Direct Marketing Contract Job Trends

Direct Marketing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Direct Marketing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 588 537 -
Rank change year-on-year -51 - -
Contract jobs citing Direct Marketing 4 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.011% 0.018% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.012% 0.020% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - £171 -
25th Percentile £375 £199 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £289 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.41% - -
75th Percentile £425 £387 -
90th Percentile - £426 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £289 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Direct 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 32,672 29,808 38,411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.28% 88.28% 88.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,566 18,179 25,645
10th Percentile £300 £307 £306
25th Percentile £406 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
75th Percentile £616 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £743 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £477 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.70% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,089 966 1,478
10th Percentile £14.60 £15.62 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.97% +25.43%
75th Percentile £51.02 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.88 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £31.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.40% -30.00% +40.63%

Direct Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Direct Marketing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Direct Marketing job vacancy trend in the UK

Direct Marketing
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Direct Marketing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Direct Marketing

Direct Marketing
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Direct Marketing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Direct Marketing

Direct Marketing
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Direct Marketing within the UK over the 6 months to 23 December 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 -37 4 £400 +38.41% 7
London -6 2 £400 +38.64% 5
UK excluding London -44 2 - - 2
South East - 2 - - 1

Direct Marketing
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce CRM
General
1 4 (100.00%) Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Advertising
2 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Communications Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Platform Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (50.00%) B2B
1 2 (50.00%) Content Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Creative Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) CRM
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Measurement
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 2 (50.00%) Process Management
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Campaign Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Email Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Multichannel Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (25.00%) Push Notifications
2 1 (25.00%) Use Case
2 1 (25.00%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) HP
1 2 (50.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud