Digital Marketing Contracts in the South East

Digital Marketing
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Digital Marketing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Marketing over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 93 141
Rank change year-on-year -35 +48 +59
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Digital Marketing 40 92 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.13% 1.92% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 2.34% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 60 62
10th Percentile £163 £213 -
25th Percentile £279 £273 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £613 £205
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% +198.78% -51.76%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £398
90th Percentile - £776 £488
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 0
10th Percentile - £22.50 -
25th Percentile £13.25 £25.31 -
Median hourly rate £15.50 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -43.64% - -
75th Percentile £21.13 £38.44 -
90th Percentile £24.80 £68.30 -
England median hourly rate £28.35 £27.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +3.09% -45.00% +27.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,163 3,934 4,997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.33% 82.22% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,961 2,368 3,390
10th Percentile £238 £260 £250
25th Percentile £394 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £517 £518
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% -0.22% +3.58%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 308 233
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £26.57 £21.22
Median hourly rate £24.00 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.15% +14.70% +80.31%
75th Percentile £53.75 £70.39 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.85 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +54.55%

Digital Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Digital Marketing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Marketing in the South East

Digital Marketing
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Digital Marketing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Digital Marketing

Digital Marketing
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Marketing in the South East over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Marketing in the South East

Digital Marketing
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Digital Marketing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Digital Marketing

Digital Marketing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Digital Marketing in the South East over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Digital Marketing in the South East

Digital Marketing
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Marketing within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +1 29 £650 +18.18% 37
Berkshire +16 25 £650 +4.00% 23
Hampshire -17 6 £160 -76.73% 10
Surrey +8 4 £278 +11.00% 8
Buckinghamshire +1 3 - - 6
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 9
West Sussex - 1 - - 1
Digital Marketing
England

Digital Marketing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (7.50%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (7.50%) Adobe Analytics
2 3 (7.50%) Google Analytics
3 2 (5.00%) Google Ads
3 2 (5.00%) Google Data Studio
3 2 (5.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (2.50%) Contentsquare
4 1 (2.50%) Contentstack
4 1 (2.50%) GCP
4 1 (2.50%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) Power BI
2 3 (7.50%) Qlik Sense
2 3 (7.50%) Tableau
3 2 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (5.00%) Looker
3 2 (5.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Git
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
1 1 (2.50%) Selenium
General
1 40 (100.00%) Marketing
2 27 (67.50%) Finance
3 25 (62.50%) Electronics
3 25 (62.50%) Manufacturing
3 25 (62.50%) Public Sector
3 25 (62.50%) Telecoms
4 12 (30.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (7.50%) Automotive
5 3 (7.50%) Retail
6 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Advertising
7 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (47.50%) Active Directory Architect
1 19 (47.50%) Architect
2 6 (15.00%) Analyst
3 4 (10.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 4 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (10.00%) Desktop Support
3 4 (10.00%) IT Support
3 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 3 (7.50%) Data Analyst
4 3 (7.50%) Digital Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Digital Executive
5 2 (5.00%) Digital Marketing Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) E-Commerce Executive
5 2 (5.00%) Marketing Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Marketing Data Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Marketing Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Marketing Specialist
5 2 (5.00%) Project Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Digital Marketing Coordinator
6 1 (2.50%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) HTML
2 1 (2.50%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) Social Media
2 2 (5.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.50%) LIMS
3 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.50%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (2.50%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.50%) NHS
3 1 (2.50%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 20 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (72.50%) Business Intelligence
2 25 (62.50%) Programme Management
3 21 (52.50%) Agile
4 19 (47.50%) Identity Access Management
4 19 (47.50%) Test Automation
5 9 (22.50%) Analytics
6 6 (15.00%) Actionable Insight
7 5 (12.50%) E-Commerce
8 4 (10.00%) Content Management
8 4 (10.00%) CRM
8 4 (10.00%) Migration
8 4 (10.00%) Project Management
8 4 (10.00%) SEO
8 4 (10.00%) User Experience
8 4 (10.00%) Workflow
8 4 (10.00%) Workflow Management
9 3 (7.50%) Copywriting
9 3 (7.50%) Email Marketing
9 3 (7.50%) Web Analytics
10 2 (5.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (10.00%) SQL
3 2 (5.00%) Python
4 1 (2.50%) Bash
Qualifications
1 23 (57.50%) Security Cleared
2 19 (47.50%) DV Cleared
3 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.00%) Degree
5 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.50%) GDPR
2 1 (2.50%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (47.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 25 (62.50%) SAP
2 5 (12.50%) Adobe
2 5 (12.50%) Google
3 2 (5.00%) Hotjar
3 2 (5.00%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.00%) TikTok
4 1 (2.50%) Facebook
4 1 (2.50%) HubSpot
4 1 (2.50%) Marketo
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft