Ad Operations Contracts

Advertising Operations (Ad Ops)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Ad Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Ad Operations over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 709 862
Rank change year-on-year - +153 -167
Contract jobs citing Ad Operations 0 7 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.012% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.013% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - - £273
25th Percentile - £213 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £331 £325
Median % change year-on-year - +1.92% +83.88%
75th Percentile - £470 £339
90th Percentile - £518 £340
UK excluding London median daily rate - £225 £340
% change year-on-year - -33.82% +63.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £30.25
25th Percentile - - £31.75
Median hourly rate - - £35.50
75th Percentile - - £39.25
90th Percentile - - £40.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Ad Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,480 53,073 80,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.37% 89.85% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,166 36,804 56,457
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,447 1,751 1,910
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Ad Operations
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Ad Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ad Operations in the UK

Ad Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ad Operations.

Daily rate trend for Ad Operations in the UK

Ad Operations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ad Operations.

Hourly rate trend for Ad Operations in the UK