Paid Search Contract Job Trends in London

Paid Search
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Paid Search skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 365 380 420
Rank change year-on-year +15 +40 +152
Contract jobs citing Paid Search 5 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.037% 0.019% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.040% 0.021% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 £463 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £475 £363
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +31.03% +130.16%
75th Percentile £456 £488 £369
90th Percentile £505 - -
England median daily rate £350 £475 £363
% change year-on-year -26.32% +31.03% -9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £31.00 -
England median hourly rate - £31.00 £14.03
% change year-on-year - +120.96% -62.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,625 14,032 18,285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.41% 89.25% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,294 9,046 13,184
10th Percentile £326 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.19% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £798 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 171 232
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.50 £18.35
25th Percentile £25.09 £24.34 £21.44
Median hourly rate £31.49 £38.07 £39.92
Median % change year-on-year -17.28% -4.62% +4.03%
75th Percentile £47.25 £58.13 £63.75
90th Percentile £64.75 £80.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +27.14%

Paid Search
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Paid Search job vacancy trend in London

Paid Search
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Paid Search.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Paid Search

Paid Search
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Paid Search in London over the 6 months to 30 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Paid Search in London

Paid Search
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Paid Search.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Paid Search

Paid Search
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Google Analytics
1 2 (40.00%) Google Tag Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Google Ads
2 1 (20.00%) Google Data Studio
2 1 (20.00%) Google Docs
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Looker
1 2 (40.00%) Tableau
2 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (80.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Advertising
2 2 (40.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Digital Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Marketing Manager
1 1 (20.00%) SEO Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) SEO
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) B2B
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (20.00%) Content Development
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Display Advertising
3 1 (20.00%) Email Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Pay per click
3 1 (20.00%) Product Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe
2 1 (20.00%) Facebook
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) Screaming Frog