Digital Economy Contracts in the UK excluding London

Digital Economy (Web Economy, New Economy)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Economy in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Digital Economy over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 442 489
Rank change year-on-year +57 +47 -62
Contract jobs citing Digital Economy 11 5 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.054% 0.021% 0.076%
As % of the General category 0.099% 0.038% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £404
25th Percentile - - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.01%
75th Percentile - - £509
90th Percentile - - £564
UK median daily rate £675 £745 £575
% change year-on-year -9.40% +29.57% -2.13%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Digital Economy is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,128 13,244 16,922
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.33% 56.46% 55.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,349 9,050 11,652
10th Percentile £206 £230 £210
25th Percentile £363 £400 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,652 767 1,021
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.00 £13.89
Median hourly rate £28.42 £28.16 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +50.59% -4.10%
75th Percentile £53.75 £60.59 £35.00
90th Percentile £66.69 £68.75 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.60 £22.00
% change year-on-year -7.96% +48.16% -2.22%

Digital Economy
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Digital Economy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Economy in the UK excluding London

Digital Economy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Economy in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Digital Economy in the UK excluding London

Digital Economy
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Economy within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
South West - 7 - -
Wales - 2 - -
South East - 2 - - 2
Digital Economy
UK

Digital Economy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) AWS
1 7 (63.64%) PaaS
1 7 (63.64%) SaaS
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) PBX
1 7 (63.64%) VoIP
2 2 (18.18%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 7 (63.64%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (63.64%) Telecoms
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (18.18%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Architect
1 7 (63.64%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Desktop Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Desktop Support
2 2 (18.18%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Blackberry
1 7 (63.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) ArchiMate
1 7 (63.64%) Architecture Governance
1 7 (63.64%) BPMN
1 7 (63.64%) Customer Engagement
1 7 (63.64%) Decision-Making
1 7 (63.64%) Digital Strategy
1 7 (63.64%) Enterprise Architecture
1 7 (63.64%) ITIL
1 7 (63.64%) PQQ
1 7 (63.64%) Roadmaps
1 7 (63.64%) Strategic Roadmap
1 7 (63.64%) TOGAF
1 7 (63.64%) Zero Trust
2 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Business Analysis
3 3 (27.27%) Commercial Awareness
3 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
3 3 (27.27%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (18.18%) Mobile Device Management
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Degree
1 7 (63.64%) DV Cleared
1 7 (63.64%) HND
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
1 7 (63.64%) TOGAF Certification
2 3 (27.27%) CCNP
2 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 7 (63.64%) Avaya
2 7 (63.64%) Cisco
2 7 (63.64%) Ericsson
2 7 (63.64%) Google
2 7 (63.64%) IBM
2 7 (63.64%) Juniper
2 7 (63.64%) Nokia
2 7 (63.64%) Ribbon
3 3 (27.27%) VMware