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 29 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 64 48
Rank change year-on-year -48 -16 +8
Contract jobs citing Marketing 8 37 66
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.43% 3.09% 3.88%
As % of the General category 0.80% 4.88% 7.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 30 33
10th Percentile £299 £240 £213
25th Percentile £407 £394 £239
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £650 £501
Median % change year-on-year -27.35% +29.87% +17.76%
75th Percentile £550 £700 £650
90th Percentile £553 - £738
South East median daily rate £407 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -22.48% +5.00% +49.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £20.38 £14.50
Median hourly rate - £20.75 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - +38.33% -13.49%
75th Percentile - £21.13 £55.00
90th Percentile - - £68.57
South East median hourly rate - £19.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year - -22.00% -58.33%

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 1,003 758 885
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 54.27% 63.22% 51.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 472 427
10th Percentile £363 £300 £271
25th Percentile £450 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £610 £638
90th Percentile £738 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £493 £500
% change year-on-year +6.60% -1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 38 60
10th Percentile £18.54 £14.75 £20.61
25th Percentile £31.25 £15.39 £51.93
Median hourly rate £82.41 £32.05 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +157.13% -47.97% +4.85%
75th Percentile £88.00 £54.63 £74.96
90th Percentile £104.30 £87.33 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £42.00 £18.85 £57.35
% change year-on-year +122.87% -67.14% +9.24%

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 29 August 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 29 August 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 -49 4 £407 -37.38% 48
Windsor +2 2 £544 - 7
Bracknell -4 1 - - 7
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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
General
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Data Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Data Science Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Digital Product Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Product Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Senior
1 2 (25.00%) Senior Digital Product Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Senior Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Senior Product Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) REST
1 1 (12.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Digital Media
1 1 (12.50%) FMCG
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Decision-Making
2 4 (50.00%) Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) CRM
4 2 (25.00%) Actionable Customer Insight
4 2 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (25.00%) AI
4 2 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (25.00%) Customer Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Data Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) Data Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Data Science
4 2 (25.00%) Marketing Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Migration
4 2 (25.00%) Predictive Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) Predictive Modelling
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Product Marketing
4 2 (25.00%) Propensity Modelling
4 2 (25.00%) Statistical Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Salesforce
2 2 (25.00%) Databricks
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Google
3 1 (12.50%) HubSpot