Programmatic Advertising Contracts

Programmatic Advertising
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Programmatic Advertising skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Programmatic Advertising over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 - 716
Rank change year-on-year - - +139
Contract jobs citing Programmatic Advertising 10 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% - 0.003%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.038% - 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile £300 - £243
25th Percentile £309 - £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.41%
75th Percentile £353 - £369
90th Percentile £354 - £388
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £325
% change year-on-year - - -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £25.01 - -
25th Percentile £25.41 - -
Median hourly rate £26.83 - -
75th Percentile £28.25 - -
90th Percentile £28.64 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Programmatic Advertising falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Programmatic Advertising
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Programmatic Advertising in the UK

Programmatic Advertising
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Programmatic Advertising in the UK

Programmatic Advertising
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Programmatic Advertising in the UK

Programmatic Advertising
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programmatic Advertising within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 - 10 £335 - 94
London - 10 £335 - 80
Work from Home - 2 £338 - 49

Programmatic Advertising
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:

Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (10.00%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
General
1 10 (100.00%) Advertising
1 10 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (80.00%) Finance
3 6 (60.00%) Marketing
4 3 (30.00%) Billing
5 1 (10.00%) German Language
5 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (10.00%) Italian Language
5 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Account Manager
2 5 (50.00%) Digital Account Manager
3 4 (40.00%) Client Services Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Ad Operations Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Coordinator
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Marketing Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Sales Account Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Sales Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Digital Media
2 5 (50.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Ad Operations
2 8 (80.00%) Campaign Management
3 5 (50.00%) Customer Retention
3 5 (50.00%) Display Advertising
3 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
4 3 (30.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (30.00%) CRM
4 3 (30.00%) Workflow
5 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
5 1 (10.00%) Dashboard Development
5 1 (10.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (10.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) PMP
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Salesforce
2 5 (50.00%) Google
3 3 (30.00%) comScore