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 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 218 209
Rank change year-on-year -164 -9 +95
Contract jobs citing Digital Marketing 210 281 432
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.55% 1.16% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 1.28% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 187 299
10th Percentile £170 £207 £205
25th Percentile £284 £281 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £463
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +13.51% -13.55%
75th Percentile £551 £638 £644
90th Percentile £675 £700 £778
UK median daily rate £400 £513 £475
% change year-on-year -21.95% +7.89% -11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 7 25
10th Percentile £17.94 £17.02 £15.23
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.20 £16.80
Median hourly rate £23.75 £27.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -32.52%
75th Percentile £24.50 £41.63 £30.50
90th Percentile £38.75 £54.60 £38.13
UK median hourly rate £23.75 £23.00 £26.25
% change year-on-year +3.26% -12.38% -35.58%

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 32,731 22,028 32,675
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.21% 90.81% 86.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,968 14,519 21,584
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £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 1,997 852 2,159
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £20.30 £16.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £32.66 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% -1.05% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £77.10 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -9.72%

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 28 March 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 28 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Digital Marketing in England

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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 28 March 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 -35 106 £363 - 65
South East -113 27 £475 -21.65% 50
South West -47 23 £625 +14.68% 9
East of England -19 21 £475 -5.00% 14
North of England -73 18 £175 -61.22% 53
East Midlands -21 13 £158 -10.00% 11
North West -35 13 £413 -22.08% 32
Midlands -65 13 £158 -13.70% 25
North East -18 5 £175 -51.72% 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 13 (6.19%) CMS
2 6 (2.86%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.43%) Confluence
4 2 (0.95%) Apache
4 2 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.95%) WordPress
5 1 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.48%) Drupal
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (10.48%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (7.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.90%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.95%) Notion
5 2 (0.95%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.48%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.43%) Sprinklr
2 2 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.48%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.48%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 23 (10.95%) SaaS
2 20 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (8.57%) Azure
4 15 (7.14%) AWS
5 14 (6.67%) GCP
6 11 (5.24%) Google Analytics
7 7 (3.33%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.43%) Adobe Analytics
8 3 (1.43%) Canva
8 3 (1.43%) GitHub
8 3 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.95%) Asana
9 2 (0.95%) ChatGPT
9 2 (0.95%) Facebook Ads
9 2 (0.95%) Figma
9 2 (0.95%) Miro
9 2 (0.95%) Slack
9 2 (0.95%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.95%) Zapier
10 1 (0.48%) Amazon Bedrock
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.14%) Wireless
2 4 (1.90%) Unified Communications
2 4 (1.90%) VPN
3 3 (1.43%) BGP
3 3 (1.43%) Firewall
3 3 (1.43%) Junos
3 3 (1.43%) Network Security
3 3 (1.43%) OSPF
4 2 (0.95%) Intranet
5 1 (0.48%) DHCP
5 1 (0.48%) DNS
5 1 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.48%) Internet
5 1 (0.48%) LAN
5 1 (0.48%) NGN
5 1 (0.48%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.48%) VLAN
5 1 (0.48%) WAN
5 1 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.86%) Power BI
2 4 (1.90%) Looker
3 3 (1.43%) MySQL
3 3 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.95%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.48%) Metadata
5 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (3.33%) JIRA
2 3 (1.43%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.43%) JUnit
2 3 (1.43%) Storybook
General
1 210 (100.00%) Marketing
2 122 (58.10%) Finance
3 117 (55.71%) Electronics
4 114 (54.29%) Telecoms
5 113 (53.81%) Public Sector
6 112 (53.33%) Manufacturing
7 72 (34.29%) Social Skills
8 33 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
9 19 (9.05%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (7.14%) Advertising
11 12 (5.71%) German Language
12 11 (5.24%) Legal
13 6 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (2.38%) Brand Awareness
14 5 (2.38%) Italian Language
15 4 (1.90%) Law
15 4 (1.90%) Multimedia
15 4 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.90%) Publishing
16 3 (1.43%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 24 (11.43%) Marketing Manager
2 19 (9.05%) IT Support
3 17 (8.10%) Digital Marketing Manager
4 16 (7.62%) IT Engineer
4 16 (7.62%) Migration Engineer
5 15 (7.14%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 15 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
5 15 (7.14%) Desktop Support
5 15 (7.14%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 14 (6.67%) Analyst
6 14 (6.67%) Consultant
7 13 (6.19%) Windows Engineer
8 12 (5.71%) Architect
8 12 (5.71%) Senior
9 11 (5.24%) Coordinator
9 11 (5.24%) Migration Technician
9 11 (5.24%) Support Technician
10 10 (4.76%) Support Engineer
11 8 (3.81%) Project Manager
12 7 (3.33%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.38%) CSS
1 5 (2.38%) HTML
2 3 (1.43%) React
2 3 (1.43%) REST
2 3 (1.43%) RESTful
2 3 (1.43%) Spring
2 3 (1.43%) Spring Boot
2 3 (1.43%) Vitest
3 2 (0.95%) NumPy
3 2 (0.95%) Pandas
3 2 (0.95%) PySpark
3 2 (0.95%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.48%) ADO
4 1 (0.48%) Flutter
4 1 (0.48%) LDAP
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.48%) React Native
4 1 (0.48%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.14%) Data Centre
1 15 (7.14%) Marketing Technology
2 12 (5.71%) NHS
2 12 (5.71%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.24%) Social Media
4 8 (3.81%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.81%) Web Conferencing
5 7 (3.33%) Blog
5 7 (3.33%) Digital Media
6 4 (1.90%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.43%) PMI
7 3 (1.43%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.95%) CMDB
8 2 (0.95%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.95%) Educational Technology
8 2 (0.95%) LIMS
8 2 (0.95%) Midjourney
8 2 (0.95%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.14%) Android
1 15 (7.14%) Mac OS
2 13 (6.19%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.43%) Windows
4 1 (0.48%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (55.71%) Business Intelligence
2 116 (55.24%) Programme Management
3 45 (21.43%) Migration
4 38 (18.10%) Analytics
5 33 (15.71%) Workflow
6 28 (13.33%) CRM
7 25 (11.90%) AI
7 25 (11.90%) Logistics
8 24 (11.43%) Agile
8 24 (11.43%) Marketing Strategy
9 23 (10.95%) Stakeholder Management
9 23 (10.95%) Workflow Management
10 22 (10.48%) B2B
11 21 (10.00%) Project Management
12 17 (8.10%) Actionable Insight
12 17 (8.10%) User Experience
13 15 (7.14%) Data Management
14 14 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (6.19%) Time Management
16 12 (5.71%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.76%) SQL
2 9 (4.29%) Python
3 8 (3.81%) JavaScript
4 6 (2.86%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.38%) Java
6 3 (1.43%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.95%) BeanShell
7 2 (0.95%) Go
Qualifications
1 75 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 71 (33.81%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.67%) Degree
4 10 (4.76%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.38%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.90%) CISSP
7 3 (1.43%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.43%) JNCIA
7 3 (1.43%) JNCIP
7 3 (1.43%) JNCIS
7 3 (1.43%) PMP
8 2 (0.95%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.95%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (0.95%) CLAS
8 2 (0.95%) CREST Certified
8 2 (0.95%) GPEN
8 2 (0.95%) OSCE
8 2 (0.95%) OSCP
8 2 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.14%) GDPR
2 11 (5.24%) Data Quality
3 10 (4.76%) Accessibility
4 8 (3.81%) PERC
4 8 (3.81%) PMO
5 5 (2.38%) JSP 440
5 5 (2.38%) QA
5 5 (2.38%) RMADS
6 4 (1.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.43%) NCSC
7 3 (1.43%) NIST
7 3 (1.43%) WCAG
8 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.48%) FISMA
8 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (2.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.48%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (0.95%) vRealize
2 1 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.48%) SCCM
2 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 113 (53.81%) SAP
2 27 (12.86%) Cisco
3 25 (11.90%) Microsoft
4 23 (10.95%) Salesforce
5 18 (8.57%) Adobe
6 17 (8.10%) Google
7 15 (7.14%) Apple
7 15 (7.14%) Dell
7 15 (7.14%) HP
8 8 (3.81%) Tealium
9 7 (3.33%) HubSpot
9 7 (3.33%) Marketo
10 5 (2.38%) mParticle
10 5 (2.38%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.90%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (1.43%) Instagram
12 3 (1.43%) Juniper
12 3 (1.43%) Pega
12 3 (1.43%) TikTok
12 3 (1.43%) YouTube