5 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Science

Head of Digital 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
1 1 (10.00%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
1 1 (10.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) NHS
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
1 5 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Business Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (20.00%) Data Security
4 2 (20.00%) ITIL
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity Planning
5 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (10.00%) Data Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) IT Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (10.00%) Product Management
5 1 (10.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Python
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) CISSP
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) MCP
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Adobe
2 1 (10.00%) Salesforce