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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 204 205
Rank change year-on-year -143 +1 +93
Contract jobs citing Digital Marketing 228 319 438
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 1.27% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 1.40% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 187 303
10th Percentile £154 £206 £201
25th Percentile £261 £281 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% +2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £775
UK median daily rate £390 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -23.90% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 7 24
10th Percentile £17.44 £18.20 £15.81
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 £31.56
90th Percentile £38.75 £54.60 £36.44
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +3.59% -8.00% -41.18%

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 31,295 22,746 32,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.03% 90.36% 87.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,032 14,434 21,722
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 £618 £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 1,939 776 2,084
10th Percentile £15.24 £15.50 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £33.78
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +3.63% -6.18%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.44
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.38 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £32.50 £32.85
% change year-on-year -14.03% -1.05% -6.16%

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 4 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 4 March 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 4 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 -45 112 £383 +13.33% 79
South West -55 28 £588 +3.98% 28
South East -89 28 £475 -17.39% 55
East of England -14 20 £438 -12.50% 36
North of England -64 19 £175 -55.70% 64
Midlands -54 16 £158 -17.11% 36
East Midlands -17 15 £158 -10.00% 21
North West -37 11 £175 -65.00% 26
North East -19 6 £175 -51.72% 7
Yorkshire -60 2 - - 31
West Midlands -61 1 - - 15
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 12 (5.26%) 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 16 (7.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.75%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.32%) Notion
5 2 (0.88%) Trello
6 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
2 1 (0.44%) Sprinklr
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
2 142 (62.28%) Finance
3 140 (61.40%) Electronics
4 137 (60.09%) Telecoms
5 136 (59.65%) Public Sector
6 135 (59.21%) Manufacturing
7 74 (32.46%) Social Skills
8 32 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
9 18 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (5.26%) German Language
11 10 (4.39%) Advertising
11 10 (4.39%) Legal
12 6 (2.63%) Brand Awareness
12 6 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.63%) Italian Language
13 4 (1.75%) Law
13 4 (1.75%) Multimedia
13 4 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.88%) Automotive
14 2 (0.88%) Games
Job Titles
1 29 (12.72%) IT Support
2 25 (10.96%) 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 16 (7.02%) Digital Marketing Manager
7 15 (6.58%) Consultant
8 14 (6.14%) Coordinator
9 13 (5.70%) Analyst
9 13 (5.70%) Support Engineer
9 13 (5.70%) Windows Engineer
10 11 (4.82%) Architect
10 11 (4.82%) Lead
10 11 (4.82%) Migration Technician
10 11 (4.82%) Senior
10 11 (4.82%) Support Technician
11 8 (3.51%) Senior 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 8 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (3.07%) Blog
7 7 (3.07%) Digital Media
8 5 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.75%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.32%) Midjourney
10 3 (1.32%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.88%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.88%) CMDB
11 2 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.88%) Driving Licence
11 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
1 140 (61.40%) Business Intelligence
1 140 (61.40%) 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%) CRM
5 27 (11.84%) Workflow Management
6 26 (11.40%) Logistics
7 24 (10.53%) AI
7 24 (10.53%) Marketing Strategy
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
13 14 (6.14%) Data Management
13 14 (6.14%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (6.14%) Roadmaps
13 14 (6.14%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.39%) Python
2 9 (3.95%) 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 10 (4.39%) Data Quality
4 9 (3.95%) PMO
5 5 (2.19%) JSP 440
5 5 (2.19%) PERC
5 5 (2.19%) QA
5 5 (2.19%) RMADS
6 4 (1.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.32%) NCSC
7 3 (1.32%) NIST
7 3 (1.32%) WCAG
8 2 (0.88%) SLA
9 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.44%) FISMA
9 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
9 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
1 136 (59.65%) SAP
2 36 (15.79%) Cisco
3 27 (11.84%) 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