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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 233 206
Rank change year-on-year -164 -27 +96
Contract jobs citing Digital Marketing 186 284 427
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.47% 1.16% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 1.28% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 172 292
10th Percentile £204 £205 £205
25th Percentile £284 £295 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £530 £464
Median % change year-on-year -22.08% +14.29% -13.32%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £670
90th Percentile £680 £700 £788
UK median daily rate £400 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -23.81% +10.53% -11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 7 30
10th Percentile £19.35 £17.02 £12.75
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 £24.49 £47.13 £36.72
90th Percentile £38.75 £54.60 £67.63
UK median hourly rate £23.75 £23.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +3.26% -16.36% -32.52%

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 33,547 22,212 32,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.44% 91.02% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,492 14,606 21,309
10th Percentile £314 £311 £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 £613 £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 2,069 881 2,207
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.84 £12.85
25th Percentile £20.09 £18.51 £15.76
Median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year +30.84% -7.16% -8.77%
75th Percentile £66.25 £64.50 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.25 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £37.16 £30.45 £33.55
% change year-on-year +22.04% -9.24% -7.45%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -52 100 £390 +0.06% 68
South East -118 22 £475 -24.00% 51
South West -51 21 £588 +8.80% 7
East of England -25 17 £475 -6.17% 25
North of England -84 15 £413 -15.28% 41
North West -36 12 £413 -22.08% 28
East Midlands -25 9 £158 -10.00% 5
Midlands -61 9 £158 -13.70% 18
North East -28 3 £175 -51.72% 6
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 (8.06%) CMS
2 7 (3.76%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.61%) Confluence
3 3 (1.61%) WordPress
4 2 (1.08%) Apache
4 2 (1.08%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.54%) Drupal
5 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (6.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (6.99%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.08%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.54%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.61%) Sprinklr
2 2 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.54%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.54%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 23 (12.37%) SaaS
2 16 (8.60%) Azure
3 14 (7.53%) AWS
4 13 (6.99%) GCP
5 12 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (5.91%) Google Analytics
7 7 (3.76%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.61%) Adobe Analytics
8 3 (1.61%) Facebook Ads
8 3 (1.61%) GitHub
8 3 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.08%) Asana
9 2 (1.08%) Figma
9 2 (1.08%) Miro
9 2 (1.08%) Slack
9 2 (1.08%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.54%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.54%) Canva
10 1 (0.54%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.76%) Wireless
2 4 (2.15%) Unified Communications
3 3 (1.61%) Network Security
3 3 (1.61%) VPN
4 2 (1.08%) BGP
4 2 (1.08%) Firewall
4 2 (1.08%) Intranet
4 2 (1.08%) Junos
4 2 (1.08%) OSPF
5 1 (0.54%) DHCP
5 1 (0.54%) DNS
5 1 (0.54%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.54%) Internet
5 1 (0.54%) NGN
5 1 (0.54%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.54%) VLAN
5 1 (0.54%) WAN
5 1 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.23%) Power BI
2 4 (2.15%) Looker
3 3 (1.61%) MySQL
3 3 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.54%) Metadata
4 1 (0.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (3.23%) JIRA
2 3 (1.61%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.61%) JUnit
2 3 (1.61%) Storybook
General
1 186 (100.00%) Marketing
2 101 (54.30%) Finance
3 94 (50.54%) Electronics
4 91 (48.92%) Telecoms
5 90 (48.39%) Public Sector
6 89 (47.85%) Manufacturing
7 61 (32.80%) Social Skills
8 26 (13.98%) Analytical Skills
9 20 (10.75%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (8.06%) Advertising
11 12 (6.45%) German Language
12 11 (5.91%) Legal
13 4 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (2.15%) Multimedia
13 4 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (2.15%) Publishing
14 3 (1.61%) Automotive
14 3 (1.61%) Brand Awareness
14 3 (1.61%) Games
14 3 (1.61%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 23 (12.37%) Marketing Manager
2 17 (9.14%) Digital Marketing Manager
3 14 (7.53%) IT Engineer
3 14 (7.53%) Migration Engineer
4 13 (6.99%) Windows Engineer
5 12 (6.45%) Architect
5 12 (6.45%) Consultant
6 11 (5.91%) Analyst
6 11 (5.91%) Migration Technician
6 11 (5.91%) Support Technician
7 9 (4.84%) Coordinator
7 9 (4.84%) IT Support
7 9 (4.84%) Senior
8 8 (4.30%) Project Manager
8 8 (4.30%) Support Engineer
9 7 (3.76%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 7 (3.76%) 2nd Line Support
9 7 (3.76%) Desktop Support
9 7 (3.76%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 6 (3.23%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.69%) CSS
1 5 (2.69%) HTML
2 3 (1.61%) React
2 3 (1.61%) RESTful
2 3 (1.61%) Spring
2 3 (1.61%) Spring Boot
2 3 (1.61%) Vitest
3 2 (1.08%) NumPy
3 2 (1.08%) Pandas
3 2 (1.08%) PySpark
4 1 (0.54%) Flutter
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.54%) React Native
4 1 (0.54%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.60%) Marketing Technology
2 11 (5.91%) Social Media
3 10 (5.38%) NHS
3 10 (5.38%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.76%) Blog
5 7 (3.76%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.76%) Digital Media
6 6 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.69%) Web Conferencing
8 4 (2.15%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.61%) PMI
10 2 (1.08%) Algorithms
10 2 (1.08%) CMDB
10 2 (1.08%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.08%) LIMS
10 2 (1.08%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.08%) Mobile Games
11 1 (0.54%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.99%) Windows 10
2 7 (3.76%) Android
2 7 (3.76%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.61%) Windows
4 1 (0.54%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (51.08%) Programme Management
2 94 (50.54%) Business Intelligence
3 43 (23.12%) Migration
4 40 (21.51%) Analytics
5 31 (16.67%) Workflow
6 25 (13.44%) CRM
7 23 (12.37%) Agile
7 23 (12.37%) AI
7 23 (12.37%) B2B
7 23 (12.37%) Marketing Strategy
7 23 (12.37%) Project Management
8 22 (11.83%) Logistics
9 21 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (11.29%) Workflow Management
10 18 (9.68%) Actionable Insight
11 17 (9.14%) User Experience
12 14 (7.53%) Data Management
12 14 (7.53%) Roadmaps
13 13 (6.99%) Continuous Improvement
14 12 (6.45%) Demand Generation
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.38%) SQL
2 9 (4.84%) Python
3 8 (4.30%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.15%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.61%) Java
5 3 (1.61%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.08%) Go
Qualifications
1 61 (32.80%) Security Cleared
2 57 (30.65%) SC Cleared
3 15 (8.06%) Degree
4 9 (4.84%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.69%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.69%) PMP
6 3 (1.61%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.08%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (1.08%) CISSP
7 2 (1.08%) CLAS
7 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.08%) GPEN
7 2 (1.08%) JNCIA
7 2 (1.08%) JNCIP
7 2 (1.08%) JNCIS
7 2 (1.08%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.08%) OSCE
7 2 (1.08%) OSCP
7 2 (1.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.45%) GDPR
2 11 (5.91%) Data Quality
3 9 (4.84%) PERC
4 8 (4.30%) Accessibility
5 7 (3.76%) PMO
5 7 (3.76%) QA
6 5 (2.69%) JSP 440
6 5 (2.69%) RMADS
7 3 (1.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (1.61%) NCSC
7 3 (1.61%) WCAG
8 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (1.08%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (1.61%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.54%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (1.08%) vRealize
2 1 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.54%) SCCM
2 1 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 90 (48.39%) SAP
2 22 (11.83%) Microsoft
2 22 (11.83%) Salesforce
3 19 (10.22%) Google
4 18 (9.68%) Adobe
5 17 (9.14%) Cisco
6 9 (4.84%) Tealium
7 7 (3.76%) Apple
7 7 (3.76%) Dell
7 7 (3.76%) HP
8 6 (3.23%) HubSpot
8 6 (3.23%) Marketo
9 5 (2.69%) mParticle
9 5 (2.69%) TikTok
10 4 (2.15%) Braze
10 4 (2.15%) Pega
10 4 (2.15%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (1.61%) Facebook
11 3 (1.61%) Instagram
12 2 (1.08%) Optimizely