Marketing Contract Job Trends in Watford

Marketing
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Marketing in contract job vacancies in Watford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Marketing over the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 12 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 -9 +11
Contract jobs citing Marketing 7 1 18
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 6.25% 1.96% 18.56%
As % of the General category 11.48% 6.67% 39.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile £368 - £293
25th Percentile £375 - £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -34.62%
75th Percentile £425 - £456
90th Percentile £433 - £533
Hertfordshire median daily rate £400 £475 £444
% change year-on-year -15.79% +7.04% -31.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £13.50
Median hourly rate £14.96 - £15.00
75th Percentile - - £16.50
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £14.96 £32.50 £15.37
% change year-on-year -53.97% +111.52% -74.91%

All General Skills
Watford

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 Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 61 15 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 54.46% 29.41% 47.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 10 27
10th Percentile £238 £246 £285
25th Percentile £325 £320 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +13.33% -31.82%
75th Percentile £588 £574 £455
90th Percentile £638 £588 £610
Hertfordshire median daily rate £475 £509 £400
% change year-on-year -6.59% +27.13% -27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 6
10th Percentile - - £13.19
25th Percentile - - £13.55
Median hourly rate £14.96 - £14.31
75th Percentile £16.07 - £14.94
90th Percentile £19.21 - £15.75
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -11.11% +4.65% -28.33%

Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Marketing job vacancy trend in Watford

Marketing
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Marketing

Marketing
Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Marketing

Marketing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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 5 (71.43%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (71.43%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Figma
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Retail
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) Data Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Product Manager
2 1 (14.29%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) CRM
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) Competitor Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Creative Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Design Sprint
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
2 1 (14.29%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security
2 1 (14.29%) Interaction Design
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
2 1 (14.29%) Software Audit
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience
2 1 (14.29%) User Journey Map
2 1 (14.29%) User Research
2 1 (14.29%) UX Design
2 1 (14.29%) Web Development
2 1 (14.29%) Wireframes
2 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared