Marketing Contracts

Marketing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Marketing in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 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 82 74 115
Rank change year-on-year -8 +41 -12
Contract jobs citing Marketing 857 1,216 1,342
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.93% 2.79% 2.25%
As % of the General category 4.64% 4.79% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 468 731 909
10th Percentile £213 £213 £240
25th Percentile £318 £333 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -11.90% -
75th Percentile £600 £613 £638
90th Percentile £700 £740 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 75 42
10th Percentile £21.21 £13.39 £22.19
25th Percentile £26.54 £20.58 £25.69
Median hourly rate £34.58 £34.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -6.85% -2.67%
75th Percentile £50.31 £48.25 £51.19
90th Percentile £59.35 £68.75 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £25.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -8.00% -30.56% +16.41%

All General Skills
UK

Marketing 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%

Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Marketing in the UK

Marketing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Marketing in the UK

Marketing
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Marketing in the UK

Marketing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Marketing in the UK

Marketing
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for Marketing in the UK

Marketing
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 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 -4 778 £490 +5.95% 4,400
London -1 464 £460 +2.22% 2,789
UK excluding London -13 314 £525 +5.00% 1,734
Work from Home -10 277 £475 -5.00% 2,020
South East +7 129 £481 +16.67% 411
South West +23 66 £565 -5.83% 179
North of England +18 63 £530 +6.00% 566
North West +17 46 £530 +6.00% 352
Midlands 0 17 £413 +0.61% 312
Scotland +13 16 £450 -10.00% 80
East of England -6 13 £500 +33.33% 150
North East +6 11 £419 -21.36% 55
West Midlands -1 11 £270 -46.00% 184
Wales 0 7 £444 -26.04% 41
Yorkshire -5 6 £550 +22.22% 164
East Midlands +3 5 £436 +16.27% 129
Northern Ireland -12 4 - - 32

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 36 (4.20%) CMS
2 27 (3.15%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.45%) Confluence
4 16 (1.87%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.28%) SAS
6 10 (1.17%) WordPress
7 9 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
8 8 (0.93%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.58%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.47%) Drupal
10 4 (0.47%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.35%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.23%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.23%) EPiServer
12 2 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.23%) Skype for Business
13 1 (0.12%) IBM Domino
13 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
13 1 (0.12%) WinCC
Applications
1 55 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (4.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 31 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
4 19 (2.22%) Photoshop
5 12 (1.40%) Adobe Illustrator
6 9 (1.05%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 7 (0.82%) MS Visio
8 6 (0.70%) Adobe After Effects
8 6 (0.70%) Trello
9 4 (0.47%) Maya
10 3 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.23%) InDesign
11 2 (0.23%) InVision
11 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
12 1 (0.12%) CINEMA 4D
12 1 (0.12%) Simulink
12 1 (0.12%) Sketch
12 1 (0.12%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 31 (3.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.82%) Shopify
3 6 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (0.70%) Workfront
4 5 (0.58%) Adobe Campaign
5 4 (0.47%) Eloqua
5 4 (0.47%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.35%) Magento
6 3 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.35%) Sprinklr
6 3 (0.35%) Unica
7 2 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.23%) Movex
7 2 (0.23%) SAP PLM
7 2 (0.23%) SAP SRM
8 1 (0.12%) Endur
8 1 (0.12%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.12%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 98 (11.44%) Azure
2 76 (8.87%) Power Platform
3 58 (6.77%) AWS
4 39 (4.55%) SaaS
5 37 (4.32%) GCP
6 32 (3.73%) Dynamics 365
7 31 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
9 29 (3.38%) Adobe Analytics
10 28 (3.27%) Google Analytics
11 23 (2.68%) PowerApps
12 19 (2.22%) Power Automate
12 19 (2.22%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 15 (1.75%) GitHub
13 15 (1.75%) Snowflake
14 13 (1.52%) Serverless
15 12 (1.40%) Figma
15 12 (1.40%) PaaS
15 12 (1.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 11 (1.28%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.22%) Firewall
1 19 (2.22%) VPN
2 7 (0.82%) BGP
2 7 (0.82%) DNS
2 7 (0.82%) OSPF
2 7 (0.82%) SAN
2 7 (0.82%) SMS
2 7 (0.82%) Wireless
3 6 (0.70%) Internet
3 6 (0.70%) LAN
3 6 (0.70%) Network Security
4 5 (0.58%) DHCP
4 5 (0.58%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.58%) VLAN
4 5 (0.58%) WAN
5 4 (0.47%) Intranet
5 4 (0.47%) NAS
5 4 (0.47%) TACACS
6 3 (0.35%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.23%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (6.65%) Power BI
2 35 (4.08%) Tableau
3 32 (3.73%) Relational Database
4 30 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (1.17%) BigQuery
7 9 (1.05%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.05%) Looker
8 7 (0.82%) Big Data
9 6 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.70%) Data Mining
9 6 (0.70%) Power Query
10 5 (0.58%) Qlik Sense
10 5 (0.58%) SQL Server
11 4 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.47%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.47%) PowerPivot
12 3 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.35%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.35%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 42 (4.90%) JIRA
2 35 (4.08%) Jenkins
3 21 (2.45%) Gradle
3 21 (2.45%) JUnit
3 21 (2.45%) Liquibase
3 21 (2.45%) Mockito
4 20 (2.33%) Git
5 17 (1.98%) GitLab
6 8 (0.93%) Selenium
7 4 (0.47%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.47%) Postman
8 3 (0.35%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.35%) webpack
9 2 (0.23%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.23%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.23%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.23%) ERwin
9 2 (0.23%) Grunt
9 2 (0.23%) NUnit
9 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 368 (42.94%) Finance
2 287 (33.49%) Social Skills
3 221 (25.79%) Public Sector
4 214 (24.97%) Telecoms
5 197 (22.99%) Manufacturing
6 194 (22.64%) Electronics
7 148 (17.27%) Analytical Skills
8 59 (6.88%) Legal
9 50 (5.83%) Retail
10 42 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
11 41 (4.78%) Advertising
12 23 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
13 21 (2.45%) Banking
14 19 (2.22%) German Language
15 16 (1.87%) Brand Awareness
16 15 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
17 11 (1.28%) French Language
18 10 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 9 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
19 9 (1.05%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 84 (9.80%) Developer
2 76 (8.87%) Senior
3 72 (8.40%) Analyst
4 61 (7.12%) Architect
4 61 (7.12%) Project Manager
5 52 (6.07%) Lead
6 39 (4.55%) Consultant
7 34 (3.97%) Marketing Manager
8 29 (3.38%) Business Analyst
8 29 (3.38%) Product Manager
9 24 (2.80%) Designer
10 22 (2.57%) Support Engineer
11 21 (2.45%) Active Directory Architect
12 20 (2.33%) Azure Engineer
12 20 (2.33%) Data Scientist
13 18 (2.10%) Senior Manager
14 17 (1.98%) Account Manager
14 17 (1.98%) Salesforce Developer
15 15 (1.75%) Java Developer
16 14 (1.63%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.37%) HTML
2 42 (4.90%) CSS
3 30 (3.50%) React
4 24 (2.80%) Kafka
5 23 (2.68%) Spring Boot
6 22 (2.57%) OpenAPI
6 22 (2.57%) Swagger
7 21 (2.45%) Spring
8 20 (2.33%) Lightning Web Components
9 18 (2.10%) .NET
10 13 (1.52%) REST
10 13 (1.52%) Visualforce
11 9 (1.05%) Middleware
11 9 (1.05%) SOAP
12 7 (0.82%) JSON
12 7 (0.82%) Node.js
13 6 (0.70%) AngularJS
14 5 (0.58%) HTML5
14 5 (0.58%) Sass
14 5 (0.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 61 (7.12%) Social Media
2 40 (4.67%) Onboarding
3 39 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 29 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (2.92%) Marketing Technology
6 22 (2.57%) Digital Media
6 22 (2.57%) Management Information System
7 20 (2.33%) NHS
8 17 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.63%) Multi-touch
10 11 (1.28%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.05%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.05%) Graphic Design
11 9 (1.05%) Mobile App
12 8 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.93%) Photography
13 7 (0.82%) Blog
13 7 (0.82%) Data Structures
13 7 (0.82%) Virtual Reality
14 6 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 63 (7.35%) Windows
2 16 (1.87%) Linux
3 15 (1.75%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.70%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.58%) Android
5 5 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.35%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.23%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.12%) Alpine Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (33.26%) Digital Marketing
2 251 (29.29%) Business Intelligence
3 200 (23.34%) Programme Management
4 186 (21.70%) Agile
5 176 (20.54%) Analytics
6 155 (18.09%) Problem-Solving
7 147 (17.15%) Project Management
8 110 (12.84%) CRM
9 102 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
10 84 (9.80%) User Experience
11 80 (9.33%) DevOps
12 77 (8.98%) Decision-Making
12 77 (8.98%) Migration
13 64 (7.47%) E-Commerce
14 61 (7.12%) Data Analysis
15 60 (7.00%) Continuous Improvement
16 59 (6.88%) Roadmaps
17 58 (6.77%) CI/CD
18 56 (6.53%) Actionable Insight
18 56 (6.53%) Marketing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 116 (13.54%) SQL
2 69 (8.05%) Python
3 54 (6.30%) JavaScript
4 41 (4.78%) Java
5 39 (4.55%) PowerShell
6 31 (3.62%) TypeScript
7 24 (2.80%) C#
8 21 (2.45%) R
9 20 (2.33%) Apex Code
10 12 (1.40%) Bash
11 11 (1.28%) Bicep
12 9 (1.05%) C++
13 5 (0.58%) C
14 4 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.47%) Groovy
14 4 (0.47%) PHP
15 3 (0.35%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.35%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.23%) SOQL
16 2 (0.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 134 (15.64%) Degree
2 110 (12.84%) Security Cleared
3 69 (8.05%) SC Cleared
4 40 (4.67%) DV Cleared
5 23 (2.68%) Master's Degree
6 20 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (1.75%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.52%) PhD
9 12 (1.40%) PMI Certification
10 8 (0.93%) PMP
11 7 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.70%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.70%) ISEB
13 5 (0.58%) CBAP
14 4 (0.47%) MBA
15 3 (0.35%) CCNA
15 3 (0.35%) CIMA
15 3 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.35%) CISSP
15 3 (0.35%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (5.48%) Accessibility
2 25 (2.92%) GDPR
3 19 (2.22%) QA
4 14 (1.63%) Data Quality
5 13 (1.52%) PMO
6 6 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (0.70%) NIST
6 6 (0.70%) SLA
7 5 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.58%) JSP 440
7 5 (0.58%) WCAG
8 4 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.23%) DICOM
10 2 (0.23%) GRC
10 2 (0.23%) GxP
10 2 (0.23%) HL7
10 2 (0.23%) NCSC
10 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.23%) RMADS
System Software
1 40 (4.67%) Docker
2 34 (3.97%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.35%) Firmware
5 2 (0.23%) NFS
5 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.23%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (2.57%) Terraform
2 18 (2.10%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.58%) Ansible
5 3 (0.35%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.23%) Grafana
6 2 (0.23%) Puppet
6 2 (0.23%) SCCM
6 2 (0.23%) vRealize
6 2 (0.23%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.12%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Identity Manager
7 1 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.12%) VxRail
Vendors
1 212 (24.74%) SAP
2 107 (12.49%) Microsoft
3 106 (12.37%) Salesforce
4 77 (8.98%) Adobe
5 66 (7.70%) Google
6 20 (2.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 15 (1.75%) Databricks
7 15 (1.75%) Facebook
8 12 (1.40%) TikTok
9 11 (1.28%) VMware
10 10 (1.17%) HubSpot
10 10 (1.17%) Instagram
11 9 (1.05%) Cisco
11 9 (1.05%) HP
11 9 (1.05%) Splunk
12 8 (0.93%) Dell
12 8 (0.93%) IBM
12 8 (0.93%) Marketo
12 8 (0.93%) ServiceNow
12 8 (0.93%) Sitecore