Pay per click Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Pay per click (PPC)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Pay per click skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 504 517
Rank change year-on-year +79 +13 +194
Permanent jobs citing Pay per click 97 54 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.15% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.17% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 85 15 49
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,450
25th Percentile £32,000 £27,625 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -14.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £46,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £59,500 £50,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £36,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% +0.65%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Pay per click falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,410 32,047 30,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.40% 89.07% 88.63%
Number of salaries quoted 19,288 14,407 22,672
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,971
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.83% -5.51%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Pay per click
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Pay per click relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Pay per click job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Pay per click
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Pay per click.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Pay per click

Pay per click
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pay per click in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Pay per click in the UK excluding London

Pay per click
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pay per click within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
South East +40 39 £45,000 - 11
North of England +31 27 £30,750 -46.05% 12
Midlands +32 17 £40,000 +3.90% 1
West Midlands +30 16 £40,000 +3.90% 1
Yorkshire +2 14 £30,750 +6.03% 5
North West +25 10 £40,000 -29.82% 6
East of England +28 6 £35,000 +22.81% 6
Scotland +6 4 £35,000 - 1
North East - 4 £30,000 - 1
South West -3 2 £41,500 +43.10% 2
Wales - 2 £43,750 -
East Midlands - 1 £42,500 -
Pay per click
UK

Pay per click
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (10.31%) WordPress
2 3 (3.09%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (6.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (3.09%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (3.09%) Elementor
2 3 (3.09%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (11.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 25 (25.77%) Google Ads
2 10 (10.31%) Google Analytics
3 8 (8.25%) SaaS
4 4 (4.12%) Canva
4 4 (4.12%) MailChimp
4 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Advertising
5 3 (3.09%) Google Workspace
6 2 (2.06%) Amazon Ads
6 2 (2.06%) Google Tag Manager
7 1 (1.03%) Google Data Studio
7 1 (1.03%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.12%) Looker
2 2 (2.06%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (1.03%) GCC
1 1 (1.03%) Pivotal Tracker
General
1 80 (82.47%) Marketing
2 26 (26.80%) Social Skills
3 18 (18.56%) Retail
4 14 (14.43%) Finance
5 13 (13.40%) Advertising
6 12 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (11.34%) Electronics
8 10 (10.31%) Games
8 10 (10.31%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (7.22%) Brand Awareness
10 2 (2.06%) Dutch Language
10 2 (2.06%) French Language
10 2 (2.06%) German Language
10 2 (2.06%) Italian Language
10 2 (2.06%) Legal
10 2 (2.06%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.06%) Swedish Language
11 1 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (37.11%) Marketing Manager
2 15 (15.46%) Channel Marketing Manager
3 14 (14.43%) PPC Manager
4 12 (12.37%) Account Manager
5 9 (9.28%) Digital Marketing Manager
6 8 (8.25%) E-Commerce Manager
6 8 (8.25%) Marketing Executive
7 7 (7.22%) Coordinator
7 7 (7.22%) PPC Account Manager
8 6 (6.19%) PPC Executive
8 6 (6.19%) Senior
8 6 (6.19%) Senior Manager
8 6 (6.19%) Senior Marketing Manager
9 4 (4.12%) Digital Executive
9 4 (4.12%) Digital Marketing Executive
10 3 (3.09%) Search Manager
10 3 (3.09%) Senior Digital Marketing Manager
10 3 (3.09%) Senior Marketing Executive
11 2 (2.06%) PPC Specialist
11 2 (2.06%) SEO Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.06%) CSS
1 2 (2.06%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (18.56%) Social Media
2 6 (6.19%) Blog
3 5 (5.15%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.06%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.06%) Digital Media
4 2 (2.06%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.06%) FMCG
4 2 (2.06%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.06%) Web Conferencing
5 1 (1.03%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.03%) NHS
5 1 (1.03%) Smart City
5 1 (1.03%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (60.82%) SEO
2 57 (58.76%) Digital Marketing
3 44 (45.36%) B2B
4 32 (32.99%) E-Commerce
5 26 (26.80%) Analytics
6 23 (23.71%) Marketing Strategy
7 21 (21.65%) Lead Generation
8 19 (19.59%) Paid Search
9 16 (16.49%) Email Marketing
10 14 (14.43%) User Experience
11 13 (13.40%) CRM
12 12 (12.37%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
13 11 (11.34%) Demand Generation
14 10 (10.31%) B2C
14 10 (10.31%) Budget Control
14 10 (10.31%) Business Strategy
14 10 (10.31%) Creative Marketing
14 10 (10.31%) Planning and Forecasting
15 9 (9.28%) B2B Marketing
15 9 (9.28%) Campaign Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.06%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (3.09%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.06%) Degree
3 1 (1.03%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.12%) QA
2 2 (2.06%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 48 (49.48%) Google
2 10 (10.31%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.31%) Salesforce
3 9 (9.28%) Adobe
3 9 (9.28%) HubSpot
4 6 (6.19%) Pardot
5 5 (5.15%) Facebook
6 4 (4.12%) Ahrefs
7 3 (3.09%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (2.06%) Apple
8 2 (2.06%) Hotjar
8 2 (2.06%) Instagram
8 2 (2.06%) TikTok
8 2 (2.06%) YouTube
9 1 (1.03%) Criteo
9 1 (1.03%) Sitebulb
9 1 (1.03%) WooCommerce
9 1 (1.03%) Zoho