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 20 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 426 428
Rank change year-on-year -53 +2 -27
Contract jobs citing Advertising 147 103 156
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.35% 0.37%
As % of the General category 0.57% 0.56% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 61 95
10th Percentile £308 £250 £200
25th Percentile £369 £313 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% +6.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile £624 £538 £544
90th Percentile £727 £613 £595
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £475 £369
% change year-on-year -10.53% +28.81% -22.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 14
10th Percentile £32.88 £26.07 £6.57
25th Percentile £41.25 £27.54 £14.88
Median hourly rate £42.50 £35.75 £39.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.88% -10.06% +8.78%
75th Percentile £43.75 £48.81 £50.00
90th Percentile £49.25 £50.84 £63.34
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.15 - £15.11
% change year-on-year - - -64.87%

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 25,779 18,437 24,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 53.54% 63.21% 58.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,722 11,709 15,577
10th Percentile £310 £285 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% -1.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +2.63% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,651 797 1,928
10th Percentile £13.95 £13.96 £12.75
25th Percentile £17.33 £16.95 £15.42
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £59.50 £56.00 £52.57
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £66.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.96 £24.62 £28.00
% change year-on-year +13.55% -12.06% -3.45%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -74 134 £433 +1.76% 288
London -57 75 £475 +33.33% 164
UK excluding London -50 58 £425 -10.53% 165
Work from Home -44 35 £425 +13.33% 146
North of England -48 18 £413 -36.46% 41
South East -52 17 £461 +24.24% 61
South West -29 13 £618 +7.39% 28
North West -30 12 £413 -36.46% 17
West Midlands -54 6 £417 -4.08% 12
Midlands -68 6 £417 -4.08% 17
Yorkshire - 6 £415 - 20
East of England - 3 £495 - 8
Scotland - 1 - - 6

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 3 (2.04%) CMS
1 3 (2.04%) Confluence
2 1 (0.68%) CICS
2 1 (0.68%) SAS
2 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.68%) Tuxedo
2 1 (0.68%) Umbraco
2 1 (0.68%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (7.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (5.44%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.40%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (5.44%) Sprinklr
2 7 (4.76%) SAP EHS
3 6 (4.08%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.68%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.68%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.68%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 21 (14.29%) SaaS
2 10 (6.80%) AWS
3 6 (4.08%) Azure
4 5 (3.40%) Figma
5 4 (2.72%) Adobe Analytics
5 4 (2.72%) Google Analytics
5 4 (2.72%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.04%) GCP
6 3 (2.04%) GitHub
6 3 (2.04%) Google Workspace
6 3 (2.04%) OpenShift
7 2 (1.36%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 2 (1.36%) Anthropic Claude
7 2 (1.36%) Facebook Ads
7 2 (1.36%) GitHub Copilot
7 2 (1.36%) Route 53
8 1 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.68%) Meta Ads
8 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.04%) DNS
2 2 (1.36%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (1.36%) DHCP
2 2 (1.36%) Firewall
3 1 (0.68%) NAS
3 1 (0.68%) Network Security
3 1 (0.68%) SAN
3 1 (0.68%) VLAN
3 1 (0.68%) VPN
3 1 (0.68%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.80%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.40%) MySQL
3 4 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.72%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.72%) Oracle Database 12c
3 4 (2.72%) Power BI
4 3 (2.04%) Tableau
5 2 (1.36%) Metadata
6 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.68%) DataStage
6 1 (0.68%) IDMS
6 1 (0.68%) Looker
6 1 (0.68%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.36%) CircleCI
1 2 (1.36%) Claude Code
1 2 (1.36%) Cypress.io
1 2 (1.36%) Git
1 2 (1.36%) Jenkins
1 2 (1.36%) JIRA
1 2 (1.36%) Mocha
1 2 (1.36%) webpack
2 1 (0.68%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (0.68%) CA Gen
2 1 (0.68%) Charles Proxy
2 1 (0.68%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.68%) Fiddler
2 1 (0.68%) Postman
2 1 (0.68%) SonarQube
2 1 (0.68%) Zephyr
General
1 43 (29.25%) Marketing
2 37 (25.17%) Social Skills
3 27 (18.37%) Finance
4 14 (9.52%) Retail
5 13 (8.84%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (7.48%) Legal
7 10 (6.80%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (5.44%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (4.08%) Public Speaking
10 6 (4.08%) Publishing
11 4 (2.72%) Banking
12 3 (2.04%) Electronics
12 3 (2.04%) French Language
12 3 (2.04%) Wearables
13 2 (1.36%) Billing
13 2 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.36%) Investment Banking
13 2 (1.36%) Spanish Language
14 1 (0.68%) German Language
Job Titles
1 16 (10.88%) Consultant
2 12 (8.16%) Developer
2 12 (8.16%) Project Manager
3 11 (7.48%) Analyst
3 11 (7.48%) Senior
4 10 (6.80%) Sales Manager
5 9 (6.12%) Lead
6 5 (3.40%) Architect
6 5 (3.40%) Business Analyst
6 5 (3.40%) Clinical Project Manager
6 5 (3.40%) Database Engineer
6 5 (3.40%) Designer
7 4 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
7 4 (2.72%) Implementation Consultant
7 4 (2.72%) Oracle Database Engineer
7 4 (2.72%) Product Manager
7 4 (2.72%) Products Support Manager
7 4 (2.72%) React Developer
7 4 (2.72%) Support Engineer
7 4 (2.72%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.72%) Laravel
1 4 (2.72%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 4 (2.72%) React
1 4 (2.72%) SAP Basis
1 4 (2.72%) Vue
1 4 (2.72%) XML
2 2 (1.36%) .NET
2 2 (1.36%) AngularJS
2 2 (1.36%) Enzyme
2 2 (1.36%) Jest
2 2 (1.36%) Node.js
2 2 (1.36%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (0.68%) CSS
3 1 (0.68%) DCOM
3 1 (0.68%) HTML
3 1 (0.68%) J2EE
3 1 (0.68%) Kafka
3 1 (0.68%) Middleware
3 1 (0.68%) Next.js
3 1 (0.68%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (8.84%) Marketing Technology
2 13 (8.84%) Social Media
3 10 (6.80%) Onboarding
4 8 (5.44%) Life Science
5 4 (2.72%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.36%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.36%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.36%) Digital Signage
6 2 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.36%) FMCG
6 2 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.36%) IoT
6 2 (1.36%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.36%) Motion Graphics
6 2 (1.36%) Video on Demand
6 2 (1.36%) Virtual Reality
6 2 (1.36%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.36%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (0.68%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.76%) Linux
2 6 (4.08%) Unix
3 4 (2.72%) Windows
4 1 (0.68%) AIX
4 1 (0.68%) Android
4 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.68%) Solaris
4 1 (0.68%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (16.33%) Agile
2 22 (14.97%) Analytics
3 20 (13.61%) AI
3 20 (13.61%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (12.93%) Project Management
5 16 (10.88%) Actionable Insight
6 13 (8.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 12 (8.16%) Digital Marketing
7 12 (8.16%) Migration
8 11 (7.48%) Storytelling
9 10 (6.80%) Decision-Making
10 9 (6.12%) Data Analytics
10 9 (6.12%) Project Delivery
10 9 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (5.44%) Biotechnology
11 8 (5.44%) Data Migration
11 8 (5.44%) Marketing Strategy
12 7 (4.76%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (4.76%) CRM
12 7 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.20%) SQL
2 13 (8.84%) Python
3 5 (3.40%) JavaScript
3 5 (3.40%) Shell Script
3 5 (3.40%) TypeScript
4 4 (2.72%) Java
4 4 (2.72%) Korn
4 4 (2.72%) PHP
4 4 (2.72%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.36%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.68%) Bicep
6 1 (0.68%) C#
6 1 (0.68%) COBOL
6 1 (0.68%) Go
6 1 (0.68%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (15.65%) Security Cleared
2 22 (14.97%) SC Cleared
3 17 (11.56%) Degree
4 6 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.72%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.72%) PMP
6 3 (2.04%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.04%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.36%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.68%) APMP
8 1 (0.68%) CAPM
8 1 (0.68%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.68%) MBA
8 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.08%) GDPR
1 6 (4.08%) QA
2 4 (2.72%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.72%) PERC
3 2 (1.36%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.36%) PMO
4 1 (0.68%) NIST
4 1 (0.68%) SLA
4 1 (0.68%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (2.72%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (1.36%) vSphere
3 1 (0.68%) Docker
3 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.08%) Ansible
3 4 (2.72%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 4 (2.72%) Oracle RMAN
3 4 (2.72%) Terraform
4 2 (1.36%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.36%) PowerCLI
4 2 (1.36%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.36%) Stealthwatch
4 2 (1.36%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.68%) Argo
5 1 (0.68%) Control-M
5 1 (0.68%) Grafana
5 1 (0.68%) vRealize
5 1 (0.68%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 16 (10.88%) Google
2 12 (8.16%) SAP
3 10 (6.80%) Adobe
3 10 (6.80%) TikTok
4 8 (5.44%) Microsoft
4 8 (5.44%) Oracle
4 8 (5.44%) Salesforce
5 5 (3.40%) Facebook
5 5 (3.40%) Instagram
5 5 (3.40%) Pinterest
5 5 (3.40%) Snapchat
5 5 (3.40%) Tealium
5 5 (3.40%) YouTube
6 4 (2.72%) Pega
7 3 (2.04%) Cisco
7 3 (2.04%) Splunk
7 3 (2.04%) VMware
8 2 (1.36%) IBM
8 2 (1.36%) Infoblox
8 2 (1.36%) Sage