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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 435 236 213
Rank change year-on-year -199 -23 +98
Contract jobs citing Digital Marketing 152 263 397
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.38% 1.08% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 1.18% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 154 263
10th Percentile £284 £202 £205
25th Percentile £300 £280 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £528 £465
Median % change year-on-year -19.43% +13.44% -11.43%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £688
90th Percentile £680 £700 £788
UK median daily rate £413 £508 £488
% change year-on-year -18.62% +4.10% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 8 28
10th Percentile £17.38 £17.32 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.20 £16.45
Median hourly rate £22.62 £27.83 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.72% +1.18% -35.29%
75th Percentile £24.49 £45.44 £38.13
90th Percentile £25.00 £61.23 £67.88
UK median hourly rate £22.08 £23.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -4.02% -16.36% -35.29%

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 34,370 22,228 32,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.91% 91.19% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,972 14,556 21,057
10th Percentile £316 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,137 921 2,257
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.70 £12.97
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -16.67% -3.59%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +43.29% -18.31% -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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -73 88 £400 +10.34% 89
East of England -28 15 £475 -5.00% 22
South East -123 15 £438 -25.53% 36
South West -48 14 £525 -7.08% 8
North of England -73 13 £413 -21.71% 61
North West -39 12 £413 -22.08% 43
East Midlands -29 5 - - 7
Midlands -68 5 - - 20
North East -28 1 - - 9
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 15 (9.87%) CMS
2 5 (3.29%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.63%) WordPress
4 2 (1.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (1.32%) Drupal
5 1 (0.66%) Confluence
5 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.32%) Photoshop
4 2 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.66%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.97%) Sprinklr
2 2 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.66%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.66%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 21 (13.82%) SaaS
2 12 (7.89%) Azure
3 10 (6.58%) AWS
4 9 (5.92%) GCP
4 9 (5.92%) Google Analytics
5 7 (4.61%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.97%) Adobe Analytics
7 3 (1.97%) Facebook Ads
8 2 (1.32%) Figma
8 2 (1.32%) Google Ads
8 2 (1.32%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.66%) Canva
9 1 (0.66%) GitHub
9 1 (0.66%) Lucidchart
9 1 (0.66%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.66%) Slack
9 1 (0.66%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.66%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.97%) Network Security
1 3 (1.97%) VPN
2 2 (1.32%) BGP
2 2 (1.32%) Firewall
2 2 (1.32%) Junos
2 2 (1.32%) OSPF
3 1 (0.66%) DHCP
3 1 (0.66%) DNS
3 1 (0.66%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (0.66%) Internet
3 1 (0.66%) Intranet
3 1 (0.66%) NGN
3 1 (0.66%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.66%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.66%) VLAN
3 1 (0.66%) WAN
3 1 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.95%) Power BI
2 4 (2.63%) Looker
3 2 (1.32%) Tableau
4 1 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.66%) Metadata
4 1 (0.66%) MySQL
4 1 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.63%) JIRA
2 1 (0.66%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.66%) JUnit
2 1 (0.66%) Storybook
General
1 152 (100.00%) Marketing
2 69 (45.39%) Finance
3 64 (42.11%) Electronics
4 61 (40.13%) Telecoms
5 60 (39.47%) Public Sector
6 59 (38.82%) Manufacturing
7 56 (36.84%) Social Skills
8 22 (14.47%) Analytical Skills
9 20 (13.16%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (9.21%) Advertising
11 11 (7.24%) German Language
11 11 (7.24%) Legal
12 4 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (2.63%) Multimedia
13 3 (1.97%) Automotive
13 3 (1.97%) Games
13 3 (1.97%) Law
13 3 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.97%) Publishing
14 2 (1.32%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 23 (15.13%) Marketing Manager
2 19 (12.50%) Digital Marketing Manager
3 11 (7.24%) Architect
3 11 (7.24%) Consultant
3 11 (7.24%) Migration Technician
3 11 (7.24%) Support Technician
4 10 (6.58%) IT Engineer
4 10 (6.58%) Migration Engineer
4 10 (6.58%) Windows Engineer
5 9 (5.92%) Analyst
5 9 (5.92%) Project Manager
5 9 (5.92%) Senior
6 8 (5.26%) Lead
7 7 (4.61%) Coordinator
8 5 (3.29%) Administrator
9 4 (2.63%) Data Scientist
9 4 (2.63%) Marketing Assistant
9 4 (2.63%) Senior Digital Marketing Manager
9 4 (2.63%) Senior Manager
9 4 (2.63%) Senior Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.97%) CSS
1 3 (1.97%) HTML
2 1 (0.66%) Flutter
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.66%) React
2 1 (0.66%) React Native
2 1 (0.66%) REST
2 1 (0.66%) RESTful
2 1 (0.66%) Spring
2 1 (0.66%) Spring Boot
2 1 (0.66%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.53%) Marketing Technology
2 12 (7.89%) Social Media
3 10 (6.58%) Onboarding
4 9 (5.92%) NHS
5 8 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (4.61%) Blog
7 6 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.63%) Digital Media
8 4 (2.63%) Educational Technology
8 4 (2.63%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.63%) Web Conferencing
9 3 (1.97%) PMI
10 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.32%) LIMS
10 2 (1.32%) Mobile Games
11 1 (0.66%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.66%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.66%) IoT
11 1 (0.66%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.58%) Windows 10
2 2 (1.32%) Windows
3 1 (0.66%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (43.42%) Programme Management
2 65 (42.76%) Business Intelligence
3 37 (24.34%) Analytics
4 34 (22.37%) Migration
5 24 (15.79%) Project Management
6 23 (15.13%) Workflow
7 20 (13.16%) B2B
7 20 (13.16%) CRM
8 19 (12.50%) Agile
8 19 (12.50%) AI
8 19 (12.50%) Marketing Strategy
9 17 (11.18%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
10 16 (10.53%) User Experience
11 15 (9.87%) Logistics
12 14 (9.21%) Roadmaps
13 13 (8.55%) Demand Generation
13 13 (8.55%) Workflow Management
14 11 (7.24%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (7.24%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.92%) SQL
2 6 (3.95%) Python
3 5 (3.29%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.97%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.32%) Go
6 1 (0.66%) Java
6 1 (0.66%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 39 (25.66%) Security Cleared
2 35 (23.03%) SC Cleared
3 14 (9.21%) Degree
4 6 (3.95%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.63%) PMI Certification
5 4 (2.63%) PMP
6 3 (1.97%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.32%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.32%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (1.32%) CISSP
7 2 (1.32%) CLAS
7 2 (1.32%) CREST Certified
7 2 (1.32%) GPEN
7 2 (1.32%) JNCIA
7 2 (1.32%) JNCIP
7 2 (1.32%) JNCIS
7 2 (1.32%) OSCE
7 2 (1.32%) OSCP
8 1 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.89%) GDPR
2 9 (5.92%) PERC
3 8 (5.26%) Data Quality
4 6 (3.95%) QA
5 5 (3.29%) JSP 440
5 5 (3.29%) PMO
5 5 (3.29%) RMADS
6 4 (2.63%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (1.97%) NCSC
7 3 (1.97%) WCAG
8 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (1.32%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (1.97%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.66%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.66%) SCCM
1 1 (0.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (0.66%) vRealize
Vendors
1 60 (39.47%) SAP
2 19 (12.50%) Adobe
2 19 (12.50%) Google
2 19 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 17 (11.18%) Microsoft
4 9 (5.92%) Tealium
5 6 (3.95%) Cisco
6 5 (3.29%) mParticle
6 5 (3.29%) TikTok
7 4 (2.63%) Braze
7 4 (2.63%) Marketo
7 4 (2.63%) Pega
7 4 (2.63%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 3 (1.97%) Facebook
8 3 (1.97%) HubSpot
8 3 (1.97%) Instagram
9 2 (1.32%) Brandwatch
9 2 (1.32%) Juniper
9 2 (1.32%) NetBase
9 2 (1.32%) Optimizely