Marketing Executive Contract Job Trends

Marketing Executive
UK

The median Marketing Executive daily rate in the UK is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 571 521 582
Rank change year-on-year -50 +61 +195
Contract jobs requiring a Marketing Executive 16 11 14
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.043% 0.034% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.036% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 10
10th Percentile - £237 £153
25th Percentile £413 £278 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £310 £206
Median % change year-on-year +37.10% +50.30% -34.00%
75th Percentile £438 £345 £219
90th Percentile - £389 £237
UK excluding London median daily rate - £310 £400
% change year-on-year - -22.50% +166.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £19.93 - -
25th Percentile £28.81 £30.50 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £31.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.97% - -
75th Percentile £41.25 £31.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 33,764 30,229 40,234
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 92.70% 93.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,403 18,500 26,941
10th Percentile £300 £289 £281
25th Percentile £405 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,953 944 1,572
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.51 £14.18
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.17 £19.06
Median hourly rate £26.30 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.08% -27.78% +40.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £73.75 £76.73
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.13 £45.88
% change year-on-year -21.72% -29.97% +77.97%

Marketing Executive
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Marketing Executive' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Marketing Executive job vacancy trend in the UK

Marketing Executive
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Marketing Executive job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Marketing Executive job vacancies in the UK

Marketing Executive
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Marketing Executive job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Marketing Executive job vacancies in the UK

Marketing Executive
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Marketing Executive over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Marketing Executive in the UK

Marketing Executive
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Marketing Executive within the UK over the 6 months to 3 January 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 -37 16 £425 +37.10% 20
London -9 9 £425 +34.39% 4
UK excluding London -60 7 - - 18
Work from Home -1 4 - - 12
South East -18 4 - - 10
East of England - 3 - - 2

Marketing Executive Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 January 2026, Marketing Executive contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Marketing Executive in the job title.

1 7 (43.75%) Analytics
1 7 (43.75%) CRM
2 6 (37.50%) Salesforce
3 5 (31.25%) Customer Acquisition
3 5 (31.25%) Marketing Strategy
4 3 (18.75%) B2B
4 3 (18.75%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (18.75%) Data Management
4 3 (18.75%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 3 (18.75%) Data-Driven Marketing
4 3 (18.75%) Email Marketing
4 3 (18.75%) Google
4 3 (18.75%) Integrated Marketing
4 3 (18.75%) Lead Generation
4 3 (18.75%) Marketing Analytics
4 3 (18.75%) Marketing Automation
4 3 (18.75%) SaaS
4 3 (18.75%) SEO
4 3 (18.75%) Social Media Management
4 3 (18.75%) WordPress
5 2 (12.50%) B2B Marketing
5 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (12.50%) Degree
5 2 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (12.50%) Google Analytics
5 2 (12.50%) HubSpot
5 2 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
5 2 (12.50%) Multichannel Marketing
5 2 (12.50%) Pay per click
5 2 (12.50%) Programme Management

Marketing Executive Skill Set
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 3 (18.75%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) SaaS
2 2 (12.50%) Google Analytics
General
1 16 (100.00%) Marketing
2 10 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 6 (37.50%) Arabic Language
4 6 (37.50%) Dutch Language
4 6 (37.50%) French Language
4 6 (37.50%) German Language
4 6 (37.50%) Italian Language
4 6 (37.50%) Japanese Language
4 6 (37.50%) Mandarin Language
4 6 (37.50%) Polish Language
4 6 (37.50%) Portuguese Language
4 6 (37.50%) Spanish Language
5 4 (25.00%) Brand Awareness
6 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
7 2 (12.50%) Electronics
7 2 (12.50%) Finance
7 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
7 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Social Media
2 2 (12.50%) Blog
2 2 (12.50%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (6.25%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Analytics
1 7 (43.75%) CRM
2 5 (31.25%) Customer Acquisition
2 5 (31.25%) Marketing Strategy
3 3 (18.75%) B2B
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Engagement
3 3 (18.75%) Data Management
3 3 (18.75%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 3 (18.75%) Data-Driven Marketing
3 3 (18.75%) Email Marketing
3 3 (18.75%) Integrated Marketing
3 3 (18.75%) Lead Generation
3 3 (18.75%) Marketing Analytics
3 3 (18.75%) Marketing Automation
3 3 (18.75%) SEO
3 3 (18.75%) Social Media Management
4 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (12.50%) Multichannel Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Salesforce
2 3 (18.75%) Google
3 2 (12.50%) HubSpot
3 2 (12.50%) SAP
4 1 (6.25%) Adobe