Marketing Contracts in the West Midlands

Marketing
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Marketing in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Marketing 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 86 82 85
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 +4
Contract jobs citing Marketing 11 29 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.82% 1.49% 2.27%
As % of the General category 1.31% 2.63% 3.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 24 36
10th Percentile £217 £220 £420
25th Percentile £264 £224 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -44.62% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £400 £556 £611
90th Percentile £505 £650 £655
England median daily rate £490 £463 £525
% change year-on-year +5.95% -11.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £20.70 -
25th Percentile - £32.25 £38.75
Median hourly rate - £52.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year - +22.35% -
75th Percentile - £71.25 £46.25
90th Percentile - £82.50 -
England median hourly rate £34.65 £34.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +1.91% -6.85% -2.67%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 841 1,101 1,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 62.53% 56.55% 58.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 758 972
10th Percentile £185 £263 £237
25th Percentile £360 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £510
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% - +7.37%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £694
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 111 42
10th Percentile - £11.06 £11.10
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.90 £12.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £19.59 £17.85
Median % change year-on-year -8.12% +9.75% +5.00%
75th Percentile £28.18 £39.34 £26.82
90th Percentile £33.91 £56.25 £56.63
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Marketing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Marketing in the West Midlands

Marketing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Marketing in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Marketing in the West Midlands

Marketing
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Marketing in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Marketing in the West Midlands

Marketing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Marketing in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Marketing in the West Midlands

Marketing
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Marketing within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham +18 10 £270 -46.67% 83
Worcestershire - 1 - - 13
Marketing
England

Marketing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Adobe Analytics
2 4 (36.36%) Google Analytics
3 1 (9.09%) Google Tag Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) VPN
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Public Sector
3 4 (36.36%) Brand Awareness
4 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (27.27%) Retail
5 1 (9.09%) Banking
5 1 (9.09%) Electronics
5 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Campaign Manager
2 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Support Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Digital Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Digital Merchandiser
2 1 (9.09%) Lead
2 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Social Media
2 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (45.45%) Analytics
2 5 (45.45%) Storytelling
3 4 (36.36%) B2B
3 4 (36.36%) Campaign Management
3 4 (36.36%) Content Development
3 4 (36.36%) Data Analytics
3 4 (36.36%) Demand Generation
3 4 (36.36%) Intelligent Automation
3 4 (36.36%) Lead Generation
3 4 (36.36%) Marketing Automation
3 4 (36.36%) Multichannel Marketing
3 4 (36.36%) Performance Measurement
3 4 (36.36%) Performance Metrics
3 4 (36.36%) Software Engineering
3 4 (36.36%) Strategic Planning
4 3 (27.27%) Data Analysis
4 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
4 3 (27.27%) User Experience
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Adobe
1 5 (45.45%) Google
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) Citrix
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Nexthink
2 1 (9.09%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow