Head of Digital Contracts in the UK excluding London

Head of Digital
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of Digital daily rate in the UK excluding London is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 332 395 451
Rank change year-on-year +63 +56 +43
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Digital 4 4 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.019% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.021% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 9
10th Percentile £320 - £572
25th Percentile £336 - £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £338 £750
Median % change year-on-year +10.95% -54.93% +20.00%
75th Percentile £431 £444 -
90th Percentile £458 £508 £905
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £750
% change year-on-year -4.17% -20.00% +7.14%

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 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Head of Digital
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Digital in the UK excluding London

Head of Digital
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Head of Digital in the UK excluding London

Head of Digital
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Digital in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Digital in the UK excluding London

Head of Digital
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 Head of Digital within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +48 3 £375 - 8
Midlands +22 1 - - 5
West Midlands - 1 - - 5
Head of Digital
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Head of Digital 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 Head of Digital in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Digital Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) NHS
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Service Design
4 1 (25.00%) GDPR
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) Data Security
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) MCP
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) CISSP
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (25.00%) PMP
4 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Network Security

Head of Digital 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Digital Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Data Security
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Service Design
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) MCP
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft