Advertising Contracts

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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 416 447 408
Rank change year-on-year +31 -39 +152
Contract jobs citing Advertising 103 154 328
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.35% 0.55%
As % of the General category 0.56% 0.61% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 97 256
10th Percentile £235 £200 £267
25th Percentile £306 £260 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £520
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -23.08% +4.00%
75th Percentile £519 £550 £663
90th Percentile £643 £600 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £375 £520
% change year-on-year +30.00% -27.88% -2.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 14 11
10th Percentile £26.33 £6.57 -
25th Percentile £27.70 £15.04 £35.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £41.08 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.46% -4.47% +7.50%
75th Percentile £50.84 £50.00 £51.00
90th Percentile £55.01 £63.34 £53.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £11.48 £43.00
% change year-on-year - -73.31% +152.94%

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 common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 18,465 25,387 34,897
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.16% 58.23% 58.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,795 16,033 24,201
10th Percentile £300 £270 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £763 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £496 £500
% change year-on-year -4.23% -0.80% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 794 1,939 1,062
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £13.42
25th Percentile £17.85 £15.50 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -14.29% +59.71%
75th Percentile £56.00 £51.91 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £28.13 £30.54
% change year-on-year -10.58% -7.91% +65.08%

Advertising
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Advertising as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Advertising.

Daily rate trend for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Advertising over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Advertising.

Hourly rate trend for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Advertising over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Top 11 Contract 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 30 April 2025. 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 +7 95 £425 +6.25% 814
London +5 73 £336 -20.88% 565
Work from Home +46 37 £375 -10.71% 412
UK excluding London +29 21 £488 +30.00% 285
Midlands +24 9 £435 +67.31% 35
West Midlands +20 8 £435 +70.59% 17
South East +35 6 £500 +42.86% 51
South West +41 5 £575 +66.67% 57
North of England +21 2 £650 +36.84% 88
North West +9 2 £650 +73.33% 53
East Midlands +6 1 £475 -5.00% 18

Advertising
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (3.88%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.97%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.97%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 9 (8.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.91%) Photoshop
4 2 (1.94%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (1.94%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.97%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.97%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.97%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 3 (2.91%) Maximo
1 3 (2.91%) Workday HCM
2 2 (1.94%) Shopify
3 1 (0.97%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.97%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.80%) Azure
1 7 (6.80%) GCP
2 6 (5.83%) Power Platform
3 5 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.88%) AWS
5 3 (2.91%) Google Ads
6 2 (1.94%) BigCommerce
6 2 (1.94%) Google Analytics
6 2 (1.94%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.94%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.94%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.97%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (0.97%) Amazon Ads
7 1 (0.97%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.97%) ClickUp
7 1 (0.97%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.97%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Advertising
7 1 (0.97%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.97%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.80%) Firewall
2 5 (4.85%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (2.91%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (2.91%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (2.91%) Wireless
4 2 (1.94%) BGP
4 2 (1.94%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (1.94%) Cisco Wireless
4 2 (1.94%) DMVPN
4 2 (1.94%) OSPF
4 2 (1.94%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.94%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.97%) DNS
5 1 (0.97%) HTTP
5 1 (0.97%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.85%) BigQuery
2 4 (3.88%) Power BI
3 3 (2.91%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.97%) Big Data
5 1 (0.97%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.97%) Looker
5 1 (0.97%) Metadata
5 1 (0.97%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.97%) MySQL
5 1 (0.97%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.97%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (0.97%) Power Query
5 1 (0.97%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.97%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.94%) Git
1 2 (1.94%) JIRA
2 1 (0.97%) Maven
General
1 41 (39.81%) Marketing
2 30 (29.13%) Finance
3 22 (21.36%) Social Skills
4 17 (16.50%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.85%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (3.88%) Automotive
6 4 (3.88%) Music Industry
6 4 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (3.88%) Retail
7 3 (2.91%) Billing
7 3 (2.91%) German Language
8 2 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.94%) Electronics
8 2 (1.94%) French Language
8 2 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.94%) Legal
8 2 (1.94%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.94%) Military
8 2 (1.94%) Public Speaking
8 2 (1.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (13.59%) Account Manager
2 11 (10.68%) Analyst
3 8 (7.77%) Developer
3 8 (7.77%) Senior
3 8 (7.77%) Support Engineer
4 7 (6.80%) Digital Account Manager
5 6 (5.83%) Network Engineer
6 5 (4.85%) Consultant
6 5 (4.85%) JavaScript Engineer
6 5 (4.85%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 4 (3.88%) Client Services Manager
7 4 (3.88%) Development Manager
7 4 (3.88%) Lead
7 4 (3.88%) Python Developer
7 4 (3.88%) Sales Manager
7 4 (3.88%) Senior Development Manager
7 4 (3.88%) Senior Manager
7 4 (3.88%) Software Engineer
8 3 (2.91%) Functional Consultant
8 3 (2.91%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.77%) React
2 3 (2.91%) RESTful
3 2 (1.94%) CSS
3 2 (1.94%) HTML
3 2 (1.94%) VML
4 1 (0.97%) .NET
4 1 (0.97%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.97%) ATL
4 1 (0.97%) Jest
4 1 (0.97%) jQuery
4 1 (0.97%) Kafka
4 1 (0.97%) NumPy
4 1 (0.97%) OAuth
4 1 (0.97%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.97%) OpenID
4 1 (0.97%) Pandas
4 1 (0.97%) PySpark
4 1 (0.97%) Redux
4 1 (0.97%) Sass
4 1 (0.97%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.65%) Digital Media
2 11 (10.68%) Social Media
3 7 (6.80%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.91%) NHS
4 3 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.91%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.97%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.97%) Animation
5 1 (0.97%) Cyberattack
5 1 (0.97%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.97%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.97%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.97%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (0.97%) Multi-touch
5 1 (0.97%) Over-the-Top Content
5 1 (0.97%) Tandem
5 1 (0.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (0.97%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.94%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.94%) Linux
1 2 (1.94%) Windows
2 1 (0.97%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (0.97%) OpenVMS
2 1 (0.97%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (22.33%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (19.42%) Project Management
3 19 (18.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (17.48%) Digital Marketing
5 16 (15.53%) Analytics
5 16 (15.53%) Campaign Management
6 15 (14.56%) Agile
7 12 (11.65%) Decision-Making
8 10 (9.71%) Ad Operations
8 10 (9.71%) Programmatic Advertising
9 8 (7.77%) API Development
9 8 (7.77%) Artificial Intelligence
9 8 (7.77%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (7.77%) CRM
9 8 (7.77%) Data Protection
9 8 (7.77%) Digital Strategy
9 8 (7.77%) Project Delivery
9 8 (7.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (6.80%) User Experience
11 6 (5.83%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 19 (18.45%) Python
2 10 (9.71%) JavaScript
3 8 (7.77%) PHP
3 8 (7.77%) SQL
4 2 (1.94%) C++
4 2 (1.94%) Java
4 2 (1.94%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.97%) C#
5 1 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.97%) Go
5 1 (0.97%) Objective-C
5 1 (0.97%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.97%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.97%) R
5 1 (0.97%) Swift
5 1 (0.97%) VB
5 1 (0.97%) VB6
Qualifications
1 10 (9.71%) Degree
2 8 (7.77%) SC Cleared
2 8 (7.77%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.91%) CCNP
3 3 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (2.91%) PMP
4 2 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.94%) GCIA
5 1 (0.97%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.97%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.83%) GDPR
2 2 (1.94%) SLA
3 1 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (0.97%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.97%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.97%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.97%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (15.53%) Google
2 11 (10.68%) Salesforce
3 10 (9.71%) Adobe
4 7 (6.80%) Microsoft
5 5 (4.85%) Cisco
5 5 (4.85%) TikTok
6 4 (3.88%) SAP
7 3 (2.91%) comScore
7 3 (2.91%) Workday
8 2 (1.94%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.94%) Sitecore
8 2 (1.94%) VMware
9 1 (0.97%) Apple
9 1 (0.97%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.97%) Ensighten
9 1 (0.97%) F5
9 1 (0.97%) Facebook
9 1 (0.97%) IBM
9 1 (0.97%) Oracle
9 1 (0.97%) Splunk