Digital Transformation
UK
The median Digital Transformation daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 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 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 507 | 559 | 536 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +52 | -23 | +192 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Digital Transformation | 22 | 28 | 159 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.076% | 0.065% | 0.28% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.082% | 0.070% | 0.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 16 | 149 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £363 | £481 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £486 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £588 | £563 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.89% | +4.44% | +2.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £652 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £540 | £663 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -4.55% | +1.85% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £26.38 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £26.56 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £28.75 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £31.56 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £32.13 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
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 | 26,704 | 39,827 | 53,123 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.31% | 92.81% | 94.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,298 | 25,847 | 37,082 |
| 10th Percentile | £290 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £405 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £504 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.05% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.56% | -2.50% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,049 | 2,796 | 1,480 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £12.81 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.87 | £16.30 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.00 | £37.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.33% | -16.67% | +87.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £59.00 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £73.75 | £76.28 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.30 | £40.00 | £43.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -36.75% | -6.98% | +115.00% |
Digital Transformation
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Digital Transformation in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Digital Transformation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Transformation.
Digital Transformation
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Transformation over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.
Digital Transformation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Transformation.
Digital Transformation
Top 12 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +55 | 19 | £500 | -18.70% | 240 |
| UK excluding London | +55 | 12 | £500 | -4.76% | 246 |
| Work from Home | +56 | 10 | £375 | -41.18% | 83 |
| London | +41 | 9 | £425 | -33.33% | 19 |
| South East | +61 | 4 | £375 | - | 66 |
| Midlands | +20 | 4 | £525 | - | 46 |
| East Midlands | +11 | 2 | £525 | - | 19 |
| North West | - | 2 | £500 | - | 27 |
| North of England | - | 2 | £500 | - | 58 |
| West Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 24 |
| Wales | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| Channel Islands | - | 1 | - | - |
Digital Transformation Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 May 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 featuring Digital Transformation in the job title.
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Digital Transformation 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: