Digital Economy Contracts in England

Digital Economy (Web Economy, New Economy)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Economy in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Digital Economy over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 524 611 715
Rank change year-on-year +87 +104 -96
Contract jobs citing Digital Economy 14 39 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.039% 0.081% 0.094%
As % of the General category 0.066% 0.14% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 31 33
10th Percentile £525 £463 £495
25th Percentile £563 £631 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £745 £625
Median % change year-on-year -9.40% +19.20% +12.36%
75th Percentile £788 - £775
90th Percentile £825 - -
UK median daily rate £675 £745 £580
% change year-on-year -9.40% +28.45% +3.11%

All General Skills
England

Digital Economy is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,146 28,383 40,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.19% 59.23% 56.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,639 19,930 28,051
10th Percentile £281 £315 £319
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £790 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,778 920 1,310
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.68 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.47 £18.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.30 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +48.28% -0.99%
75th Percentile £51.91 £60.53 £47.50
90th Percentile £66.40 £70.13 £59.10
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +44.44% +0.22%

Digital Economy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Digital Economy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Economy in England

Digital Economy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Economy in England.

Daily rate trend for Digital Economy in England

Digital Economy
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Economy in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Economy in England

Digital Economy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Economy in England.

Hourly rate trend for Digital Economy in England

Digital Economy
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Economy within the England region over the 6 months to 22 May 2024. 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
South West - 7 - - 1
London +66 5 £675 -9.40% 8
South East - 2 - - 4
Digital Economy
UK

Digital Economy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (50.00%) AWS
1 7 (50.00%) PaaS
1 7 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) PBX
1 7 (50.00%) VoIP
2 2 (14.29%) Internet
Development Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
3 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
5 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (14.29%) Law
5 2 (14.29%) Legal
5 2 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Finance
6 1 (7.14%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Architect
1 7 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 7 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) ArchiMate
1 7 (50.00%) Architecture Governance
1 7 (50.00%) BPMN
1 7 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
1 7 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 7 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
1 7 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 7 (50.00%) ITIL
1 7 (50.00%) PQQ
1 7 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 7 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 7 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 7 (50.00%) Zero Trust
2 3 (21.43%) Agile
2 3 (21.43%) Business Analysis
2 3 (21.43%) Commercial Awareness
2 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
2 3 (21.43%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Economics
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Degree
1 7 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 7 (50.00%) HND
1 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 7 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 3 (21.43%) CCNP
2 3 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Avaya
1 7 (50.00%) Cisco
1 7 (50.00%) Ericsson
1 7 (50.00%) Google
1 7 (50.00%) IBM
1 7 (50.00%) Juniper
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (50.00%) Nokia
1 7 (50.00%) Ribbon
2 3 (21.43%) VMware