Marketing Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Marketing
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Marketing in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Marketing over the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 36 53
Rank change year-on-year -61 +17 +6
Contract jobs citing Marketing 20 78 74
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.34% 5.75% 4.26%
As % of the General category 2.23% 9.71% 6.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 24 19
10th Percentile £253 £235 £176
25th Percentile £340 £463 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £538 £681 £525
90th Percentile £550 £700 £590
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £27.65 -
25th Percentile £19.44 £30.13 -
Median hourly rate £20.01 £34.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -42.42% - -
75th Percentile £20.58 £38.88 -
90th Percentile - £41.05 -
South East median hourly rate £20.01 £27.50 £70.07
% change year-on-year -27.24% -60.75% +70.57%

All General Skills
Berkshire

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 general skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 895 803 1,113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 59.95% 59.22% 64.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 627 391 606
10th Percentile £273 £238 £205
25th Percentile £401 £403 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +10.53% -4.52%
75th Percentile £595 £638 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £650
South East median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 28 70
10th Percentile £15.62 £27.23 £23.87
25th Percentile £20.79 £42.19 £43.80
Median hourly rate £47.48 £59.94 £56.69
Median % change year-on-year -20.79% +5.72% +28.11%
75th Percentile £81.00 £64.95 £64.76
90th Percentile £95.00 £78.60 £72.33
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -48.24% -10.53% +30.84%

Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Marketing job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Marketing
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Marketing

Marketing
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Marketing in Berkshire over the 6 months to 18 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Marketing in Berkshire

Marketing
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Marketing

Marketing
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Marketing within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 18 January 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
Reading -38 13 £450 -28.00% 33
Bracknell -9 3 £550 +126.80% 7
Wokingham - 1 £425 - 4
Marketing
South East

Marketing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.00%) Confluence
1 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (10.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (10.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (5.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (5.00%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (5.00%) Blender
2 1 (5.00%) CINEMA 4D
2 1 (5.00%) InDesign
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Contentstack
1 2 (10.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (5.00%) AWS
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.00%) Canva
2 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Finance
2 4 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (15.00%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.00%) Advertising
4 2 (10.00%) Arabic Language
4 2 (10.00%) Brand Awareness
4 2 (10.00%) Dutch Language
4 2 (10.00%) Electronics
4 2 (10.00%) French Language
4 2 (10.00%) German Language
4 2 (10.00%) Italian Language
4 2 (10.00%) Japanese Language
4 2 (10.00%) Mandarin Language
4 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (10.00%) Polish Language
4 2 (10.00%) Portuguese Language
4 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 3 (15.00%) Analyst
1 3 (15.00%) Business Analyst
1 3 (15.00%) Marketing Executive
1 3 (15.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (10.00%) Consultant
2 2 (10.00%) Designer
2 2 (10.00%) Marketing Consultant
2 2 (10.00%) Marketing Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Agile Project Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Digital Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Digital Business Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (5.00%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
3 1 (5.00%) Motion Graphics Designer
3 1 (5.00%) Product Owner
3 1 (5.00%) Web Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Web Applications Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Web Applications Business Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Web Business Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Web Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) React
2 1 (5.00%) CSS
2 1 (5.00%) Jest
2 1 (5.00%) Next.js
2 1 (5.00%) Node.js
2 1 (5.00%) Sass
2 1 (5.00%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Product Ownership
1 4 (20.00%) Social Media
2 3 (15.00%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (15.00%) Mobile App
3 2 (10.00%) Blog
3 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (10.00%) PMI
4 1 (5.00%) Animation
4 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (5.00%) Graphic Design
4 1 (5.00%) Motion Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Digital Marketing
2 6 (30.00%) Agile
3 4 (20.00%) Logistics
4 3 (15.00%) Business Analysis
4 3 (15.00%) Change Management
4 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (15.00%) CRM
4 3 (15.00%) Data Protection
4 3 (15.00%) Scrum
4 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.00%) User Experience
4 3 (15.00%) User Stories
5 2 (10.00%) Analytics
5 2 (10.00%) Marketing Strategy
5 2 (10.00%) Multichannel Marketing
5 2 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (10.00%) Re-Platforming
5 2 (10.00%) Software Delivery
5 2 (10.00%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Java
1 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
1 2 (10.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Adobe
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Google
2 2 (10.00%) HP
2 2 (10.00%) HubSpot
2 2 (10.00%) SAP
2 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.00%) Mavenir