Digital Innovation Contract Job Trends in London

Digital Innovation
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Digital Innovation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 326 387 435
Rank change year-on-year +61 +48 +159
Contract jobs citing Digital Innovation 43 10 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.32% 0.061% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.069% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 7 1
10th Percentile - £268 -
25th Percentile £425 £429 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £538 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% -10.42% +4.35%
75th Percentile £570 £563 -
90th Percentile £663 £597 -
England median daily rate £478 £531 £550
% change year-on-year -10.12% -3.41% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Digital Innovation 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 12,461 14,540 19,464
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.50% 89.17% 90.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,240 9,589 14,098
10th Percentile £331 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £673 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 183 226
10th Percentile £17.80 £17.30 £18.08
25th Percentile £25.04 £23.98 £21.00
Median hourly rate £30.50 £36.50 £36.94
Median % change year-on-year -16.44% -1.19% +4.06%
75th Percentile £47.50 £55.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £75.00 £76.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

Digital Innovation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Innovation in London

Digital Innovation
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Digital Innovation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Digital Innovation

Digital Innovation
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Innovation in London over the 6 months to 25 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Innovation in London

Digital Innovation
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 Innovation within the London region over the 6 months to 25 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
East London - 5 - - 2
North London - 1 - - 1
Digital Innovation
England

Digital Innovation
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 2 (4.65%) CMS
2 1 (2.33%) HCL Notes
2 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.33%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.33%) Navisworks
1 1 (2.33%) ProjectWise
1 1 (2.33%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.28%) Azure
2 5 (11.63%) AWS
2 5 (11.63%) Power Platform
3 4 (9.30%) Power Automate
3 4 (9.30%) PowerApps
4 3 (6.98%) OpenShift
5 2 (4.65%) Azure API Management
5 2 (4.65%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (4.65%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.65%) Figma
5 2 (4.65%) GCP
5 2 (4.65%) Kong
5 2 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.33%) Azure AI
6 1 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.33%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (2.33%) IaaS
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.33%) PaaS
6 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.65%) DHCP
1 2 (4.65%) DNS
1 2 (4.65%) TCP/IP
1 2 (4.65%) VPN
2 1 (2.33%) LAN
2 1 (2.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) MongoDB
2 2 (4.65%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (4.65%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.33%) Big Data
3 1 (2.33%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (2.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Git
2 1 (2.33%) CircleCI
General
1 19 (44.19%) Finance
2 15 (34.88%) Social Skills
3 8 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (13.95%) Legal
4 6 (13.95%) Public Sector
4 6 (13.95%) Telecoms
5 5 (11.63%) Automotive
5 5 (11.63%) Back Office
6 3 (6.98%) Marketing
7 2 (4.65%) Health Technology
7 2 (4.65%) Retail
8 1 (2.33%) Advertising
8 1 (2.33%) Banking
8 1 (2.33%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (2.33%) Digital Health
8 1 (2.33%) Electronics
8 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (23.26%) Report Manager
2 5 (11.63%) Architect
3 3 (6.98%) Analyst
3 3 (6.98%) Business Analyst
3 3 (6.98%) Designer
3 3 (6.98%) Developer
3 3 (6.98%) Endur Architect
3 3 (6.98%) OpenLink Architect
3 3 (6.98%) Technical Architect
4 2 (4.65%) Back Office Business Analyst
4 2 (4.65%) Digital Media Manager
4 2 (4.65%) Endur Analyst
4 2 (4.65%) Endur Business Analyst
4 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (4.65%) OpenLink Analyst
4 2 (4.65%) OpenLink Business Analyst
4 2 (4.65%) Principal Business Analyst
4 2 (4.65%) Senior
4 2 (4.65%) Service Designer
4 2 (4.65%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) React
2 3 (6.98%) JSON
2 3 (6.98%) Swagger
3 2 (4.65%) CSS
3 2 (4.65%) CSS3
3 2 (4.65%) EDI
3 2 (4.65%) HTML
3 2 (4.65%) HTML5
3 2 (4.65%) Middleware
3 2 (4.65%) REST
3 2 (4.65%) RESTful
4 1 (2.33%) .NET
4 1 (2.33%) ARM Templates
4 1 (2.33%) GraphQL
4 1 (2.33%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (2.33%) LangChain
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (2.33%) Redux
4 1 (2.33%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.28%) Product Ownership
2 6 (13.95%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (13.95%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (6.98%) Digital Media
3 3 (6.98%) Grid Computing
4 2 (4.65%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.65%) Low-Code
4 2 (4.65%) PKI
4 2 (4.65%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (4.65%) Social Media
5 1 (2.33%) AI Agents
5 1 (2.33%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.33%) Educational Technology
5 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (2.33%) Legacy Code
5 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.33%) NHS
5 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.98%) Windows
1 3 (6.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (46.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (39.53%) Agile
3 10 (23.26%) Artificial Intelligence
3 10 (23.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 9 (20.93%) DevOps
4 9 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (16.28%) User Experience
6 6 (13.95%) CI/CD
6 6 (13.95%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (11.63%) API Design
7 5 (11.63%) Data Modelling
7 5 (11.63%) Digital Engineering
7 5 (11.63%) Microservices
7 5 (11.63%) Technical Architecture
8 4 (9.30%) Analytics
8 4 (9.30%) Benchmarking
8 4 (9.30%) Containerisation
8 4 (9.30%) Data Analytics
8 4 (9.30%) Project Management
8 4 (9.30%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.63%) C#
2 4 (9.30%) JavaScript
3 3 (6.98%) Java
3 3 (6.98%) Python
3 3 (6.98%) SQL
4 2 (4.65%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (11.63%) Degree
2 4 (9.30%) SC Cleared
2 4 (9.30%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.98%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.65%) MBA
5 1 (2.33%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.33%) IIBA
5 1 (2.33%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (23.26%) IFRS
2 4 (9.30%) GDPR
3 3 (6.98%) QA
4 2 (4.65%) Accessibility
4 2 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (4.65%) NCSC
5 1 (2.33%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 4 (9.30%) Docker
2 3 (6.98%) Active Directory
3 2 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (18.60%) Terraform
2 7 (16.28%) Kubernetes
3 3 (6.98%) Ansible
4 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (23.26%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.63%) Hitachi
3 4 (9.30%) Workday
4 3 (6.98%) SAP
5 2 (4.65%) Google
5 2 (4.65%) ION Trading
5 2 (4.65%) OpenLink
5 2 (4.65%) QAD
6 1 (2.33%) Adobe
6 1 (2.33%) Autodesk
6 1 (2.33%) Blue Prism
6 1 (2.33%) Lotus
6 1 (2.33%) OpenAI
6 1 (2.33%) Oracle
6 1 (2.33%) Sitecore
6 1 (2.33%) UiPath
6 1 (2.33%) VMware