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 19 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 34 69
Rank change year-on-year -63 +35 -11
Contract jobs citing Marketing 24 68 65
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.30% 5.89% 3.20%
As % of the General category 2.36% 9.56% 5.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 36 13
10th Percentile £382 £563 £199
25th Percentile £400 £600 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £650 £475
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +36.84% -6.86%
75th Percentile £503 £700 £500
90th Percentile £550 - £525
South East median daily rate £510 £575 £425
% change year-on-year -11.30% +35.29% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.44 - £56.25
Median hourly rate £20.01 - £62.50
75th Percentile £20.58 - £68.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £22.90 £27.50
% change year-on-year -3.94% -16.72% -54.17%

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 1,018 711 1,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 55.24% 61.61% 61.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 668 405 630
10th Percentile £300 £255 £205
25th Percentile £400 £408 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £525 £484
Median % change year-on-year -6.29% +8.53% -3.25%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £489
% change year-on-year - +2.30% -2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 23 84
10th Percentile £19.27 £25.53 £19.45
25th Percentile £42.13 £41.25 £41.88
Median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.97% +6.03% +5.45%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.17 £64.22
90th Percentile £95.00 £86.86 £85.20
South East median hourly rate £35.00 £27.76 £30.83
% change year-on-year +26.08% -9.94% -31.50%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 -55 12 £475 -26.92% 30
Bracknell -1 6 £475 -13.64% 2
Wokingham - 2 £425 - 2
Slough -2 1 - - 5
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 2 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (4.17%) CMS
2 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.17%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (4.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (4.17%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (4.17%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (4.17%) Blender
2 1 (4.17%) CINEMA 4D
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.17%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) AWS
1 2 (8.33%) Google Analytics
2 1 (4.17%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.17%) Canva
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (4.17%) n8n
2 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.17%) SaaS
2 1 (4.17%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Broadband
1 1 (4.17%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Tableau
2 1 (4.17%) Data Lake
2 1 (4.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 3 (12.50%) Advertising
3 3 (12.50%) Finance
3 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Arabic Language
4 2 (8.33%) Brand Awareness
4 2 (8.33%) Dutch Language
4 2 (8.33%) French Language
4 2 (8.33%) German Language
4 2 (8.33%) Italian Language
4 2 (8.33%) Japanese Language
4 2 (8.33%) Mandarin Language
4 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Polish Language
4 2 (8.33%) Portuguese Language
4 2 (8.33%) Spanish Language
5 1 (4.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Analyst
2 3 (12.50%) Architect
2 3 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 3 (12.50%) Consultant
2 3 (12.50%) Marketing Executive
2 3 (12.50%) Technical Architect
3 2 (8.33%) Campaign Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Marketing Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Presales Consultant
3 2 (8.33%) Presales Technical Architect
3 2 (8.33%) Project Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Senior
3 2 (8.33%) Service Delivery Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Service Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (8.33%) Technical Presales Consultant
4 1 (4.17%) Migration Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Motion Designer
4 1 (4.17%) Web Applications Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) CSS
2 1 (4.17%) HTML
2 1 (4.17%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (4.17%) iOS SDK
2 1 (4.17%) Jest
2 1 (4.17%) Next.js
2 1 (4.17%) Node.js
2 1 (4.17%) React
2 1 (4.17%) Sass
2 1 (4.17%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (16.67%) Social Media
3 3 (12.50%) Mobile App
4 2 (8.33%) AI Agents
4 2 (8.33%) Blog
4 2 (8.33%) Cloud Native
4 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
5 1 (4.17%) Animation
5 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
5 1 (4.17%) EPoS
5 1 (4.17%) Graphic Design
5 1 (4.17%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (4.17%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Android
1 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Data Protection
2 6 (25.00%) Analytics
3 5 (20.83%) Agile
3 5 (20.83%) AI
3 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (16.67%) Change Management
4 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (12.50%) B2B
5 3 (12.50%) B2C
5 3 (12.50%) Business Analysis
5 3 (12.50%) CRM
5 3 (12.50%) Logistics
5 3 (12.50%) Multichannel Marketing
5 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (12.50%) User Experience
6 2 (8.33%) Performance Measurement
6 2 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) SQL
2 2 (8.33%) Java
2 2 (8.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Degree
2 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (8.33%) Master's Degree
5 1 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.17%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Adobe
1 3 (12.50%) HubSpot
2 2 (8.33%) Google
2 2 (8.33%) HP
2 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.17%) Instagram
3 1 (4.17%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.17%) SAP
3 1 (4.17%) TikTok