Direct Marketing Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Direct Marketing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Direct Marketing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 342 -
Rank change year-on-year -48 - -
Contract jobs citing Direct Marketing 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% 0.015% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.013% 0.017% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £289 -
UK median daily rate £400 £289 £600
% change year-on-year +38.41% -51.83% +60.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Direct 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 15,442 12,054 16,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.18% 87.99% 87.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,457 7,040 10,848
10th Percentile £222 £239 £250
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,678 680 1,283
10th Percentile £14.37 £15.48 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.25 £20.00 £16.96
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% -31.43% +51.38%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.03 £73.75 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £31.69 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.64% -21.75% +15.71%

Direct Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Direct Marketing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Direct Marketing job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Direct Marketing
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Direct Marketing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Direct Marketing

Direct Marketing
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Direct Marketing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Direct Marketing

Direct 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 Direct Marketing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
South East - 2 - -
Direct Marketing
UK

Direct Marketing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Advertising
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) B2B
1 2 (100.00%) Content Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Creative Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Measurement
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 2 (100.00%) Process Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) HP