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 23 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 483 420 437
Rank change year-on-year -63 +17 -31
Contract jobs citing Advertising 133 101 152
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.34% 0.35%
As % of the General category 0.52% 0.54% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 62 93
10th Percentile £308 £233 £200
25th Percentile £370 £313 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +1.76% +6.25% -23.08%
75th Percentile £638 £528 £550
90th Percentile £732 £646 £598
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £488 £356
% change year-on-year -12.82% +36.84% -33.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 16
10th Percentile £15.43 £26.33 £6.57
25th Percentile £23.75 £27.70 £13.22
Median hourly rate £42.75 £42.50 £41.08
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% +3.46% -9.22%
75th Percentile £49.06 £50.84 £50.00
90th Percentile £61.69 £55.01 £59.73
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 - £12.78
% change year-on-year - - -70.28%

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 25,520 18,658 25,479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.98% 63.18% 58.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,793 11,922 16,126
10th Percentile £305 £300 £270
25th Percentile £406 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,617 785 1,925
10th Percentile £13.72 £14.20 £12.76
25th Percentile £17.50 £18.13 £15.40
Median hourly rate £28.55 £28.18 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% -1.12% -18.57%
75th Percentile £60.00 £56.00 £51.25
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 £26.28 £27.00
% change year-on-year -3.42% -2.67% -14.65%

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 23 April 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 23 April 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 23 April 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 -74 119 £433 +1.76% 297
London -59 62 £500 +48.15% 154
UK excluding London -71 56 £425 -12.82% 209
Work from Home -28 38 £428 +14.00% 172
South East -40 18 £513 +2.50% 88
North of England -49 16 £413 -36.46% 33
South West -25 11 £618 +7.39% 34
North West -28 10 £413 -36.46% 14
West Midlands -61 7 £417 -4.08% 12
Midlands -63 7 £417 -4.08% 23
Yorkshire - 6 £415 - 15
East of England - 3 £495 - 24
Scotland - 1 - - 5

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 (3.01%) Confluence
2 3 (2.26%) CMS
3 1 (0.75%) CICS
3 1 (0.75%) SAS
3 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.75%) Tuxedo
3 1 (0.75%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.75%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (8.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.50%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.75%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.75%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.75%) InDesign
6 1 (0.75%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (6.77%) Sprinklr
2 7 (5.26%) SAP EHS
3 6 (4.51%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.75%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.75%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.75%) Endur
4 1 (0.75%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 22 (16.54%) SaaS
2 7 (5.26%) AWS
2 7 (5.26%) Google Analytics
3 6 (4.51%) Figma
4 4 (3.01%) Adobe Analytics
4 4 (3.01%) Azure
5 3 (2.26%) GCP
5 3 (2.26%) Google Tag Manager
5 3 (2.26%) Google Workspace
5 3 (2.26%) OpenShift
5 3 (2.26%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 2 (1.50%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (1.50%) Facebook Ads
6 2 (1.50%) GitHub
6 2 (1.50%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (1.50%) Route 53
7 1 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.75%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.01%) HTTP
2 2 (1.50%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (1.50%) DHCP
2 2 (1.50%) DNS
3 1 (0.75%) Firewall
3 1 (0.75%) NAS
3 1 (0.75%) Network Security
3 1 (0.75%) SAN
3 1 (0.75%) VLAN
3 1 (0.75%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.52%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.01%) Oracle Database
2 4 (3.01%) Oracle Database 12c
3 3 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.26%) Power BI
3 3 (2.26%) Tableau
4 2 (1.50%) Metadata
4 2 (1.50%) MySQL
5 1 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.75%) DataStage
5 1 (0.75%) IDMS
5 1 (0.75%) Looker
5 1 (0.75%) Pentaho
5 1 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.26%) JIRA
2 2 (1.50%) CircleCI
2 2 (1.50%) Claude Code
2 2 (1.50%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.50%) Git
2 2 (1.50%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.50%) Mocha
2 2 (1.50%) webpack
3 1 (0.75%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.75%) CA Gen
3 1 (0.75%) Charles Proxy
3 1 (0.75%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.75%) Postman
3 1 (0.75%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.75%) Zephyr
General
1 40 (30.08%) Marketing
2 35 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 23 (17.29%) Finance
4 16 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (9.02%) Legal
6 11 (8.27%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (7.52%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (6.02%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (4.51%) Public Speaking
10 5 (3.76%) Publishing
11 4 (3.01%) Retail
12 3 (2.26%) Banking
12 3 (2.26%) Electronics
12 3 (2.26%) French Language
12 3 (2.26%) Wearables
13 2 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.50%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.75%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.75%) Law
Job Titles
1 19 (14.29%) Consultant
2 12 (9.02%) Analyst
2 12 (9.02%) Senior
3 11 (8.27%) Project Manager
4 9 (6.77%) Developer
5 7 (5.26%) Business Analyst
5 7 (5.26%) Lead
6 6 (4.51%) Designer
7 5 (3.76%) Architect
7 5 (3.76%) Clinical Project Manager
7 5 (3.76%) Database Engineer
7 5 (3.76%) Solutions Consultant
8 4 (3.01%) Implementation Consultant
8 4 (3.01%) Oracle Database Engineer
8 4 (3.01%) Product Manager
8 4 (3.01%) Products Support Manager
8 4 (3.01%) React Developer
8 4 (3.01%) Support Engineer
8 4 (3.01%) Support Manager
9 3 (2.26%) Payroll Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.76%) CSS
1 5 (3.76%) HTML
2 4 (3.01%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 4 (3.01%) React
2 4 (3.01%) RESTful
2 4 (3.01%) SAP Basis
2 4 (3.01%) XML
3 2 (1.50%) .NET
3 2 (1.50%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.50%) Enzyme
3 2 (1.50%) Jest
3 2 (1.50%) Node.js
3 2 (1.50%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (0.75%) Apache Avro
4 1 (0.75%) J2EE
4 1 (0.75%) Middleware
4 1 (0.75%) Next.js
4 1 (0.75%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.75%) Protocol Buffers
4 1 (0.75%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.28%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (10.53%) Social Media
3 12 (9.02%) Marketing Technology
4 10 (7.52%) Onboarding
5 8 (6.02%) Life Science
6 7 (5.26%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.50%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.50%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.50%) Digital Signage
7 2 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.50%) FMCG
7 2 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.50%) IoT
7 2 (1.50%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.50%) Motion Graphics
7 2 (1.50%) Video on Demand
7 2 (1.50%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (1.50%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.75%) BYOD
8 1 (0.75%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.51%) Unix
2 4 (3.01%) Linux
2 4 (3.01%) Windows
3 1 (0.75%) AIX
3 1 (0.75%) Android
3 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.75%) Solaris
3 1 (0.75%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (17.29%) Agile
1 23 (17.29%) Analytics
2 19 (14.29%) AI
3 18 (13.53%) Project Management
4 17 (12.78%) Actionable Insight
5 16 (12.03%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (9.77%) Digital Marketing
7 12 (9.02%) Migration
8 11 (8.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (7.52%) Decision-Making
9 10 (7.52%) Storytelling
10 9 (6.77%) Project Delivery
10 9 (6.77%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (6.02%) Biotechnology
11 8 (6.02%) Customer Experience
11 8 (6.02%) Data Analytics
11 8 (6.02%) Data Migration
12 7 (5.26%) Ad Operations
12 7 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (5.26%) Marketing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 19 (14.29%) SQL
2 13 (9.77%) Python
3 9 (6.77%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.76%) Shell Script
4 5 (3.76%) TypeScript
5 4 (3.01%) Java
5 4 (3.01%) Korn
5 4 (3.01%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.50%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.75%) Bicep
7 1 (0.75%) C#
7 1 (0.75%) COBOL
7 1 (0.75%) Go
7 1 (0.75%) PHP
7 1 (0.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 20 (15.04%) SC Cleared
3 16 (12.03%) Degree
4 6 (4.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.01%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.26%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.26%) PMP
7 2 (1.50%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.50%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.75%) APMP
8 1 (0.75%) CAPM
8 1 (0.75%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.75%) MBA
8 1 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.76%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.01%) GDPR
2 4 (3.01%) PERC
3 2 (1.50%) PMO
3 2 (1.50%) QA
4 1 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.75%) NIST
4 1 (0.75%) SLA
4 1 (0.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (3.01%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (1.50%) vSphere
3 1 (0.75%) Docker
3 1 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.51%) Ansible
1 6 (4.51%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.01%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 4 (3.01%) Oracle RMAN
3 3 (2.26%) Terraform
4 2 (1.50%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.50%) PowerCLI
4 2 (1.50%) Stealthwatch
4 2 (1.50%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.75%) Argo
5 1 (0.75%) Control-M
5 1 (0.75%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.75%) vRealize
5 1 (0.75%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 21 (15.79%) Google
2 12 (9.02%) SAP
3 11 (8.27%) Adobe
4 10 (7.52%) TikTok
5 8 (6.02%) Oracle
5 8 (6.02%) Salesforce
6 6 (4.51%) Microsoft
7 5 (3.76%) Facebook
7 5 (3.76%) Instagram
7 5 (3.76%) Pinterest
7 5 (3.76%) Snapchat
7 5 (3.76%) Tealium
7 5 (3.76%) YouTube
8 4 (3.01%) Pega
9 3 (2.26%) Cisco
9 3 (2.26%) HubSpot
9 3 (2.26%) Marketo
9 3 (2.26%) VMware
10 2 (1.50%) Brandwatch
10 2 (1.50%) IBM