Head of Digital Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Head of Digital
England > Yorkshire

The median Head of Digital daily rate in Yorkshire is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Digital 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
England median daily rate £650 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -22.58%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,124 892 1,552
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 94.09% 91.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,393 578 961
10th Percentile £309 £229 £200
25th Percentile £400 £358 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £463 £463
Median % change year-on-year +3.78% - -11.90%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £569
90th Percentile £643 £629 £650
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.52% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 36 62
10th Percentile £14.25 £11.60 £11.19
25th Percentile £16.57 £16.93 £12.53
Median hourly rate £42.50 £21.24 £14.45
Median % change year-on-year +100.09% +46.96% -46.96%
75th Percentile £57.63 £23.79 £23.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £69.07 £48.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £33.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +28.79% - -24.57%

Head of Digital
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Head of Digital' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Head of Digital job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Head of Digital
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Digital job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Digital job vacancies in Yorkshire

Head of Digital
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Digital within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 6 April 2026. 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
West Yorkshire - 2 £600 - 2
North Yorkshire - 1 - -
Head of Digital
England

Head of Digital Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 6 April 2026, Head of Digital contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Head of Digital in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Storage
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (33.33%) Data Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Innovation
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (33.33%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps

Head of Digital Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Storage
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Low-Code
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (33.33%) Data Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Innovation
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft