Advertising Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Advertising
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Advertising in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Advertising over the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 117 135
Rank change year-on-year +7 +18 +38
Contract jobs citing Advertising 6 11 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.34% 0.53% 0.55%
As % of the General category 0.46% 0.78% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 12
10th Percentile £280 £266 £317
25th Percentile £295 £353 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £327 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -37.71% +16.67% -21.40%
75th Percentile £362 £605 £516
90th Percentile £379 £609 £713
Central London median daily rate £327 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -37.71% +16.67% -21.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £28.78 - £20.93
25th Percentile £30.86 - £26.81
Median hourly rate £35.33 - £40.75
75th Percentile £40.04 - £56.81
90th Percentile £42.27 - £63.98
Central London median hourly rate £35.33 - £40.75
% change year-on-year - - +14.79%

All General Skills
City of London

Advertising falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,311 1,413 1,956
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 74.87% 68.03% 63.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 871 885 1,377
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £765 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 12
10th Percentile £17.02 £13.73 -
25th Percentile £24.00 £17.06 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.25 £27.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.74% +45.95% -55.95%
75th Percentile £63.75 £74.38 £39.08
90th Percentile £67.89 £98.13 £66.11
Central London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +25.93% +42.11% -54.22%

Advertising
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Advertising as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Advertising in the City of London

Advertising
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Advertising.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Advertising

Advertising
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Advertising.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Advertising

Advertising
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Advertising in the City of London over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Advertising in the City of London

Advertising
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Figma
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
1 1 (16.67%) npm
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
1 1 (16.67%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
1 1 (16.67%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Babel
1 1 (16.67%) webpack
General
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Publishing
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Ad Operations Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Electronic Trading Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Electronic Trading Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Java Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Product Manager
2 1 (16.67%) React Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (16.67%) Jest
1 1 (16.67%) React
1 1 (16.67%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Fixed Income
1 1 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Campaign Management
1 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) B2B
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Content Management
2 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
2 1 (16.67%) Economics
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Multithreading
2 1 (16.67%) OO
2 1 (16.67%) OOD
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) TDD
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (16.67%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) SAP