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 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 355 371 416
Rank change year-on-year +16 +45 +154
Contract jobs citing Pay per click 7 11 13
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.051% 0.070% 0.063%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.055% 0.079% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 5
10th Percentile - £287 £278
25th Percentile £275 £323 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £355 £423
Median % change year-on-year -15.49% -15.98% +12.67%
75th Percentile £325 £368 £434
90th Percentile - - £511
England median daily rate £300 £355 £350
% change year-on-year -15.49% +1.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.00
Median hourly rate - - £24.00
75th Percentile - - £31.88
90th Percentile - - £32.50
England median hourly rate £26.50 - £28.75
% change year-on-year - - -17.86%

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 12,640 13,993 18,399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.39% 89.20% 89.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,311 9,016 13,266
10th Percentile £330 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 172 235
10th Percentile £18.01 £17.55 £18.23
25th Percentile £25.12 £24.42 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.49 £38.29 £39.83
Median % change year-on-year -17.75% -3.88% +3.81%
75th Percentile £47.13 £57.81 £63.75
90th Percentile £64.65 £79.88 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -36.33% -11.24% +27.14%

Pay per click
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

Pay per click
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

Pay per click
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

Pay per click
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 Pay per click within the London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Central London - 1 - - 3
Pay per click
England

Pay per click
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 (14.29%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Google Ads
2 1 (14.29%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Looker
1 1 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Marketing
3 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Advertising
4 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) Portuguese Language
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) PPC Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing Manager
2 1 (14.29%) PPC Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Media
2 1 (14.29%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) A/B Testing
1 3 (42.86%) Budget Management
1 3 (42.86%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Copywriting
2 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Budgeting
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) CRM
3 1 (14.29%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (14.29%) Demand Generation
3 1 (14.29%) Paid Search
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 1 (14.29%) SEO
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Google