Advertising Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Advertising
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Advertising in contract job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Advertising over the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Advertising 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.63% - 0.51%
As % of the General category 1.10% - 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
East of England median daily rate £400 - £418
% change year-on-year - - +43.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £13.75 - £62.50

All General Skills
Bedfordshire

Advertising falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 181 163 127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 57.46% 72.44% 65.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 66 64
10th Percentile £305 £153 £333
25th Percentile £400 £344 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £600 £571
90th Percentile £645 £694 £650
East of England median daily rate £485 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -3.00% +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 25 16
10th Percentile £12.71 £61.45 £30.56
25th Percentile £37.50 £67.50 £47.81
Median hourly rate £67.70 £85.00 £56.58
Median % change year-on-year -20.36% +50.24% +2.86%
75th Percentile £81.94 £91.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £89.36 - £69.38
East of England median hourly rate £31.93 £30.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year +6.42% -21.30% +115.12%

Advertising
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Advertising relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Advertising job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Advertising
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Advertising.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Advertising

Advertising
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Advertising.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Advertising

Advertising
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Advertising within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 17 September 2026. 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
Bedford - 2 £400 - 2
Advertising
East of England

Advertising
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) CAD Modeller
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Building Information Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) CAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA