Marketing Contract Job Trends in Wales

Marketing
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Marketing in contract job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Marketing over the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 38 40
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +20
Contract jobs citing Marketing 8 8 6
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 1.79% 2.09% 1.47%
As % of the General category 3.28% 3.90% 3.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 4
10th Percentile - £355 £306
25th Percentile £155 £400 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £488 £625
Median % change year-on-year -67.18% -22.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile £166 £494 £650
90th Percentile £170 - -
UK median daily rate £450 £495 £511
% change year-on-year -9.09% -3.18% -2.62%

All General Skills
Wales

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 general skills in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 244 205 194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 54.71% 53.52% 47.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 101 128
10th Percentile £164 £160 £174
25th Percentile £240 £200 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £375 £415
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -9.64% -10.03%
75th Percentile £488 £500 £575
90th Percentile £625 £625 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.23% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 33 19
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.79 £19.67
25th Percentile £13.33 £20.12 £21.70
Median hourly rate £19.60 £22.00 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.93% -34.33% +66.50%
75th Percentile £23.71 £28.75 £54.50
90th Percentile £45.65 £41.25 £55.50
UK median hourly rate £23.50 £27.39 £32.50
% change year-on-year -14.19% -15.74% +30.00%

Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Marketing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Marketing job vacancy trend in Wales

Marketing
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Marketing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Marketing

Marketing
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Marketing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Marketing

Marketing
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Marketing within the Wales region over the 6 months to 8 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
North Wales - 8 £160 - 8
Marketing
UK

Marketing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 8 (100.00%) Skype
General
1 8 (100.00%) Electronics
1 8 (100.00%) Finance
1 8 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 8 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 8 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 8 (100.00%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Android
1 8 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 8 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 8 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 8 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
1 8 (100.00%) Logistics
1 8 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 8 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 8 (100.00%) Software Licensing
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
1 8 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) SAP