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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 496 418 441
Rank change year-on-year -78 +23 -33
Contract jobs citing Advertising 135 101 151
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.34% 0.35%
As % of the General category 0.53% 0.54% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 62 93
10th Percentile £308 £233 £200
25th Percentile £371 £313 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% +6.25% -23.08%
75th Percentile £638 £528 £550
90th Percentile £731 £646 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £488 £369
% change year-on-year -12.82% +32.20% -31.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 15
10th Percentile £15.70 £26.33 £6.57
25th Percentile £26.25 £27.70 £12.22
Median hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year - +11.39% -15.68%
75th Percentile £47.50 £50.84 £50.00
90th Percentile £59.04 £55.01 £61.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 - £10.45
% change year-on-year - - -75.70%

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 25,486 18,638 25,438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.85% 63.10% 58.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,770 11,909 16,090
10th Percentile £305 £300 £270
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £639 £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 1,614 789 1,927
10th Percentile £13.72 £14.20 £12.77
25th Percentile £17.50 £18.13 £15.41
Median hourly rate £29.00 £28.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -1.75% -18.57%
75th Percentile £60.00 £56.00 £51.50
90th Percentile £79.70 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.45 £25.29 £27.50
% change year-on-year +0.64% -8.04% -13.07%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -72 121 £430 +1.18% 289
London -74 64 £500 +48.15% 153
UK excluding London -50 56 £425 -12.82% 200
Work from Home -27 38 £428 +14.00% 174
South East -43 18 £513 +2.50% 87
North of England -53 16 £413 -36.46% 33
South West -26 11 £618 +7.39% 30
North West -29 10 £413 -36.46% 14
West Midlands -58 7 £417 -4.08% 11
Midlands -59 7 £417 -4.08% 22
Yorkshire - 6 £415 - 15
East of England - 3 £495 - 23
Scotland - 1 - - 3

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 (2.96%) Confluence
2 3 (2.22%) CMS
3 1 (0.74%) CICS
3 1 (0.74%) SAS
3 1 (0.74%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.74%) Tuxedo
3 1 (0.74%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.74%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (8.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (5.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.48%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.74%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.74%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.74%) InDesign
6 1 (0.74%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (6.67%) Sprinklr
2 7 (5.19%) SAP EHS
3 6 (4.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.74%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.74%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.74%) Endur
4 1 (0.74%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 22 (16.30%) SaaS
2 7 (5.19%) AWS
2 7 (5.19%) Google Analytics
3 6 (4.44%) Figma
4 4 (2.96%) Adobe Analytics
4 4 (2.96%) Azure
5 3 (2.22%) GCP
5 3 (2.22%) Google Tag Manager
5 3 (2.22%) Google Workspace
5 3 (2.22%) OpenShift
5 3 (2.22%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 2 (1.48%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (1.48%) Facebook Ads
6 2 (1.48%) GitHub
6 2 (1.48%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (1.48%) Route 53
7 1 (0.74%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.74%) Microsoft 365
7 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 4 (2.96%) Oracle Database
2 4 (2.96%) Oracle Database 12c
3 3 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.22%) Power BI
3 3 (2.22%) Tableau
4 2 (1.48%) Metadata
4 2 (1.48%) MySQL
5 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.74%) DataStage
5 1 (0.74%) IDMS
5 1 (0.74%) Looker
5 1 (0.74%) Pentaho
5 1 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.22%) JIRA
2 2 (1.48%) CircleCI
2 2 (1.48%) Claude Code
2 2 (1.48%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.48%) Git
2 2 (1.48%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.48%) Mocha
2 2 (1.48%) webpack
3 1 (0.74%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.74%) CA Gen
3 1 (0.74%) Charles Proxy
3 1 (0.74%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.74%) Postman
3 1 (0.74%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.74%) Zephyr
General
1 41 (30.37%) Marketing
2 35 (25.93%) Social Skills
3 23 (17.04%) Finance
4 16 (11.85%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (8.89%) Legal
6 11 (8.15%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (5.93%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (4.44%) Public Speaking
10 5 (3.70%) Publishing
10 5 (3.70%) Retail
11 3 (2.22%) Banking
11 3 (2.22%) Electronics
11 3 (2.22%) French Language
11 3 (2.22%) Wearables
12 2 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.48%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.74%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.74%) Law
Job Titles
1 19 (14.07%) Consultant
2 12 (8.89%) Analyst
2 12 (8.89%) Project Manager
2 12 (8.89%) Senior
3 9 (6.67%) Developer
4 7 (5.19%) Business Analyst
4 7 (5.19%) Lead
5 6 (4.44%) Designer
6 5 (3.70%) Architect
6 5 (3.70%) Clinical Project Manager
6 5 (3.70%) Database Engineer
6 5 (3.70%) Solutions Consultant
7 4 (2.96%) Implementation Consultant
7 4 (2.96%) Oracle Database Engineer
7 4 (2.96%) Product Manager
7 4 (2.96%) Products Support Manager
7 4 (2.96%) React Developer
7 4 (2.96%) Support Engineer
7 4 (2.96%) Support Manager
8 3 (2.22%) Payroll 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%) SAP Basis
2 4 (2.96%) XML
3 2 (1.48%) .NET
3 2 (1.48%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.48%) Enzyme
3 2 (1.48%) Jest
3 2 (1.48%) Node.js
3 2 (1.48%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (0.74%) Apache Avro
4 1 (0.74%) J2EE
4 1 (0.74%) Middleware
4 1 (0.74%) Next.js
4 1 (0.74%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.74%) Protocol Buffers
4 1 (0.74%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
1 15 (11.11%) Social Media
2 12 (8.89%) Marketing Technology
3 10 (7.41%) Onboarding
4 8 (5.93%) Life Science
5 7 (5.19%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.48%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.48%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.48%) Digital Signage
6 2 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.48%) FMCG
6 2 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.48%) IoT
6 2 (1.48%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.48%) Motion Graphics
6 2 (1.48%) Video on Demand
6 2 (1.48%) Virtual Reality
6 2 (1.48%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.74%) BYOD
7 1 (0.74%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.44%) Unix
2 4 (2.96%) Linux
2 4 (2.96%) Windows
3 1 (0.74%) AIX
3 1 (0.74%) Android
3 1 (0.74%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.74%) Solaris
3 1 (0.74%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (17.04%) Agile
1 23 (17.04%) Analytics
2 19 (14.07%) AI
2 19 (14.07%) Project Management
3 17 (12.59%) Actionable Insight
4 16 (11.85%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (10.37%) Digital Marketing
6 12 (8.89%) Migration
7 11 (8.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (7.41%) Decision-Making
8 10 (7.41%) Storytelling
9 9 (6.67%) Project Delivery
9 9 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (5.93%) Biotechnology
10 8 (5.93%) Customer Experience
10 8 (5.93%) Data Analytics
10 8 (5.93%) Data Migration
11 7 (5.19%) Ad Operations
11 7 (5.19%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (5.19%) Marketing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 19 (14.07%) SQL
2 13 (9.63%) Python
3 9 (6.67%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.70%) Shell Script
4 5 (3.70%) TypeScript
5 4 (2.96%) Java
5 4 (2.96%) Korn
5 4 (2.96%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.48%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.74%) Bicep
7 1 (0.74%) C#
7 1 (0.74%) COBOL
7 1 (0.74%) Go
7 1 (0.74%) PHP
7 1 (0.74%) PowerShell
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%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.22%) PMP
7 2 (1.48%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.48%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.74%) APMP
8 1 (0.74%) CAPM
8 1 (0.74%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.74%) MBA
8 1 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.70%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.96%) GDPR
2 4 (2.96%) PERC
3 2 (1.48%) PMO
3 2 (1.48%) QA
4 1 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.74%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.74%) NIST
4 1 (0.74%) SLA
4 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
3 3 (2.22%) Terraform
4 2 (1.48%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.48%) PowerCLI
4 2 (1.48%) Stealthwatch
4 2 (1.48%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.74%) Argo
5 1 (0.74%) Control-M
5 1 (0.74%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.74%) vRealize
5 1 (0.74%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 21 (15.56%) Google
2 12 (8.89%) SAP
3 11 (8.15%) Adobe
4 10 (7.41%) TikTok
5 8 (5.93%) Oracle
5 8 (5.93%) Salesforce
6 6 (4.44%) Microsoft
7 5 (3.70%) Facebook
7 5 (3.70%) Instagram
7 5 (3.70%) Pinterest
7 5 (3.70%) Snapchat
7 5 (3.70%) Tealium
7 5 (3.70%) YouTube
8 4 (2.96%) Pega
9 3 (2.22%) Cisco
9 3 (2.22%) HubSpot
9 3 (2.22%) Marketo
9 3 (2.22%) VMware
10 2 (1.48%) Brandwatch
10 2 (1.48%) IBM