Digital Marketing Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Digital Marketing
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Digital Marketing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 110 117
Rank change year-on-year -11 +7 +50
Contract jobs citing Digital Marketing 8 7 7
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.35% 0.40% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.43% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 6
10th Percentile £209 £210 £185
25th Percentile £281 £286 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £338 £331
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% +1.89% -30.26%
75th Percentile £500 £613 £397
90th Percentile £611 £628 £459
Central London median daily rate £400 £338 £331
% change year-on-year +18.52% +1.89% -30.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £23.16 £35.33 -
Median % change year-on-year -34.44% - -
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £35.33 -
% change year-on-year -34.44% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Digital Marketing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,960 1,642 1,978
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 84.89% 93.45% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,331 1,039 1,397
10th Percentile £363 £350 £354
25th Percentile £450 £460 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.32% -5.42%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 11
10th Percentile £17.99 £22.00 £19.92
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.78 £29.58 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% +18.30% -28.57%
75th Percentile £49.78 £45.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £62.25 £41.84
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -8.65% +4.53% -20.54%

Digital Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Digital Marketing job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Digital Marketing
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Marketing in the City of London over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Marketing in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Digital Marketing
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 (12.50%) CMS
1 1 (12.50%) Drupal
1 1 (12.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Google Analytics
General
1 8 (100.00%) Marketing
2 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Legal
4 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Marketing Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Operations Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Content Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Head of Digital
2 1 (12.50%) Head of Digital Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Head of Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Head of Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) Marketo Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Web Editor
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (12.50%) Educational Technology
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Content Management
1 2 (25.00%) CRM
1 2 (25.00%) Data Management
1 2 (25.00%) Data Science
1 2 (25.00%) Marketing Strategy
1 2 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
1 2 (25.00%) Personalization
1 2 (25.00%) Product Marketing
1 2 (25.00%) Project Management
1 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Analytics
2 1 (12.50%) Business Case
2 1 (12.50%) Content Strategy
2 1 (12.50%) Global Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Programme Governance
2 1 (12.50%) Revenue Assurance
2 1 (12.50%) Revenue Recognition
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Google
1 1 (12.50%) Marketo