Digital Transformation Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Digital Transformation
UK > Work from Home

The median Digital Transformation daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 332 352
Rank change year-on-year +38 +20 +214
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Transformation 10 13 126
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.10% 0.085% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.091% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 114
10th Percentile £265 £554 £468
25th Percentile £301 £566 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £619 £563
Median % change year-on-year -39.39% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £453 £656 £628
90th Percentile £493 £663 £650
UK median daily rate £537 £588 £563
% change year-on-year -8.60% +4.44% +2.27%
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 median hourly rate £28.75 £57.50 -
% change year-on-year -50.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Digital Transformation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Digital Transformation in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Digital Transformation
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 Transformation.

Digital Transformation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Digital Transformation
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Digital Transformation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Digital Transformation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Digital Transformation Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Digital Transformation in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 5 (50.00%) Project Management
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) PMO
4 3 (30.00%) Backlog Management
4 3 (30.00%) Digital Transformation Strategy
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 3 (30.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (20.00%) DBS Check
5 2 (20.00%) Marketing
5 2 (20.00%) Task Automation
5 2 (20.00%) Workflow
6 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (10.00%) Requirements Workshops
6 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (10.00%) OpenAPI
6 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
6 1 (10.00%) Risk Register
6 1 (10.00%) Serverless
6 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 1 (10.00%) Azure Functions
6 1 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (10.00%) Public Sector

Digital Transformation Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (10.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (10.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (10.00%) Git
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Marketing
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) OpenAPI
1 1 (10.00%) REST
1 1 (10.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 5 (50.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Backlog Management
3 3 (30.00%) Data Protection
3 3 (30.00%) Digital Transformation Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (20.00%) Task Automation
4 2 (20.00%) Workflow
5 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Data Management
5 1 (10.00%) ERP
5 1 (10.00%) Migration
5 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) Natural
1 1 (10.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Ariba
1 1 (10.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (10.00%) DocuSign
1 1 (10.00%) SAP