Marketing Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Marketing
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Marketing in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Marketing over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 56 60
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 +2
Contract jobs citing Marketing 23 5 12
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 2.06% 0.76% 1.39%
As % of the General category 4.15% 1.21% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 4
10th Percentile £412 £416 £354
25th Percentile £438 £422 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £449 £375
Median % change year-on-year +20.68% +19.60% -3.23%
75th Percentile £553 £494 £403
90th Percentile £578 £528 £431
England median daily rate £435 £490 £455
% change year-on-year -11.22% +7.69% -11.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £19.03 - -
25th Percentile £20.58 - £12.75
Median hourly rate £23.83 - £13.50
75th Percentile £28.73 - £14.25
90th Percentile £31.28 - -
England median hourly rate £35.50 £34.65 £33.75
% change year-on-year +2.45% +2.67% -19.64%

All General Skills
East Midlands

Marketing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 554 413 452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 49.73% 63.05% 52.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 275 292
10th Percentile £263 £220 £169
25th Percentile £393 £321 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £409 £416
Median % change year-on-year +19.80% -1.56% -12.53%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £550
90th Percentile £650 £550 £630
England median daily rate £520 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -0.95% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 28 57
10th Percentile £13.01 £15.12 £12.22
25th Percentile £14.65 £17.69 £13.50
Median hourly rate £18.38 £21.39 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.10% +25.82% -32.65%
75th Percentile £25.50 £26.36 £28.75
90th Percentile £64.78 £37.60 £51.91
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.08 £31.50
% change year-on-year +15.76% -10.87% +3.14%

Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Marketing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Marketing job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Marketing
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Marketing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Marketing

Marketing
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Marketing in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Marketing in the East Midlands

Marketing
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Marketing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Marketing

Marketing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Marketing in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Marketing in the East Midlands

Marketing
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Marketing within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Nottinghamshire -8 13 £548 +9.50% 24
Northamptonshire 0 5 £424 -2.81% 8
Leicestershire - 3 - - 9
Lincolnshire - 2 £538 - 6
Marketing
England

Marketing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 3 (13.04%) Adobe Experience Manager
Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (4.35%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) AWS
1 4 (17.39%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.35%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
2 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.35%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Git
General
1 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Automotive
3 4 (17.39%) Finance
4 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.35%) Banking
6 1 (4.35%) Electronics
6 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Architect
2 6 (26.09%) Analyst
3 5 (21.74%) Cloud Architect
3 5 (21.74%) Salesforce Architect
4 4 (17.39%) HR Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Project Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Transformation Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Business Support Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Creative Designer
5 2 (8.70%) Designer
5 2 (8.70%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Data Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Migration Technician
6 1 (4.35%) Power BI Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) CSS
1 3 (13.04%) HTML
1 3 (13.04%) J2EE
1 3 (13.04%) OSGi
1 3 (13.04%) RESTful
2 2 (8.70%) REST
3 1 (4.35%) CSS3
3 1 (4.35%) HTML5
3 1 (4.35%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.35%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Analytics
2 6 (26.09%) Data Privacy
2 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (21.74%) CRM
3 5 (21.74%) Customer Experience
3 5 (21.74%) Customer Retention
3 5 (21.74%) Customer Service
3 5 (21.74%) Data Modelling
3 5 (21.74%) Performance Tuning
3 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (17.39%) CI/CD
4 4 (17.39%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 4 (17.39%) Microservices
4 4 (17.39%) Performance Optimisation
4 4 (17.39%) Personalization
4 4 (17.39%) Project Management
4 4 (17.39%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (17.39%) Technology Transformation
5 3 (13.04%) API Integration
5 3 (13.04%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) JavaScript
2 3 (13.04%) Java
2 3 (13.04%) SQL
3 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Salesforce
2 5 (21.74%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 3 (13.04%) Adobe
3 3 (13.04%) SAP
4 2 (8.70%) MuleSoft
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft