Digital Marketing Contracts

Digital Marketing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Digital Marketing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Marketing 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 266 246 352
Rank change year-on-year -20 +106 -38
Contract jobs citing Digital Marketing 285 432 411
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.97% 0.99% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 1.15% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 280 317
10th Percentile £205 £205 £205
25th Percentile £280 £346 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £638 £670 £638
90th Percentile £700 £788 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +2.91% -6.36% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 32 5
10th Percentile £18.20 £12.99 £26.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £16.80 £26.75
Median hourly rate £23.00 £27.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.36% -35.29% +49.75%
75th Percentile £43.75 £33.91 £63.75
90th Percentile £58.70 £66.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year -8.00% -15.25% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Digital Marketing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

Digital Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Marketing in the UK

Digital Marketing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Marketing in the UK

Digital Marketing
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Digital Marketing in the UK

Digital Marketing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Digital Marketing in the UK

Digital Marketing
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for Digital Marketing in the UK

Digital Marketing
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Marketing 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 -29 263 £530 +13.98% 724
UK excluding London +25 161 £530 +2.91% 319
London -31 99 £384 -25.61% 427
South East +61 82 £588 +186.59% 60
Work from Home -17 74 £288 -37.84% 374
South West +10 38 £565 -6.61% 46
North of England +31 25 £528 +17.22% 111
North West +9 14 £530 -14.00% 66
North East - 10 £419 - 11
East of England +21 6 £500 +37.93% 30
Scotland +9 5 £450 -21.74% 16
Midlands +17 3 £183 -64.56% 56
West Midlands +13 2 £190 -65.92% 36
Northern Ireland -14 2 - - 2
Yorkshire +10 1 £550 +22.22% 35
East Midlands +6 1 £175 +29.63% 21

Digital Marketing
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 7 (2.46%) CMS
1 7 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.11%) Confluence
3 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.70%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.70%) Sitecore CMS
4 2 (0.70%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.70%) WordPress
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.35%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.35%) Kentico
5 1 (0.35%) SAS
5 1 (0.35%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.35%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.35%) WinCC
Applications
1 8 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.40%) Photoshop
4 3 (1.05%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (1.05%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.35%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.35%) InVision
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.35%) Simulink
5 1 (0.35%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Magento
1 2 (0.70%) Shopify
2 1 (0.35%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (12.63%) Azure
2 22 (7.72%) AWS
3 15 (5.26%) GCP
4 14 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (4.56%) Power Platform
6 12 (4.21%) Google Analytics
7 8 (2.81%) Adobe Analytics
7 8 (2.81%) SaaS
7 8 (2.81%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 6 (2.11%) Google Ads
9 3 (1.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.05%) Figma
9 3 (1.05%) GitHub
9 3 (1.05%) Serverless
9 3 (1.05%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.05%) Yammer
10 2 (0.70%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (0.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.16%) Firewall
1 9 (3.16%) VPN
2 7 (2.46%) DNS
2 7 (2.46%) SAN
3 6 (2.11%) LAN
4 5 (1.75%) DHCP
4 5 (1.75%) WAN
4 5 (1.75%) Wireless
5 4 (1.40%) NAS
5 4 (1.40%) Network Security
6 3 (1.05%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.70%) BGP
7 2 (0.70%) EIGRP
7 2 (0.70%) IMAP
7 2 (0.70%) Internet
7 2 (0.70%) OSPF
7 2 (0.70%) Skype
7 2 (0.70%) SMTP
7 2 (0.70%) VoIP
8 1 (0.35%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.07%) Relational Database
2 22 (7.72%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (4.56%) Power BI
4 7 (2.46%) Tableau
5 4 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.05%) Looker
6 3 (1.05%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.70%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.70%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.70%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.70%) Tableau Desktop
8 1 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.35%) Metadata
8 1 (0.35%) Mixpanel
8 1 (0.35%) Power Query
8 1 (0.35%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.35%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.35%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 30 (10.53%) Jenkins
2 21 (7.37%) Gradle
2 21 (7.37%) JUnit
2 21 (7.37%) Liquibase
2 21 (7.37%) Mockito
3 16 (5.61%) GitLab
4 14 (4.91%) JIRA
5 11 (3.86%) Git
6 7 (2.46%) Selenium
7 3 (1.05%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.70%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.70%) NUnit
8 2 (0.70%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.35%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.35%) Maven
9 1 (0.35%) MLflow
9 1 (0.35%) Postman
9 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.35%) Vite
9 1 (0.35%) webpack
General
1 285 (100.00%) Marketing
2 202 (70.88%) Finance
3 195 (68.42%) Public Sector
4 191 (67.02%) Electronics
4 191 (67.02%) Manufacturing
4 191 (67.02%) Telecoms
5 78 (27.37%) Social Skills
6 38 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (6.32%) Advertising
8 8 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.81%) Retail
9 7 (2.46%) Brand Awareness
9 7 (2.46%) German Language
10 6 (2.11%) Legal
11 5 (1.75%) Automotive
11 5 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.75%) French Language
12 4 (1.40%) Music Industry
13 3 (1.05%) Billing
14 2 (0.70%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 34 (11.93%) Architect
2 33 (11.58%) Developer
2 33 (11.58%) Senior
3 21 (7.37%) Active Directory Architect
3 21 (7.37%) Support Engineer
4 18 (6.32%) Lead
5 17 (5.96%) Azure Engineer
6 16 (5.61%) Analyst
7 12 (4.21%) Java Developer
7 12 (4.21%) Software Engineer
8 11 (3.86%) Account Manager
8 11 (3.86%) Desktop Engineer
8 11 (3.86%) Desktop Support
8 11 (3.86%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 11 (3.86%) React Developer
8 11 (3.86%) SC Cleared Java Developer
8 11 (3.86%) Senior Manager
9 10 (3.51%) Java Engineer
9 10 (3.51%) Java Software Engineer
9 10 (3.51%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.42%) React
2 22 (7.72%) Kafka
2 22 (7.72%) OpenAPI
2 22 (7.72%) Swagger
3 21 (7.37%) Spring
3 21 (7.37%) Spring Boot
4 19 (6.67%) HTML
5 17 (5.96%) CSS
6 13 (4.56%) .NET
7 6 (2.11%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.40%) Gherkin
8 4 (1.40%) PySpark
9 3 (1.05%) .NET Core
9 3 (1.05%) Jest
9 3 (1.05%) pytest
9 3 (1.05%) Sass
9 3 (1.05%) Web Services
10 2 (0.70%) Node.js
10 2 (0.70%) XML
10 2 (0.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.67%) Social Media
2 18 (6.32%) NHS
3 14 (4.91%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.91%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.86%) Marketing Technology
5 9 (3.16%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.11%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.75%) Digital Media
8 4 (1.40%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (1.05%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.05%) Blog
9 3 (1.05%) FPGA
9 3 (1.05%) Graphic Design
9 3 (1.05%) LIMS
9 3 (1.05%) Photography
9 3 (1.05%) Verilog
9 3 (1.05%) VHDL
10 2 (0.70%) Animation
10 2 (0.70%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 58 (20.35%) Windows
2 15 (5.26%) Linux
3 14 (4.91%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.75%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.70%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.70%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.35%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.35%) Android
7 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (70.18%) Business Intelligence
2 191 (67.02%) Programme Management
3 77 (27.02%) Agile
4 60 (21.05%) Analytics
5 48 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (16.49%) CI/CD
7 45 (15.79%) DevOps
8 44 (15.44%) Test Automation
9 38 (13.33%) E-Commerce
10 35 (12.28%) TDD
11 32 (11.23%) Software Engineering
12 31 (10.88%) Project Management
13 27 (9.47%) User Experience
14 25 (8.77%) Continuous Integration
15 24 (8.42%) Containerisation
15 24 (8.42%) Migration
16 23 (8.07%) Microservices
17 22 (7.72%) SEO
17 22 (7.72%) Stakeholder Management
18 21 (7.37%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (17.19%) SQL
2 38 (13.33%) PowerShell
3 29 (10.18%) Python
4 27 (9.47%) Java
5 25 (8.77%) TypeScript
6 21 (7.37%) JavaScript
7 13 (4.56%) C#
8 11 (3.86%) Bash
9 8 (2.81%) C++
10 4 (1.40%) C
10 4 (1.40%) Groovy
11 3 (1.05%) Bicep
12 2 (0.70%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.70%) SystemVerilog
12 2 (0.70%) VB
13 1 (0.35%) Assembly Language
13 1 (0.35%) JCL
13 1 (0.35%) Natural
13 1 (0.35%) R
13 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 97 (34.04%) Security Cleared
2 58 (20.35%) SC Cleared
3 50 (17.54%) Degree
4 40 (14.04%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.46%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.75%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.40%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.05%) ACCA
9 3 (1.05%) CIMA
9 3 (1.05%) CISSP
9 3 (1.05%) Dell Certification
9 3 (1.05%) PhD
10 2 (0.70%) CCNA
10 2 (0.70%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.70%) CLAS
10 2 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.35%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.81%) Accessibility
1 8 (2.81%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.11%) QA
3 5 (1.75%) GDPR
3 5 (1.75%) JSP 440
4 4 (1.40%) WCAG
5 3 (1.05%) SLA
6 2 (0.70%) DICOM
6 2 (0.70%) HL7
6 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.70%) NIST
6 2 (0.70%) RMADS
7 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.35%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.35%) MIL-STD-1553
7 1 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 29 (10.18%) Active Directory
1 29 (10.18%) Docker
2 3 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.70%) Firmware
3 2 (0.70%) NFS
3 2 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.70%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (3.16%) Kubernetes
1 9 (3.16%) Terraform
2 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.40%) Ansible
4 3 (1.05%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.70%) Grafana
5 2 (0.70%) Puppet
5 2 (0.70%) vRealize
5 2 (0.70%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.35%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.35%) SCCM
6 1 (0.35%) VxRail
Vendors
1 191 (67.02%) SAP
2 29 (10.18%) Microsoft
3 27 (9.47%) Adobe
4 22 (7.72%) Google
5 10 (3.51%) VMware
6 9 (3.16%) HP
7 8 (2.81%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.46%) Dell
8 7 (2.46%) TikTok
9 6 (2.11%) Cisco
10 5 (1.75%) Databricks
10 5 (1.75%) Facebook
10 5 (1.75%) Splunk
11 4 (1.40%) IBM
11 4 (1.40%) ServiceNow
12 3 (1.05%) Atlassian
12 3 (1.05%) Citrix
12 3 (1.05%) YouTube
13 2 (0.70%) Extreme Networks
13 2 (0.70%) Zscaler