Marketing Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Marketing Manager
UK > England

The median Marketing Manager daily rate in England is £423, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 472 499 548
Rank change year-on-year +27 +49 +172
Contract jobs requiring a Marketing Manager 35 33 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.10% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.11% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 18 28
10th Percentile £214 £248 £209
25th Percentile £281 £253 £327
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £358 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.32% -20.56% +1.69%
75th Percentile £494 £436 £576
90th Percentile £500 £523 £620
UK median daily rate £400 £365 £444
% change year-on-year +9.59% -17.75% +0.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 7
10th Percentile £21.45 £33.45 £36.40
25th Percentile £23.06 £35.25 £38.80
Median hourly rate £26.50 £39.50 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.91% -17.71% +12.94%
75th Percentile £34.00 £41.63 £52.88
90th Percentile £38.05 £42.15 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £39.50 £48.00
% change year-on-year -32.91% -17.71% +12.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,434 30,499 39,304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 92.95% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,408 18,823 27,428
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.11% -0.45%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,395 1,421 1,358
10th Percentile £13.76 £14.84 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £21.37 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%
75th Percentile £53.75 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.10 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Marketing Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Marketing Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Marketing Manager in England

Marketing Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Marketing Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Marketing Manager job vacancies in England

Marketing Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Marketing Manager in England over the 6 months to 25 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Marketing Manager in England

Marketing Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Marketing Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Marketing Manager job vacancies in England

Marketing Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Marketing Manager in England over the 6 months to 25 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Marketing Manager in England

Marketing Manager
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 Marketing Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 25 September 2025. 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 +32 29 £423 +19.15% 52
South East +23 4 - - 44
North of England -29 2 - - 16
North East - 2 - - 2
Marketing Manager
UK

Marketing Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 September 2025, Marketing Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Marketing Manager in the job title.

1 35 (100.00%) Marketing
2 16 (45.71%) Marketing Strategy
3 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 13 (37.14%) Digital Marketing
5 12 (34.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (34.29%) B2B
6 11 (31.43%) CRM
7 10 (28.57%) Salesforce
7 10 (28.57%) Marketing Automation
8 9 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (25.71%) B2B Marketing
8 9 (25.71%) Project Management
8 9 (25.71%) Advertising
8 9 (25.71%) Google
9 8 (22.86%) Lead Generation
10 7 (20.00%) Integrated Marketing
10 7 (20.00%) Value Proposition
10 7 (20.00%) SEO
10 7 (20.00%) Product Marketing
10 7 (20.00%) GTM Strategy
11 6 (17.14%) Web Conferencing
11 6 (17.14%) Social Media
11 6 (17.14%) Decision-Making
11 6 (17.14%) Business Case
11 6 (17.14%) Brand Awareness
11 6 (17.14%) Digital Media
12 5 (14.29%) Analytics
12 5 (14.29%) GCP
12 5 (14.29%) Sales Enablement
12 5 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking

Marketing Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.57%) CMS
2 1 (2.86%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.86%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.29%) GCP
2 4 (11.43%) AWS
3 3 (8.57%) Google Analytics
3 3 (8.57%) SaaS
4 1 (2.86%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (2.86%) Google Ads
4 1 (2.86%) Google Data Studio
4 1 (2.86%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Power BI
1 1 (2.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) JIRA
General
1 35 (100.00%) Marketing
2 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 9 (25.71%) Advertising
3 9 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (17.14%) Brand Awareness
5 4 (11.43%) Finance
5 4 (11.43%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 3 (8.57%) Retail
7 2 (5.71%) Italian Language
7 2 (5.71%) Legal
7 2 (5.71%) Public Speaking
7 2 (5.71%) Publishing
8 1 (2.86%) Games
8 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) Digital Media
1 6 (17.14%) Social Media
1 6 (17.14%) Web Conferencing
2 4 (11.43%) Blog
3 2 (5.71%) Digital Signage
4 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.86%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.86%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.86%) Life Science
4 1 (2.86%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (2.86%) Media Streaming
4 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (45.71%) Marketing Strategy
2 13 (37.14%) Digital Marketing
3 12 (34.29%) B2B
3 12 (34.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (31.43%) CRM
5 10 (28.57%) Marketing Automation
6 9 (25.71%) B2B Marketing
6 9 (25.71%) Project Management
7 8 (22.86%) Lead Generation
8 7 (20.00%) GTM Strategy
8 7 (20.00%) Integrated Marketing
8 7 (20.00%) Product Marketing
8 7 (20.00%) SEO
8 7 (20.00%) Value Proposition
9 6 (17.14%) Business Case
9 6 (17.14%) Decision-Making
10 5 (14.29%) Analytics
10 5 (14.29%) Sales Enablement
10 5 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
10 5 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) Python
1 1 (2.86%) R
1 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.57%) Degree
2 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.86%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.86%) GDPR
2 1 (2.86%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (28.57%) Salesforce
2 9 (25.71%) Google
3 5 (14.29%) Adobe
4 4 (11.43%) Facebook
4 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.86%) HubSpot
5 1 (2.86%) Instagram