Advertising Contract Job Trends

Advertising
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Advertising in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Advertising over the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 481 419 429
Rank change year-on-year -62 +10 -42
Contract jobs citing Advertising 182 132 143
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.40% 0.36%
As % of the General category 0.62% 0.63% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 74 94
10th Percentile £263 £250 £200
25th Percentile £317 £314 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £435 £375
Median % change year-on-year -2.30% +16.00% -21.05%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £500
90th Percentile £688 £639 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £428 £475 £295
% change year-on-year -10.00% +60.88% -34.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 9
10th Percentile £24.20 £24.57 £16.85
25th Percentile £33.75 £27.85 £34.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £45.75 £48.48
Median % change year-on-year -7.10% -5.62% +32.66%
75th Percentile £43.75 £54.00 £50.00
90th Percentile - - £53.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.50 £18.00 £48.48
% change year-on-year +41.67% -62.87% +38.50%

All General Skills
UK

Advertising falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 29,244 20,793 22,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.98% 63.19% 57.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,402 12,994 14,143
10th Percentile £313 £278 £290
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,147 1,115 1,399
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £16.19 £16.96
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +27.07%
75th Percentile £60.00 £50.75 £57.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.81 £22.14 £38.12
% change year-on-year +48.17% -41.92% +46.62%

Advertising
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Advertising relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Advertising job vacancy trend in the UK

Advertising
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Advertising.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Advertising

Advertising
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Advertising over the 6 months to 5 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Advertising.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Advertising

Advertising
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Advertising over the 6 months to 5 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Advertising within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England -80 171 £425 -2.30% 455
London -44 103 £425 +21.43% 290
UK excluding London -59 67 £428 -10.00% 191
Work from Home -54 45 £413 -5.15% 157
South East -56 20 £463 -11.90% 61
North of England -43 19 £413 -36.46% 46
South West -34 17 £618 +7.39% 27
North West -39 14 £413 -36.46% 21
Midlands -58 7 £430 -1.15% 35
West Midlands -58 7 £430 -1.15% 20
Yorkshire - 4 £396 - 21
Scotland - 2 £475 - 4
East of England - 2 £413 - 13
North East - 1 - - 8

Advertising
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 7 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.10%) CMS
2 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.10%) SAS
3 1 (0.55%) Confluence
3 1 (0.55%) Tuxedo
3 1 (0.55%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.55%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (6.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.75%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.10%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (1.10%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (1.10%) DaVinci Resolve
5 2 (1.10%) Houdini
5 2 (1.10%) InDesign
5 2 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.10%) NUKE
5 2 (1.10%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.55%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (3.85%) SAP EHS
1 7 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
1 7 (3.85%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.55%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.55%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.55%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.55%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 21 (11.54%) SaaS
2 12 (6.59%) AWS
2 12 (6.59%) Azure
3 11 (6.04%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.75%) Google Workspace
6 4 (2.20%) Adobe Analytics
6 4 (2.20%) GCP
6 4 (2.20%) Google Analytics
7 3 (1.65%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.65%) GitHub
7 3 (1.65%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.65%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.10%) Anthropic Claude
8 2 (1.10%) Canva
8 2 (1.10%) Facebook Ads
8 2 (1.10%) GitHub Copilot
8 2 (1.10%) Google Ads
8 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.10%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.65%) Broadband
1 3 (1.65%) Firewall
2 2 (1.10%) DNS
2 2 (1.10%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.10%) VLAN
2 2 (1.10%) VPN
2 2 (1.10%) VSAN
3 1 (0.55%) BGP
3 1 (0.55%) Network Security
3 1 (0.55%) OSPF
3 1 (0.55%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.49%) Power BI
2 9 (4.95%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.40%) Tableau
4 6 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (3.30%) MySQL
5 4 (2.20%) Metadata
5 4 (2.20%) Oracle Database
5 4 (2.20%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.55%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.55%) IDMS
6 1 (0.55%) Looker
6 1 (0.55%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.55%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.65%) JIRA
2 2 (1.10%) CircleCI
2 2 (1.10%) Claude Code
2 2 (1.10%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.10%) Git
2 2 (1.10%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.10%) Mocha
2 2 (1.10%) webpack
3 1 (0.55%) CA Gen
3 1 (0.55%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.55%) Postman
3 1 (0.55%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.55%) Zephyr
General
1 45 (24.73%) Social Skills
2 44 (24.18%) Marketing
3 29 (15.93%) Finance
4 27 (14.84%) Retail
5 21 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (7.69%) Legal
7 13 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (4.95%) Pharmaceutical
8 9 (4.95%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (4.40%) Publishing
10 6 (3.30%) Banking
10 6 (3.30%) Public Speaking
11 4 (2.20%) Billing
12 3 (1.65%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.65%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.65%) Wearables
13 2 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.10%) Electronics
13 2 (1.10%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.10%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 20 (10.99%) Analyst
2 17 (9.34%) Consultant
3 16 (8.79%) Senior
4 15 (8.24%) Developer
5 14 (7.69%) Sales Manager
6 12 (6.59%) Architect
6 12 (6.59%) Project Manager
7 10 (5.49%) Lead
8 8 (4.40%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.30%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (2.75%) Clinical Project Manager
10 5 (2.75%) Database Engineer
10 5 (2.75%) Full-Stack Developer
10 5 (2.75%) Support Engineer
11 4 (2.20%) Data Analyst
11 4 (2.20%) Data Engineer
11 4 (2.20%) Implementation Consultant
11 4 (2.20%) Oracle Database Engineer
11 4 (2.20%) Products Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.75%) Laravel
1 5 (2.75%) Vue
2 4 (2.20%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 4 (2.20%) SAP Basis
2 4 (2.20%) XML
3 2 (1.10%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.10%) Enzyme
3 2 (1.10%) Jest
3 2 (1.10%) Node.js
3 2 (1.10%) Plotly
3 2 (1.10%) React
3 2 (1.10%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (0.55%) Apache Avro
4 1 (0.55%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.55%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.55%) Pandas
4 1 (0.55%) Protocol Buffers
4 1 (0.55%) Quarkus
4 1 (0.55%) React Native
4 1 (0.55%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.34%) Social Media
2 16 (8.79%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (6.59%) Marketing Technology
4 8 (4.40%) Life Science
5 7 (3.85%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.65%) Animation
7 2 (1.10%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.10%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.10%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.10%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.10%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.10%) FMCG
7 2 (1.10%) Graphic Design
7 2 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.10%) IoT
7 2 (1.10%) Podcast
7 2 (1.10%) Video on Demand
7 2 (1.10%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (1.10%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.30%) Linux
2 5 (2.75%) Unix
2 5 (2.75%) Windows
3 2 (1.10%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.55%) Android
4 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.55%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.55%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (14.84%) Analytics
3 26 (14.29%) Agile
4 22 (12.09%) AI
5 16 (8.79%) Migration
5 16 (8.79%) Project Management
5 16 (8.79%) Storytelling
6 15 (8.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (7.69%) Digital Marketing
8 13 (7.14%) Actionable Insight
8 13 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 12 (6.59%) Decision-Making
10 11 (6.04%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (6.04%) CRM
11 10 (5.49%) Thought Leadership
11 10 (5.49%) Workflow
12 9 (4.95%) Data Migration
12 9 (4.95%) Product Marketing
13 8 (4.40%) Biotechnology
13 8 (4.40%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 25 (13.74%) SQL
2 15 (8.24%) Python
3 5 (2.75%) JavaScript
3 5 (2.75%) PHP
3 5 (2.75%) Shell Script
4 4 (2.20%) Java
4 4 (2.20%) Korn
4 4 (2.20%) T-SQL
5 3 (1.65%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.10%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.55%) Go
7 1 (0.55%) LookML
7 1 (0.55%) R
Qualifications
1 25 (13.74%) Security Cleared
2 23 (12.64%) SC Cleared
3 19 (10.44%) Degree
4 6 (3.30%) DBS Check
5 5 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.75%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.65%) PMP
7 2 (1.10%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.10%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.55%) APMP
8 1 (0.55%) CAPM
8 1 (0.55%) ISEB
8 1 (0.55%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.55%) MBA
8 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.55%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.85%) GDPR
1 7 (3.85%) QA
2 5 (2.75%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.20%) PERC
4 1 (0.55%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.55%) NIST
4 1 (0.55%) PSD2
4 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (2.75%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.20%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (1.65%) vSphere
4 2 (1.10%) Docker
4 2 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.55%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 4 (2.20%) Oracle RMAN
3 3 (1.65%) Ansible
4 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.10%) PowerCLI
4 2 (1.10%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.10%) SCCM
4 2 (1.10%) Terraform
4 2 (1.10%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.55%) Argo
5 1 (0.55%) Control-M
5 1 (0.55%) Grafana
5 1 (0.55%) vRealize
5 1 (0.55%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 26 (14.29%) Google
2 16 (8.79%) TikTok
3 14 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 14 (7.69%) SAP
4 8 (4.40%) Adobe
4 8 (4.40%) Oracle
5 7 (3.85%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.20%) Pega
6 4 (2.20%) Pinterest
6 4 (2.20%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.20%) Snapchat
6 4 (2.20%) Tealium
6 4 (2.20%) YouTube
7 3 (1.65%) Facebook
7 3 (1.65%) Splunk
7 3 (1.65%) VMware
8 2 (1.10%) Brandwatch
8 2 (1.10%) Cisco
8 2 (1.10%) Instagram
8 2 (1.10%) Sophos