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 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 109 111
Rank change year-on-year -24 +2 +37
Contract jobs citing Digital Marketing 4 13 15
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.18% 0.75% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.80% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 7
10th Percentile £136 £276 £326
25th Percentile £182 £309 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £268 £425 £600
Median % change year-on-year -37.06% -29.17% +187.77%
75th Percentile £357 £500 -
90th Percentile £405 - £615
Central London median daily rate £268 £425 £600
% change year-on-year -37.06% -29.17% +187.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £22.57 £21.31 -
25th Percentile £22.67 £23.59 £146.25
Median hourly rate £22.83 £28.15 £147.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.90% -80.92% +676.32%
75th Percentile £23.00 £36.33 £148.75
90th Percentile £23.09 £40.78 -
Central London median hourly rate £22.83 £28.15 £147.50
% change year-on-year -18.90% -80.92% +676.32%

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 1,962 1,630 1,931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.41% 94.44% 91.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,357 1,095 1,203
10th Percentile £367 £325 £364
25th Percentile £455 £423 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £764 £792
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 19 20
10th Percentile - £16.96 £15.80
25th Percentile £17.60 £21.09 £21.63
Median hourly rate £21.00 £27.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% -22.54% +13.60%
75th Percentile £31.00 £39.88 £97.38
90th Percentile £61.50 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% -21.43% +27.27%

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 7 October 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 2 (50.00%) CMS
1 2 (50.00%) Drupal
1 2 (50.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Asana
2 1 (25.00%) Basecamp
General
1 4 (100.00%) Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Advertising
2 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Content Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Web Editor
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Educational Technology
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (50.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Content Management
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Content Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Marketing Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (50.00%) SEO
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Google