dotdigital Contract Job Trends in the North of England

dotdigital
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring knowledge or experience of dotdigital products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited dotdigital over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within dotdigital.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 180
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing dotdigital 0 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England - - 0.13%
As % of the Vendors category - - 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - £225 -

All Vendors
North of England

dotdigital falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,589 1,680 1,976
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 40.93% 50.56% 42.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,632 1,070 1,149
10th Percentile £304 £235 £265
25th Percentile £401 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £563 £588
90th Percentile £653 £650 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% -3.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 77 215
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.72 £10.95
25th Percentile £23.00 £18.51 £12.53
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £15.17
Median % change year-on-year +56.52% +89.52% -56.66%
75th Percentile £68.75 £60.00 £24.15
90th Percentile £74.26 £86.00 £45.88
England median hourly rate £32.50 £26.39 £22.50
% change year-on-year +23.14% +17.30% -40.00%

dotdigital
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing dotdigital relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

dotdigital job vacancy trend in the North of England