Digital Transformation Contracts in the UK excluding London

Digital Transformation
UK > UK excluding London

The median Digital Transformation daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 354 375
Rank change year-on-year -8 +21 +118
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Transformation 10 13 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.065% 0.071% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.078% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 47
10th Percentile - £438 £454
25th Percentile - £506 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £595
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -3.36% +19.00%
75th Percentile £519 £1,025 £600
90th Percentile £530 - -
UK median daily rate £513 £606 £600
% change year-on-year -15.46% +1.04% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £25.11 - £89.44
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.09 £89.44
% change year-on-year -8.61% -66.36% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,908 16,765 20,913
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 92.03% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,513 10,270 14,134
10th Percentile £216 £220 £228
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £684 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,226 1,734 1,150
10th Percentile £13.27 £14.05 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.37 £19.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.09 £45.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.24% +20.00% +75.69%
75th Percentile £54.56 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +65.50%

Digital Transformation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Digital Transformation in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Transformation in the UK excluding London

Digital Transformation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Transformation in the UK excluding London

Digital Transformation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Transformation in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Digital Transformation in the UK excluding London

Digital Transformation
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 Transformation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
South East +27 4 - - 1
Midlands -12 3 £525 -4.55% 4
North West -3 2 £500 - 5
North of England -16 2 £500 - 8
West Midlands - 2 - - 2
Wales +3 1 - -
East Midlands -8 1 £525 -4.55% 2
Digital Transformation
UK

Digital Transformation Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 10 August 2025, Digital Transformation contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Digital Transformation in the job title.

1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Agile
2 4 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) PMO
3 3 (30.00%) Backlog Management
3 3 (30.00%) Project Management
4 2 (20.00%) Python
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (20.00%) Kubernetes
4 2 (20.00%) Relational Database
4 2 (20.00%) Docker
4 2 (20.00%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (20.00%) AWS
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) GDPR
4 2 (20.00%) Amazon EKS
4 2 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (20.00%) Containerisation
4 2 (20.00%) Feature Engineering
4 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Educational Technology
5 1 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (10.00%) Digital Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) Budget Management

Digital Transformation Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Amazon EC2
1 2 (20.00%) Amazon EKS
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Relational Database
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Local Government
3 1 (10.00%) Social Science
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Educational Technology
1 1 (10.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Agile
1 4 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Strategy
2 3 (30.00%) Backlog Management
2 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Change Management
3 2 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (20.00%) Feature Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (10.00%) Data Management
4 1 (10.00%) Data Security
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) CISSP
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (10.00%) MCP
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) PMO
2 2 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft