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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 202 205
Rank change year-on-year -154 +3 +87
Contract jobs citing Digital Marketing 228 337 432
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.64% 1.31% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 1.45% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 190 299
10th Percentile £154 £205 £202
25th Percentile £261 £278 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £511 £516
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% -0.92% -1.71%
75th Percentile £550 £636 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £775
UK median daily rate £400 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -21.57% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 7 22
10th Percentile £16.92 £18.20 £15.52
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.98 £17.00
Median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -13.36% +4.76% -38.24%
75th Percentile £24.50 £41.63 £32.19
90th Percentile £38.75 £54.60 £37.56
UK median hourly rate £23.79 £23.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year +3.42% -6.12% -42.35%

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 30,972 23,170 33,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.17% 90.22% 87.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,848 14,569 21,913
10th Percentile £313 £308 £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 £617 £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 1,919 779 2,056
10th Percentile £15.24 £15.59 £13.42
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £34.77
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% +0.68% -0.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.93
90th Percentile £72.51 £75.30 £72.17
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £33.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% -2.99% -4.29%

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 28 February 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 February 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 28 February 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 -44 111 £395 +8.97% 47
South East -93 29 £475 -13.64% 45
South West -58 28 £588 +3.98% 14
East of England -13 21 £438 -11.17% 12
North of England -68 18 £175 -55.70% 29
Midlands -51 16 £158 -17.11% 17
East Midlands -8 15 £158 -10.00% 8
North West -36 10 £175 -65.00% 13
North East -19 6 £175 -51.72% 2
Yorkshire -61 2 - - 14
West Midlands -58 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 11 (4.82%) CMS
2 6 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.19%) WordPress
4 3 (1.32%) Confluence
5 2 (0.88%) Apache
5 2 (0.88%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.44%) Drupal
6 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 30 (13.16%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (7.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.75%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (1.32%) Notion
6 2 (0.88%) Trello
7 1 (0.44%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Eloqua
1 2 (0.88%) Shopify
2 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.44%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 30 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (9.21%) SaaS
3 18 (7.89%) Azure
4 15 (6.58%) AWS
5 14 (6.14%) GCP
6 10 (4.39%) Google Analytics
7 7 (3.07%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.75%) Asana
9 3 (1.32%) Canva
9 3 (1.32%) ChatGPT
9 3 (1.32%) Figma
9 3 (1.32%) GitHub
9 3 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.32%) Zapier
10 2 (0.88%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.88%) Miro
10 2 (0.88%) Slack
10 2 (0.88%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.88%) Wix.com
11 1 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.09%) Wireless
2 4 (1.75%) Unified Communications
2 4 (1.75%) VPN
3 3 (1.32%) BGP
3 3 (1.32%) Firewall
3 3 (1.32%) Junos
3 3 (1.32%) Network Security
3 3 (1.32%) OSPF
4 2 (0.88%) Intranet
5 1 (0.44%) DHCP
5 1 (0.44%) DNS
5 1 (0.44%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.44%) Internet
5 1 (0.44%) LAN
5 1 (0.44%) NGN
5 1 (0.44%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.44%) VLAN
5 1 (0.44%) WAN
5 1 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.63%) Power BI
2 4 (1.75%) Looker
3 3 (1.32%) MySQL
3 3 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.88%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.44%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (2.63%) JIRA
2 3 (1.32%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.32%) JUnit
2 3 (1.32%) Storybook
3 1 (0.44%) GitLab
General
1 228 (100.00%) Marketing
2 144 (63.16%) Finance
3 142 (62.28%) Electronics
4 139 (60.96%) Telecoms
5 138 (60.53%) Public Sector
6 137 (60.09%) Manufacturing
7 74 (32.46%) Social Skills
8 30 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
9 18 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (5.26%) German Language
11 10 (4.39%) Legal
12 9 (3.95%) Advertising
13 6 (2.63%) Brand Awareness
13 6 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (2.63%) Italian Language
14 4 (1.75%) Law
14 4 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (1.32%) Multimedia
16 2 (0.88%) Banking
16 2 (0.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (12.72%) IT Support
2 24 (10.53%) Marketing Manager
3 23 (10.09%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 23 (10.09%) 2nd Line Support
3 23 (10.09%) Desktop Support
3 23 (10.09%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 20 (8.77%) Migration Engineer
5 18 (7.89%) IT Engineer
6 15 (6.58%) Consultant
6 15 (6.58%) Digital Marketing Manager
7 14 (6.14%) Coordinator
8 13 (5.70%) Analyst
8 13 (5.70%) Support Engineer
8 13 (5.70%) Windows Engineer
9 11 (4.82%) Architect
9 11 (4.82%) Lead
9 11 (4.82%) Migration Technician
9 11 (4.82%) Support Technician
10 10 (4.39%) Senior
11 7 (3.07%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.19%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.75%) CSS
2 4 (1.75%) HTML
2 4 (1.75%) React
3 3 (1.32%) RESTful
3 3 (1.32%) Spring
3 3 (1.32%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.32%) Vitest
4 2 (0.88%) NumPy
4 2 (0.88%) Pandas
4 2 (0.88%) PySpark
4 2 (0.88%) REST
5 1 (0.44%) .NET
5 1 (0.44%) ADO
5 1 (0.44%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.44%) LDAP
5 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.44%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.44%) SOAP
5 1 (0.44%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.53%) Data Centre
2 15 (6.58%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.26%) Marketing Technology
3 12 (5.26%) NHS
4 11 (4.82%) Social Media
5 9 (3.95%) Web Conferencing
6 7 (3.07%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.07%) Digital Media
7 6 (2.63%) Blog
8 4 (1.75%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.32%) Midjourney
9 3 (1.32%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.88%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.88%) CMDB
10 2 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.88%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.88%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 23 (10.09%) Android
1 23 (10.09%) Mac OS
2 13 (5.70%) Windows 10
3 5 (2.19%) Windows
4 1 (0.44%) Linux
4 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (62.28%) Business Intelligence
1 142 (62.28%) Programme Management
2 45 (19.74%) Migration
3 38 (16.67%) Workflow
4 35 (15.35%) Analytics
5 27 (11.84%) Agile
5 27 (11.84%) Logistics
5 27 (11.84%) Workflow Management
6 26 (11.40%) CRM
7 24 (10.53%) Marketing Strategy
8 23 (10.09%) AI
8 23 (10.09%) Stakeholder Management
9 22 (9.65%) B2B
10 20 (8.77%) Project Management
11 18 (7.89%) User Experience
12 15 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (6.58%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (6.14%) Roadmaps
14 13 (5.70%) Data Management
14 13 (5.70%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.39%) Python
2 8 (3.51%) SQL
3 6 (2.63%) JavaScript
3 6 (2.63%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.19%) Java
5 4 (1.75%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.88%) BeanShell
6 2 (0.88%) Go
7 1 (0.44%) C#
Qualifications
1 91 (39.91%) Security Cleared
2 87 (38.16%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.82%) Degree
4 10 (4.39%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.75%) CISSP
5 4 (1.75%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.32%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.32%) JNCIA
6 3 (1.32%) JNCIP
6 3 (1.32%) JNCIS
7 2 (0.88%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.88%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (0.88%) CLAS
7 2 (0.88%) CREST Certified
7 2 (0.88%) GPEN
7 2 (0.88%) OSCE
7 2 (0.88%) OSCP
7 2 (0.88%) PMP
7 2 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.70%) Accessibility
2 12 (5.26%) GDPR
3 9 (3.95%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.95%) PMO
4 5 (2.19%) JSP 440
4 5 (2.19%) PERC
4 5 (2.19%) QA
4 5 (2.19%) RMADS
5 4 (1.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.32%) NCSC
6 3 (1.32%) NIST
6 3 (1.32%) WCAG
7 2 (0.88%) SLA
8 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.44%) FISMA
8 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (2.63%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.44%) Docker
2 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (0.88%) vRealize
2 1 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.44%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.44%) SCCM
2 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 138 (60.53%) SAP
2 36 (15.79%) Cisco
3 28 (12.28%) Microsoft
4 23 (10.09%) Apple
4 23 (10.09%) Dell
4 23 (10.09%) HP
5 22 (9.65%) Salesforce
6 13 (5.70%) Google
7 11 (4.82%) Adobe
8 7 (3.07%) HubSpot
8 7 (3.07%) Marketo
9 5 (2.19%) mParticle
9 5 (2.19%) ServiceNow
9 5 (2.19%) Tealium
10 4 (1.75%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (1.32%) Juniper
11 3 (1.32%) YouTube
12 2 (0.88%) Instagram
12 2 (0.88%) OpenText
12 2 (0.88%) VMware