Marketing Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Marketing
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Marketing in contract job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Marketing over the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 30 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing Marketing 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 2.28% 0.58% -
As % of the General category 3.14% 0.90% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £198 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 - -
75th Percentile £233 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £215 £400 £450
% change year-on-year -46.25% -11.11% -10.00%

All General Skills
Bedfordshire

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 159 111 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 72.60% 64.53% 66.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 53 89
10th Percentile £155 £315 £323
25th Percentile £408 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -
75th Percentile £600 £650 £550
90th Percentile £668 £700 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +7.64% -7.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 10 2
10th Percentile £64.35 £31.01 £52.75
25th Percentile £72.88 £43.06 £53.13
Median hourly rate £87.75 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.55% - +0.64%
75th Percentile £91.50 £57.98 £56.88
90th Percentile - £65.38 £57.25
East of England median hourly rate £20.38 £18.64 £17.72
% change year-on-year +9.29% +5.21% -10.55%

Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Marketing job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Marketing
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Marketing

Marketing
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Marketing

Marketing
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 Marketing within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 26 October 2025. 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
Luton - 3 - - 3
Marketing
East of England

Marketing
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (40.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) Electronics
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Data Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365 Architect
1 2 (40.00%) IT Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) IT Support
1 2 (40.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft BI Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) CRM
3 2 (40.00%) API Integration
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Insight
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (40.00%) Data Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Data Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) Personalization
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) PHP
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) mParticle
3 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud