Meta Ads Contract Job Trends

Meta Ads
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Meta Ads skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 643 520 569
Rank change year-on-year -123 +49 -
Contract jobs citing Meta Ads 2 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.004% 0.007% 0.007%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.011% 0.018% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £470 -
25th Percentile £338 £500 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% - -
75th Percentile £413 £625 -
90th Percentile - £640 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £650 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £34.25
Median hourly rate - - £36.50
75th Percentile - - £39.75
90th Percentile - - £40.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

Meta Ads falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 17,531 11,016 13,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.69% 37.84% 32.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,771 7,505 9,896
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.30% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £608 £619 £634
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.16% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 560 257 346
10th Percentile £15.48 £15.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £35.96 £28.00 £21.46
Median % change year-on-year +28.41% +30.48% -41.21%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.50 £40.75
90th Percentile £81.03 £71.75 £69.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.12 £21.28 £17.80
% change year-on-year +74.44% +19.55% -34.92%

Meta Ads
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Meta Ads job vacancy trend in the UK

Meta Ads
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Meta Ads.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Meta Ads

Meta Ads
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Meta Ads.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Meta Ads

Meta Ads
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Meta Ads within the UK over the 6 months to 31 May 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 -115 2 £375 -34.78% 9
London -73 1 £375 -25.00% 3
North of England -77 1 - -
UK excluding London -98 1 - - 6
North East - 1 - -

Meta Ads
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Google Ads
2 1 (50.00%) Google Data Studio
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Advertising
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Portuguese Language
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Educational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) SEO
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) B2B
2 1 (50.00%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Enrichment
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Demand Generation
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Monetization
2 1 (50.00%) Personalization
2 1 (50.00%) Product Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Salesforce