Advertising Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Advertising
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Advertising in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Advertising over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Advertising 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.090% - -
As % of the General category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £438 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £513 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £425 £435 £375
% change year-on-year -2.30% +16.00% -21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £45.75 £48.48
% change year-on-year -7.10% -5.62% +32.66%

All General Skills
Scotland

Advertising falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,340 1,207 1,205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 60.25% 71.04% 63.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 712 705 724
10th Percentile £250 £242 £169
25th Percentile £363 £368 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £470 £440
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% +6.82% -7.37%
75th Percentile £570 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £600 £635
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 46 49
10th Percentile £12.94 £15.80 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.45 £16.33 £13.50
Median hourly rate £16.25 £19.30 £16.92
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +14.05% -11.78%
75th Percentile £43.96 £24.62 £20.93
90th Percentile £60.90 £44.01 £31.35
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +27.07%

Advertising
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Advertising relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Advertising job vacancy trend in Scotland

Advertising
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Advertising.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Advertising

Advertising
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Advertising.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Advertising

Advertising
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Advertising within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 August 2026. 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
Glasgow - 2 £475 - 2
Advertising
UK

Advertising
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) Umbraco
1 1 (50.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Google Ads
1 1 (50.00%) Google Tag Manager
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Analytics Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Web Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Web Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) CAPI
1 1 (50.00%) Consent Management
1 1 (50.00%) Web Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) TikTok
1 1 (50.00%) WooCommerce