Marketing Contracts in England

Marketing
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Marketing in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Marketing over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 67 98
Rank change year-on-year -4 +31 -6
Contract jobs citing Marketing 778 1,120 1,257
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.20% 3.01% 2.49%
As % of the General category 4.99% 5.15% 4.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 689 861
10th Percentile £211 £213 £238
25th Percentile £314 £333 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.95% -11.90% -
75th Percentile £600 £613 £638
90th Percentile £700 £751 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £463 £525
% change year-on-year +5.41% -11.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 68 42
10th Percentile £18.96 £13.22 £22.19
25th Percentile £27.88 £22.50 £25.69
Median hourly rate £37.33 £34.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.78% -6.85% -2.67%
75th Percentile £50.67 £44.00 £51.19
90th Percentile £60.55 £66.28 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £34.58 £34.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +1.69% -6.85% -2.67%

All General Skills
England

Marketing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 15,582 21,742 29,876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 64.02% 58.41% 59.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,120 14,023 20,959
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 674 1,785 974
10th Percentile £14.01 £13.00 £13.97
25th Percentile £17.27 £15.50 £18.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £33.91
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -11.53% +57.72%
75th Percentile £58.34 £51.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% -14.29% +59.71%

Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Marketing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Marketing in England

Marketing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Marketing in England.

Daily rate trend for Marketing in England

Marketing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Marketing in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Marketing in England

Marketing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Marketing in England.

Hourly rate trend for Marketing in England

Marketing
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Marketing in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Marketing in England

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 Marketing within the England region over the 6 months to 30 April 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 -1 464 £460 +2.22% 2,870
South East +7 129 £481 +16.67% 411
South West +23 66 £565 -5.83% 182
North of England +18 63 £530 +6.00% 565
North West +17 46 £530 +6.00% 350
Midlands 0 17 £413 +0.61% 311
East of England -6 13 £500 +33.33% 150
North East +6 11 £419 -21.36% 54
West Midlands -1 11 £270 -46.00% 184
Yorkshire -5 6 £550 +22.22% 166
East Midlands +3 5 £436 +16.27% 128
Marketing
UK

Marketing
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 30 (3.86%) CMS
2 19 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.19%) Confluence
4 16 (2.06%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.29%) SAS
6 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (1.03%) WordPress
8 6 (0.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.64%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.51%) Drupal
11 2 (0.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.26%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.26%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.13%) Facebook Platform
12 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.13%) Kentico
12 1 (0.13%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 50 (6.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (5.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (2.31%) Photoshop
5 11 (1.41%) Adobe Illustrator
6 9 (1.16%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 7 (0.90%) MS Visio
8 6 (0.77%) Adobe After Effects
9 5 (0.64%) Trello
10 4 (0.51%) Maya
11 2 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.26%) InDesign
11 2 (0.26%) InVision
11 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
12 1 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
12 1 (0.13%) Simulink
12 1 (0.13%) Sketch
12 1 (0.13%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 31 (3.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (0.77%) Shopify
3 4 (0.51%) Eloqua
3 4 (0.51%) Teamcenter
3 4 (0.51%) Workfront
4 3 (0.39%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.39%) Sprinklr
4 3 (0.39%) Unica
5 2 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.26%) Magento
5 2 (0.26%) Movex
5 2 (0.26%) SAP PLM
5 2 (0.26%) SAP SRM
6 1 (0.13%) Endur
6 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 90 (11.57%) Azure
2 66 (8.48%) Power Platform
3 55 (7.07%) AWS
4 37 (4.76%) SaaS
5 34 (4.37%) GCP
6 31 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (3.98%) Dynamics 365
7 27 (3.47%) Adobe Analytics
8 25 (3.21%) Google Analytics
9 22 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (2.57%) PowerApps
11 17 (2.19%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 15 (1.93%) Power Automate
12 15 (1.93%) Snowflake
13 12 (1.54%) Figma
13 12 (1.54%) GitHub
13 12 (1.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 11 (1.41%) PaaS
14 11 (1.41%) Serverless
15 10 (1.29%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.19%) Firewall
1 17 (2.19%) VPN
2 7 (0.90%) DNS
2 7 (0.90%) SMS
2 7 (0.90%) Wireless
3 6 (0.77%) Internet
3 6 (0.77%) LAN
4 5 (0.64%) DHCP
4 5 (0.64%) Network Security
4 5 (0.64%) SAN
4 5 (0.64%) WAN
5 4 (0.51%) BGP
5 4 (0.51%) OSPF
6 3 (0.39%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.26%) EIGRP
7 2 (0.26%) NAS
7 2 (0.26%) Skype
7 2 (0.26%) SMTP
7 2 (0.26%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (6.56%) Power BI
2 34 (4.37%) Tableau
3 32 (4.11%) Relational Database
4 28 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (3.34%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.16%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.03%) BigQuery
7 8 (1.03%) Looker
8 7 (0.90%) Big Data
9 5 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.64%) Data Mining
9 5 (0.64%) Power Query
9 5 (0.64%) Qlik Sense
9 5 (0.64%) SQL Server
10 4 (0.51%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.51%) PowerPivot
11 3 (0.39%) Amazon QuickSight
11 3 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.26%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 39 (5.01%) JIRA
2 34 (4.37%) Jenkins
3 21 (2.70%) Gradle
3 21 (2.70%) JUnit
3 21 (2.70%) Liquibase
3 21 (2.70%) Mockito
4 19 (2.44%) Git
5 17 (2.19%) GitLab
6 8 (1.03%) Selenium
7 4 (0.51%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.51%) Postman
8 3 (0.39%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.39%) webpack
9 2 (0.26%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.26%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.26%) ERwin
9 2 (0.26%) Grunt
9 2 (0.26%) NUnit
9 2 (0.26%) REST Assured
General
1 347 (44.60%) Finance
2 258 (33.16%) Social Skills
3 205 (26.35%) Public Sector
4 198 (25.45%) Telecoms
5 184 (23.65%) Manufacturing
6 181 (23.26%) Electronics
7 131 (16.84%) Analytical Skills
8 54 (6.94%) Legal
9 47 (6.04%) Retail
10 37 (4.76%) Advertising
11 34 (4.37%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (2.57%) Banking
14 16 (2.06%) Brand Awareness
15 15 (1.93%) German Language
16 14 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 9 (1.16%) Automotive
19 8 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
20 7 (0.90%) Law
Job Titles
1 76 (9.77%) Developer
2 68 (8.74%) Senior
3 66 (8.48%) Analyst
4 57 (7.33%) Architect
5 55 (7.07%) Project Manager
6 49 (6.30%) Lead
7 37 (4.76%) Consultant
8 32 (4.11%) Marketing Manager
9 29 (3.73%) Product Manager
10 27 (3.47%) Business Analyst
11 23 (2.96%) Designer
12 21 (2.70%) Active Directory Architect
13 20 (2.57%) Azure Engineer
14 18 (2.31%) Data Scientist
14 18 (2.31%) Support Engineer
15 17 (2.19%) Account Manager
15 17 (2.19%) Salesforce Developer
15 17 (2.19%) Senior Manager
16 15 (1.93%) Java Developer
17 14 (1.80%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (5.66%) HTML
2 42 (5.40%) CSS
3 30 (3.86%) React
4 23 (2.96%) Kafka
4 23 (2.96%) Spring Boot
5 22 (2.83%) OpenAPI
5 22 (2.83%) Swagger
6 21 (2.70%) Spring
7 20 (2.57%) Lightning Web Components
8 18 (2.31%) .NET
9 13 (1.67%) Visualforce
10 12 (1.54%) REST
11 8 (1.03%) Middleware
12 7 (0.90%) Node.js
12 7 (0.90%) SOAP
13 6 (0.77%) AngularJS
13 6 (0.77%) JSON
14 5 (0.64%) ARM Templates
14 5 (0.64%) HTML5
14 5 (0.64%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 56 (7.20%) Social Media
2 36 (4.63%) Onboarding
3 33 (4.24%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (3.08%) Marketing Technology
6 20 (2.57%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.57%) NHS
7 18 (2.31%) Digital Media
8 15 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.80%) Multi-touch
10 10 (1.29%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.16%) Graphic Design
12 8 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.03%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.90%) Algorithms
13 7 (0.90%) Data Structures
13 7 (0.90%) Photography
14 6 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (0.77%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 56 (7.20%) Windows
2 14 (1.80%) Linux
3 13 (1.67%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.51%) Android
4 4 (0.51%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.39%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.39%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.13%) Alpine Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (33.80%) Digital Marketing
2 233 (29.95%) Business Intelligence
3 188 (24.16%) Programme Management
4 170 (21.85%) Agile
5 153 (19.67%) Analytics
6 141 (18.12%) Problem-Solving
7 136 (17.48%) Project Management
8 107 (13.75%) CRM
9 99 (12.72%) Stakeholder Management
10 77 (9.90%) DevOps
11 76 (9.77%) User Experience
12 73 (9.38%) Decision-Making
12 73 (9.38%) Migration
13 58 (7.46%) CI/CD
13 58 (7.46%) Data Analysis
14 57 (7.33%) Continuous Improvement
15 56 (7.20%) E-Commerce
16 54 (6.94%) Roadmaps
17 51 (6.56%) Actionable Insight
18 49 (6.30%) Marketing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 107 (13.75%) SQL
2 61 (7.84%) Python
3 52 (6.68%) JavaScript
4 39 (5.01%) Java
5 37 (4.76%) PowerShell
6 31 (3.98%) TypeScript
7 24 (3.08%) C#
8 21 (2.70%) R
9 20 (2.57%) Apex Code
10 11 (1.41%) Bicep
11 9 (1.16%) Bash
11 9 (1.16%) C++
12 5 (0.64%) C
13 4 (0.51%) Groovy
13 4 (0.51%) PHP
14 3 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.39%) MATLAB
14 3 (0.39%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.26%) SOQL
15 2 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 114 (14.65%) Degree
2 103 (13.24%) Security Cleared
3 62 (7.97%) SC Cleared
4 40 (5.14%) DV Cleared
5 18 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.31%) Master's Degree
6 15 (1.93%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.54%) PMI Certification
8 11 (1.41%) PhD
9 8 (1.03%) PMP
10 6 (0.77%) ISEB
11 5 (0.64%) CBAP
12 4 (0.51%) MBA
13 3 (0.39%) ACCA
13 3 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.39%) CIMA
13 3 (0.39%) CISSP
13 3 (0.39%) Dell Certification
13 3 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.14%) Accessibility
2 22 (2.83%) GDPR
3 16 (2.06%) QA
4 14 (1.80%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.41%) PMO
6 6 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.64%) JSP 440
7 5 (0.64%) SLA
8 4 (0.51%) WCAG
9 3 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.39%) NIST
10 2 (0.26%) DICOM
10 2 (0.26%) GxP
10 2 (0.26%) HL7
10 2 (0.26%) RMADS
11 1 (0.13%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 40 (5.14%) Docker
2 32 (4.11%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.26%) Firmware
4 2 (0.26%) NFS
4 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.26%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (2.83%) Terraform
2 18 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.64%) Ansible
5 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.39%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.26%) Grafana
7 2 (0.26%) Puppet
7 2 (0.26%) vRealize
7 2 (0.26%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.13%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.13%) SCCM
8 1 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.13%) VxRail
Vendors
1 199 (25.58%) SAP
2 99 (12.72%) Salesforce
3 97 (12.47%) Microsoft
4 72 (9.25%) Adobe
5 61 (7.84%) Google
6 17 (2.19%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 15 (1.93%) Databricks
8 13 (1.67%) Facebook
9 11 (1.41%) TikTok
10 9 (1.16%) HubSpot
10 9 (1.16%) VMware
11 8 (1.03%) HP
11 8 (1.03%) Instagram
11 8 (1.03%) Sitecore
11 8 (1.03%) Splunk
12 7 (0.90%) Cisco
12 7 (0.90%) Dell
12 7 (0.90%) IBM
12 7 (0.90%) Marketo
12 7 (0.90%) Teradata