Marketing Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Marketing
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Marketing in contract job vacancies in Southampton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Marketing over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 20 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Marketing 5 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 3.57% 1.91% -
As % of the General category 6.94% 4.23% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £363 £334 -
25th Percentile £419 £384 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile £613 £522 -
90th Percentile £658 £531 -
Hampshire median daily rate £394 £675 £550
% change year-on-year -41.67% +22.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.50 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
75th Percentile £27.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £19.50 £17.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +11.43% -70.83% +306.78%

All General Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 72 71 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 51.43% 45.22% 42.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 57 59
10th Percentile £193 £200 £302
25th Percentile £396 £237 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £360 £538
Median % change year-on-year +36.11% -33.02% -2.27%
75th Percentile £603 £519 £624
90th Percentile £668 £626 £718
Hampshire median daily rate £475 £515 £550
% change year-on-year -7.77% -6.36% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.50 - £27.00
Median hourly rate £58.50 £80.00 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.88% +138.81% +46.77%
75th Percentile £71.50 - £47.81
90th Percentile £72.40 - £61.88
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £65.00 £56.95
% change year-on-year -68.14% +14.14% +127.80%

Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Marketing job vacancy trend in Southampton

Marketing
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Marketing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Marketing

Marketing
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Marketing in Southampton over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Marketing in Southampton

Marketing
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Marketing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Marketing

Marketing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (20.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) SaaS
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Publishing
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Advertising
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Content Marketing Specialist
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing Specialist
1 2 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) CRM Architect
2 1 (20.00%) CRM Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Blog
1 2 (40.00%) Educational Technology
1 2 (40.00%) Podcast
1 2 (40.00%) Social Media
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Analytics
1 2 (40.00%) Content Marketing
1 2 (40.00%) Content Strategy
1 2 (40.00%) Lead Generation
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) SEO
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (40.00%) Storytelling
1 2 (40.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (20.00%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (20.00%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) YouTube
2 1 (20.00%) Criteo
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud