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 8 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 81 119
Rank change year-on-year -9 +38 -10
Contract jobs citing Marketing 799 1,145 1,209
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.72% 2.63% 2.17%
As % of the General category 4.30% 4.60% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 651 811
10th Percentile £212 £220 £225
25th Percentile £325 £338 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £515
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -10.19% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £638
90th Percentile £700 £775 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +6.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 90 40
10th Percentile £18.20 £14.40 £21.25
25th Percentile £28.00 £18.67 £23.94
Median hourly rate £36.00 £34.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -19.05% +12.00%
75th Percentile £48.75 £43.75 £54.13
90th Percentile £65.25 £68.83 £65.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.40 £25.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +9.60% -58.33% +88.38%

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 18,580 24,892 32,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.37% 57.27% 58.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,679 15,599 22,629
10th Percentile £281 £275 £313
25th Percentile £403 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £769 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 855 1,999 991
10th Percentile £13.48 £12.78 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.94 £15.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% +42.22%
75th Percentile £53.98 £52.50 £61.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £67.38 £71.28
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.50 £28.42 £27.50
% change year-on-year -13.79% +3.35% +41.03%

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 8 June 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 8 June 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 8 June 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 -8 719 £490 +5.95% 8,498
London -6 446 £465 +3.33% 4,852
UK excluding London -31 278 £530 +6.00% 4,600
Work from Home -3 267 £475 -2.56% 4,389
South East -3 97 £575 +35.29% 2,024
South West +32 76 £565 -9.60% 301
North of England +3 53 £530 +17.78% 1,215
North West +16 40 £530 +6.00% 721
Scotland +7 19 £210 -58.01% 157
Midlands -19 14 £450 -5.26% 537
East of England -22 10 £395 +5.33% 225
West Midlands -7 8 £450 -7.69% 284
Wales -3 7 £336 -43.96% 90
Yorkshire -8 7 £543 +20.56% 392
North East +2 6 £503 -5.63% 106
East Midlands +5 5 £449 +19.60% 241
Northern Ireland -10 3 £165 +17.86% 46

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 37 (4.63%) CMS
2 19 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 18 (2.25%) Confluence
4 16 (2.00%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (1.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 10 (1.25%) SAS
7 9 (1.13%) WordPress
8 4 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.50%) Headless CMS
8 4 (0.50%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.50%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.38%) Drupal
10 2 (0.25%) EPiServer
11 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.13%) Facebook Platform
11 1 (0.13%) IBM Domino
11 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.13%) Kentico
11 1 (0.13%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 37 (4.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (2.63%) Photoshop
5 13 (1.63%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (1.25%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.88%) MS Visio
8 6 (0.75%) Adobe After Effects
8 6 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.63%) Trello
10 4 (0.50%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.50%) Maya
11 3 (0.38%) InDesign
11 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
12 2 (0.25%) InVision
13 1 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
13 1 (0.13%) Final Cut Pro
13 1 (0.13%) Simulink
13 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
13 1 (0.13%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 25 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.13%) Shopify
3 8 (1.00%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.63%) Adobe Campaign
4 5 (0.63%) Workfront
5 4 (0.50%) Eloqua
5 4 (0.50%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.38%) Magento
6 3 (0.38%) Sprinklr
7 2 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.25%) SAP PLM
7 2 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.25%) SAP SRM
8 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.13%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.13%) SAP GTS
8 1 (0.13%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.13%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.13%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 86 (10.76%) Azure
2 59 (7.38%) Power Platform
3 52 (6.51%) AWS
4 44 (5.51%) SaaS
5 37 (4.63%) GCP
6 29 (3.63%) Dynamics 365
7 28 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (3.38%) Adobe Analytics
9 24 (3.00%) Google Analytics
10 20 (2.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 19 (2.38%) Figma
12 18 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
13 16 (2.00%) PowerApps
13 16 (2.00%) Snowflake
14 15 (1.88%) Power Automate
15 14 (1.75%) GitHub
15 14 (1.75%) Serverless
16 11 (1.38%) Google Ads
16 11 (1.38%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 9 (1.13%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.13%) Firewall
2 10 (1.25%) VPN
3 8 (1.00%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.00%) VLAN
4 7 (0.88%) BGP
4 7 (0.88%) OSPF
4 7 (0.88%) TACACS
5 6 (0.75%) DNS
6 4 (0.50%) Internet
7 3 (0.38%) DHCP
7 3 (0.38%) Intranet
7 3 (0.38%) PSTN
7 3 (0.38%) SMS
7 3 (0.38%) VoIP
8 2 (0.25%) HTTP
9 1 (0.13%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.13%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.13%) LAN
9 1 (0.13%) Network Security
9 1 (0.13%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.13%) Power BI
2 31 (3.88%) Data Warehouse
2 31 (3.88%) Relational Database
3 25 (3.13%) Tableau
4 23 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.38%) BigQuery
6 8 (1.00%) Looker
7 6 (0.75%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.63%) Metadata
9 4 (0.50%) Big Data
9 4 (0.50%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.50%) Qlik Sense
9 4 (0.50%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.38%) Mixpanel
10 3 (0.38%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.38%) Power Query
10 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.25%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 32 (4.01%) Jenkins
2 31 (3.88%) JIRA
3 21 (2.63%) Gradle
3 21 (2.63%) JUnit
3 21 (2.63%) Liquibase
3 21 (2.63%) Mockito
4 16 (2.00%) Git
4 16 (2.00%) GitLab
5 4 (0.50%) MLflow
5 4 (0.50%) Selenium
5 4 (0.50%) webpack
6 3 (0.38%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.38%) Postman
7 2 (0.25%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.25%) ERwin
7 2 (0.25%) Grunt
7 2 (0.25%) Vite
8 1 (0.13%) LabVIEW
General
1 319 (39.92%) Finance
2 280 (35.04%) Social Skills
3 179 (22.40%) Public Sector
4 166 (20.78%) Telecoms
5 162 (20.28%) Manufacturing
6 156 (19.52%) Electronics
7 119 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
8 47 (5.88%) Advertising
8 47 (5.88%) Retail
9 45 (5.63%) Legal
10 34 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
11 25 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
12 21 (2.63%) Banking
13 18 (2.25%) Brand Awareness
14 14 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (1.13%) French Language
16 9 (1.13%) German Language
16 9 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (1.13%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 80 (10.01%) Developer
2 72 (9.01%) Architect
3 67 (8.39%) Senior
4 64 (8.01%) Project Manager
5 56 (7.01%) Analyst
6 47 (5.88%) Lead
7 42 (5.26%) Consultant
8 34 (4.26%) Marketing Manager
9 29 (3.63%) Designer
10 28 (3.50%) Product Manager
11 24 (3.00%) Business Analyst
12 21 (2.63%) Active Directory Architect
13 19 (2.38%) Salesforce Developer
13 19 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
13 19 (2.38%) Support Engineer
14 18 (2.25%) Data Scientist
15 15 (1.88%) Account Manager
16 14 (1.75%) Data Analyst
16 14 (1.75%) Software Engineer
17 13 (1.63%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (6.01%) HTML
2 42 (5.26%) CSS
3 31 (3.88%) React
4 24 (3.00%) Kafka
5 22 (2.75%) OpenAPI
5 22 (2.75%) Spring Boot
5 22 (2.75%) Swagger
6 21 (2.63%) .NET
6 21 (2.63%) Spring
7 20 (2.50%) Lightning Web Components
8 12 (1.50%) Visualforce
9 11 (1.38%) REST
10 8 (1.00%) .NET Core
10 8 (1.00%) Middleware
10 8 (1.00%) Pandas
11 6 (0.75%) Next.js
11 6 (0.75%) SOAP
12 5 (0.63%) JSON
12 5 (0.63%) OAuth
12 5 (0.63%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (6.76%) Social Media
2 46 (5.76%) Onboarding
3 44 (5.51%) Product Ownership
4 32 (4.01%) Marketing Technology
5 24 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (2.63%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.25%) Digital Media
8 13 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (1.63%) Mobile App
8 13 (1.63%) Multi-touch
9 12 (1.50%) NHS
10 10 (1.25%) Blog
11 8 (1.00%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.00%) Graphic Design
11 8 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.00%) Photography
11 8 (1.00%) Virtual Reality
12 7 (0.88%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.75%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.63%) Windows
2 11 (1.38%) Windows 10
3 6 (0.75%) Android
3 6 (0.75%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.63%) Linux
5 2 (0.25%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.25%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.25%) Windows 8
5 2 (0.25%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (30.54%) Digital Marketing
2 207 (25.91%) Business Intelligence
3 176 (22.03%) Agile
4 174 (21.78%) Analytics
5 163 (20.40%) Programme Management
6 144 (18.02%) Project Management
7 134 (16.77%) Problem-Solving
8 110 (13.77%) CRM
9 109 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
10 87 (10.89%) Migration
11 80 (10.01%) User Experience
12 69 (8.64%) Decision-Making
13 66 (8.26%) DevOps
13 66 (8.26%) E-Commerce
14 63 (7.88%) Roadmaps
15 60 (7.51%) Marketing Strategy
16 58 (7.26%) CI/CD
16 58 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
17 52 (6.51%) B2B
18 51 (6.38%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 120 (15.02%) SQL
2 56 (7.01%) Python
3 50 (6.26%) JavaScript
4 40 (5.01%) PowerShell
5 29 (3.63%) TypeScript
6 27 (3.38%) Java
7 26 (3.25%) C#
8 24 (3.00%) R
9 19 (2.38%) Apex Code
10 9 (1.13%) Bicep
11 8 (1.00%) Bash
12 6 (0.75%) PHP
13 5 (0.63%) C++
14 4 (0.50%) C
14 4 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.38%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.38%) SystemVerilog
16 2 (0.25%) Groovy
16 2 (0.25%) Rust
16 2 (0.25%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 119 (14.89%) Degree
2 98 (12.27%) Security Cleared
3 65 (8.14%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.26%) DV Cleared
5 20 (2.50%) Master's Degree
6 18 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.13%) PhD
8 16 (2.00%) Azure Certification
9 12 (1.50%) PMI Certification
10 10 (1.25%) PMP
11 5 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.63%) CBAP
11 5 (0.63%) CISSP
12 4 (0.50%) CESG Certified Professional
12 4 (0.50%) CLAS
13 3 (0.38%) ACCA
13 3 (0.38%) CIMA
13 3 (0.38%) Dell Certification
14 2 (0.25%) MBA
14 2 (0.25%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.51%) Accessibility
2 24 (3.00%) GDPR
3 13 (1.63%) QA
4 12 (1.50%) PMO
5 10 (1.25%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.00%) NIST
8 7 (0.88%) JSP 440
9 5 (0.63%) SLA
10 4 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.50%) RMADS
11 3 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.38%) GxP
11 3 (0.38%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.38%) WCAG
12 2 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.25%) GRC
12 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 39 (4.88%) Docker
2 31 (3.88%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.38%) Firmware
4 3 (0.38%) vSphere
5 2 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.25%) XenApp
6 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (3.38%) Terraform
2 15 (1.88%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.38%) Ansible
4 3 (0.38%) Kubeflow
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.25%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (0.25%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (0.25%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.13%) Puppet
6 1 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 176 (22.03%) SAP
2 102 (12.77%) Salesforce
3 93 (11.64%) Microsoft
4 79 (9.89%) Adobe
5 65 (8.14%) Google
6 24 (3.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 15 (1.88%) Facebook
8 12 (1.50%) Instagram
9 11 (1.38%) TikTok
10 10 (1.25%) HP
11 9 (1.13%) Databricks
11 9 (1.13%) HubSpot
11 9 (1.13%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.13%) Splunk
12 8 (1.00%) ServiceNow
12 8 (1.00%) Sitecore
13 7 (0.88%) Dell
13 7 (0.88%) Teradata
13 7 (0.88%) Twitter
14 6 (0.75%) Cisco