Digital Engineering Contracts in London

Digital Engineering
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Digital Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 391 464
Rank change year-on-year +48 +73 +90
Contract jobs citing Digital Engineering 18 12 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.070% 0.048%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.079% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 4
10th Percentile £469 - -
25th Percentile £509 £525 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £626 £588 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.60% +11.90% -19.23%
75th Percentile £641 £666 £656
90th Percentile £683 £1,119 £668
England median daily rate £600 £588 £350
% change year-on-year +2.13% +67.86% -46.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Digital Engineering 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,560 15,227 22,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.08% 88.73% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,413 10,823 16,522
10th Percentile £331 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £678 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 258 252
10th Percentile £16.50 £16.25 £18.51
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.98 £23.49
Median hourly rate £30.81 £33.29 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.45% -19.80% +16.90%
75th Percentile £50.25 £50.63 £65.33
90th Percentile £63.55 £70.03 £82.95
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -34.68% -9.41% +63.46%

Digital Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Digital Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Engineering in London

Digital Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Engineering in London.

Daily rate trend for Digital Engineering in London

Digital Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Engineering in London over the 6 months to 19 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Engineering in London

Digital Engineering
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Engineering within the London region over the 6 months to 19 July 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
Central London +5 6 £663 -36.90% 22
East London - 5 - -
Digital Engineering
England

Digital Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (22.22%) CMS
1 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 3 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.11%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (11.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) AWS
1 3 (16.67%) OpenShift
2 2 (11.11%) Google Workspace
2 2 (11.11%) Slack
2 2 (11.11%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (5.56%) Appium
2 1 (5.56%) Selenium
General
1 12 (66.67%) Finance
2 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (44.44%) Automotive
4 5 (27.78%) Back Office
4 5 (27.78%) Telecoms
5 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (16.67%) Banking
6 3 (16.67%) Financial Institution
6 3 (16.67%) Manufacturing
7 2 (11.11%) International Banking
7 2 (11.11%) Marketing
7 2 (11.11%) Retail
8 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Communications Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Architect
2 3 (16.67%) Endur Architect
2 3 (16.67%) OpenLink Architect
2 3 (16.67%) Product Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Senior
2 3 (16.67%) Technical Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Back Office Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Customer Communications Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Digital Product Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Endur Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Endur Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) IT Communications Manager
3 2 (11.11%) IT Manager
3 2 (11.11%) OpenLink Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) OpenLink Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Test Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) JSON
1 3 (16.67%) React
1 3 (16.67%) Swagger
2 1 (5.56%) GStreamer
2 1 (5.56%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (5.56%) OpenCL
2 1 (5.56%) Playwright
2 1 (5.56%) REST
2 1 (5.56%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (22.22%) Product Ownership
3 3 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (16.67%) Grid Computing
3 3 (16.67%) Life Science
4 2 (11.11%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (11.11%) Social Media
5 1 (5.56%) Algorithms
5 1 (5.56%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (5.56%) Android
2 1 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Agile
1 8 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (38.89%) Migration
2 7 (38.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (27.78%) DevOps
5 4 (22.22%) Change Management
5 4 (22.22%) CI/CD
5 4 (22.22%) Content Management
5 4 (22.22%) Cost Optimisation
5 4 (22.22%) Customer Engagement
5 4 (22.22%) Data Modelling
5 4 (22.22%) IT Strategy
5 4 (22.22%) Microservices
5 4 (22.22%) User Experience
6 3 (16.67%) Analytical Modelling
6 3 (16.67%) Batch Processing
6 3 (16.67%) Business Strategy
6 3 (16.67%) Containerisation
6 3 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) Java
2 3 (16.67%) C#
3 2 (11.11%) SQL
4 1 (5.56%) Apex Code
4 1 (5.56%) C++
4 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Master's Degree
2 2 (11.11%) MBA
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Ansible
1 3 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 3 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Hitachi
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.11%) Adobe
3 2 (11.11%) Google
3 2 (11.11%) ION Trading
3 2 (11.11%) OpenLink
3 2 (11.11%) Salesforce
3 2 (11.11%) SAP
4 1 (5.56%) NVIDIA