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 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 106 119
Rank change year-on-year -9 +13 +56
Contract jobs citing Digital Marketing 10 15 15
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.54% 0.73% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.80% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 11
10th Percentile £262 £404 £153
25th Percentile £338 £538 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £288
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +108.70% -54.00%
75th Percentile £525 £613 £399
90th Percentile £611 £638 £438
Central London median daily rate £500 £600 £288
% change year-on-year -16.67% +108.70% -54.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.79 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £20.19 - £19.00
75th Percentile £20.60 - £21.00
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £20.19 - £19.00

All Process and 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 1,669 1,883 2,238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.36% 92.17% 89.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,173 1,150 1,597
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £420 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £756 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 10
10th Percentile £20.18 £15.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.52 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £31.00 £42.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -27.06% +61.90% -38.95%
75th Percentile £42.12 £102.25 £44.56
90th Percentile £50.63 £127.30 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.50 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -24.29% +27.27% -34.13%

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

Digital Marketing
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 27 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Marketing in the City of London

Digital Marketing
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
1 2 (20.00%) GCP
1 2 (20.00%) SaaS
General
1 10 (100.00%) Marketing
2 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Electronics
4 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (10.00%) Legal
5 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Marketing Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Operations Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Senior
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Marketing Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Data Centre Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Data Centre Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Development Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Digital
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Digital Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Procurement Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Strategy Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (20.00%) Web Conferencing
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (10.00%) Digital Media
2 1 (10.00%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Marketing Strategy
1 4 (40.00%) Programme Management
1 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (30.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (30.00%) CRM
2 3 (30.00%) GTM Strategy
3 2 (20.00%) B2B
3 2 (20.00%) Business Case
3 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) Business Transformation
3 2 (20.00%) Change Management
3 2 (20.00%) Integrated Marketing
3 2 (20.00%) Marketing Automation
3 2 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 2 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (20.00%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Adobe
1 2 (20.00%) Google
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Ariba