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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 454 233 226
Rank change year-on-year -221 -7 +88
Contract jobs citing Digital Marketing 134 257 370
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.33% 1.06% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 1.16% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 144 244
10th Percentile £284 £200 £205
25th Percentile £316 £281 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £530 £506
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% +4.69% -3.57%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £702
90th Percentile £680 £700 £814
UK median daily rate £413 £515 £516
% change year-on-year -19.81% -0.19% -1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 10 28
10th Percentile £15.34 £17.91 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £20.09 £16.45
Median hourly rate £23.83 £28.35 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.96% +3.09% -56.00%
75th Percentile £24.49 £46.56 £38.13
90th Percentile - £54.08 £67.88
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £25.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.64% +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 34,498 22,079 31,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.70% 91.24% 86.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,001 14,439 20,650
10th Percentile £320 £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 £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,129 933 2,247
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.44 £12.90
25th Percentile £20.38 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.01 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +47.83% -21.23% +0.29%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -78 85 £400 -5.88% 73
North of England -73 13 £413 -22.08% 41
North West -35 12 £413 -22.08% 25
South West -55 12 £525 -5.41% 9
East of England -27 11 £475 -5.00% 19
South East -126 9 £475 -21.65% 33
East Midlands -25 4 - - 7
Midlands -65 4 - - 20
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 (10.45%) CMS
2 4 (2.99%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 4 (2.99%) WordPress
3 3 (2.24%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.49%) Drupal
5 1 (0.75%) Confluence
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.49%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.49%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.75%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.24%) Adobe Campaign
1 3 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.24%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.75%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (0.75%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.94%) SaaS
2 9 (6.72%) Azure
3 8 (5.97%) AWS
4 7 (5.22%) GCP
4 7 (5.22%) Google Analytics
5 6 (4.48%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.24%) Adobe Analytics
6 3 (2.24%) Facebook Ads
6 3 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.49%) Asana
7 2 (1.49%) Figma
7 2 (1.49%) Google Ads
7 2 (1.49%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.49%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.75%) Canva
8 1 (0.75%) Google Data Studio
8 1 (0.75%) Miro
8 1 (0.75%) Slack
8 1 (0.75%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.49%) Network Security
2 1 (0.75%) BGP
2 1 (0.75%) DHCP
2 1 (0.75%) Ethernet VPN
2 1 (0.75%) Firewall
2 1 (0.75%) Junos
2 1 (0.75%) OSPF
2 1 (0.75%) VPN
2 1 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.73%) Power BI
2 4 (2.99%) Looker
3 2 (1.49%) Tableau
4 1 (0.75%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (2.99%) JIRA
General
1 134 (100.00%) Marketing
2 51 (38.06%) Finance
3 46 (34.33%) Social Skills
4 44 (32.84%) Electronics
5 42 (31.34%) Telecoms
6 41 (30.60%) Public Sector
7 40 (29.85%) Manufacturing
8 19 (14.18%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
10 12 (8.96%) Advertising
11 9 (6.72%) German Language
11 9 (6.72%) Legal
12 4 (2.99%) Games
12 4 (2.99%) Multimedia
12 4 (2.99%) Retail
13 3 (2.24%) Automotive
13 3 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (2.24%) Publishing
14 2 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (17.91%) Marketing Manager
2 19 (14.18%) Digital Marketing Manager
3 12 (8.96%) Lead
4 10 (7.46%) Architect
4 10 (7.46%) Project Manager
5 9 (6.72%) Analyst
5 9 (6.72%) Migration Technician
5 9 (6.72%) Support Technician
6 8 (5.97%) Consultant
6 8 (5.97%) Senior
7 7 (5.22%) Coordinator
8 5 (3.73%) Digital Project Manager
8 5 (3.73%) IT Engineer
8 5 (3.73%) Migration Engineer
8 5 (3.73%) Windows Engineer
9 4 (2.99%) Data Scientist
9 4 (2.99%) Marketing Assistant
9 4 (2.99%) Senior Digital Marketing Manager
9 4 (2.99%) Senior Manager
9 4 (2.99%) Senior Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.49%) CSS
1 2 (1.49%) Flutter
1 2 (1.49%) HTML
1 2 (1.49%) React Native
1 2 (1.49%) REST
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.69%) Social Media
2 16 (11.94%) Marketing Technology
3 8 (5.97%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.97%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (5.22%) Blog
5 5 (3.73%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (3.73%) NHS
5 5 (3.73%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.99%) Educational Technology
7 3 (2.24%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (1.49%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.49%) Digital Media
8 2 (1.49%) LIMS
8 2 (1.49%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.49%) Mobile Games
8 2 (1.49%) PMI
9 1 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.75%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.75%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.73%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.75%) Windows
2 1 (0.75%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (35.07%) Programme Management
2 46 (34.33%) Business Intelligence
3 32 (23.88%) Analytics
4 28 (20.90%) Project Management
5 22 (16.42%) Migration
6 20 (14.93%) CRM
7 19 (14.18%) Agile
8 17 (12.69%) AI
8 17 (12.69%) User Experience
9 16 (11.94%) B2B
9 16 (11.94%) Marketing Strategy
9 16 (11.94%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (11.19%) Actionable Insight
11 14 (10.45%) Collaborative Working
11 14 (10.45%) Workflow
12 12 (8.96%) Business Case
12 12 (8.96%) Roadmaps
13 11 (8.21%) Decision-Making
13 11 (8.21%) Demand Generation
14 10 (7.46%) Personalization
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.97%) SQL
2 5 (3.73%) Python
3 3 (2.24%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.49%) Go
4 2 (1.49%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (20.15%) Security Cleared
2 23 (17.16%) SC Cleared
3 17 (12.69%) Degree
4 5 (3.73%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.99%) PMP
6 3 (2.24%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.49%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.49%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.49%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (1.49%) CISSP
7 2 (1.49%) CLAS
7 2 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.49%) CREST Certified
7 2 (1.49%) GPEN
7 2 (1.49%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.49%) MBA
7 2 (1.49%) OSCE
7 2 (1.49%) OSCP
8 1 (0.75%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.46%) GDPR
2 8 (5.97%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.97%) PERC
3 6 (4.48%) PMO
3 6 (4.48%) QA
4 5 (3.73%) JSP 440
4 5 (3.73%) RMADS
5 3 (2.24%) NCSC
6 2 (1.49%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.49%) NIST
6 2 (1.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (1.49%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.75%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.75%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.75%) SCCM
1 1 (0.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 41 (30.60%) SAP
2 21 (15.67%) Adobe
3 18 (13.43%) Google
4 15 (11.19%) Salesforce
5 12 (8.96%) Microsoft
6 8 (5.97%) Tealium
7 6 (4.48%) TikTok
8 4 (2.99%) Braze
8 4 (2.99%) mParticle
8 4 (2.99%) Pega
9 3 (2.24%) Cisco
9 3 (2.24%) Facebook
9 3 (2.24%) Instagram
9 3 (2.24%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (1.49%) Brandwatch
10 2 (1.49%) Marketo
10 2 (1.49%) NetBase
10 2 (1.49%) Optimizely
10 2 (1.49%) Oracle
11 1 (0.75%) HubSpot