Digital Executive Contracts

Digital Executive
UK

The median Digital Executive daily rate in the UK is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 July 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
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 578 678
Rank change year-on-year +32 +100 +183
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Executive 8 11 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.026% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.028% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 3
10th Percentile - £180 £150
25th Percentile - £185 £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £210 £215
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.18%
75th Percentile £249 £245 £268
90th Percentile £294 £298 £295
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 - £183

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 30,111 38,832 52,326
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.65% 93.03% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,142 25,109 36,225
10th Percentile £285 £291 £309
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.47%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £737 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,431 2,509 1,567
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £14.54
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.80 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -6.98% +67.45%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.94 £39.55
% change year-on-year -38.57% +3.51% +88.33%

Digital Executive
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Digital Executive in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Executive in the UK

Digital Executive
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Executive.

Daily rate trend for Digital Executive in the UK

Digital Executive
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Executive.

Hourly rate trend for Digital Executive in the UK

Digital Executive
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Executive within the UK over the 6 months to 20 July 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
England +44 8 £200 -4.76% 40
Work from Home - 7 £200 - 14
UK excluding London - 5 £200 - 19
South East - 5 £200 - 10
London +31 3 £200 -4.76% 25

Digital Executive Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 July 2025, Digital Executive 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 featuring Digital Executive in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Marketing
2 4 (50.00%) Psychology
2 4 (50.00%) Email Marketing
2 4 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (50.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 4 (50.00%) Analytics
2 4 (50.00%) CRM
2 4 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) SaaS
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Advertising
4 1 (12.50%) CMS
4 1 (12.50%) Content Management
4 1 (12.50%) Google
4 1 (12.50%) Campaign Management
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Time Management
4 1 (12.50%) Order Management
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Retention
4 1 (12.50%) Content Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving

Digital Executive Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (12.50%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 2 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 5 (62.50%) Marketing
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Advertising
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Analytics
1 4 (50.00%) CRM
1 4 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 4 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 4 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 4 (50.00%) Email Marketing
1 4 (50.00%) Psychology
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Campaign Management
3 1 (12.50%) Content Management
3 1 (12.50%) Content Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Retention
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Order Management
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Time Management
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Google