Ad Operations Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Advertising Operations (Ad Ops)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Ad Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ad Operations over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 - 467
Rank change year-on-year - - +166
Contract jobs citing Ad Operations 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.050% - 0.012%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.055% - 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £345 - -
25th Percentile £384 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +258.21%
75th Percentile £544 - -
90th Percentile £548 - -
UK median daily rate £335 - £438
% change year-on-year - - +59.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,023 13,505 23,232
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.03% 87.83% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,195 9,015 16,421
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 573 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £24.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -22.73% +57.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%

Ad Operations
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Ad Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Ad Operations trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Ad Operations
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Ad Operations.

Ad Operations daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Ad Operations
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Ad Operations over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Ad Operations daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Ad Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) Slack
1 1 (20.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DHCP
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) Kerberos
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Advertising
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Billing
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Account Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Account Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Sales Account Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Sales Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Media
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Analytics
1 2 (40.00%) Campaign Management
1 2 (40.00%) CRM
1 2 (40.00%) Programmatic Advertising
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) API Integration
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Retention
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (20.00%) Display Advertising
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Personalization
2 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) MCSE
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (20.00%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Google
1 2 (40.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) comScore
2 1 (20.00%) Criteo
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft