Digital Director Contracts

Digital Director
UK

The median Digital Director daily rate in the UK is £900, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 June 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
30 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 585 676 855
Rank change year-on-year +91 +179 -104
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Director 5 6 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.011% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.011% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 4
10th Percentile £740 £635 £174
25th Percentile £800 - £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £650 £480
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +35.42% -49.47%
75th Percentile £1,025 £888 £738
90th Percentile - £910 £895
UK excluding London median daily rate £900 £650 £103
% change year-on-year +38.46% +534.15% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,133 52,706 84,450
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 94.46% 95.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,769 36,623 59,514
10th Percentile £282 £313 £320
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +1.42% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £640
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £480
% change year-on-year -1.40% +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,866 1,533 1,968
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £43.00 £25.39
Median % change year-on-year -12.79% +69.37% +20.61%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £76.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +100.00% +8.11%

Digital Director
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Director in the UK

Digital Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Director in the UK

Digital Director
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Director over the 6 months to 30 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Director in the UK

Digital Director
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Director within the UK over the 6 months to 30 June 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
England +83 5 £900 +38.46% 10
UK excluding London +47 5 £900 +38.46% 5
South East - 3 £950 - 1
Work from Home +107 2 £750 -1.64% 9
North of England - 1 £700 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £900 - 1
Midlands - 1 £900 - 1
North West - 1 £700 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 30 June 2024, Digital Director 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 featuring Digital Director in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Programme Management
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Technology Transformation
2 3 (60.00%) Digital Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (40.00%) CIO Advisory
3 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) Business Transformation
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) Contract Management
3 2 (40.00%) Project Roadmap
3 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (40.00%) Electronics
3 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (40.00%) SAP
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) Business Development
3 2 (40.00%) Resource Management
4 1 (20.00%) Use Case
4 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Supply Chain Management
4 1 (20.00%) Local Government

Digital Director 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:

General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Local Government
3 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Digital Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Programme Management
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Technology Transformation
3 2 (40.00%) Business Development
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Business Transformation
3 2 (40.00%) CIO Advisory
3 2 (40.00%) Contract Management
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 2 (40.00%) Project Roadmap
3 2 (40.00%) Resource Management
3 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Twin
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP