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 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 494 421 417
Rank change year-on-year -73 -4 +65
Contract jobs citing Advertising 97 121 176
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.36% 0.41%
As % of the General category 0.43% 0.59% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 67 121
10th Percentile £213 £208 £206
25th Percentile £320 £275 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -16.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £573 £500 £625
90th Percentile £724 £600 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £555 £505 £488
% change year-on-year +9.90% +3.59% -11.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 16
10th Percentile £17.13 £30.25 £12.88
25th Percentile £20.00 £32.25 £16.26
Median hourly rate £35.25 £42.50 £27.03
Median % change year-on-year -17.06% +57.26% -27.93%
75th Percentile £46.81 £60.75 £40.73
90th Percentile £50.63 £63.75 £51.98
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £42.50 £14.03
% change year-on-year -57.65% +202.92% -64.48%

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 22,504 20,455 25,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 60.76% 61.27% 59.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,103 12,219 16,768
10th Percentile £282 £287 £275
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £758 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,409 697 1,098
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.48 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.50 £18.63 £16.51
Median hourly rate £23.58 £27.39 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.91% -17.02% +32.00%
75th Percentile £46.00 £53.75 £59.03
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.93 £70.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.97 £26.06 £30.50
% change year-on-year -15.70% -14.56% +37.64%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Top 10 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 31 December 2025. 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 -67 91 £450 +20.00% 225
London -32 67 £425 +13.33% 110
Work from Home -6 38 £500 +33.33% 92
UK excluding London -45 18 £555 +9.90% 161
South East -18 9 £225 -55.45% 58
South West +2 5 £630 - 22
West Midlands -30 3 £555 +0.91% 15
Midlands -35 3 £555 +0.91% 20
Yorkshire -48 1 - - 17
North of England -50 1 - - 33

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 (4.12%) Apache Airflow
1 4 (4.12%) Confluence
2 2 (2.06%) CMS
3 1 (1.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.03%) SAS
3 1 (1.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (5.15%) Adobe After Effects
1 5 (5.15%) Photoshop
2 4 (4.12%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (3.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (2.06%) Final Cut Pro
4 2 (2.06%) InDesign
4 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (1.03%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.03%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Endur
1 1 (1.03%) Oracle FAH
1 1 (1.03%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (1.03%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 1 (1.03%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (1.03%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.22%) Google Analytics
1 7 (7.22%) SaaS
2 5 (5.15%) Azure
2 5 (5.15%) Figma
3 4 (4.12%) dbt
3 4 (4.12%) GCP
3 4 (4.12%) Google Tag Manager
3 4 (4.12%) Vertex AI
4 3 (3.09%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.03%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.03%) Asana
6 1 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.03%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.03%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.03%) Intacct
6 1 (1.03%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.03%) PaaS
6 1 (1.03%) Serverless
6 1 (1.03%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.19%) WebEx
2 4 (4.12%) HTTP
3 2 (2.06%) BGP
3 2 (2.06%) Firewall
3 2 (2.06%) IPsec
3 2 (2.06%) Network Security
3 2 (2.06%) OSPF
3 2 (2.06%) SSL
3 2 (2.06%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.06%) VLAN
3 2 (2.06%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.19%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (4.12%) BigQuery
3 3 (3.09%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.09%) Tableau
4 2 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (2.06%) Metadata
5 1 (1.03%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.03%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.03%) DynamoDB
5 1 (1.03%) Metadata Repository
5 1 (1.03%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.03%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 5 (5.15%) JIRA
2 4 (4.12%) MLflow
3 2 (2.06%) Git
4 1 (1.03%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.03%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (1.03%) Charles Proxy
4 1 (1.03%) Fiddler
4 1 (1.03%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.03%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (42.27%) Marketing
2 35 (36.08%) Social Skills
3 16 (16.49%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (16.49%) Finance
4 8 (8.25%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (6.19%) Legal
6 4 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.12%) Publishing
6 4 (4.12%) Retail
7 3 (3.09%) Banking
7 3 (3.09%) Games
7 3 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.09%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.06%) French Language
9 1 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.03%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.03%) German Language
9 1 (1.03%) Polish Language
9 1 (1.03%) Public Speaking
9 1 (1.03%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 9 (9.28%) Analyst
1 9 (9.28%) Consultant
1 9 (9.28%) Marketing Manager
2 8 (8.25%) Senior
3 7 (7.22%) Designer
4 6 (6.19%) Product Manager
4 6 (6.19%) Technical Writer
5 4 (4.12%) Business Analyst
5 4 (4.12%) Developer
5 4 (4.12%) Project Manager
5 4 (4.12%) Solutions Consultant
6 3 (3.09%) Architect
6 3 (3.09%) Senior Producer
6 3 (3.09%) Technical Consultant
7 2 (2.06%) Content Designer
7 2 (2.06%) Data Analyst
7 2 (2.06%) Digital Designer
7 2 (2.06%) Digital Project Manager
7 2 (2.06%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 2 (2.06%) Interaction Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.15%) CSS
1 5 (5.15%) HTML
2 4 (4.12%) RESTful
3 3 (3.09%) .NET
3 3 (3.09%) React
4 1 (1.03%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (1.03%) Next.js
4 1 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.03%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.37%) Digital Media
2 8 (8.25%) Social Media
3 7 (7.22%) Marketing Technology
4 5 (5.15%) Motion Graphics
5 4 (4.12%) Cloud Native
5 4 (4.12%) Wiki
6 3 (3.09%) Animation
6 3 (3.09%) Hedge funds
6 3 (3.09%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.03%) Digital Signage
8 1 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.03%) FMCG
8 1 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.03%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.03%) PropTech
8 1 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.09%) Windows
2 2 (2.06%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.03%) Android
3 1 (1.03%) Linux
3 1 (1.03%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.03%) OpenVMS
3 1 (1.03%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (22.68%) Analytics
2 18 (18.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (15.46%) Agile
3 15 (15.46%) Project Management
4 12 (12.37%) AI
4 12 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (12.37%) Roadmaps
5 11 (11.34%) Digital Marketing
6 10 (10.31%) B2B
6 10 (10.31%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (9.28%) Marketing Strategy
8 8 (8.25%) Customer Experience
8 8 (8.25%) Storytelling
9 7 (7.22%) CRM
9 7 (7.22%) Data Analysis
9 7 (7.22%) Lead Generation
10 6 (6.19%) CI/CD
10 6 (6.19%) Data Science
10 6 (6.19%) Decision-Making
10 6 (6.19%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.37%) SQL
2 5 (5.15%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.09%) C#
3 3 (3.09%) Python
3 3 (3.09%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.03%) Bicep
4 1 (1.03%) MATLAB
4 1 (1.03%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.03%) R
4 1 (1.03%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.03%) VB
4 1 (1.03%) VB.NET
4 1 (1.03%) VB6
Qualifications
1 6 (6.19%) Security Cleared
2 5 (5.15%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.09%) Degree
4 2 (2.06%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.06%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.03%) CIPD
5 1 (1.03%) MCSA
5 1 (1.03%) MCSE
5 1 (1.03%) OCA
5 1 (1.03%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (1.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.19%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.06%) PMO
2 2 (2.06%) QA
3 1 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.03%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.03%) GDPR
3 1 (1.03%) SLA
3 1 (1.03%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (4.12%) Kubeflow
2 2 (2.06%) FortiGate
2 2 (2.06%) Terraform
3 1 (1.03%) Ansible
Vendors
1 18 (18.56%) Google
2 13 (13.40%) Salesforce
3 8 (8.25%) Adobe
4 5 (5.15%) HubSpot
4 5 (5.15%) Marketo
4 5 (5.15%) Microsoft
5 4 (4.12%) Oracle
6 3 (3.09%) Atlassian
6 3 (3.09%) Facebook
7 2 (2.06%) Alteryx
7 2 (2.06%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.06%) HP
7 2 (2.06%) Instagram
7 2 (2.06%) YouTube
8 1 (1.03%) OpenAI
8 1 (1.03%) Sage
8 1 (1.03%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.03%) TikTok
8 1 (1.03%) Veeam
8 1 (1.03%) VMware