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 17 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	103	80	42
Rank change year-on-year	-23	-38	+9
Contract jobs citing Marketing	13	19	76
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire	0.71%	1.53%	4.66%
As % of the General category	1.21%	2.48%	8.51%
Number of daily rates quoted	11	13	32
10^th Percentile	£407	£240	£235
25^th Percentile	£413	£256	£463
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£465	£450	£625
Median % change year-on-year	+3.33%	-28.00%	+56.25%
75^th Percentile	£550	£538	£700
90^th Percentile	£556	£548	£738
South East median daily rate	£440	£488	£525
% change year-on-year	-9.74%	-7.14%	+35.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	1	6
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	£20.38	£14.50
Median hourly rate	-	£20.75	£15.00
Median % change year-on-year	-	+38.33%	-13.49%
75^th Percentile	-	£21.13	£24.88
90^th Percentile	-	-	£35.25
South East median hourly rate	£14.00	£19.50	£17.50
% change year-on-year	-28.21%	+11.43%	-70.83%

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.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills	1,073	767	893
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire	58.28%	61.80%	54.72%
Number of daily rates quoted	567	498	428
10^th Percentile	£358	£274	£272
25^th Percentile	£450	£405	£425
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£500	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+10.00%	-4.76%	+7.58%
75^th Percentile	£619	£600	£638
90^th Percentile	£738	£650	£698
South East median daily rate	£515	£480	£500
% change year-on-year	+7.19%	-4.00%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	175	46	49
10^th Percentile	£16.00	£14.75	£19.14
25^th Percentile	£26.25	£17.69	£41.25
Median hourly rate	£80.00	£30.41	£58.49
Median % change year-on-year	+163.11%	-48.02%	-2.52%
75^th Percentile	£91.31	£58.00	£62.69
90^th Percentile	£104.00	£76.00	£77.54
South East median hourly rate	£32.81	£20.00	£56.75
% change year-on-year	+64.03%	-64.75%	+8.09%

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 Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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 17 October 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.

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 17 October 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	-32	9	£451	+6.18%	68
Windsor	-	2	£544	-	11
Bracknell	0	1	-	-	11
Marketing South East

Marketing Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Marketing also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region with a requirement for Marketing.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CRM	69.2%	9
2	Dynamics CRM	53.8%	7
3	Dynamics 365	46.2%	6
4	Business Transformation	38.5%	5
4	Decision-Making	38.5%	5
4	Stakeholder Management	38.5%	5
7	Analytics	30.8%	4
7	Test Strategy	30.8%	4
7	Workshop Facilitation	30.8%	4
10	Databricks	23.1%	3
10	Roadmaps	23.1%	3
10	Salesforce	23.1%	3
13	Actionable Customer Insight	15.4%	2
13	Actionable Insight	15.4%	2
13	AI	15.4%	2
13	Analytical Thinking	15.4%	2
13	Customer Engagement	15.4%	2
13	Customer Experience	15.4%	2
13	Customer Intelligence	15.4%	2
13	Data Analytics	15.4%	2
13	Data Engineering	15.4%	2
13	Data Pipeline	15.4%	2
13	Data Science	15.4%	2
13	Data-Driven Decision Making	15.4%	2
13	GTM Strategy	15.4%	2
13	Marketing Strategy	15.4%	2
13	Microsoft	15.4%	2
13	Predictive Analytics	15.4%	2
13	Predictive Modelling	15.4%	2
13	Problem-Solving	15.4%	2

Marketing Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Influencing Skills	30.8%	4
2	Analytical Skills	15.4%	2
2	Retail	15.4%	2
2	Social Skills	15.4%	2
5	Telecoms	7.7%	1