Pay per click Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Pay per click (PPC)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Pay per click skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 358 373
Rank change year-on-year -115 +15 +50
Contract jobs citing Pay per click 5 6 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.018% 0.039% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.022% 0.044% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £154
25th Percentile £173 - £224
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - £438
Median % change year-on-year - - +629.17%
75th Percentile £178 - £600
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £350 £300 £355
% change year-on-year +16.67% -15.49% -16.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £150.25 £25.75 -
Median hourly rate £150.50 £26.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +467.92% - -
75th Percentile £150.75 £27.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £83.00 £26.50 -
% change year-on-year +213.21% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Pay per click 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 22,336 13,666 15,079
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.12% 89.17% 82.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,033 8,246 9,036
10th Percentile £300 £239 £250
25th Percentile £406 £368 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £594 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,454 1,363 1,488
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.92 £13.69
25th Percentile £17.72 £17.16 £16.45
Median hourly rate £43.96 £24.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +83.17% -43.53% +17.65%
75th Percentile £68.00 £46.18 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.63 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +65.54% -38.57% -0.24%

Pay per click
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Pay per click job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Pay per click
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Pay per click.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Pay per click

Pay per click
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Pay per click.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Pay per click

Pay per click
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 Pay per click within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 August 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
North of England -56 2 £175 - 15
East of England - 2 - - 2
Yorkshire - 1 - - 8
North West - 1 £175 - 5
Wales - 1 - -
Pay per click
UK

Pay per click
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) CMS
2 1 (20.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Intranet
General
1 5 (100.00%) Marketing
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Content Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Content Marketing Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Executive
2 1 (20.00%) PPC Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Social Media
2 2 (40.00%) Blog
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Analytics
1 4 (80.00%) Digital Marketing
1 4 (80.00%) SEO
2 3 (60.00%) Digital Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Campaign Management
3 2 (40.00%) Content Development
3 2 (40.00%) Content Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) Content Marketing Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Content Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Line Management
3 2 (40.00%) Market Research
3 2 (40.00%) Marketing Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Online Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Social Media Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) Value Proposition
4 1 (20.00%) Email Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) Multichannel Marketing
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Facebook
1 1 (20.00%) Google
1 1 (20.00%) Instagram
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) TikTok