Advertising Contract Job Trends in London

Advertising
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Advertising in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Advertising over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 270 292
Rank change year-on-year -63 +22 +16
Contract jobs citing Advertising 94 95 102
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.48% 0.70% 0.60%
As % of the General category 0.78% 1.03% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 58 63
10th Percentile £266 £232 £200
25th Percentile £331 £303 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £363 £375
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -3.33% -21.05%
75th Percentile £575 £494 £519
90th Percentile £688 £558 £600
England median daily rate £425 £430 £375
% change year-on-year -1.16% +14.67% -20.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 8
10th Percentile £39.68 £27.82 £39.33
25th Percentile £41.25 £37.94 £45.06
Median hourly rate £42.50 £49.25 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.71% -1.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £43.75 £54.00 £54.69
90th Percentile - - £68.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £49.25 £47.99
% change year-on-year -13.71% +2.64% +11.60%

All General Skills
London

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 11,986 9,239 10,539
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.59% 68.15% 62.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,618 6,153 7,476
10th Percentile £350 £331 £331
25th Percentile £444 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £690 £700
90th Percentile £788 £802 £825
England median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 178 183
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.57
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.66 £21.11
Median hourly rate £31.50 £31.25 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% -7.41% -3.57%
75th Percentile £44.97 £50.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £65.75 £63.75 £68.75
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.16 £35.71
% change year-on-year +29.93% -26.74% +19.03%

Advertising
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Advertising job vacancy trend in London

Advertising
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Advertising.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Advertising

Advertising
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Advertising in London over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Advertising in London

Advertising
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Advertising.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Advertising

Advertising
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Advertising in London over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Advertising in London

Advertising
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Advertising within the London region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
Central London -12 13 £425 -16.46% 25
West London - 2 - - 1
North London - 1 £375 -
Advertising
England

Advertising
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 3 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.06%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.06%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.06%) InDesign
3 1 (1.06%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.06%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.06%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (8.51%) Sprinklr
2 1 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.06%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.06%) SAP HR
2 1 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.06%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.57%) AWS
1 9 (9.57%) SaaS
2 7 (7.45%) Power Platform
3 5 (5.32%) Azure
3 5 (5.32%) Google Workspace
4 4 (4.26%) Google Analytics
5 3 (3.19%) Adobe Analytics
5 3 (3.19%) GCP
5 3 (3.19%) GitHub
5 3 (3.19%) Snowflake
6 2 (2.13%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (2.13%) Facebook Ads
6 2 (2.13%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (2.13%) Google Drive
6 2 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.13%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.06%) Basecamp
7 1 (1.06%) Meta Ads
7 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.06%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.06%) DNS
1 1 (1.06%) Firewall
1 1 (1.06%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.45%) Power BI
1 7 (7.45%) Tableau
2 5 (5.32%) MySQL
3 3 (3.19%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.06%) Looker
4 1 (1.06%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (2.13%) CircleCI
1 2 (2.13%) Claude Code
1 2 (2.13%) Cypress.io
1 2 (2.13%) Mocha
1 2 (2.13%) webpack
2 1 (1.06%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.06%) JIRA
General
1 35 (37.23%) Marketing
2 17 (18.09%) Social Skills
3 16 (17.02%) Finance
3 16 (17.02%) Retail
4 13 (13.83%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (7.45%) Publishing
6 5 (5.32%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.26%) Legal
7 4 (4.26%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.19%) Banking
8 3 (3.19%) Investment Banking
8 3 (3.19%) Wearables
9 2 (2.13%) Billing
9 2 (2.13%) Electronics
9 2 (2.13%) Front Office
10 1 (1.06%) Danish Language
10 1 (1.06%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.06%) Law
10 1 (1.06%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (10.64%) Analyst
1 10 (10.64%) Developer
1 10 (10.64%) Sales Manager
2 8 (8.51%) Consultant
2 8 (8.51%) Senior
3 5 (5.32%) Full-Stack Developer
3 5 (5.32%) Project Manager
4 4 (4.26%) Marketing Manager
4 4 (4.26%) Product Manager
4 4 (4.26%) Products Support Manager
4 4 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (4.26%) Support Manager
5 3 (3.19%) Architect
5 3 (3.19%) Digital Marketing Manager
5 3 (3.19%) Lead
5 3 (3.19%) Project Consultant
5 3 (3.19%) Technical Manager
6 2 (2.13%) Content Manager
6 2 (2.13%) Insight Analyst
6 2 (2.13%) Strategy Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.32%) Laravel
1 5 (5.32%) Vue
2 2 (2.13%) Enzyme
2 2 (2.13%) Jest
2 2 (2.13%) Node.js
2 2 (2.13%) Plotly
2 2 (2.13%) React
2 2 (2.13%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (1.06%) .NET
3 1 (1.06%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.06%) DCOM
3 1 (1.06%) FastAPI
3 1 (1.06%) NumPy
3 1 (1.06%) Pandas
3 1 (1.06%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.89%) Social Media
2 6 (6.38%) Marketing Technology
3 5 (5.32%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.19%) Digital Media
5 3 (3.19%) Life Science
5 3 (3.19%) Video on Demand
6 2 (2.13%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.13%) Animation
6 2 (2.13%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (2.13%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.13%) IoT
6 2 (2.13%) Virtual Reality
7 1 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.06%) Blog
7 1 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.06%) Podcast
7 1 (1.06%) Social Network
7 1 (1.06%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.32%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (18.09%) Analytics
3 16 (17.02%) AI
4 14 (14.89%) Storytelling
5 11 (11.70%) Agile
6 10 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (10.64%) Thought Leadership
7 9 (9.57%) Digital Marketing
7 9 (9.57%) Product Marketing
7 9 (9.57%) Project Management
8 8 (8.51%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (8.51%) Full-Stack Development
9 7 (7.45%) CRM
9 7 (7.45%) E-Commerce
9 7 (7.45%) Machine Learning
9 7 (7.45%) Matrix Organization
10 6 (6.38%) Ad Operations
10 6 (6.38%) Programme Management
11 5 (5.32%) Social Media Management
11 5 (5.32%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.89%) SQL
2 10 (10.64%) Python
3 5 (5.32%) JavaScript
3 5 (5.32%) PHP
4 3 (3.19%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.13%) Java
6 1 (1.06%) LookML
Qualifications
1 14 (14.89%) Degree
2 3 (3.19%) PMI Certification
2 3 (3.19%) PMP
2 3 (3.19%) SC Cleared
2 3 (3.19%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.13%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.06%) CAPM
4 1 (1.06%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.06%) ISEB
4 1 (1.06%) MBA
4 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.38%) QA
2 2 (2.13%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.06%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.26%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.06%) Grafana
2 1 (1.06%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.06%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (15.96%) Google
2 8 (8.51%) TikTok
3 7 (7.45%) Salesforce
4 6 (6.38%) Adobe
4 6 (6.38%) Microsoft
5 5 (5.32%) Pinterest
5 5 (5.32%) Snapchat
5 5 (5.32%) YouTube
6 4 (4.26%) Facebook
7 3 (3.19%) Instagram
8 2 (2.13%) Brandwatch
8 2 (2.13%) NetBase
8 2 (2.13%) SAP
9 1 (1.06%) AppDynamics
9 1 (1.06%) comScore
9 1 (1.06%) Dynatrace
9 1 (1.06%) Hootsuite
9 1 (1.06%) Omniture
9 1 (1.06%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.06%) Splunk