Advertising Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Advertising
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Advertising in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Advertising 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 267 305 335
Rank change year-on-year +38 +30 +165
Contract jobs citing Advertising 37 40 143
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.37% 0.26% 0.55%
As % of the General category 0.60% 0.44% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 28 100
10th Percentile £238 £221 £322
25th Percentile £265 £299 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £420 £531
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -20.94% +6.25%
75th Percentile £450 £575 £630
90th Percentile £656 £658 £713
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £520
% change year-on-year +6.25% -23.08% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £43.20
25th Percentile - £6.57 £45.75
Median hourly rate - £7.85 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - -84.30% -
75th Percentile - £9.14 £65.75
90th Percentile - - £75.20
UK median hourly rate £35.75 £41.08 £43.00
% change year-on-year -12.97% -4.47% +7.50%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Advertising falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,176 9,033 15,091
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 62.35% 58.87% 58.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,155 5,908 10,633
10th Percentile £325 £331 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 477 347
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.03 £19.04
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.61 £29.31
Median hourly rate £32.05 £38.12 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.92% -23.76% +61.29%
75th Percentile £64.69 £53.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.93 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Advertising
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Advertising trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Advertising
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Advertising daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Advertising
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Advertising over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Advertising daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Advertising
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Advertising.

Advertising hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Advertising
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.70%) Apache Spark
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (5.41%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (5.41%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (5.41%) Photoshop
4 1 (2.70%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (2.70%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Workday HCM
2 1 (2.70%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) GCP
2 3 (8.11%) Azure
3 2 (5.41%) AWS
4 1 (2.70%) Amazon Ads
4 1 (2.70%) Azure AKS
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.70%) Figma
4 1 (2.70%) GitHub
4 1 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (2.70%) Google Ads
4 1 (2.70%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.70%) Slack
4 1 (2.70%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (2.70%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (2.70%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (2.70%) DNS
1 1 (2.70%) Firewall
1 1 (2.70%) HTTP
1 1 (2.70%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) BigQuery
2 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.70%) Big Data
3 1 (2.70%) Hadoop
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle Database 11g
3 1 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.70%) Power BI
3 1 (2.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Git
General
1 13 (35.14%) Marketing
2 11 (29.73%) Finance
3 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
4 4 (10.81%) Automotive
5 3 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Retail
7 1 (2.70%) Billing
7 1 (2.70%) Electronics
7 1 (2.70%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.70%) French Language
7 1 (2.70%) German Language
7 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.70%) Italian Language
7 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) Support Engineer
2 5 (13.51%) Account Manager
2 5 (13.51%) Developer
2 5 (13.51%) JavaScript Engineer
3 3 (8.11%) Consultant
3 3 (8.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 3 (8.11%) Functional Consultant
3 3 (8.11%) Python Developer
3 3 (8.11%) Software Engineer
3 3 (8.11%) Workday Consultant
3 3 (8.11%) Workday Functional Consultant
4 2 (5.41%) Designer
4 2 (5.41%) Digital Account Manager
5 1 (2.70%) Account Executive
5 1 (2.70%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (2.70%) Creative Designer
5 1 (2.70%) Creative Director
5 1 (2.70%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 1 (2.70%) Lead Software Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (18.92%) React
2 2 (5.41%) RESTful
3 1 (2.70%) ATL
3 1 (2.70%) Kafka
3 1 (2.70%) NumPy
3 1 (2.70%) OAuth
3 1 (2.70%) OAuth2
3 1 (2.70%) OpenID
3 1 (2.70%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (2.70%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (10.81%) Digital Media
3 3 (8.11%) Virtual Team
4 2 (5.41%) Social Media
5 1 (2.70%) Animation
5 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.70%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.70%) Hedge funds
5 1 (2.70%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.70%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Linux
1 1 (2.70%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (32.43%) Project Management
2 10 (27.03%) Agile
2 10 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (27.03%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (21.62%) API Development
4 7 (18.92%) Project Delivery
5 6 (16.22%) Analytics
5 6 (16.22%) Data Protection
5 6 (16.22%) Digital Marketing
5 6 (16.22%) User Experience
6 4 (10.81%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (10.81%) CRM
6 4 (10.81%) Digital Strategy
6 4 (10.81%) Full-Stack Development
6 4 (10.81%) Interaction Design
6 4 (10.81%) SEO
6 4 (10.81%) UX Design
7 3 (8.11%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (8.11%) Campaign Management
7 3 (8.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 14 (37.84%) Python
2 8 (21.62%) JavaScript
2 8 (21.62%) PHP
3 3 (8.11%) SQL
4 2 (5.41%) Java
5 1 (2.70%) C++
5 1 (2.70%) Objective-C
5 1 (2.70%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.70%) Swift
5 1 (2.70%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.70%) VB
5 1 (2.70%) VB6
Qualifications
1 4 (10.81%) Degree
2 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) CCNP
3 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (2.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (2.70%) GDPR
1 1 (2.70%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (18.92%) Google
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.11%) Workday
3 2 (5.41%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.70%) Adobe
4 1 (2.70%) Apple
4 1 (2.70%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.70%) Cisco
4 1 (2.70%) comScore
4 1 (2.70%) Criteo
4 1 (2.70%) Databricks
4 1 (2.70%) F5
4 1 (2.70%) Oracle
4 1 (2.70%) SAP