Digital Strategy Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Digital Strategy
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Digital Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 305 388
Rank change year-on-year +36 +83 +143
Contract jobs citing Digital Strategy 35 46 64
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.36% 0.31% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.36% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 37 49
10th Percentile £215 £310 £115
25th Percentile £271 £525 £122
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £615 £475
Median % change year-on-year -16.46% +29.47% -13.64%
75th Percentile £594 £700 £650
90th Percentile £638 £1,070 £693
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -6.36% +10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Median hourly rate - £60.60 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +102.00% -
UK median hourly rate - £58.17 £30.00
% change year-on-year - +93.91% +37.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Digital Strategy 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 9,002 12,814 21,318
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.75% 87.05% 89.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,099 8,627 15,107
10th Percentile £325 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +1.89%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 564 502
10th Percentile £13.20 £15.05 £17.60
25th Percentile £18.36 £23.75 £25.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £42.75 £52.32
Median % change year-on-year -18.13% -18.28% +30.79%
75th Percentile £65.13 £60.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £79.15
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%

Digital Strategy
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Digital Strategy
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 Strategy.

Digital Strategy daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Digital Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Digital Strategy over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Digital Strategy daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Digital Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Digital Strategy hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Digital Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (20.00%) SAS
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (5.71%) CMS
3 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.86%) Drupal
4 1 (2.86%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.86%) Azure
2 7 (20.00%) Adobe Analytics
3 5 (14.29%) AWS
4 4 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (11.43%) SaaS
5 3 (8.57%) Serverless
6 2 (5.71%) Entra ID
6 2 (5.71%) IaaS
6 2 (5.71%) PaaS
7 1 (2.86%) GCP
7 1 (2.86%) Mimecast
7 1 (2.86%) OCI
7 1 (2.86%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.86%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.71%) Firewall
2 1 (2.86%) 2G
2 1 (2.86%) 3G
2 1 (2.86%) 4G
2 1 (2.86%) 5G
2 1 (2.86%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (20.00%) Relational Database
2 3 (8.57%) MongoDB
3 2 (5.71%) GIS
4 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Git
General
1 17 (48.57%) Social Skills
2 12 (34.29%) Finance
3 10 (28.57%) Marketing
4 7 (20.00%) Banking
5 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.71%) Advertising
6 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Automotive
6 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.86%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 7 (20.00%) Analytics Manager
1 7 (20.00%) Data Analytics Manager
1 7 (20.00%) Data Manager
1 7 (20.00%) Insight Manager
1 7 (20.00%) Strategy Manager
2 4 (11.43%) Analyst
2 4 (11.43%) Architect
2 4 (11.43%) Lead
3 3 (8.57%) Developer
3 3 (8.57%) Product Manager
3 3 (8.57%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (5.71%) Account Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Consultant
4 2 (5.71%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Full-Stack Developer
4 2 (5.71%) GIS Architect
4 2 (5.71%) Project Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Service Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (2.86%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) Next.js
1 3 (8.57%) Node.js
2 1 (2.86%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Mobile App
1 3 (8.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.86%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.86%) Low-Code
2 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.29%) Windows
2 3 (8.57%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.86%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (40.00%) Analytics
2 9 (25.71%) Agile
2 9 (25.71%) Critical Thinking
3 8 (22.86%) Business Transformation
3 8 (22.86%) Migration
4 7 (20.00%) Data Extraction
4 7 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
4 7 (20.00%) Digital Banking
4 7 (20.00%) ETL
4 7 (20.00%) Storytelling
4 7 (20.00%) Visualisation
4 7 (20.00%) Web Analytics
5 6 (17.14%) Project Management
5 6 (17.14%) Roadmaps
5 6 (17.14%) Strategic Thinking
5 6 (17.14%) User Experience
6 5 (14.29%) Customer Service
7 4 (11.43%) Data Analytics
7 4 (11.43%) Scrum
7 4 (11.43%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) R
1 7 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (2.86%) PHP
2 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (5.71%) Azure Certification
1 2 (5.71%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (2.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.86%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.86%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.71%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (22.86%) Adobe
2 7 (20.00%) Teradata
3 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.71%) ESRI
5 1 (2.86%) Alteryx
5 1 (2.86%) Apple
5 1 (2.86%) Cisco
5 1 (2.86%) Commvault
5 1 (2.86%) Databricks
5 1 (2.86%) Dell
5 1 (2.86%) Oracle
5 1 (2.86%) SAP
5 1 (2.86%) SonicWALL