Marketing Contract Job Trends 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 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 63 70
Rank change year-on-year -29 +7 +34
Contract jobs citing Marketing 871 993 1,092
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.78% 3.45% 2.95%
As % of the General category 4.50% 5.60% 4.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 545 748
10th Percentile £182 £248 £213
25th Percentile £300 £335 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £519
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -3.61% -1.19%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -10.00% -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 28 39
10th Percentile £15.75 £22.27 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.25 £30.44 £21.38
Median hourly rate £23.83 £36.25 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -34.28% +26.09% -23.33%
75th Percentile £33.36 £58.75 £47.27
90th Percentile £41.87 £80.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £33.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year -27.80% +13.79% -22.67%

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 19,355 17,737 22,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 61.69% 61.59% 59.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,233 10,751 14,974
10th Percentile £278 £300 £281
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £626 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,266 607 985
10th Percentile £14.03 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.73 £18.33 £17.25
Median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% -13.04% +34.19%
75th Percentile £45.46 £58.13 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £70.66
UK median hourly rate £23.54 £27.30 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.78% -17.27% +32.00%

Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Marketing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Marketing job vacancy trend in England

Marketing
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Marketing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Marketing

Marketing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Marketing in England over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Marketing in England

Marketing
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Marketing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Marketing

Marketing
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Marketing in England over the 6 months to 21 December 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 21 December 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 -5 524 £444 -1.33% 333
South East -60 92 £510 -11.30% 319
Midlands -12 70 £425 -6.75% 124
South West -32 60 £550 -1.79% 75
North of England -64 56 £435 -13.00% 176
East Midlands +14 47 £413 +47.32% 49
East of England 0 43 £215 -50.14% 56
North West -48 28 £450 -9.55% 111
West Midlands -37 23 £519 +3.75% 74
Yorkshire -43 21 £450 -19.43% 43
North East -12 7 £175 -51.72% 22
Marketing
UK

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 47 (5.40%) CMS
2 17 (1.95%) WordPress
3 14 (1.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 14 (1.61%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.26%) Confluence
5 8 (0.92%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.69%) Drupal
7 5 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.34%) SugarCRM
8 3 (0.34%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.23%) Apache
Applications
1 47 (5.40%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (2.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.95%) Photoshop
5 12 (1.38%) Adobe After Effects
5 12 (1.38%) Adobe Illustrator
6 9 (1.03%) Trello
7 8 (0.92%) Adobe Premiere
7 8 (0.92%) InDesign
8 7 (0.80%) Chatbot
9 6 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
10 5 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.46%) MS Visio
11 4 (0.46%) Notion
12 3 (0.34%) Camtasia
12 3 (0.34%) Snagit
13 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
13 1 (0.11%) CapCut
13 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 36 (4.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.72%) Salesforce CRM
3 13 (1.49%) Shopify
4 6 (0.69%) Workfront
5 5 (0.57%) Eloqua
6 4 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.23%) Magento
7 2 (0.23%) SAP CX
7 2 (0.23%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.23%) SAP GTS
7 2 (0.23%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.23%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.23%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.23%) SAP SCM
7 2 (0.23%) SAP SRM
7 2 (0.23%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.11%) Endur
8 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.11%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 82 (9.41%) Azure
2 74 (8.50%) SaaS
3 65 (7.46%) Power Platform
4 45 (5.17%) AWS
5 42 (4.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 40 (4.59%) Dynamics 365
7 39 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
8 36 (4.13%) GCP
9 30 (3.44%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 29 (3.33%) Google Analytics
11 21 (2.41%) Figma
11 21 (2.41%) Power Automate
11 21 (2.41%) PowerApps
12 16 (1.84%) Serverless
13 13 (1.49%) Snowflake
14 12 (1.38%) Azure Functions
14 12 (1.38%) GitHub
15 11 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
15 11 (1.26%) Google Ads
15 11 (1.26%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.76%) Wireless
2 16 (1.84%) SMS
3 6 (0.69%) HTTP
3 6 (0.69%) VPN
4 5 (0.57%) DNS
5 4 (0.46%) Network Security
5 4 (0.46%) Unified Communications
6 3 (0.34%) BGP
6 3 (0.34%) DHCP
6 3 (0.34%) Firewall
6 3 (0.34%) Intranet
6 3 (0.34%) Junos
6 3 (0.34%) LAN
6 3 (0.34%) OSPF
7 2 (0.23%) Cisco IPT
7 2 (0.23%) Internet
7 2 (0.23%) VLAN
7 2 (0.23%) WAN
8 1 (0.11%) Cisco ICM
8 1 (0.11%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.63%) Power BI
2 30 (3.44%) Tableau
3 18 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (1.49%) BigQuery
5 10 (1.15%) Looker
6 6 (0.69%) MySQL
6 6 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
7 4 (0.46%) Mixpanel
7 4 (0.46%) Qlik Sense
8 3 (0.34%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.34%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.23%) Big Data
9 2 (0.23%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.23%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.23%) Parquet
9 2 (0.23%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (3.10%) JIRA
2 9 (1.03%) Git
2 9 (1.03%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.69%) Postman
4 3 (0.34%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (0.34%) GitLab
4 3 (0.34%) JUnit
4 3 (0.34%) MLflow
4 3 (0.34%) Storybook
4 3 (0.34%) Visual Website Optimizer
4 3 (0.34%) Vite
4 3 (0.34%) webpack
5 2 (0.23%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.23%) Clang
5 2 (0.23%) GCC
5 2 (0.23%) JDeveloper
5 2 (0.23%) Selenium
6 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
General
1 319 (36.62%) Social Skills
2 312 (35.82%) Finance
3 201 (23.08%) Public Sector
4 196 (22.50%) Telecoms
5 190 (21.81%) Electronics
6 188 (21.58%) Manufacturing
7 134 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
8 54 (6.20%) Retail
9 47 (5.40%) Organisational Skills
10 43 (4.94%) Legal
11 42 (4.82%) Advertising
12 23 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (2.53%) Banking
13 22 (2.53%) German Language
14 21 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 20 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
16 18 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
17 17 (1.95%) Italian Language
18 16 (1.84%) Publishing
19 14 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 95 (10.91%) Analyst
2 71 (8.15%) Architect
3 55 (6.31%) Consultant
4 52 (5.97%) Lead
5 51 (5.86%) Marketing Manager
6 50 (5.74%) Senior
7 43 (4.94%) Developer
8 42 (4.82%) Business Analyst
9 41 (4.71%) Project Manager
10 39 (4.48%) IT Support
11 32 (3.67%) Salesforce Architect
12 31 (3.56%) Desktop Support
13 29 (3.33%) Designer
14 28 (3.21%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
14 28 (3.21%) 2nd Line Support
14 28 (3.21%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
15 25 (2.87%) Data Scientist
16 21 (2.41%) Coordinator
17 20 (2.30%) Data Analyst
17 20 (2.30%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.28%) HTML
2 37 (4.25%) REST
3 25 (2.87%) CSS
4 23 (2.64%) SOAP
5 17 (1.95%) Lightning Web Components
5 17 (1.95%) Middleware
6 15 (1.72%) .NET
6 15 (1.72%) Visualforce
7 12 (1.38%) JSON
8 11 (1.26%) React
9 8 (0.92%) SailPoint
10 7 (0.80%) Pandas
11 6 (0.69%) PySpark
11 6 (0.69%) RESTful
12 5 (0.57%) HTML5 Canvas
12 5 (0.57%) OAuth
12 5 (0.57%) VML
13 4 (0.46%) Ajax
13 4 (0.46%) Kafka
13 4 (0.46%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 59 (6.77%) Social Media
2 51 (5.86%) Onboarding
3 49 (5.63%) Product Ownership
4 44 (5.05%) Marketing Technology
5 25 (2.87%) Data Centre
6 23 (2.64%) Analytical Mindset
6 23 (2.64%) Management Information System
7 20 (2.30%) Digital Media
8 18 (2.07%) Web Conferencing
9 15 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (1.72%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.49%) Blog
10 13 (1.49%) e-Learning
10 13 (1.49%) Learning Management System
11 12 (1.38%) NHS
12 11 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.03%) AI Agents
14 9 (1.03%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.76%) Android
1 24 (2.76%) Mac OS
2 22 (2.53%) Windows
3 17 (1.95%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.57%) Linux
4 5 (0.57%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (32.49%) Digital Marketing
2 245 (28.13%) Business Intelligence
3 192 (22.04%) Programme Management
4 178 (20.44%) Analytics
5 176 (20.21%) CRM
6 149 (17.11%) Agile
7 138 (15.84%) Stakeholder Management
8 109 (12.51%) Problem-Solving
9 95 (10.91%) Project Management
10 88 (10.10%) Roadmaps
11 87 (9.99%) User Experience
12 85 (9.76%) Migration
13 78 (8.96%) AI
14 75 (8.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 67 (7.69%) Customer Engagement
16 63 (7.23%) B2B
17 62 (7.12%) Continuous Improvement
17 62 (7.12%) Workflow
18 61 (7.00%) Decision-Making
19 60 (6.89%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 88 (10.10%) SQL
2 70 (8.04%) Python
3 43 (4.94%) JavaScript
4 21 (2.41%) C#
5 20 (2.30%) R
6 17 (1.95%) Apex Code
7 16 (1.84%) Java
8 14 (1.61%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.49%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.69%) C++
11 4 (0.46%) C
11 4 (0.46%) Go
11 4 (0.46%) PHP
12 3 (0.34%) BeanShell
13 2 (0.23%) Bash
13 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.11%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.11%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.11%) Tcl
14 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 139 (15.96%) Security Cleared
2 126 (14.47%) SC Cleared
3 78 (8.96%) Degree
4 24 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.18%) DV Cleared
6 15 (1.72%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.61%) PMI Certification
8 11 (1.26%) CISSP
9 9 (1.03%) PMP
10 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.80%) CESG Certified Professional
11 7 (0.80%) CISM
12 5 (0.57%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 4 (0.46%) CSPO
14 3 (0.34%) APMG
14 3 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.34%) PhD
14 3 (0.34%) Six Sigma Black Belt
14 3 (0.34%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (8.15%) GDPR
2 52 (5.97%) Accessibility
3 39 (4.48%) Data Quality
4 34 (3.90%) QA
5 26 (2.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 12 (1.38%) PMO
7 11 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.03%) SLA
9 8 (0.92%) NCSC
9 8 (0.92%) PERC
10 7 (0.80%) RMADS
11 5 (0.57%) JSP 440
11 5 (0.57%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.46%) NIST
12 4 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.46%) WCAG
13 3 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.23%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.23%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 16 (1.84%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.69%) Docker
3 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.11%) Firmware
4 1 (0.11%) HDFS
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (0.92%) Terraform
2 5 (0.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (0.34%) Kubeflow
3 3 (0.34%) SCCM
3 3 (0.34%) vRealize
4 2 (0.23%) Grafana
4 2 (0.23%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.11%) Ansible
5 1 (0.11%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (0.11%) Cisco UCCX
5 1 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.11%) FreeIPA
5 1 (0.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 208 (23.88%) SAP
2 160 (18.37%) Salesforce
3 104 (11.94%) Microsoft
4 68 (7.81%) Adobe
5 66 (7.58%) Google
6 35 (4.02%) Cisco
6 35 (4.02%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 26 (2.99%) Apple
8 25 (2.87%) HP
9 24 (2.76%) Dell
9 24 (2.76%) HubSpot
10 14 (1.61%) Facebook
11 13 (1.49%) Tealium
12 11 (1.26%) OneTrust
13 10 (1.15%) Databricks
14 9 (1.03%) Marketo
14 9 (1.03%) mParticle
15 8 (0.92%) Oracle
15 8 (0.92%) YouTube
16 7 (0.80%) TikTok