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 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 460 238 232
Rank change year-on-year -222 -6 +78
Contract jobs citing Digital Marketing 131 255 371
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 1.06% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 1.16% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 143 243
10th Percentile £284 £200 £205
25th Percentile £306 £281 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £530 £515
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% +2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £725
90th Percentile £680 £700 £818
UK median daily rate £413 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -20.58% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 10 28
10th Percentile £15.53 £17.91 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £20.09 £16.45
Median hourly rate £23.49 £28.35 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.13% +3.09% -56.00%
75th Percentile £24.49 £46.56 £38.13
90th Percentile - £54.08 £67.88
UK median hourly rate £23.49 £25.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.96% +1.00% -60.00%

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 34,138 22,003 31,618
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 91.23% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,766 14,379 20,694
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £516 £525
% change year-on-year -2.13% -1.71% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,120 924 2,243
10th Percentile £15.31 £14.42 £12.88
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.47 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.02 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.96% -20.49% -2.25%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.60 £36.50
% change year-on-year +48.60% -21.64% +1.39%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 13 May 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 -79 81 £400 -3.56% 75
North of England -84 13 £413 -22.08% 40
East of England -23 12 £475 -5.00% 26
North West -37 12 £413 -22.08% 25
South West -56 12 £525 -5.41% 9
South East -125 9 £475 -21.65% 43
East Midlands -25 4 - - 8
Midlands -53 4 - - 22
North East -26 1 - - 7
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 14 (10.69%) CMS
2 4 (3.05%) WordPress
3 3 (2.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (2.29%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.53%) Drupal
5 1 (0.76%) Confluence
5 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.53%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.53%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.76%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.29%) Sprinklr
2 2 (1.53%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.76%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.76%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 16 (12.21%) SaaS
2 9 (6.87%) Azure
3 8 (6.11%) AWS
4 7 (5.34%) GCP
4 7 (5.34%) Google Analytics
5 6 (4.58%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.29%) Adobe Analytics
6 3 (2.29%) Facebook Ads
6 3 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.53%) Asana
7 2 (1.53%) Figma
7 2 (1.53%) Google Ads
7 2 (1.53%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.53%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.76%) Canva
8 1 (0.76%) Google Data Studio
8 1 (0.76%) Miro
8 1 (0.76%) Slack
8 1 (0.76%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.53%) Network Security
2 1 (0.76%) BGP
2 1 (0.76%) DHCP
2 1 (0.76%) Ethernet VPN
2 1 (0.76%) Firewall
2 1 (0.76%) Junos
2 1 (0.76%) OSPF
2 1 (0.76%) VPN
2 1 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.82%) Power BI
2 4 (3.05%) Looker
3 2 (1.53%) Tableau
4 1 (0.76%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (3.05%) JIRA
General
1 131 (100.00%) Marketing
2 52 (39.69%) Finance
3 45 (34.35%) Electronics
3 45 (34.35%) Social Skills
4 43 (32.82%) Telecoms
5 42 (32.06%) Public Sector
6 41 (31.30%) Manufacturing
7 19 (14.50%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (12.98%) Analytical Skills
9 12 (9.16%) Advertising
10 9 (6.87%) German Language
10 9 (6.87%) Legal
11 4 (3.05%) Multimedia
12 3 (2.29%) Automotive
12 3 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (2.29%) Games
12 3 (2.29%) Publishing
12 3 (2.29%) Retail
13 2 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (16.79%) Marketing Manager
2 18 (13.74%) Digital Marketing Manager
3 10 (7.63%) Architect
3 10 (7.63%) Lead
4 9 (6.87%) Analyst
4 9 (6.87%) Migration Technician
4 9 (6.87%) Project Manager
4 9 (6.87%) Support Technician
5 8 (6.11%) Consultant
5 8 (6.11%) Senior
6 7 (5.34%) Coordinator
7 6 (4.58%) IT Engineer
7 6 (4.58%) Migration Engineer
7 6 (4.58%) Windows Engineer
8 4 (3.05%) Data Scientist
8 4 (3.05%) Digital Project Manager
8 4 (3.05%) Marketing Assistant
8 4 (3.05%) Senior Digital Marketing Manager
8 4 (3.05%) Senior Manager
8 4 (3.05%) Senior Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.53%) CSS
1 2 (1.53%) Flutter
1 2 (1.53%) HTML
1 2 (1.53%) React Native
1 2 (1.53%) REST
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.21%) Marketing Technology
1 16 (12.21%) Social Media
2 8 (6.11%) Onboarding
2 8 (6.11%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (5.34%) Blog
4 5 (3.82%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.82%) NHS
5 4 (3.05%) Educational Technology
5 4 (3.05%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.29%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (1.53%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.53%) LIMS
7 2 (1.53%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.53%) Mobile Games
7 2 (1.53%) PMI
8 1 (0.76%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.76%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.76%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.58%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.76%) Windows
2 1 (0.76%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (36.64%) Programme Management
2 47 (35.88%) Business Intelligence
3 32 (24.43%) Analytics
4 26 (19.85%) Project Management
5 23 (17.56%) Migration
6 19 (14.50%) CRM
7 17 (12.98%) Agile
7 17 (12.98%) AI
8 16 (12.21%) Marketing Strategy
8 16 (12.21%) User Experience
9 15 (11.45%) Actionable Insight
9 15 (11.45%) B2B
9 15 (11.45%) Stakeholder Management
9 15 (11.45%) Workflow
10 12 (9.16%) Collaborative Working
11 11 (8.40%) Business Case
11 11 (8.40%) Demand Generation
11 11 (8.40%) Roadmaps
12 10 (7.63%) Decision-Making
12 10 (7.63%) Personalization
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.11%) SQL
2 5 (3.82%) Python
3 3 (2.29%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.53%) Go
4 2 (1.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (21.37%) Security Cleared
2 24 (18.32%) SC Cleared
3 16 (12.21%) Degree
4 5 (3.82%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.05%) PMP
6 3 (2.29%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.53%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.53%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.53%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (1.53%) CISSP
7 2 (1.53%) CLAS
7 2 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.53%) CREST Certified
7 2 (1.53%) GPEN
7 2 (1.53%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.53%) MBA
7 2 (1.53%) OSCE
7 2 (1.53%) OSCP
8 1 (0.76%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.63%) GDPR
2 8 (6.11%) Data Quality
2 8 (6.11%) PERC
3 6 (4.58%) QA
4 5 (3.82%) JSP 440
4 5 (3.82%) PMO
4 5 (3.82%) RMADS
5 3 (2.29%) NCSC
6 2 (1.53%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.53%) NIST
6 2 (1.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (1.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.76%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.76%) SCCM
1 1 (0.76%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 42 (32.06%) SAP
2 20 (15.27%) Adobe
3 17 (12.98%) Google
4 14 (10.69%) Salesforce
5 12 (9.16%) Microsoft
6 8 (6.11%) Tealium
7 5 (3.82%) TikTok
8 4 (3.05%) Braze
8 4 (3.05%) mParticle
8 4 (3.05%) Pega
9 3 (2.29%) Cisco
9 3 (2.29%) Facebook
9 3 (2.29%) Instagram
9 3 (2.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (1.53%) Brandwatch
10 2 (1.53%) Marketo
10 2 (1.53%) NetBase
10 2 (1.53%) Optimizely
10 2 (1.53%) Oracle
11 1 (0.76%) HubSpot