Digital Marketing Contract Job Trends in England

Digital Marketing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Digital Marketing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 184 208
Rank change year-on-year -139 +24 +88
Contract jobs citing Digital Marketing 248 372 428
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 1.42% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.58% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 207 299
10th Percentile £154 £208 £200
25th Percentile £255 £300 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £568 £638 £669
90th Percentile £675 £700 £775
UK median daily rate £400 £523 £555
% change year-on-year -23.44% -5.86% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 8 19
10th Percentile £17.33 £18.20 £15.38
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.93 £16.90
Median hourly rate £23.75 £27.75 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.41% +15.63% -43.53%
75th Percentile £24.50 £32.75 £32.50
90th Percentile £25.88 £41.15 £38.13
UK median hourly rate £23.66 £25.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.35% +11.11% -47.06%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,172 23,495 33,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.59% 89.70% 87.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,676 14,439 22,381
10th Percentile £306 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,836 743 1,976
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.88 £21.00 £16.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% - -
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.50 £61.78
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +7.69%

Digital Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Digital Marketing job vacancy trend in England

Digital Marketing
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Digital Marketing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Digital Marketing

Digital Marketing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Marketing in England over the 6 months to 7 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Marketing in England

Digital Marketing
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Digital Marketing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Digital Marketing

Digital Marketing
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Digital Marketing in England over the 6 months to 7 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Digital Marketing in England

Digital Marketing
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Marketing within the England region over the 6 months to 7 February 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
London -40 115 £400 +6.67% 63
South West -50 36 £538 -4.87% 8
South East -83 31 £463 -19.57% 51
North of England -58 25 £175 -57.83% 37
East of England -13 20 £400 -18.78% 18
Midlands -49 16 £158 -34.38% 19
East Midlands -14 15 £158 -10.00% 5
North West -26 12 £175 -68.89% 18
Yorkshire -47 7 £565 +2.73% 14
North East -20 6 £175 -51.72% 5
West Midlands -56 1 - - 14
Digital Marketing
UK

Digital Marketing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 10 (4.03%) CMS
2 6 (2.42%) WordPress
3 5 (2.02%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.21%) Confluence
5 2 (0.81%) Apache
5 2 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.40%) Drupal
Applications
1 28 (11.29%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.61%) Trello
5 3 (1.21%) Notion
5 3 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.61%) Shopify
2 2 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.81%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.40%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 32 (12.90%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (8.47%) SaaS
3 20 (8.06%) Azure
4 18 (7.26%) AWS
5 15 (6.05%) GCP
6 11 (4.44%) Google Analytics
7 7 (2.82%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.42%) Asana
9 4 (1.61%) GitHub
9 4 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (1.61%) Google Ads
9 4 (1.61%) Wix.com
10 3 (1.21%) Canva
10 3 (1.21%) ChatGPT
10 3 (1.21%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.21%) Figma
10 3 (1.21%) Zapier
11 2 (0.81%) Amazon Bedrock
11 2 (0.81%) Miro
11 2 (0.81%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.27%) Wireless
2 5 (2.02%) VPN
3 4 (1.61%) Unified Communications
4 3 (1.21%) BGP
4 3 (1.21%) DNS
4 3 (1.21%) Firewall
4 3 (1.21%) Junos
4 3 (1.21%) Network Security
4 3 (1.21%) OSPF
5 2 (0.81%) DHCP
5 2 (0.81%) Intranet
5 2 (0.81%) LAN
5 2 (0.81%) VLAN
5 2 (0.81%) WAN
6 1 (0.40%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.40%) HTTP
6 1 (0.40%) Internet
6 1 (0.40%) NGN
6 1 (0.40%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.42%) Power BI
2 4 (1.61%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (1.61%) Looker
3 3 (1.21%) MySQL
3 3 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.40%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (3.23%) JIRA
2 4 (1.61%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.21%) JUnit
3 3 (1.21%) Storybook
4 1 (0.40%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.40%) Git
4 1 (0.40%) GitLab
4 1 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.40%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.40%) Vite
4 1 (0.40%) webpack
General
1 248 (100.00%) Marketing
2 167 (67.34%) Finance
3 164 (66.13%) Electronics
4 161 (64.92%) Telecoms
5 160 (64.52%) Public Sector
6 159 (64.11%) Manufacturing
7 88 (35.48%) Social Skills
8 32 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
9 14 (5.65%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (4.84%) German Language
11 10 (4.03%) Legal
12 9 (3.63%) Advertising
12 9 (3.63%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (3.23%) Brand Awareness
13 8 (3.23%) Italian Language
14 4 (1.61%) Law
14 4 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (1.21%) Digital Health
15 3 (1.21%) Health Technology
16 2 (0.81%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 32 (12.90%) IT Support
2 25 (10.08%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 25 (10.08%) 2nd Line Support
2 25 (10.08%) Desktop Support
2 25 (10.08%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 24 (9.68%) Marketing Manager
4 20 (8.06%) Migration Engineer
5 19 (7.66%) IT Engineer
6 16 (6.45%) Coordinator
7 15 (6.05%) Analyst
7 15 (6.05%) Consultant
7 15 (6.05%) Windows Engineer
8 14 (5.65%) Lead
8 14 (5.65%) Support Engineer
9 13 (5.24%) Senior
10 12 (4.84%) Architect
10 12 (4.84%) Digital Marketing Manager
10 12 (4.84%) Support Technician
11 11 (4.44%) Migration Technician
12 10 (4.03%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.82%) React
1 7 (2.82%) SailPoint
2 5 (2.02%) CSS
2 5 (2.02%) HTML
3 3 (1.21%) RESTful
3 3 (1.21%) Spring
3 3 (1.21%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.21%) Vitest
4 2 (0.81%) .NET
4 2 (0.81%) NumPy
4 2 (0.81%) Pandas
4 2 (0.81%) PySpark
4 2 (0.81%) REST
5 1 (0.40%) ADO
5 1 (0.40%) LDAP
5 1 (0.40%) ODBC
5 1 (0.40%) SOAP
5 1 (0.40%) Web Services
5 1 (0.40%) XML
5 1 (0.40%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.08%) Data Centre
2 15 (6.05%) NHS
2 15 (6.05%) Onboarding
3 13 (5.24%) Marketing Technology
4 12 (4.84%) Web Conferencing
5 7 (2.82%) Social Media
6 6 (2.42%) Digital Media
6 6 (2.42%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.02%) CMDB
7 5 (2.02%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.61%) PMI
9 3 (1.21%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.21%) Blog
9 3 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.21%) Midjourney
9 3 (1.21%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.81%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.68%) Mac OS
2 23 (9.27%) Android
3 16 (6.45%) Windows 10
4 10 (4.03%) Windows
5 2 (0.81%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.40%) Linux
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (66.13%) Business Intelligence
1 164 (66.13%) Programme Management
2 47 (18.95%) Migration
3 40 (16.13%) Workflow
4 35 (14.11%) Analytics
5 33 (13.31%) Agile
6 29 (11.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 29 (11.69%) Workflow Management
7 27 (10.89%) Logistics
8 25 (10.08%) Marketing Strategy
9 24 (9.68%) AI
9 24 (9.68%) CRM
10 23 (9.27%) B2B
11 22 (8.87%) Problem-Solving
11 22 (8.87%) Project Management
12 18 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (7.26%) User Experience
13 15 (6.05%) DevOps
13 15 (6.05%) Service Delivery
14 14 (5.65%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.03%) Python
2 8 (3.23%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.82%) Java
3 7 (2.82%) JavaScript
3 7 (2.82%) SQL
4 5 (2.02%) TypeScript
5 2 (0.81%) BeanShell
5 2 (0.81%) Go
6 1 (0.40%) C
6 1 (0.40%) C#
6 1 (0.40%) C++
6 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.40%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 103 (41.53%) Security Cleared
2 99 (39.92%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.44%) Degree
4 10 (4.03%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.42%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.61%) CISSP
7 3 (1.21%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.21%) JNCIA
7 3 (1.21%) JNCIP
7 3 (1.21%) JNCIS
8 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.81%) CLAS
8 2 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.81%) CREST Certified
8 2 (0.81%) GPEN
8 2 (0.81%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.81%) OSCE
8 2 (0.81%) OSCP
8 2 (0.81%) PMP
8 2 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.06%) Accessibility
2 12 (4.84%) GDPR
3 11 (4.44%) PMO
4 7 (2.82%) QA
5 5 (2.02%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.02%) JSP 440
5 5 (2.02%) PERC
5 5 (2.02%) RMADS
6 4 (1.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.61%) WCAG
7 3 (1.21%) NCSC
7 3 (1.21%) NIST
8 2 (0.81%) SLA
9 1 (0.40%) DICOM
9 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.40%) HL7
9 1 (0.40%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (4.03%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.81%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.81%) SCCM
1 2 (0.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 2 (0.81%) vRealize
2 1 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 160 (64.52%) SAP
2 36 (14.52%) Cisco
3 35 (14.11%) Microsoft
4 24 (9.68%) Apple
5 23 (9.27%) Dell
5 23 (9.27%) HP
6 22 (8.87%) Salesforce
7 16 (6.45%) Google
8 11 (4.44%) Adobe
9 7 (2.82%) HubSpot
10 6 (2.42%) Marketo
10 6 (2.42%) ServiceNow
11 5 (2.02%) mParticle
11 5 (2.02%) Tealium
12 4 (1.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 3 (1.21%) Computacenter
13 3 (1.21%) Juniper
13 3 (1.21%) Remedy
13 3 (1.21%) VMware
13 3 (1.21%) YouTube