Digital Marketing Contracts in the UK excluding London

Digital Marketing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 190 213 256
Rank change year-on-year +23 +43 -14
Contract jobs citing Digital Marketing 158 182 208
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.24% 0.89% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.05% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 128 174
10th Percentile £203 £200 £200
25th Percentile £291 £260 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.19% +2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £659 £702 £638
90th Percentile £700 £788 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £516 £525
% change year-on-year +1.74% -1.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 24 1
10th Percentile £17.61 £12.75 -
25th Percentile £18.20 £15.38 £38.75
Median hourly rate £23.00 £25.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -41.18% -
75th Percentile £23.50 £28.75 £46.25
90th Percentile £28.69 £56.25 -
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £25.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +1.00% -60.00% +120.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,573 17,298 21,028
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.48% 84.45% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,212 10,313 14,528
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £656 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.43% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 834 2,056 1,281
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.32 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.25 £15.44
Median hourly rate £25.23 £38.06 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.72% +8.74% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.26 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.90 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £28.30 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.48% +1.39% +40.19%

Digital Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Digital Marketing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Marketing in the UK excluding London

Digital Marketing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Marketing in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Digital Marketing in the UK excluding London

Digital Marketing
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Marketing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Marketing in the UK excluding London

Digital Marketing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Marketing in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Digital Marketing in the UK excluding London

Digital Marketing
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +64 81 £606 +195.73% 202
South West +16 35 £555 -11.20% 57
North of England +25 24 £530 +17.78% 158
North West +19 14 £530 -18.46% 101
North East - 9 £488 - 14
Scotland +11 7 £450 -21.74% 17
East of England +14 6 £500 +42.86% 45
Midlands +14 3 £183 -69.58% 70
West Midlands +16 2 £190 -68.33% 36
Northern Ireland -14 2 - - 8
Yorkshire +10 1 £550 +22.22% 44
East Midlands +6 1 £175 - 25
Digital Marketing
UK

Digital Marketing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.90%) Confluence
2 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (1.27%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (1.27%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.63%) CMS
4 1 (0.63%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.63%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 27 (17.09%) Azure
2 15 (9.49%) AWS
3 11 (6.96%) GCP
4 10 (6.33%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (5.06%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 7 (4.43%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (3.16%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.90%) Adobe Analytics
8 3 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (1.90%) Google Ads
8 3 (1.90%) Google Analytics
8 3 (1.90%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.27%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (1.27%) Cohesity
9 2 (1.27%) Google Data Studio
9 2 (1.27%) Kong
10 1 (0.63%) Azure Event Grid
10 1 (0.63%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.63%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.43%) VPN
2 5 (3.16%) Firewall
3 4 (2.53%) DNS
3 4 (2.53%) LAN
4 3 (1.90%) DHCP
4 3 (1.90%) SAN
4 3 (1.90%) WAN
4 3 (1.90%) Wireless
5 2 (1.27%) IMAP
5 2 (1.27%) iSCSI
5 2 (1.27%) Skype
5 2 (1.27%) SMTP
6 1 (0.63%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.63%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.63%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.63%) Junos
6 1 (0.63%) Network Security
6 1 (0.63%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.63%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.96%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (6.33%) Relational Database
3 5 (3.16%) Power BI
4 4 (2.53%) Tableau
5 3 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.90%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.27%) Looker
7 1 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.63%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.63%) Metadata
7 1 (0.63%) Mixpanel
7 1 (0.63%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (10.13%) Jenkins
2 10 (6.33%) GitLab
2 10 (6.33%) Gradle
2 10 (6.33%) JUnit
2 10 (6.33%) Liquibase
2 10 (6.33%) Mockito
3 9 (5.70%) Git
4 7 (4.43%) Selenium
5 6 (3.80%) JIRA
6 3 (1.90%) SpecFlow
7 2 (1.27%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.27%) NUnit
7 2 (1.27%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.63%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.63%) Maven
8 1 (0.63%) Postman
8 1 (0.63%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 158 (100.00%) Marketing
2 128 (81.01%) Public Sector
3 127 (80.38%) Finance
4 126 (79.75%) Electronics
4 126 (79.75%) Manufacturing
4 126 (79.75%) Telecoms
5 34 (21.52%) Social Skills
6 8 (5.06%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.80%) Retail
8 3 (1.90%) Brand Awareness
9 2 (1.27%) Legal
10 1 (0.63%) Advertising
10 1 (0.63%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.63%) Automotive
10 1 (0.63%) Avionics
10 1 (0.63%) Banking
10 1 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.63%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (16.46%) Architect
2 21 (13.29%) Active Directory Architect
2 21 (13.29%) Support Engineer
3 16 (10.13%) Developer
3 16 (10.13%) Senior
4 15 (9.49%) Azure Engineer
5 11 (6.96%) Desktop Engineer
5 11 (6.96%) Desktop Support
5 11 (6.96%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 10 (6.33%) DevOps Engineer
7 9 (5.70%) Analyst
7 9 (5.70%) Lead
8 8 (5.06%) IT Engineer
9 7 (4.43%) Applications Engineer
9 7 (4.43%) Applications Support
9 7 (4.43%) Azure Developer
9 7 (4.43%) C# Developer
9 7 (4.43%) Digital Executive
9 7 (4.43%) E-Commerce Executive
9 7 (4.43%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.96%) .NET
1 11 (6.96%) OpenAPI
1 11 (6.96%) React
1 11 (6.96%) Swagger
2 10 (6.33%) Kafka
2 10 (6.33%) Spring
2 10 (6.33%) Spring Boot
3 9 (5.70%) CSS
3 9 (5.70%) HTML
4 4 (2.53%) AngularJS
4 4 (2.53%) Gherkin
5 3 (1.90%) PySpark
6 2 (1.27%) Playwright
6 2 (1.27%) pytest
6 2 (1.27%) YAML
7 1 (0.63%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.63%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.63%) Google Maps API
7 1 (0.63%) Java EE
7 1 (0.63%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.49%) NHS
2 8 (5.06%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.80%) Social Media
4 5 (3.16%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.53%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.90%) Blog
6 3 (1.90%) LIMS
7 2 (1.27%) Blackberry
7 2 (1.27%) BYOD
7 2 (1.27%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.27%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.27%) Digital Signage
7 2 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.27%) iPhone
7 2 (1.27%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.63%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.63%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.63%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 47 (29.75%) Windows
2 12 (7.59%) Windows 10
3 6 (3.80%) Linux
4 2 (1.27%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.27%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.63%) Alpine Linux
5 1 (0.63%) Android
5 1 (0.63%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (82.91%) Business Intelligence
2 126 (79.75%) Programme Management
3 49 (31.01%) Agile
4 40 (25.32%) Test Automation
5 30 (18.99%) CI/CD
6 29 (18.35%) DevOps
7 21 (13.29%) Identity Access Management
7 21 (13.29%) TDD
8 20 (12.66%) Continuous Integration
8 20 (12.66%) Software Engineering
9 18 (11.39%) Analytics
10 17 (10.76%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (10.13%) E-Commerce
12 14 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (7.59%) Containerisation
13 12 (7.59%) CRM
14 11 (6.96%) Email Marketing
14 11 (6.96%) Migration
14 11 (6.96%) Service Management
14 11 (6.96%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 30 (18.99%) PowerShell
2 23 (14.56%) SQL
3 14 (8.86%) Java
4 13 (8.23%) Python
4 13 (8.23%) TypeScript
5 10 (6.33%) C#
5 10 (6.33%) JavaScript
6 7 (4.43%) Bash
7 3 (1.90%) Bicep
7 3 (1.90%) C++
8 2 (1.27%) Groovy
9 1 (0.63%) C
9 1 (0.63%) VB
Qualifications
1 70 (44.30%) Security Cleared
2 38 (24.05%) SC Cleared
3 35 (22.15%) DV Cleared
4 15 (9.49%) Degree
5 7 (4.43%) Azure Certification
5 7 (4.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.53%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.27%) Dell Certification
8 1 (0.63%) ACCA
8 1 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.63%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (0.63%) CIMA
8 1 (0.63%) CISSP
8 1 (0.63%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.16%) QA
2 4 (2.53%) JSP 440
3 3 (1.90%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.63%) GDPR
4 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.63%) MIL-STD-1553
4 1 (0.63%) NIST
4 1 (0.63%) PMO
4 1 (0.63%) RMADS
4 1 (0.63%) SLA
4 1 (0.63%) WCAG
System Software
1 25 (15.82%) Active Directory
2 16 (10.13%) Docker
3 2 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.63%) NFS
4 1 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.63%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (5.06%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.43%) Terraform
3 4 (2.53%) Ansible
4 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.90%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.27%) Grafana
5 2 (1.27%) Puppet
6 1 (0.63%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.63%) SCCM
6 1 (0.63%) vRealize
6 1 (0.63%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 126 (79.75%) SAP
2 13 (8.23%) Google
3 12 (7.59%) Microsoft
4 8 (5.06%) HP
5 6 (3.80%) Dell
6 4 (2.53%) Adobe
6 4 (2.53%) Cisco
6 4 (2.53%) VMware
7 3 (1.90%) Citrix
7 3 (1.90%) Databricks
7 3 (1.90%) Facebook
7 3 (1.90%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.27%) IBM
8 2 (1.27%) LogRhythm
8 2 (1.27%) NetApp
8 2 (1.27%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.27%) TikTok
9 1 (0.63%) Apple
9 1 (0.63%) Nexthink
9 1 (0.63%) YouTube