Direct Marketing Job Trends

Direct Marketing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Direct Marketing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 630 744 696
Rank change year-on-year +114 -48 +359
Permanent jobs citing Direct Marketing 19 5 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.035% 0.008% 0.024%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.042% 0.009% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 13 2 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30,000 £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +75.44% -69.19%
75th Percentile £33,750 £52,500 £38,563
90th Percentile £44,750 - £56,675
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £50,000 £28,500
% change year-on-year -35.00% +75.44% -34.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Direct Marketing 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,446 55,486 47,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.93% 85.56% 93.75%
Number of salaries quoted 27,712 28,853 36,694
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -0.94%

Direct Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Direct Marketing job vacancy trend in the UK

Direct Marketing
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Direct Marketing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Direct Marketing

Direct Marketing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Direct Marketing over the 6 months to 1 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Direct Marketing in the UK

Direct Marketing
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Direct Marketing within the UK over the 6 months to 1 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +128 16 £32,500 -35.00% 3
UK excluding London +95 15 £32,500 -35.00% 3
Work from Home - 8 £30,000 -
North West - 6 £32,500 -
North of England - 6 £32,500 -
East of England - 5 £30,000 -
South East - 3 £29,000 - 3
London +57 1 - - 1
South West - 1 £45,000 -

Direct Marketing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (5.26%) CMS
1 1 (5.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Canva
1 1 (5.26%) Google Analytics
1 1 (5.26%) Google Tag Manager
1 1 (5.26%) Google Workspace
1 1 (5.26%) Typeform
General
1 19 (100.00%) Marketing
2 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
3 7 (36.84%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (31.58%) Advertising
5 5 (26.32%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (15.79%) Finance
7 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Business Development Executive
1 5 (26.32%) Business Development Manager
1 5 (26.32%) Business Manager
1 5 (26.32%) Development Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Marketing Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Account Director
4 1 (5.26%) Account Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Data Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Marketing Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Group Account Director
4 1 (5.26%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.26%) IT Resourcer
4 1 (5.26%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Recruitment Resourcer
4 1 (5.26%) Resourcer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Digital Marketing Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.53%) Social Media
3 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Business Development
2 6 (31.58%) Customer Service
3 4 (21.05%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (15.79%) Analytics
4 3 (15.79%) CRM
4 3 (15.79%) Demand Generation
4 3 (15.79%) SEO
5 2 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (10.53%) B2B
5 2 (10.53%) Budget Management
5 2 (10.53%) Decision-Making
5 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (10.53%) Social Media Marketing
5 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (10.53%) Time Management
5 2 (10.53%) User Experience
6 1 (5.26%) Data Analytics
6 1 (5.26%) Data Transformation
6 1 (5.26%) Data Visualisation
6 1 (5.26%) Predictive Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) DBS Check
2 1 (5.26%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) GDPR
2 1 (5.26%) PERC
2 1 (5.26%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.26%) Adobe
3 1 (5.26%) Google
3 1 (5.26%) Optimizely