Digital Optimization Contracts

Digital Optimization
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Digital Optimization skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Optimization over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 525 - 703
Rank change year-on-year - - +139
Contract jobs citing Digital Optimization 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% - 0.003%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.004% - 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £529
25th Percentile - - £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £563
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.27%
75th Percentile - - £584
90th Percentile - - £586
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Digital Optimization falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,620 37,484 53,362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.85% 86.34% 89.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,162 24,149 37,016
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,075 2,454 1,744
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.30 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%
75th Percentile £60.38 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +6.69% +75.00%

Digital Optimization
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Digital Optimization as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Optimization in the UK

Digital Optimization
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Optimization in the UK

Digital Optimization
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Digital Optimization in the UK

Digital Optimization
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience