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 1 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 114 132
Rank change year-on-year -5 +18 +41
Contract jobs citing Advertising 6 10 18
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.35% 0.48% 0.64%
As % of the General category 0.47% 0.70% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 11
10th Percentile £421 £276 £313
25th Percentile £498 £394 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £568 £475
Median % change year-on-year +14.54% +19.47% -15.93%
75th Percentile £697 £596 £544
90th Percentile £710 £605 £688
Central London median daily rate £580 £568 £475
% change year-on-year +2.20% +19.47% -17.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42.50 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 - £19.00
75th Percentile £47.50 - £32.94
90th Percentile - - £54.43
Central London median hourly rate £45.00 - £19.00
% change year-on-year - - -46.48%

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 1,268 1,429 1,815
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 74.68% 67.89% 64.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 871 864 1,271
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -2.50% +3.38%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £585 £600
% change year-on-year -5.98% -2.50% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 14
10th Percentile £16.79 £13.18 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.08 £23.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.25 £45.00 £23.25
Median % change year-on-year -37.22% +93.55% -42.59%
75th Percentile £51.56 £82.19 £45.64
90th Percentile £64.66 £109.38 £72.25
Central London median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -18.57% +30.84% -33.95%

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 1 November 2025.

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 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 (16.67%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Figma
1 1 (16.67%) Google Tag Manager
1 1 (16.67%) npm
1 1 (16.67%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) HTTP
2 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Babel
1 1 (16.67%) webpack
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Legal
1 1 (16.67%) Public Speaking
1 1 (16.67%) Publishing
1 1 (16.67%) Retail
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Creative Director
2 1 (16.67%) Electronic Trading Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Electronic Trading Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Endur Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Endur Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Java Developer
2 1 (16.67%) OpenLink Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) OpenLink Business Analyst
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
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (16.67%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (16.67%) HTML
2 1 (16.67%) Jest
2 1 (16.67%) React
2 1 (16.67%) Redux
2 1 (16.67%) RESTful
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%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Concurrent Programming
2 1 (16.67%) Content Management
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Domain-Driven Design
2 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
2 1 (16.67%) ETRM
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Low Latency
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) Multithreading
2 1 (16.67%) OO
2 1 (16.67%) OOD
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) TDD
2 1 (16.67%) Ultra-Low Latency
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Google