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 26 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 485 422 430
Rank change year-on-year -63 +8 +11
Contract jobs citing Advertising 135 96 155
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.33% 0.35%
As % of the General category 0.54% 0.53% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 61 98
10th Percentile £304 £250 £200
25th Percentile £368 £314 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £435 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +8.75% -24.88%
75th Percentile £619 £538 £575
90th Percentile £735 £650 £679
UK excluding London median daily rate £415 £525 £400
% change year-on-year -21.05% +31.25% -27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 19
10th Percentile £15.43 £32.85 £6.57
25th Percentile £23.75 £39.75 £15.61
Median hourly rate £42.75 £49.00 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -12.76% +28.42% +9.01%
75th Percentile £49.06 £55.97 £50.00
90th Percentile £61.69 £61.95 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £42.50 £12.78
% change year-on-year -58.82% +232.62% -67.24%

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 24,890 18,270 25,827
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 56.60% 62.86% 58.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,513 11,733 16,482
10th Percentile £301 £300 £267
25th Percentile £406 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £496
% change year-on-year - -4.23% -0.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,541 694 1,823
10th Percentile £13.72 £15.00 £12.78
25th Percentile £17.00 £19.93 £15.27
Median hourly rate £25.12 £29.15 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.83% +12.12% -25.71%
75th Percentile £57.50 £58.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.58 £27.70 £25.00
% change year-on-year -14.89% +10.80% -19.70%

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 26 March 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 26 March 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 26 March 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 -65 124 £433 +0.58% 257
London -38 72 £500 +40.85% 128
UK excluding London -70 51 £415 -21.05% 159
Work from Home -37 37 £459 +25.68% 114
South East -41 19 £410 -21.90% 43
North of England -52 14 £413 -36.46% 46
North West -31 9 £413 -36.46% 27
West Midlands -60 8 £430 -1.15% 16
Midlands -61 8 £430 -1.15% 27
South West -24 6 £628 +9.13% 25
Yorkshire - 5 £395 - 13
East of England - 3 £495 - 8
Scotland +9 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 6 (4.44%) Confluence
2 3 (2.22%) CMS
3 2 (1.48%) SAS
4 1 (0.74%) CICS
4 1 (0.74%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.74%) Tuxedo
4 1 (0.74%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.74%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.48%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (1.48%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (1.48%) InDesign
5 2 (1.48%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.48%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (6.67%) Sprinklr
2 5 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.74%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.74%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.74%) Endur
3 1 (0.74%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.74%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 21 (15.56%) SaaS
2 10 (7.41%) Google Analytics
3 7 (5.19%) Figma
4 6 (4.44%) AWS
5 4 (2.96%) Adobe Analytics
5 4 (2.96%) Azure
5 4 (2.96%) Google Tag Manager
6 3 (2.22%) GCP
6 3 (2.22%) Google Workspace
6 3 (2.22%) OpenShift
6 3 (2.22%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 2 (1.48%) Anthropic Claude
7 2 (1.48%) Facebook Ads
7 2 (1.48%) GitHub
7 2 (1.48%) GitHub Copilot
7 2 (1.48%) Route 53
8 1 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.74%) Intacct
8 1 (0.74%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.96%) HTTP
2 2 (1.48%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (1.48%) DHCP
2 2 (1.48%) DNS
3 1 (0.74%) Firewall
3 1 (0.74%) NAS
3 1 (0.74%) Network Security
3 1 (0.74%) SAN
3 1 (0.74%) VLAN
3 1 (0.74%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.70%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.96%) Oracle Database 12c
4 3 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.22%) Power BI
4 3 (2.22%) Tableau
5 2 (1.48%) Metadata
6 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.74%) DataStage
6 1 (0.74%) IDMS
6 1 (0.74%) Looker
6 1 (0.74%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.74%) MySQL
6 1 (0.74%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.74%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 5 (3.70%) JIRA
2 3 (2.22%) Git
3 2 (1.48%) CircleCI
3 2 (1.48%) Claude Code
3 2 (1.48%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.48%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.48%) Mocha
3 2 (1.48%) webpack
4 1 (0.74%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.74%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.74%) CA Gen
4 1 (0.74%) Charles Proxy
4 1 (0.74%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.74%) Postman
4 1 (0.74%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.74%) Zephyr
General
1 44 (32.59%) Marketing
2 40 (29.63%) Social Skills
3 21 (15.56%) Finance
4 19 (14.07%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (10.37%) Legal
6 12 (8.89%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (5.93%) Publishing
9 6 (4.44%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (3.70%) Public Speaking
10 5 (3.70%) Retail
11 3 (2.22%) Electronics
11 3 (2.22%) French Language
11 3 (2.22%) Wearables
12 2 (1.48%) Banking
12 2 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.48%) Law
12 2 (1.48%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.48%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.74%) Danish Language
Job Titles
1 19 (14.07%) Consultant
2 14 (10.37%) Analyst
3 10 (7.41%) Senior
4 9 (6.67%) Business Analyst
4 9 (6.67%) Developer
5 8 (5.93%) Project Manager
6 7 (5.19%) Designer
7 5 (3.70%) Architect
7 5 (3.70%) Database Engineer
7 5 (3.70%) Solutions Consultant
8 4 (2.96%) Implementation Consultant
8 4 (2.96%) Oracle Database Engineer
8 4 (2.96%) Product Manager
8 4 (2.96%) Products Support Manager
8 4 (2.96%) React Developer
8 4 (2.96%) Support Engineer
8 4 (2.96%) Support Manager
9 3 (2.22%) Clinical Project Manager
9 3 (2.22%) Payroll Consultant
9 3 (2.22%) Project Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.70%) CSS
1 5 (3.70%) HTML
2 4 (2.96%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 4 (2.96%) React
2 4 (2.96%) RESTful
2 4 (2.96%) XML
3 3 (2.22%) .NET
3 3 (2.22%) SAP Basis
4 2 (1.48%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.48%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.48%) Enzyme
4 2 (1.48%) Jest
4 2 (1.48%) Node.js
4 2 (1.48%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (0.74%) Next.js
5 1 (0.74%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.74%) Quarkus
5 1 (0.74%) React Native
5 1 (0.74%) REST
5 1 (0.74%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.85%) Social Media
2 12 (8.89%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (8.15%) Marketing Technology
4 10 (7.41%) Onboarding
5 9 (6.67%) Digital Media
6 6 (4.44%) Life Science
7 2 (1.48%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.48%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.48%) Digital Signage
7 2 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.48%) FMCG
7 2 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.48%) IoT
7 2 (1.48%) Motion Graphics
7 2 (1.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.48%) Video on Demand
7 2 (1.48%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (1.48%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.48%) Web Conferencing
8 1 (0.74%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.44%) Unix
2 5 (3.70%) Windows
3 4 (2.96%) Linux
4 1 (0.74%) AIX
4 1 (0.74%) Android
4 1 (0.74%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.74%) Solaris
4 1 (0.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (19.26%) Analytics
2 24 (17.78%) Agile
3 18 (13.33%) Project Management
4 17 (12.59%) AI
5 15 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
5 15 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
5 15 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (8.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 12 (8.89%) Storytelling
7 11 (8.15%) Migration
8 10 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (6.67%) Decision-Making
10 8 (5.93%) Marketing Strategy
10 8 (5.93%) Project Delivery
11 7 (5.19%) Ad Operations
11 7 (5.19%) B2B
11 7 (5.19%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (5.19%) Creative Thinking
11 7 (5.19%) Data Migration
11 7 (5.19%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 20 (14.81%) SQL
2 13 (9.63%) Python
3 9 (6.67%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.70%) TypeScript
5 4 (2.96%) Java
5 4 (2.96%) Korn
5 4 (2.96%) Shell Script
5 4 (2.96%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.48%) C#
6 2 (1.48%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.48%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.74%) Bicep
7 1 (0.74%) COBOL
7 1 (0.74%) VB
7 1 (0.74%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.74%) VB6
Qualifications
1 21 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 20 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 16 (11.85%) Degree
4 6 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.96%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.22%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.48%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.48%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.48%) PMP
8 1 (0.74%) CAPM
8 1 (0.74%) CIPD
8 1 (0.74%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.74%) MBA
8 1 (0.74%) MCSA
8 1 (0.74%) MCSE
8 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.74%) OCA
8 1 (0.74%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.44%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.96%) GDPR
3 3 (2.22%) PERC
4 2 (1.48%) PMO
4 2 (1.48%) QA
5 1 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.74%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.74%) NIST
5 1 (0.74%) SLA
5 1 (0.74%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (2.96%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (1.48%) vSphere
3 1 (0.74%) Docker
3 1 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.44%) Ansible
1 6 (4.44%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.96%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 4 (2.96%) Oracle RMAN
2 4 (2.96%) Terraform
3 2 (1.48%) HAProxy
3 2 (1.48%) PowerCLI
3 2 (1.48%) Stealthwatch
3 2 (1.48%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.74%) Argo
4 1 (0.74%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.74%) vRealize
4 1 (0.74%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 25 (18.52%) Google
2 12 (8.89%) Adobe
3 10 (7.41%) Oracle
3 10 (7.41%) Salesforce
3 10 (7.41%) TikTok
4 7 (5.19%) Microsoft
5 6 (4.44%) SAP
5 6 (4.44%) YouTube
6 5 (3.70%) Facebook
6 5 (3.70%) HubSpot
6 5 (3.70%) Instagram
6 5 (3.70%) Marketo
6 5 (3.70%) Pinterest
6 5 (3.70%) Snapchat
7 4 (2.96%) Atlassian
7 4 (2.96%) Tealium
7 4 (2.96%) VMware
8 3 (2.22%) Cisco
8 3 (2.22%) Pega
9 2 (1.48%) Veeam