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

6 months to
25 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 111 115
Rank change year-on-year -15 +4 +16
Contract jobs citing Advertising 12 6 11
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.57% 0.36% 0.52%
As % of the General category 0.86% 0.48% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 7
10th Percentile £286 £421 £276
25th Percentile £350 £498 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £650 £568
Median % change year-on-year -32.31% +14.54% +19.47%
75th Percentile £504 £697 £596
90th Percentile £638 £710 £605
Central London median daily rate £440 £580 £568
% change year-on-year -24.14% +2.20% +19.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £45.00 -
Central London median hourly rate - £45.00 -

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 citing general skills in the City of London.

6 months to
25 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing general skills 1,393 1,256 1,439
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 66.36% 74.85% 68.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 896 859 864
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £463 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% -2.50%
75th Percentile £694 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £583
% change year-on-year +4.55% -5.58% -2.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 16 8
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.79 £13.18
25th Percentile £19.50 £20.08 £23.75
Median hourly rate £24.00 £28.25 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.04% -37.22% +136.84%
75th Percentile £38.75 £51.56 £82.19
90th Percentile £64.30 £64.66 £109.38
Central London median hourly rate £30.00 £28.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +5.26% -18.57% +84.21%

Advertising Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Advertising relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Advertising job vacancy trend 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 Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Advertising in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Advertising in the City of London

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 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Marketing33.3%4
2Analytical Skills25.0%3
2Finance25.0%3
2Retail25.0%3
5Banking16.7%2
6Publishing8.3%1
6Social Skills8.3%1