Marketing Director Contracts

Marketing Director
UK

The median Marketing Director daily rate in the UK is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 586 -
Rank change year-on-year +67 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Marketing Director 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.010% 0.002% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.003% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 26,916 39,591 54,569
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 92.78% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,509 25,748 38,105
10th Percentile £296 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,043 2,669 1,523
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.30 £19.45
Median hourly rate £28.60 £37.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -17.38% +88.21%
75th Percentile £62.25 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.02 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -31.25% -5.88% +112.50%

Marketing Director
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Marketing Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Marketing Director in the UK

Marketing Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Marketing Director in the UK

Marketing Director
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Marketing Director within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 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 +68 3 £650 - 37
London +49 3 £650 - 30

Marketing Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Marketing Director contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Marketing Director in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) B2B
1 3 (100.00%) Marketing
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Marketing Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Brand Awareness
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing Automation
2 2 (66.67%) B2B Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Business Development
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Commercial Awareness
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Value Proposition
2 2 (66.67%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (66.67%) Business Transformation
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Content Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) TikTok
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Instagram
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) SEO
3 1 (33.33%) Social Media
3 1 (33.33%) Lead Generation
3 1 (33.33%) Facebook
3 1 (33.33%) Google

Marketing Director Skill Set
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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Brand Awareness
1 3 (100.00%) Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) B2B
1 3 (100.00%) Marketing Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) B2B Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Business Development
2 2 (66.67%) Business Transformation
2 2 (66.67%) Commercial Awareness
2 2 (66.67%) Content Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) CRM
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Value Proposition
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Lead Generation
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Facebook
1 1 (33.33%) Google
1 1 (33.33%) Instagram
1 1 (33.33%) TikTok