Marketing Contract Job Trends in the North West

Marketing
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Marketing in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Marketing over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 59 96
Rank change year-on-year -55 +37 +41
Contract jobs citing Marketing 24 60 47
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.99% 2.52% 1.72%
As % of the General category 1.59% 4.38% 3.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 35 33
10th Percentile - £295 £320
25th Percentile £170 £358 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.57% -5.71% -
75th Percentile £520 £594 £638
90th Percentile £646 £675 £728
England median daily rate £450 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -10.00% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile £15.08 - -
25th Percentile £15.94 - -
Median hourly rate £17.75 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -49.29% - -
75th Percentile £55.31 - -
90th Percentile £77.63 - -
England median hourly rate £24.50 £33.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -25.76% +10.00% -20.00%

All General Skills
North West

Marketing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,507 1,371 1,505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 61.94% 57.65% 54.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 976 735 985
10th Percentile £214 £274 £250
25th Percentile £363 £382 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +4.99%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £594
90th Percentile £666 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 97 113
10th Percentile £15.18 £16.00 £15.14
25th Percentile £18.04 £18.13 £16.85
Median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year -8.92% +44.25% +12.65%
75th Percentile £45.46 £43.10 £45.88
90th Percentile £70.86 £62.00 £60.62
England median hourly rate £24.48 £31.97 £31.09
% change year-on-year -23.44% +2.84% +20.92%

Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Marketing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Marketing job vacancy trend in the North West

Marketing
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Marketing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Marketing

Marketing
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Marketing in the North West over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Marketing in the North West

Marketing
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Marketing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Marketing

Marketing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Marketing in the North West over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Marketing in the North West

Marketing
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Marketing within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Manchester -24 15 £450 -10.00% 161
Cheshire -32 6 £505 +1.00% 27
Merseyside -6 1 - - 12
Lancashire -9 1 - - 61
Marketing
England

Marketing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (4.17%) CMS
1 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (16.67%) AWS
2 4 (16.67%) Azure
2 4 (16.67%) GCP
3 2 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (8.33%) Google Analytics
4 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (4.17%) Figma
4 1 (4.17%) Google Ads
4 1 (4.17%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Artifactory
1 1 (4.17%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
1 1 (4.17%) Rational DOORS
General
1 13 (54.17%) Finance
2 10 (41.67%) Public Sector
3 9 (37.50%) Electronics
3 9 (37.50%) Manufacturing
3 9 (37.50%) Telecoms
4 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
5 3 (12.50%) Retail
6 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (4.17%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) IT Support
2 5 (20.83%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 5 (20.83%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (20.83%) Desktop Support
2 5 (20.83%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 4 (16.67%) Data Scientist
4 3 (12.50%) Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Business Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Salesforce Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Salesforce Business Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Senior
5 2 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Cloud Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Designer
6 1 (4.17%) Installation Technician
6 1 (4.17%) IT Technician
6 1 (4.17%) Lead
6 1 (4.17%) Lead Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) CSS
1 1 (4.17%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.33%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Mac OS
2 5 (20.83%) Android
3 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.17%) Windows
3 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
1 9 (37.50%) Digital Marketing
1 9 (37.50%) Programme Management
2 5 (20.83%) Analytics
2 5 (20.83%) E-Commerce
3 4 (16.67%) AI
3 4 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 4 (16.67%) Data Science
3 4 (16.67%) Generative AI
3 4 (16.67%) Machine Learning
3 4 (16.67%) MLOps
4 3 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (8.33%) Asset Management
5 2 (8.33%) CRM
5 2 (8.33%) Customer Analytics
5 2 (8.33%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (8.33%) Open Source
5 2 (8.33%) UML
5 2 (8.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) SQL
2 4 (16.67%) Python
3 2 (8.33%) C
3 2 (8.33%) C++
3 2 (8.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 8 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) IEC 61508
1 2 (8.33%) ISO 26262
2 1 (4.17%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) SCCM
1 1 (4.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) SAP
2 6 (25.00%) Apple
3 5 (20.83%) Cisco
3 5 (20.83%) Dell
3 5 (20.83%) HP
4 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (12.50%) Salesforce
5 2 (8.33%) Google
5 2 (8.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (4.17%) Atlassian
6 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow