Hybrid/Remote Digital Transformation Contract Job Trends

Digital Transformation
UK > Work from Home

The median Digital Transformation daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 323 254
Rank change year-on-year +32 -69 +313
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Transformation 13 12 162
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.094% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.10% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 155
10th Percentile £356 £585 £481
25th Percentile £529 £619 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £638 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +6.25% +2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £670 £650
90th Percentile - £748 £700
UK median daily rate £600 £638 £600
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +15.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £25.11 £37.28 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.64% - -
UK median hourly rate £25.11 £30.09 £89.44
% change year-on-year -16.55% -66.36% +179.50%

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 9,190 11,881 19,277
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 93.45% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,054 7,606 13,618
10th Percentile £325 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 295 443
10th Percentile £13.25 £19.59 £16.98
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.25 £25.71
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.26 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

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 Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Digital Transformation job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Digital Transformation job vacancies

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 20 September 2025.

Digital Transformation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Digital Transformation
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote Digital Transformation job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote Digital Transformation job vacancies

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring Digital Transformation in the job title.

1 6 (46.15%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 5 (38.46%) Line Management
3 4 (30.77%) Legal
3 4 (30.77%) Project Management
3 4 (30.77%) Agile
3 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (23.08%) PMO
4 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
5 2 (15.38%) Workflow
5 2 (15.38%) Digital Transformation Strategy
5 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Microservices
5 2 (15.38%) Kafka
5 2 (15.38%) JAX-RS
5 2 (15.38%) BDD
5 2 (15.38%) MongoDB
5 2 (15.38%) Mockito
5 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) TDD
5 2 (15.38%) Pair Programming
5 2 (15.38%) Data Management
5 2 (15.38%) ActiveMQ
5 2 (15.38%) Degree
5 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
5 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) Java
5 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery

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 (7.69%) Asana
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Mockito
2 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Legal
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Law
4 1 (7.69%) Local Government
4 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Police
4 1 (7.69%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) ActiveMQ
1 2 (15.38%) JAX-RS
1 2 (15.38%) Kafka
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 5 (38.46%) Line Management
2 4 (30.77%) Agile
2 4 (30.77%) Project Management
3 2 (15.38%) BDD
3 2 (15.38%) Data Management
3 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
3 2 (15.38%) Digital Transformation Strategy
3 2 (15.38%) Microservices
3 2 (15.38%) Pair Programming
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
3 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
3 2 (15.38%) TDD
3 2 (15.38%) Workflow
4 1 (7.69%) Backlog Management
4 1 (7.69%) Business Case
4 1 (7.69%) Change Control
4 1 (7.69%) Demand Management
4 1 (7.69%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) PMO
2 1 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Ariba
1 1 (7.69%) DocuSign
1 1 (7.69%) SAP