Digital Transformation
UK

The median Digital Transformation salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 809 915 1061
Rank change year-on-year +106 +146 -285
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Transformation 81 62 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.081% 0.063% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.068% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 62 50 142
10th Percentile £35,125 £42,248 £47,500
25th Percentile £40,058 £53,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £75,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +9.09% -1.79%
75th Percentile £75,750 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £120,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £66,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.75% +10.42% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Digital Transformation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Transformation in the UK

Digital Transformation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Digital Transformation.

Salary trend for Digital Transformation in the UK

Digital Transformation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Transformation over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Digital Transformation in the UK

Digital Transformation
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Transformation within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +108 77 £55,000 -26.67% 26
UK excluding London -10 42 £52,500 -20.75% 15
London +114 38 £58,000 -35.56% 14
Work from Home +75 30 £48,734 -40.93% 10
South East +9 12 £70,000 +16.67% 3
Midlands -4 11 £36,000 -39.50% 4
North of England +61 10 £95,000 +65.22% 3
West Midlands +17 9 £43,560 -38.86% 2
Yorkshire +88 6 £95,000 +65.22% 2
East of England 0 4 £89,500 +8.48% 1
Scotland - 3 £45,543 - 2
East Midlands -8 2 £36,000 -12.73% 2
South West -26 2 £42,214 -32.46% 1
North East - 2 £91,867 -
North West - 2 £49,367 - 1

Digital Transformation Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Digital Transformation 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 permanent job ads featuring Digital Transformation in the job title.

1 40 (49.38%) Degree
2 39 (48.15%) Social Skills
3 37 (45.68%) Project Management
4 36 (44.44%) Finance
5 35 (43.21%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 34 (41.98%) Analytical Skills
7 30 (37.04%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (32.10%) Management Information System
9 25 (30.86%) Line Management
10 23 (28.40%) Agile
10 23 (28.40%) Data Analysis
11 22 (27.16%) Business Intelligence
11 22 (27.16%) Power BI
11 22 (27.16%) Power Platform
12 21 (25.93%) PRINCE2
13 20 (24.69%) Service Management
13 20 (24.69%) Retail
13 20 (24.69%) Back Office
14 18 (22.22%) Google Sheets
14 18 (22.22%) PMI Certification
14 18 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
14 18 (22.22%) SQL
14 18 (22.22%) GIS
14 18 (22.22%) Google
15 17 (20.99%) Change Management
16 15 (18.52%) Microsoft
16 15 (18.52%) Azure
17 14 (17.28%) Computer Science
18 13 (16.05%) SharePoint
19 12 (14.81%) Artificial Intelligence

Digital Transformation Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (16.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.94%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 22 (27.16%) Power Platform
2 18 (22.22%) Google Sheets
3 15 (18.52%) Azure
4 6 (7.41%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.94%) AWS
5 4 (4.94%) OneDrive
5 4 (4.94%) Power Automate
5 4 (4.94%) PowerApps
6 2 (2.47%) SaaS
7 1 (1.23%) iPaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (27.16%) Power BI
2 18 (22.22%) GIS
3 8 (9.88%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (1.23%) Big Data
General
1 39 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 36 (44.44%) Finance
3 34 (41.98%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (24.69%) Back Office
4 20 (24.69%) Retail
5 9 (11.11%) Manufacturing
6 6 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (6.17%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.70%) Aerospace
8 3 (3.70%) Aviation
8 3 (3.70%) Military
9 2 (2.47%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (2.47%) Police
10 1 (1.23%) Banking
10 1 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.23%) Marketing
10 1 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.23%) Private Banking
10 1 (1.23%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.23%) Laravel
1 1 (1.23%) Next.js
1 1 (1.23%) React
1 1 (1.23%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 26 (32.10%) Management Information System
2 9 (11.11%) IoT
3 8 (9.88%) PMI
4 4 (4.94%) Augmented Reality
4 4 (4.94%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 4 (4.94%) Industry 4.0
4 4 (4.94%) NHS
4 4 (4.94%) SCADA
4 4 (4.94%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.94%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.23%) Life Science
5 1 (1.23%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.23%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (45.68%) Project Management
2 35 (43.21%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 30 (37.04%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (30.86%) Line Management
5 23 (28.40%) Agile
5 23 (28.40%) Data Analysis
6 22 (27.16%) Business Intelligence
7 21 (25.93%) PRINCE2
8 20 (24.69%) Service Management
9 17 (20.99%) Change Management
10 14 (17.28%) Computer Science
11 12 (14.81%) Artificial Intelligence
12 9 (11.11%) Analytics
12 9 (11.11%) Data Analytics
12 9 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
13 8 (9.88%) Culture Change
13 8 (9.88%) Machine Learning
13 8 (9.88%) Roadmaps
13 8 (9.88%) Waterfall
14 7 (8.64%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 18 (22.22%) SQL
2 3 (3.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 40 (49.38%) Degree
2 18 (22.22%) PMI Certification
3 11 (13.58%) PMP
4 6 (7.41%) Security Cleared
5 4 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (4.94%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (4.94%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.70%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.47%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (1.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.41%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.94%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.23%) PMO
Vendors
1 18 (22.22%) Google
2 15 (18.52%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.47%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.23%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.23%) Hitachi
4 1 (1.23%) Pega
4 1 (1.23%) SAP