Digital Strategy Contracts with Work from Home Options

Digital Strategy
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Digital Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Digital Strategy over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 301 385 502
Rank change year-on-year +84 +117 -63
Contract jobs citing Digital Strategy 44 69 110
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.30% 0.28% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.31% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 49 72
10th Percentile £300 £115 £425
25th Percentile £525 £122 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £626 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +19.14% -4.55% +18.92%
75th Percentile £700 £648 £675
90th Percentile £1,100 £688 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £30.00 £21.78
% change year-on-year -23.33% +37.74% -20.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Digital Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,973 22,093 40,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.88% 89.67% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,721 15,633 29,139
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% +3.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 507 534
10th Percentile £14.94 £18.63 £14.08
25th Percentile £24.44 £26.25 £20.56
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Digital Strategy
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Digital Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Digital Strategy trend for jobs with a WFH option

Digital Strategy
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Digital Strategy.

Digital Strategy daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Digital Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Digital Strategy over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Digital Strategy daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Digital Strategy
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.55%) CMS
Business Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 4 (9.09%) AWS
1 4 (9.09%) AWS CloudTrail
1 4 (9.09%) Azure
1 4 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
2 3 (6.82%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.09%) Junos
1 4 (9.09%) SDH
1 4 (9.09%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Rational DOORS
General
1 19 (43.18%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.91%) Finance
2 7 (15.91%) Marketing
3 4 (9.09%) Aeronautics
3 4 (9.09%) Aerospace
3 4 (9.09%) Legal
3 4 (9.09%) Telecoms
4 3 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.82%) Banking
4 3 (6.82%) Wholesale Banking
5 2 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.27%) Advertising
6 1 (2.27%) Automotive
6 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.27%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Publishing
6 1 (2.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (20.45%) Architect
2 8 (18.18%) Consultant
3 6 (13.64%) Analyst
3 6 (13.64%) Lead
4 4 (9.09%) Category Manager
4 4 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
4 4 (9.09%) Digital Architect
4 4 (9.09%) IT Manager
4 4 (9.09%) Security Engineer
4 4 (9.09%) Service Analyst
4 4 (9.09%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (9.09%) SOC Engineer
4 4 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.82%) Digital Strategy Consultant
5 3 (6.82%) Principal Architect
5 3 (6.82%) Product Manager
5 3 (6.82%) Senior
5 3 (6.82%) Strategy Consultant
6 2 (4.55%) Digital Strategist
6 2 (4.55%) Senior Strategy Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) DAO
2 1 (2.27%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.27%) Node.js
2 1 (2.27%) React
2 1 (2.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Marketing Technology
2 4 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 4 (9.09%) Public Cloud
2 4 (9.09%) Security Posture
3 3 (6.82%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.82%) Mobile App
3 3 (6.82%) NHS
4 2 (4.55%) Digital Signage
4 2 (4.55%) IPTV
4 2 (4.55%) Video\Live Streaming
5 1 (2.27%) Digital Media
5 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.09%) Windows
1 4 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (34.09%) Roadmaps
3 11 (25.00%) Agile
4 9 (20.45%) Strategic Roadmap
5 8 (18.18%) Analytics
5 8 (18.18%) Business Analysis
5 8 (18.18%) Customer Service
5 8 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
6 7 (15.91%) Decision-Making
6 7 (15.91%) IT Strategy
6 7 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (13.64%) CRM
8 5 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (11.36%) ITIL
8 5 (11.36%) Project Management
8 5 (11.36%) Technology Strategy
9 4 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
9 4 (9.09%) Cloud Security
9 4 (9.09%) Log Analytics
9 4 (9.09%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.27%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (25.00%) Degree
2 8 (18.18%) SC Cleared
2 8 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 4 (9.09%) CCNP
3 4 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 4 (9.09%) HND
3 4 (9.09%) JNCIA
3 4 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (2.27%) CBAP
4 1 (2.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (9.09%) NCSC
1 4 (9.09%) NIST
2 1 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (9.09%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 9 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.09%) Ciena
2 4 (9.09%) Cisco
2 4 (9.09%) IBM
2 4 (9.09%) Juniper
2 4 (9.09%) Nokia
2 4 (9.09%) Oracle
2 4 (9.09%) Palo Alto
2 4 (9.09%) Splunk
3 2 (4.55%) Logitech