Digital Optimization Contract Job Trends in London

Digital Optimization
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Digital Optimization skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 389 445
Rank change year-on-year +23 +56 +150
Contract jobs citing Digital Optimization 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.030% 0.006% 0.004%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.032% 0.007% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £371 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £371 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Digital Optimization 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 12,450 14,444 20,463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.45% 88.96% 90.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,283 9,873 14,868
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 193 223
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £18.03
25th Percentile £24.89 £22.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £32.00 £36.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.33% -8.75% +7.79%
75th Percentile £49.75 £55.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.65
% change year-on-year -41.51% +3.24% +50.20%

Digital Optimization
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Optimization in London

Digital Optimization
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Digital Optimization
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Digital Optimization.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Digital Optimization

Digital Optimization
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 3 (75.00%) Confluence
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Contentsquare
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
2 3 (75.00%) A/B Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
2 3 (75.00%) Personalization
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
3 1 (25.00%) Service Design
3 1 (25.00%) Storytelling
3 1 (25.00%) User Research
3 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (25.00%) UX Design
3 1 (25.00%) Wealth Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Adobe
1 3 (75.00%) Optimizely