Marketing Contract Job Trends in Taunton

Marketing
Somerset > Taunton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Marketing in contract job vacancies in Taunton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Marketing over the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	28	-	3
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing Marketing	6	0	11
As % of all contract jobs in Taunton	5.66%	-	45.83%
As % of the General category	11.76%	-	68.75%
Number of daily rates quoted	6	0	5
10^th Percentile	£324	-	-
25^th Percentile	£336	-	£500
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£495	-	£550
75^th Percentile	£650	-	£638
90^th Percentile	-	-	£660
Somerset median daily rate	£495	£388	£575
% change year-on-year	+27.74%	-32.61%	-

All General Skills
Taunton

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

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing general skills	51	13	16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Taunton	48.11%	46.43%	66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted	33	9	8
10^th Percentile	£353	£312	£500
25^th Percentile	£406	£500	£519
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£600	£638
Median % change year-on-year	-16.67%	-5.88%	-3.88%
75^th Percentile	£650	£732	£791
90^th Percentile	£730	£830	£1,100
Somerset median daily rate	£525	£379	£550
% change year-on-year	+38.61%	-31.14%	+2.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	0	0
Median hourly rate	£14.85	-	-
Somerset median hourly rate	£62.25	£63.00	£41.25
% change year-on-year	-1.19%	+52.73%	-10.50%

Marketing Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

Marketing Daily Rate Trend in Taunton

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

Marketing Daily Rate Histogram in Taunton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Marketing in Taunton over the 6 months to 29 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Marketing in Taunton

Marketing Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton

For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Marketing also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Taunton region citing Marketing.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Product Marketing	100.0%	6
2	Product Management	83.3%	5
3	Business Case	66.7%	4
3	Customer Insight	66.7%	4
3	Decision-Making	66.7%	4
3	Product Strategy	66.7%	4
7	Customer-Centricity	50.0%	3
7	Strategic Thinking	50.0%	3
9	Analytics	33.3%	2
9	B2B	33.3%	2
9	CRM	33.3%	2
9	GTM Strategy	33.3%	2
9	Marketing Automation	33.3%	2
9	Microsoft Excel	33.3%	2
9	Microsoft PowerPoint	33.3%	2
9	Validation	33.3%	2
9	Value Proposition	33.3%	2
18	B2B Marketing	16.7%	1
18	Business Strategy	16.7%	1
18	Customer Acquisition	16.7%	1
18	Customer Retention	16.7%	1
18	Degree	16.7%	1
18	Demand Generation	16.7%	1
18	Geospatial Data	16.7%	1
18	Line Management	16.7%	1
18	Marketing Analytics	16.7%	1
18	Marketing Strategy	16.7%	1
18	Migration	16.7%	1
18	Performance Measurement	16.7%	1
18	Pricing Strategy	16.7%	1

Marketing Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Public Sector	50.0%	3
2	Finance	16.7%	1