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 23 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 56 54
Rank change year-on-year -49 -2 -5
Contract jobs citing Marketing 15 39 63
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.77% 3.24% 3.38%
As % of the General category 1.47% 5.34% 6.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 30 28
10th Percentile £337 £230 £209
25th Percentile £400 £513 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £407 £650 £513
Median % change year-on-year -37.38% +26.77% +7.95%
75th Percentile £503 £700 £672
90th Percentile £552 - £741
South East median daily rate £440 £560 £500
% change year-on-year -21.43% +12.00% +31.23%
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 £68.13
90th Percentile - - £69.32
South East median hourly rate £50.80 £18.13 £25.00
% change year-on-year +180.29% -27.50% -59.18%

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 1,018 731 1,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 52.37% 60.66% 54.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 566 449 497
10th Percentile £349 £312 £240
25th Percentile £425 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £504 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.24% -4.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £615
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 41 74
10th Percentile £23.21 £14.75 £17.87
25th Percentile £71.80 £17.30 £41.63
Median hourly rate £84.00 £32.31 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +159.98% -47.55% +18.23%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.24 £71.85
90th Percentile £104.50 £87.50 £87.49
South East median hourly rate £48.77 £18.87 £50.00
% change year-on-year +158.43% -62.26% -4.76%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -56 9 £407 -37.38% 27
Bracknell +1 3 £400 +68.42% 7
Windsor +7 2 £544 - 5
Slough - 1 - - 2
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 (6.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (6.67%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (6.67%) n8n
1 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
1 1 (6.67%) SaaS
1 1 (6.67%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Broadband
1 1 (6.67%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Tableau
2 1 (6.67%) Data Lake
2 1 (6.67%) Power BI
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Architect
1 3 (20.00%) Project Manager
1 3 (20.00%) Senior
1 3 (20.00%) Senior Manager
1 3 (20.00%) Technical Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Campaign Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Consultant
2 2 (13.33%) Data Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Data Science Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Digital Product Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Presales Consultant
2 2 (13.33%) Presales Technical Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Product Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Senior Digital Product Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Senior Product Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (13.33%) Technical Presales Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Customer Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Marketing Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) CSS
1 1 (6.67%) HTML
1 1 (6.67%) HTML5 Canvas
1 1 (6.67%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (13.33%) AI Agents
2 2 (13.33%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (6.67%) Digital Media
3 1 (6.67%) EPoS
3 1 (6.67%) FMCG
3 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Android
1 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Analytics
2 6 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 5 (33.33%) AI
4 4 (26.67%) Data Protection
5 3 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (20.00%) CRM
5 3 (20.00%) Migration
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (13.33%) Campaign Analytics
6 2 (13.33%) Data Analytics
6 2 (13.33%) Data Engineering
6 2 (13.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 2 (13.33%) Marketing Analytics
6 2 (13.33%) Marketing Strategy
6 2 (13.33%) Presales
6 2 (13.33%) Propensity Modelling
6 2 (13.33%) Statistical Modelling
6 2 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) SQL
2 3 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (13.33%) Databricks
2 2 (13.33%) HubSpot
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) Adobe
3 1 (6.67%) Braze
3 1 (6.67%) Google
3 1 (6.67%) Instagram
3 1 (6.67%) TikTok