Marketing Job Trends in Edinburgh

Marketing
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Marketing in permanent job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Marketing over the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 83 79
Rank change year-on-year +27 -4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Marketing 52 17 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 4.98% 1.47% 2.89%
As % of the General category 7.65% 2.01% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 20
10th Percentile £31,475 £18,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £22,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £30,000 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year +125.00% -40.30% +11.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £37,625 £66,858
90th Percentile - £41,300 £72,433
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -36.36% +10.00% -

All General Skills
Edinburgh

Marketing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 680 847 779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 65.13% 73.14% 75.05%
Number of salaries quoted 247 319 643
10th Percentile £25,610 £35,105 £30,550
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £57,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.60% -12.31% +4.00%
75th Percentile £55,240 £74,572 £77,607
90th Percentile £82,344 £95,000 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.36% +4.76% -9.19%

Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Marketing job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Marketing
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Marketing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Marketing

Marketing
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Marketing in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Marketing in Edinburgh

Marketing
Job Locations in Edinburgh

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Marketing within the Edinburgh region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Balerno - 2 - -
Marketing
Scotland

Marketing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 12 (23.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (21.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 28 (53.85%) Azure
2 22 (42.31%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (19.23%) GitHub
3 10 (19.23%) GitHub Copilot
3 10 (19.23%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 10 (19.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 8 (15.38%) Power Platform
4 8 (15.38%) Snowflake
5 6 (11.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.85%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (15.38%) Power BI
1 8 (15.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (23.08%) JIRA
2 6 (11.54%) Storybook
3 2 (3.85%) GitLab
3 2 (3.85%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.85%) SonarQube
General
1 38 (73.08%) Finance
2 23 (44.23%) Social Skills
3 16 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (19.23%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (17.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.77%) Advertising
6 3 (5.77%) French Language
6 3 (5.77%) Greek Language
6 3 (5.77%) Italian Language
6 3 (5.77%) Portuguese Language
6 3 (5.77%) Spanish Language
7 2 (3.85%) Electronics
7 2 (3.85%) Fire and Rescue
7 2 (3.85%) Games
7 2 (3.85%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.85%) Police
7 2 (3.85%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.85%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.92%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 12 (23.08%) Analyst
2 6 (11.54%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
3 5 (9.62%) Procurement Manager
4 4 (7.69%) Business Analyst
4 4 (7.69%) Data Business Analyst
4 4 (7.69%) Systems Analyst
4 4 (7.69%) UX Analyst
5 3 (5.77%) Account Manager
5 3 (5.77%) Web Manager
6 2 (3.85%) Architect
6 2 (3.85%) Field Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Field Support Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) IT Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) IT Support
6 2 (3.85%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Salesforce Architect
6 2 (3.85%) Support Engineer
7 1 (1.92%) Salesforce Solution Architect
7 1 (1.92%) Salesforce Technical Architect
7 1 (1.92%) Web Content Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (23.08%) Lightning Web Components
1 12 (23.08%) REST
1 12 (23.08%) SOAP
2 6 (11.54%) JSON
2 6 (11.54%) JSON-LD
2 6 (11.54%) Next.js
2 6 (11.54%) React
3 2 (3.85%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 24 (46.15%) Product Ownership
2 12 (23.08%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (21.15%) Onboarding
4 9 (17.31%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (15.38%) Management Information System
6 6 (11.54%) Cloud Native
7 3 (5.77%) Digital Media
7 3 (5.77%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (3.85%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (67.31%) Coaching
2 28 (53.85%) Asset Management
3 24 (46.15%) Agile
3 24 (46.15%) DevOps
4 22 (42.31%) AI
4 22 (42.31%) Backlog Refinement
4 22 (42.31%) Sprint Planning
4 22 (42.31%) Sprint Retrospective
5 18 (34.62%) CI/CD
6 16 (30.77%) Test Automation
7 14 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
9 10 (19.23%) Architectural Patterns
9 10 (19.23%) Clean Code
9 10 (19.23%) Data Modelling
9 10 (19.23%) Observability
9 10 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (15.38%) Acceptance Criteria
10 8 (15.38%) Data Engineering
10 8 (15.38%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 12 (23.08%) Apex Code
2 8 (15.38%) Python
2 8 (15.38%) SQL
3 6 (11.54%) TypeScript
4 2 (3.85%) SOQL
4 2 (3.85%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 7 (13.46%) CFA
2 2 (3.85%) A+ Certification
2 2 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (28.85%) Accessibility
2 6 (11.54%) WCAG
3 2 (3.85%) SLA
Vendors
1 12 (23.08%) Salesforce
2 3 (5.77%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.85%) SAP
3 2 (3.85%) Splunk