Digital Marketing Contract Job Trends in Reading

Digital Marketing
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Digital Marketing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 70 72
Rank change year-on-year +11 +2 +22
Contract jobs citing Digital Marketing 5 26 13
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.83% 2.37% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 2.72% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 19 7
10th Percentile £217 £473 £183
25th Percentile £304 £619 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £700 £400
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +75.00% +23.08%
75th Percentile £465 £738 £430
90th Percentile £474 £805 £450
Berkshire median daily rate £465 £700 £463
% change year-on-year -33.57% +51.35% -15.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.38 - -
Median hourly rate £20.75 - -
75th Percentile £21.13 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £20.75 £27.00 -
% change year-on-year -23.15% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Digital Marketing 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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 548 956 970
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.49% 87.31% 88.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 531 657
10th Percentile £346 £350 £263
25th Percentile £450 £472 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £609 £650 £638
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 22 16
10th Percentile - £14.50 £52.50
25th Percentile £14.75 £30.31 £60.47
Median hourly rate £37.28 £60.53 £64.31
Median % change year-on-year -38.41% -5.89% +16.93%
75th Percentile £58.00 £62.96 £74.20
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.35 £75.13
Berkshire median hourly rate £34.80 £58.49 £61.79
% change year-on-year -40.51% -5.34% +22.36%

Digital Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Digital Marketing job vacancy trend in Reading

Digital Marketing
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Digital Marketing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Digital Marketing

Digital Marketing
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Marketing in Reading over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Marketing in Reading

Digital Marketing
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Digital Marketing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Digital Marketing

Digital Marketing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Contentstack
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Web Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Web Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) PMI
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Business Case
1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Innovation
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (40.00%) Re-Platforming
1 2 (40.00%) Scrum
1 2 (40.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Demand Generation
2 1 (20.00%) Direct Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Expense Management
2 1 (20.00%) Logistics
2 1 (20.00%) Observability
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Social Media Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (40.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) Salesforce