Paid Search Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Paid Search
Central London > City of London

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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Paid Search 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.11% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £289 - -
25th Percentile £309 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - -
75th Percentile £409 - -
90th Percentile £426 - -
Central London median daily rate £363 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Paid Search 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 1,690 1,661 2,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.99% 91.46% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,173 989 1,531
10th Percentile £351 £363 £350
25th Percentile £426 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% +1.32% -5.42%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £776 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £551
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.40% -6.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 14
10th Percentile £20.06 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.06 £28.94 £19.18
Median hourly rate £31.00 £40.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +28.57% -10.00%
75th Percentile £42.65 £64.56 £45.06
90th Percentile £52.64 £112.00 £66.70
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -17.60%

Paid Search
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Paid Search job vacancy trend in the City of London

Paid Search
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Paid Search.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Paid Search

Paid Search
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 (100.00%) Sprinklr
General
1 2 (100.00%) Advertising
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing Executive
2 1 (50.00%) Social Media Executive
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Ad Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media Management
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media Marketing
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Pinterest
2 1 (50.00%) Snapchat
2 1 (50.00%) TikTok