Advertising Contract Job Trends in the South West

Advertising
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Advertising in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Advertising over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 124 137
Rank change year-on-year -4 +13 +36
Contract jobs citing Advertising 5 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.21% 0.049% 0.24%
As % of the General category 0.40% 0.087% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £225
25th Percentile £605 - £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - -39.53%
75th Percentile £655 - £713
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £425 £375 £445
% change year-on-year +13.33% -15.73% -19.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £26.00 - £14.03
England median hourly rate £35.25 £42.50 £24.05
% change year-on-year -17.06% +76.72% -35.87%

All General Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,246 1,143 1,388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 51.64% 56.42% 47.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 725 650 900
10th Percentile £213 £213 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £707
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 66 169
10th Percentile £15.25 £16.30 £15.61
25th Percentile £17.69 £31.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £62.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -61.60% +10.64% -8.17%
75th Percentile £57.38 £70.19 £69.62
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £78.69
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.42% -9.09% +29.36%

Advertising
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Advertising job vacancy trend in the South West

Advertising
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Advertising.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Advertising

Advertising
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Advertising.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Advertising

Advertising
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Advertising within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Devon - 3 - - 7
Wiltshire - 1 £630 - 3
Bristol - 1 - - 3
Advertising
England

Advertising
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Designer
1 2 (40.00%) Interaction Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Product Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (20.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Service Design
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (40.00%) Community of Practice
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Interaction Design
2 2 (40.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (40.00%) User Research
2 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (20.00%) Affiliate Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Objectives and Key Results
3 1 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Product Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Product Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Product Vision
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) MCSA
1 1 (20.00%) MCSE
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (20.00%) OCA
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Certification
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (20.00%) Veeam
1 1 (20.00%) VMware