Digital Optimization Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Digital Optimization
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 - - 469
Rank change year-on-year - - +153
Contract jobs citing Digital Optimization 0 0 2
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - - 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.009%
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 - - +25.00%
75th Percentile - - £584
90th Percentile - - £586
UK median daily rate - - £563
% change year-on-year - - +2.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,020 13,413 23,039
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.13% 87.92% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,197 8,959 16,290
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 580 529
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £25.38 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

Digital Optimization
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Digital Optimization as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Digital Optimization trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Digital Optimization
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Digital Optimization.

Digital Optimization daily rate for jobs with a WFH option