Marketing Contracts in Scotland

Marketing
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Marketing in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Marketing over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 110 152
Rank change year-on-year +11 +42 +3
Contract jobs citing Marketing 17 16 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.04% 0.76% 0.45%
As % of the General category 1.40% 1.17% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 8
10th Percentile £172 £138 £418
25th Percentile £192 £313 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £425 £531
Median % change year-on-year -22.36% -20.00% -11.46%
75th Percentile £500 £588 £616
90th Percentile £545 - £708
UK median daily rate £485 £473 £525
% change year-on-year +2.65% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.85 - -
Median hourly rate £27.40 - -
75th Percentile £27.95 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £34.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year +1.47% -18.07% +10.67%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,216 1,363 1,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 74.15% 64.66% 66.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 696 830 1,291
10th Percentile £240 £179 £230
25th Percentile £368 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% +0.72%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £559
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 76 28
10th Percentile £15.98 £12.15 £12.62
25th Percentile £16.21 £14.42 £14.17
Median hourly rate £20.38 £18.20 £19.88
Median % change year-on-year +11.99% -8.45% -38.15%
75th Percentile £25.48 £49.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £60.50 £67.50 £67.22
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £32.40
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.41% +44.00%

Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Marketing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Marketing in Scotland

Marketing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Marketing in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Marketing in Scotland

Marketing
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Marketing in Scotland over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Marketing in Scotland

Marketing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Marketing in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Marketing in Scotland

Marketing
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 Marketing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Edinburgh +12 11 £210 +49.95% 208
Glasgow -14 2 £500 -13.04% 210
Aberdeen - 2 £168 - 178
Dundee - 1 - -
Highlands - 1 - - 3
Marketing
UK

Marketing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) CMS
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.88%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Google Analytics
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
1 1 (5.88%) SoapUI
General
1 11 (64.71%) Finance
2 9 (52.94%) Public Sector
3 7 (41.18%) Electronics
3 7 (41.18%) Manufacturing
3 7 (41.18%) Telecoms
4 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
5 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (17.65%) Product Owner
1 3 (17.65%) RF Engineer
1 3 (17.65%) Senior
2 2 (11.76%) Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Communications Officer
3 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Desktop Support
3 1 (5.88%) Field Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) IT Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Communications Officer
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Content Editor
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) HTML
1 1 (5.88%) SOAP
1 1 (5.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (11.76%) Social Media
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.88%) Digital Media
3 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.88%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (41.18%) Digital Marketing
1 7 (41.18%) Programme Management
2 5 (29.41%) Agile
3 4 (23.53%) Analytics
3 4 (23.53%) Customer Experience
4 3 (17.65%) Backlog Management
4 3 (17.65%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 3 (17.65%) Business Case
4 3 (17.65%) Data Collection
4 3 (17.65%) Digital Customer Experience
4 3 (17.65%) Feasibility Study
4 3 (17.65%) Objectives and Key Results
4 3 (17.65%) Product Vision
4 3 (17.65%) Project Management
4 3 (17.65%) Prototyping
4 3 (17.65%) Schematic Capture
4 3 (17.65%) User Experience
4 3 (17.65%) UX Design
5 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
1 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Accessibility
1 2 (11.76%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (5.88%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) WCAG
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) SAP
2 1 (5.88%) Dell
2 1 (5.88%) Google
2 1 (5.88%) HP
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft