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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 83 103
Rank change year-on-year -13 +20 +34
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Marketing 20 23 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.16% 1.22% 1.07%
As % of the General category 1.82% 2.22% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 19 17
10th Percentile £123 £224 £443
25th Percentile £306 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% -9.09% +6.54%
75th Percentile £603 £544 £638
90th Percentile £635 £660 £713
England median daily rate £475 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £39.45 £11.60 £21.23
25th Percentile £42.00 £11.83 £21.79
Median hourly rate £48.50 £12.72 £23.35
Median % change year-on-year +281.29% -45.52% -
75th Percentile £54.50 £14.11 £24.29
90th Percentile £56.75 £14.64 £24.48
England median hourly rate £34.50 £31.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year +11.29% -3.13% -20.99%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,098 1,034 1,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 63.84% 54.88% 52.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 690 689 782
10th Percentile £220 £248 £250
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £638
90th Percentile £638 £750 £738
England median daily rate £508 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.67% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 67 46
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £14.03
25th Percentile £16.60 £14.85 £17.31
Median hourly rate £28.18 £19.59 £21.54
Median % change year-on-year +43.85% -9.03% +30.52%
75th Percentile £40.19 £32.27 £28.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £49.25 £46.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +13.61%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Marketing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Marketing

Marketing
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Marketing in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Marketing in the West Midlands

Marketing
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Marketing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Marketing

Marketing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Marketing in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Marketing in the West Midlands

Marketing
DemandTrendContract 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 19 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham +6 14 £400 -20.00% 75
Solihull +8 2 £588 +31.14% 6
Staffordshire - 2 £450 - 36
Warwickshire -6 1 - - 44
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.00%) CMS
1 1 (5.00%) Confluence
1 1 (5.00%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (10.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Adobe Analytics
2 4 (20.00%) Google Analytics
3 2 (10.00%) Asana
3 2 (10.00%) Azure
3 2 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (10.00%) Power Automate
3 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (10.00%) PowerApps
4 1 (5.00%) Google Tag Manager
4 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) JIRA
2 1 (5.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (5.00%) Zephyr
General
1 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (50.00%) Finance
3 8 (40.00%) Public Sector
4 5 (25.00%) Manufacturing
5 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (20.00%) Brand Awareness
5 4 (20.00%) Electronics
5 4 (20.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (5.00%) Banking
6 1 (5.00%) Health Technology
6 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Legal
6 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Campaign Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Developer
2 3 (15.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Administrator
3 2 (10.00%) DBA
3 2 (10.00%) Desktop Support
3 2 (10.00%) Desktop Support Technician
3 2 (10.00%) Desktop Technician
3 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared DBA
3 2 (10.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Installation Technician
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle DBA
3 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared DBA
3 2 (10.00%) Support Technician
4 1 (5.00%) Digital Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Lead
4 1 (5.00%) Requirements Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Salesforce Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Web Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Web Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) .NET
1 2 (10.00%) HTML
2 1 (5.00%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Social Media
2 2 (10.00%) IoT
3 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
1 2 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Analytics
1 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (30.00%) B2B
3 5 (25.00%) Data Analytics
3 5 (25.00%) Project Management
3 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (25.00%) Storytelling
4 4 (20.00%) Agile
4 4 (20.00%) Campaign Management
4 4 (20.00%) Content Development
4 4 (20.00%) Demand Generation
4 4 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
4 4 (20.00%) Intelligent Automation
4 4 (20.00%) Lead Generation
4 4 (20.00%) Marketing Automation
4 4 (20.00%) Multichannel Marketing
4 4 (20.00%) Performance Measurement
4 4 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
4 4 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) SQL
2 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (10.00%) C#
3 2 (10.00%) PL/SQL
4 1 (5.00%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) Degree
3 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) OCP
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle Certification
3 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 2 (10.00%) PMP
4 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (5.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Data Guard
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Adobe
1 5 (25.00%) Google
2 4 (20.00%) SAP
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle
4 1 (5.00%) Atlassian
4 1 (5.00%) HubSpot
4 1 (5.00%) Salesforce
4 1 (5.00%) Sitecore