Marketing Strategy Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Marketing Strategy
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley citing Marketing Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 15 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	157	122	123
Rank change year-on-year	-35	+1	+19
Contract jobs citing Marketing Strategy	3	5	8
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley	0.096%	0.27%	0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.11%	0.30%	0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted	2	0	1
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£407	-	£400
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	+60.00%
South East median daily rate	£424	-	£463
% change year-on-year	-	-	+85.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	0	0
Median hourly rate	£19.23	-	-
South East median hourly rate	£19.23	-	-

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Marketing Strategy falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

	6 months to 15 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	2,651	1,679	1,866
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley	85.16%	89.07%	86.83%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,509	1,064	1,081
10^th Percentile	£326	£263	£308
25^th Percentile	£437	£402	£413
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£500	£513
Median % change year-on-year	+10.00%	-2.44%	+2.50%
75^th Percentile	£613	£576	£628
90^th Percentile	£738	£650	£685
South East median daily rate	£525	£500	£513
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-2.44%	-1.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted	395	130	66
10^th Percentile	£13.55	£14.75	£19.03
25^th Percentile	£18.12	£15.91	£30.50
Median hourly rate	£60.00	£23.13	£57.77
Median % change year-on-year	+159.38%	-59.96%	+13.16%
75^th Percentile	£88.00	£31.80	£62.92
90^th Percentile	£95.63	£72.30	£72.28
South East median hourly rate	£42.50	£20.71	£57.79
% change year-on-year	+105.21%	-64.16%	+10.08%

Marketing Strategy Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Marketing Strategy Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Marketing Strategy.

Marketing Strategy Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Marketing Strategy.

Marketing Strategy Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Marketing Strategy within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Berkshire	-18	2	£407	-	13
Buckinghamshire	-26	1	-	-	3
Marketing Strategy South East

Marketing Strategy Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 15 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Marketing Strategy 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 Thames Valley region citing Marketing Strategy.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Analytics	100.0%	3
2	Actionable Customer Insight	66.7%	2
2	Actionable Insight	66.7%	2
2	Analytical Thinking	66.7%	2
2	Customer Intelligence	66.7%	2
2	Data Engineering	66.7%	2
2	Data Pipeline	66.7%	2
2	Data Science	66.7%	2
2	Databricks	66.7%	2
2	Data-Driven Decision Making	66.7%	2
2	Decision-Making	66.7%	2
2	GTM Strategy	66.7%	2
2	Predictive Analytics	66.7%	2
2	Predictive Modelling	66.7%	2
2	Problem-Solving	66.7%	2
2	Product Marketing	66.7%	2
2	Propensity Modelling	66.7%	2
2	Python	66.7%	2
2	SQL	66.7%	2
2	Statistical Analysis	66.7%	2
2	Statistical Modelling	66.7%	2
22	Digital Marketing	33.3%	1
22	Stakeholder Management	33.3%	1

Marketing Strategy Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Analytics	100.0%	3
2	Actionable Customer Insight	66.7%	2
2	Actionable Insight	66.7%	2
2	Analytical Thinking	66.7%	2
2	Customer Intelligence	66.7%	2
2	Data Engineering	66.7%	2
2	Data Pipeline	66.7%	2
2	Data Science	66.7%	2
2	Data-Driven Decision Making	66.7%	2
2	Decision-Making	66.7%	2
2	GTM Strategy	66.7%	2
2	Predictive Analytics	66.7%	2
2	Predictive Modelling	66.7%	2
2	Problem-Solving	66.7%	2
2	Product Marketing	66.7%	2
2	Propensity Modelling	66.7%	2
2	Statistical Analysis	66.7%	2
2	Statistical Modelling	66.7%	2
19	Digital Marketing	33.3%	1
19	Stakeholder Management	33.3%	1