Digital Transformation Contracts in the UK excluding London

Digital Transformation
UK > UK excluding London

The median Digital Transformation daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 350 377 483
Rank change year-on-year +27 +106 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Transformation 19 36 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.17% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.18% 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 33 18
10th Percentile £394 £424 £394
25th Percentile £413 £475 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +18.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £1,025 £600 £584
90th Percentile - - £850
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £588
% change year-on-year -4.17% +2.13% +6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £30.73 - -
25th Percentile £31.82 - £30.50
Median hourly rate £33.64 £89.44 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.39% +179.50% -
75th Percentile £35.46 - £33.50
90th Percentile £36.55 - -
UK median hourly rate £30.09 £89.44 £32.00
% change year-on-year -66.36% +179.50% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 15,430 19,609 28,575
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 93.93% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,847 13,032 20,128
10th Percentile £220 £213 £215
25th Percentile £375 £381 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,078 1,268 1,341
10th Percentile £14.73 £14.25 £12.48
25th Percentile £19.41 £18.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.73% +89.36% +31.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £70.30
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Digital Transformation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Digital Transformation in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Transformation in the UK excluding London

Digital Transformation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Transformation in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Digital Transformation in the UK excluding London

Digital Transformation
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Transformation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Transformation in the UK excluding London

Digital Transformation
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Transformation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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 East +45 6 £738 -18.06% 4
North of England - 5 £373 - 2
Wales - 4 - -
Midlands +1 3 £688 +34.15%
North West - 3 £373 - 2
West Midlands -1 2 £825 +73.68%
Yorkshire - 2 - -
Scotland +25 1 - -
East Midlands +5 1 £550 -
Digital Transformation
UK

Digital Transformation Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, 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 job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Digital Transformation in the job title.

1 9 (47.37%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
3 7 (36.84%) Project Management
3 7 (36.84%) Agile
4 6 (31.58%) Workflow
4 6 (31.58%) HND
4 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
4 6 (31.58%) Data Protection
4 6 (31.58%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (31.58%) Public Sector
5 5 (26.32%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 5 (26.32%) Digital Strategy
5 5 (26.32%) Degree
5 5 (26.32%) Management Information System
6 4 (21.05%) Business Development
6 4 (21.05%) Roadmaps
6 4 (21.05%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (21.05%) Project Delivery
6 4 (21.05%) Strategic Thinking
7 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Transformation
7 3 (15.79%) Project Roadmap
7 3 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (15.79%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (15.79%) Accessibility
7 3 (15.79%) Contract Management
7 3 (15.79%) PMO
7 3 (15.79%) Technology Transformation
7 3 (15.79%) CIO Advisory
7 3 (15.79%) Local Government
7 3 (15.79%) Finance

Digital Transformation Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (31.58%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.26%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Data Hub
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.79%) Finance
3 3 (15.79%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Local Government
3 3 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Electronics
4 2 (10.53%) Law
4 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
4 2 (10.53%) Marketing
4 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
4 2 (10.53%) Welsh Language
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 7 (36.84%) Agile
2 7 (36.84%) Project Management
3 6 (31.58%) Data Protection
3 6 (31.58%) Workflow
4 5 (26.32%) Digital Strategy
4 5 (26.32%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 4 (21.05%) Business Development
5 4 (21.05%) Project Delivery
5 4 (21.05%) Roadmaps
5 4 (21.05%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (21.05%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (15.79%) Business Transformation
6 3 (15.79%) CIO Advisory
6 3 (15.79%) Contract Management
6 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Transformation
6 3 (15.79%) Project Roadmap
6 3 (15.79%) Resource Management
6 3 (15.79%) Technology Transformation
7 2 (10.53%) Systems Thinking
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) HND
2 5 (26.32%) Degree
3 2 (10.53%) HNC
4 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) Accessibility
1 3 (15.79%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) SAP
3 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow