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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 493 422 440
Rank change year-on-year -71 +18 +4
Contract jobs citing Advertising 133 97 156
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.33% 0.35%
As % of the General category 0.53% 0.53% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 61 99
10th Percentile £282 £250 £200
25th Percentile £367 £314 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £435 £400
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +8.75% -24.88%
75th Percentile £592 £538 £575
90th Percentile £739 £650 £678
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £525 £388
% change year-on-year -21.33% +35.48% -29.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 20
10th Percentile £15.43 £32.85 £6.57
25th Percentile £23.75 £39.75 £16.30
Median hourly rate £42.75 £49.00 £41.08
Median % change year-on-year -12.76% +19.29% +17.36%
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 £15.11
% change year-on-year -58.82% +181.36% -61.27%

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 24,883 18,301 25,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 56.69% 62.93% 58.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,522 11,737 16,463
10th Percentile £300 £300 £265
25th Percentile £405 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £495
% change year-on-year - -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,539 684 1,820
10th Percentile £13.72 £15.00 £12.78
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.00 £15.28
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +15.38% -25.71%
75th Percentile £57.38 £58.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £75.95 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.58 £28.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -15.80% +12.00% -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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -81 122 £425 -1.16% 257
London -61 73 £500 +33.33% 128
UK excluding London -73 48 £413 -21.33% 159
Work from Home -26 36 £459 +25.68% 114
South East -36 19 £363 -30.95% 43
North of England -56 14 £413 -36.46% 46
North West -29 9 £413 -36.46% 27
West Midlands -50 8 £430 -1.15% 16
Midlands -67 8 £430 -1.15% 27
Yorkshire - 5 £395 - 13
South West -22 3 £630 +9.57% 25
East of England - 3 £495 - 8
Scotland +10 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 (4.51%) Confluence
2 3 (2.26%) CMS
3 2 (1.50%) SAS
4 1 (0.75%) CICS
4 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.75%) Tuxedo
4 1 (0.75%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.75%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.50%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (1.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (1.50%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (1.50%) InDesign
5 2 (1.50%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.50%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (6.77%) Sprinklr
2 2 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.75%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.75%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.75%) Endur
3 1 (0.75%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 21 (15.79%) SaaS
2 10 (7.52%) Google Analytics
3 7 (5.26%) Figma
4 6 (4.51%) AWS
5 4 (3.01%) Adobe Analytics
5 4 (3.01%) Azure
5 4 (3.01%) Google Tag Manager
6 3 (2.26%) GCP
6 3 (2.26%) Google Workspace
6 3 (2.26%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 2 (1.50%) Anthropic Claude
7 2 (1.50%) Facebook Ads
7 2 (1.50%) GitHub
7 2 (1.50%) GitHub Copilot
7 2 (1.50%) OpenShift
7 2 (1.50%) Route 53
8 1 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.75%) Intacct
8 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%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.52%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.76%) Oracle Database
3 4 (3.01%) Oracle Database 12c
4 3 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.26%) Power BI
4 3 (2.26%) Tableau
5 2 (1.50%) Metadata
6 1 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.75%) DataStage
6 1 (0.75%) IDMS
6 1 (0.75%) Looker
6 1 (0.75%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.75%) MySQL
6 1 (0.75%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.75%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 5 (3.76%) JIRA
2 3 (2.26%) Git
3 2 (1.50%) CircleCI
3 2 (1.50%) Claude Code
3 2 (1.50%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.50%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.50%) Mocha
3 2 (1.50%) webpack
4 1 (0.75%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.75%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.75%) CA Gen
4 1 (0.75%) Charles Proxy
4 1 (0.75%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.75%) Postman
4 1 (0.75%) Zephyr
General
1 45 (33.83%) Marketing
2 42 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 22 (16.54%) Finance
4 19 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (9.77%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (9.02%) Legal
7 10 (7.52%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (6.02%) Publishing
9 6 (4.51%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (3.76%) Public Speaking
10 5 (3.76%) Retail
11 3 (2.26%) Electronics
11 3 (2.26%) French Language
11 3 (2.26%) Wearables
12 2 (1.50%) Banking
12 2 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.50%) Law
12 2 (1.50%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.50%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (14.29%) Consultant
2 14 (10.53%) Analyst
3 10 (7.52%) Senior
4 9 (6.77%) Business Analyst
5 8 (6.02%) Developer
5 8 (6.02%) Project Manager
6 7 (5.26%) Designer
7 5 (3.76%) Architect
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%) Clinical Project Manager
9 3 (2.26%) Project Consultant
9 3 (2.26%) Technical 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%) XML
3 3 (2.26%) .NET
4 2 (1.50%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.50%) Enzyme
4 2 (1.50%) Jest
4 2 (1.50%) Node.js
4 2 (1.50%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (0.75%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.75%) Apache Avro
5 1 (0.75%) Kafka
5 1 (0.75%) Next.js
5 1 (0.75%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.75%) Protocol Buffers
5 1 (0.75%) REST
5 1 (0.75%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.78%) Social Media
2 12 (9.02%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (8.27%) Marketing Technology
4 10 (7.52%) Onboarding
5 9 (6.77%) Digital Media
6 6 (4.51%) Life Science
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%) Motion Graphics
7 2 (1.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.50%) Video on Demand
7 2 (1.50%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (1.50%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.50%) Web Conferencing
8 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.51%) Unix
2 5 (3.76%) Windows
3 4 (3.01%) Linux
4 1 (0.75%) AIX
4 1 (0.75%) Android
4 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.75%) Solaris
4 1 (0.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (19.55%) Analytics
2 23 (17.29%) Agile
3 18 (13.53%) Project Management
4 17 (12.78%) AI
5 15 (11.28%) Digital Marketing
5 15 (11.28%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (9.02%) Actionable Insight
6 12 (9.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 12 (9.02%) Storytelling
7 11 (8.27%) Migration
7 11 (8.27%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (6.77%) Marketing Strategy
9 8 (6.02%) B2B
9 8 (6.02%) Project Delivery
10 7 (5.26%) Ad Operations
10 7 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (5.26%) Creative Thinking
10 7 (5.26%) Data Migration
10 7 (5.26%) Roadmaps
11 6 (4.51%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 20 (15.04%) SQL
2 13 (9.77%) Python
3 9 (6.77%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.76%) TypeScript
5 4 (3.01%) Korn
5 4 (3.01%) Shell Script
5 4 (3.01%) T-SQL
6 3 (2.26%) Java
7 2 (1.50%) C#
7 2 (1.50%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.50%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.75%) Bicep
8 1 (0.75%) COBOL
8 1 (0.75%) VB
8 1 (0.75%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.75%) VB6
Qualifications
1 19 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 19 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 17 (12.78%) Degree
3 6 (4.51%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (3.76%) DBS Check
5 4 (3.01%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.50%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.50%) PMP
7 1 (0.75%) CAPM
7 1 (0.75%) CIPD
7 1 (0.75%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.75%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.75%) MBA
7 1 (0.75%) MCSA
7 1 (0.75%) MCSE
7 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.75%) OCA
7 1 (0.75%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.51%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.01%) GDPR
3 3 (2.26%) PERC
4 2 (1.50%) PMO
4 2 (1.50%) QA
5 1 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.75%) NIST
5 1 (0.75%) SLA
5 1 (0.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (3.01%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.75%) Docker
2 1 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (4.51%) Ansible
2 5 (3.76%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.01%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 4 (3.01%) Oracle RMAN
3 4 (3.01%) Terraform
4 2 (1.50%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.50%) Stealthwatch
5 1 (0.75%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.75%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.75%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.75%) vRealize
5 1 (0.75%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 25 (18.80%) Google
2 12 (9.02%) Adobe
3 10 (7.52%) Oracle
3 10 (7.52%) Salesforce
3 10 (7.52%) TikTok
4 7 (5.26%) Microsoft
5 6 (4.51%) YouTube
6 5 (3.76%) Facebook
6 5 (3.76%) HubSpot
6 5 (3.76%) Instagram
6 5 (3.76%) Marketo
6 5 (3.76%) Pinterest
6 5 (3.76%) Snapchat
7 4 (3.01%) Atlassian
7 4 (3.01%) Tealium
8 3 (2.26%) Cisco
8 3 (2.26%) Pega
8 3 (2.26%) SAP
8 3 (2.26%) VMware
9 2 (1.50%) HP