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 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 113 114
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 +62
Contract jobs citing Digital Marketing 6 7 14
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.29% 0.39% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.42% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 10
10th Percentile £298 £231 £153
25th Percentile £350 £338 £168
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £575 £288
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +100.00% -66.18%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £395
90th Percentile £641 - £446
Central London median daily rate £400 £575 £288
% change year-on-year -30.43% +100.00% -61.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.00
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £21.00
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £19.00

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 1,805 1,648 2,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.65% 91.61% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,250 1,035 1,500
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £437 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +0.97% -5.08%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 10 13
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £26.25 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.00 £35.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.13% +42.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.50 £41.84
90th Percentile £59.72 £112.00 £49.55
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -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 11 March 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:

General
1 6 (100.00%) Marketing
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Legal
4 1 (16.67%) Electronics
4 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Lead
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Operations Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Digital
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Digital Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Procurement Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (33.33%) CRM
2 2 (33.33%) Data Science
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Personalization
2 2 (33.33%) Product Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) AI
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Contract Management
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (16.67%) Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Relationship Management
3 1 (16.67%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (16.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Ariba
1 1 (16.67%) Marketo
1 1 (16.67%) SAP