Paid Search Contracts in England

Paid Search
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Paid Search skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Paid Search over the 6 months leading up to 6 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 522 613
Rank change year-on-year +8 +91 +163
Contract jobs citing Paid Search 5 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.018% 0.006% 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.020% 0.007% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £402
25th Percentile £325 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £475 £619
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -23.23% +292.86%
75th Percentile £375 £488 £795
90th Percentile - - £881
UK median daily rate £350 £475 £619
% change year-on-year -26.32% -23.23% +292.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28.00 £30.50 -
Median hourly rate £29.00 £31.00 £14.03
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +120.96% -62.59%
75th Percentile £30.00 £31.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £31.00 £14.03
% change year-on-year -6.45% +120.96% -63.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Paid Search 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 25,081 28,748 40,732
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.75% 85.93% 89.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,052 18,756 28,420
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £405 £420 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £650 £666
90th Percentile £738 £760 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,394 1,690 1,404
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.05 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.18 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% - +63.46%
75th Percentile £50.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.63% -5.12% +61.02%

Paid Search
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Paid Search in England

Paid Search
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Paid Search in England

Paid Search
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Paid Search in England

Paid Search
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 Paid Search within the England region over the 6 months to 6 August 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 +2 5 £350 -26.32% 44
Paid Search
UK

Paid Search
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Google Ads
2 1 (20.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Google Data Studio
2 1 (20.00%) Google Docs
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
General
1 4 (80.00%) Marketing
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Advertising
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Legal
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Account Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Paid Search Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Planning Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Search Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SEO Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Digital Media
1 1 (20.00%) Media Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Data-Driven Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) SEO
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) B2B
3 1 (20.00%) Campaign Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
3 1 (20.00%) Cryptocurrency
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing Management
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Personalization
3 1 (20.00%) Product Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Facebook
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) Screaming Frog