Pay per click Contract Job Trends in London

Pay per click (PPC)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Pay per click skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 359 390
Rank change year-on-year -2 +31 +164
Contract jobs citing Pay per click 8 10 15
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.056% 0.066% 0.079%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.061% 0.074% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile - £279 £278
25th Percentile £275 £303 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £355 £423
Median % change year-on-year -15.49% -15.98% +53.64%
75th Percentile £328 £368 £434
90th Percentile - - £511
England median daily rate £300 £355 £350
% change year-on-year -15.49% +1.43% +27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.00
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £32.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £26.50 - £29.50
% change year-on-year - - +3.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Pay per click 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 13,063 13,572 16,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.44% 90.07% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,607 8,737 12,135
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £794
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 164 237
10th Percentile £18.06 £18.03 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.49 £36.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% +5.88% -12.54%
75th Percentile £50.88 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.20 £80.75 £74.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Pay per click job vacancy trend in London

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Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Pay per click.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Pay per click

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Pay per click.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Pay per click

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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 1 (12.50%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Google Ads
2 2 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (12.50%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Looker
1 1 (12.50%) Tableau
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Marketing
2 4 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) German Language
5 1 (12.50%) Advertising
5 1 (12.50%) Legal
5 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Marketing Manager
1 3 (37.50%) PPC Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) Digital Media
2 1 (12.50%) Life Science
2 1 (12.50%) Multi-touch
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) A/B Testing
1 3 (37.50%) Budget Management
1 3 (37.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
1 3 (37.50%) Demand Generation
1 3 (37.50%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Analytics
2 2 (25.00%) B2B
2 2 (25.00%) B2B Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Copywriting
3 1 (12.50%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (12.50%) Product Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) SEO
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Google