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 1 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 493 416 431
Rank change year-on-year -77 +15 -44
Contract jobs citing Advertising 163 118 162
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.38% 0.38%
As % of the General category 0.58% 0.61% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 68 97
10th Percentile £305 £250 £200
25th Percentile £338 £313 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £430 £375
Median % change year-on-year -0.58% +14.67% -21.05%
75th Percentile £592 £503 £500
90th Percentile £701 £613 £593
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £475 £363
% change year-on-year -10.53% +31.03% -19.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 17
10th Percentile £30.23 £27.82 £6.57
25th Percentile £41.25 £37.94 £16.85
Median hourly rate £42.50 £49.25 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.71% +11.94% -2.76%
75th Percentile £43.75 £54.00 £50.00
90th Percentile - - £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.15 - £15.98
% change year-on-year - - -65.64%

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 27,992 19,445 24,647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.46% 63.23% 57.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,814 12,226 15,403
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.34% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £490
% change year-on-year +6.38% -4.08% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,924 958 1,974
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.46 £12.79
25th Percentile £18.23 £16.50 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.39 £31.61
Median % change year-on-year +16.84% -13.34% +4.48%
75th Percentile £60.00 £53.25 £53.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.53 £23.00 £30.37
% change year-on-year +37.08% -24.27% +20.88%

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 1 July 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 1 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Top 13 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 1 July 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 -78 152 £425 - 348
London -69 92 £450 +26.32% 231
UK excluding London -57 60 £425 -10.53% 156
Work from Home -48 39 £418 +11.33% 157
North of England -59 18 £413 -36.46% 33
South East -53 17 £461 -12.14% 59
South West -21 13 £618 +7.39% 20
North West -28 13 £413 -36.46% 19
West Midlands -53 6 £417 -4.08% 7
Midlands -60 6 £417 -4.08% 18
Yorkshire - 5 £415 - 11
East of England - 4 £448 - 11
Scotland - 2 £475 - 2

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 4 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.23%) CMS
2 2 (1.23%) Confluence
3 1 (0.61%) CICS
3 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.61%) SAS
3 1 (0.61%) Tuxedo
3 1 (0.61%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.61%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.61%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (6.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.84%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.61%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.61%) InDesign
5 1 (0.61%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.61%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (4.91%) Sprinklr
2 7 (4.29%) SAP EHS
2 7 (4.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.61%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.61%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.61%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.61%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 21 (12.88%) SaaS
2 13 (7.98%) AWS
3 8 (4.91%) Power Platform
4 7 (4.29%) Azure
5 6 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.07%) Google Workspace
7 4 (2.45%) Adobe Analytics
7 4 (2.45%) GCP
7 4 (2.45%) Google Analytics
8 3 (1.84%) Figma
8 3 (1.84%) GitHub
8 3 (1.84%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.84%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.84%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.23%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (1.23%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.23%) Facebook Ads
9 2 (1.23%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (1.23%) Google Drive
9 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.45%) DNS
2 2 (1.23%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (1.23%) DHCP
2 2 (1.23%) Firewall
3 1 (0.61%) NAS
3 1 (0.61%) Network Security
3 1 (0.61%) SAN
3 1 (0.61%) VLAN
3 1 (0.61%) VPN
3 1 (0.61%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.52%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.29%) Power BI
2 7 (4.29%) Tableau
3 6 (3.68%) MySQL
4 4 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.45%) Oracle Database
4 4 (2.45%) Oracle Database 12c
5 2 (1.23%) Metadata
6 1 (0.61%) DataStage
6 1 (0.61%) IDMS
6 1 (0.61%) Looker
6 1 (0.61%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.84%) JIRA
2 2 (1.23%) CircleCI
2 2 (1.23%) Claude Code
2 2 (1.23%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.23%) Git
2 2 (1.23%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.23%) Mocha
2 2 (1.23%) webpack
3 1 (0.61%) CA Gen
3 1 (0.61%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.61%) Postman
3 1 (0.61%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.61%) Zephyr
General
1 50 (30.67%) Marketing
2 40 (24.54%) Social Skills
3 31 (19.02%) Finance
4 17 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (10.43%) Retail
5 11 (6.75%) Legal
6 10 (6.13%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (5.52%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (5.52%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (4.91%) Publishing
9 6 (3.68%) Public Speaking
10 5 (3.07%) Banking
11 3 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.84%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.84%) Wearables
12 2 (1.23%) Billing
12 2 (1.23%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.23%) Front Office
12 2 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.23%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (10.43%) Analyst
1 17 (10.43%) Consultant
2 14 (8.59%) Developer
3 13 (7.98%) Senior
4 12 (7.36%) Project Manager
5 10 (6.13%) Lead
5 10 (6.13%) Sales Manager
6 7 (4.29%) Business Analyst
7 5 (3.07%) Clinical Project Manager
7 5 (3.07%) Database Engineer
7 5 (3.07%) Full-Stack Developer
8 4 (2.45%) Architect
8 4 (2.45%) Implementation Consultant
8 4 (2.45%) Marketing Manager
8 4 (2.45%) Oracle Database Engineer
8 4 (2.45%) Product Manager
8 4 (2.45%) Products Support Manager
8 4 (2.45%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (2.45%) Support Engineer
8 4 (2.45%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.07%) Laravel
1 5 (3.07%) Vue
2 4 (2.45%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 4 (2.45%) SAP Basis
2 4 (2.45%) XML
3 2 (1.23%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.23%) Enzyme
3 2 (1.23%) Jest
3 2 (1.23%) Node.js
3 2 (1.23%) Plotly
3 2 (1.23%) React
3 2 (1.23%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (0.61%) .NET
4 1 (0.61%) Apache Avro
4 1 (0.61%) Kafka
4 1 (0.61%) Middleware
4 1 (0.61%) NumPy
4 1 (0.61%) Pandas
4 1 (0.61%) Protocol Buffers
4 1 (0.61%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.20%) Social Media
2 14 (8.59%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (6.75%) Marketing Technology
4 8 (4.91%) Life Science
5 7 (4.29%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.45%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.84%) Video on Demand
8 2 (1.23%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.23%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (1.23%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.23%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.23%) FMCG
8 2 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.23%) IoT
8 2 (1.23%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.23%) Motion Graphics
8 2 (1.23%) Virtual Reality
8 2 (1.23%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.23%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.91%) Linux
2 6 (3.68%) Unix
3 5 (3.07%) Windows
4 1 (0.61%) AIX
4 1 (0.61%) Android
4 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.61%) Solaris
4 1 (0.61%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (15.34%) Analytics
3 22 (13.50%) Agile
3 22 (13.50%) AI
4 17 (10.43%) Project Management
5 15 (9.20%) Actionable Insight
5 15 (9.20%) Digital Marketing
5 15 (9.20%) Migration
5 15 (9.20%) Storytelling
6 13 (7.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (7.98%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (6.75%) Decision-Making
8 10 (6.13%) CRM
8 10 (6.13%) Roadmaps
8 10 (6.13%) Thought Leadership
9 9 (5.52%) B2B
9 9 (5.52%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (5.52%) Marketing Strategy
9 9 (5.52%) Product Marketing
9 9 (5.52%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 21 (12.88%) SQL
2 18 (11.04%) Python
3 5 (3.07%) PHP
3 5 (3.07%) Shell Script
4 4 (2.45%) Java
4 4 (2.45%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.45%) Korn
4 4 (2.45%) T-SQL
5 3 (1.84%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.23%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.61%) COBOL
7 1 (0.61%) Go
7 1 (0.61%) LookML
7 1 (0.61%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (14.11%) Security Cleared
2 22 (13.50%) SC Cleared
3 19 (11.66%) Degree
4 6 (3.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.45%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.45%) PMP
6 3 (1.84%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.84%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.23%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.61%) APMP
8 1 (0.61%) CAPM
8 1 (0.61%) ISEB
8 1 (0.61%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.61%) MBA
8 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.29%) GDPR
1 7 (4.29%) QA
2 4 (2.45%) PERC
3 3 (1.84%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.61%) NIST
4 1 (0.61%) PMO
4 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (2.45%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.23%) Docker
2 2 (1.23%) vSphere
3 1 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (4.91%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.68%) Ansible
3 4 (2.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 4 (2.45%) Oracle RMAN
4 3 (1.84%) Terraform
5 2 (1.23%) HAProxy
5 2 (1.23%) PowerCLI
5 2 (1.23%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.23%) Stealthwatch
5 2 (1.23%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.61%) Argo
6 1 (0.61%) Control-M
6 1 (0.61%) Grafana
6 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.61%) vRealize
6 1 (0.61%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 19 (11.66%) Google
2 13 (7.98%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.98%) SAP
3 12 (7.36%) TikTok
4 10 (6.13%) Adobe
5 8 (4.91%) Oracle
5 8 (4.91%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.07%) Pinterest
6 5 (3.07%) Snapchat
6 5 (3.07%) YouTube
7 4 (2.45%) Facebook
7 4 (2.45%) Instagram
7 4 (2.45%) Pega
7 4 (2.45%) Tealium
8 3 (1.84%) Cisco
8 3 (1.84%) Splunk
8 3 (1.84%) VMware
9 2 (1.23%) Brandwatch
9 2 (1.23%) IBM
9 2 (1.23%) Infoblox