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 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 623 709 694
Rank change year-on-year +86 -15 +243
Permanent jobs citing Direct Marketing 24 5 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.040% 0.009% 0.022%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.049% 0.010% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 4
10th Percentile £28,950 - -
25th Percentile £30,000 £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,250 £50,000 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +75.44% -56.15%
75th Percentile £33,750 £52,500 £38,563
90th Percentile £43,375 - £56,675
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,250 £50,000 £28,500
% change year-on-year -37.50% +75.44% -40.74%

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 49,042 50,361 46,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.17% 89.77% 92.13%
Number of salaries quoted 28,825 25,280 35,250
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.76% -3.67%

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 25 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 25 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 +103 21 £31,250 -37.50% 4
UK excluding London +75 18 £31,250 -37.50% 1
Work from Home - 10 £30,000 - 3
North of England - 6 £32,500 -
North West - 6 £32,500 -
South East - 6 £29,000 -
East of England - 5 £30,000 -
London +64 3 - - 3
South West - 1 £45,000 - 1

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 (4.17%) CMS
1 1 (4.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.17%) Canva
2 1 (4.17%) Google Analytics
2 1 (4.17%) Google Tag Manager
2 1 (4.17%) Google Workspace
2 1 (4.17%) Typeform
General
1 24 (100.00%) Marketing
2 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 8 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (25.00%) Advertising
5 5 (20.83%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (16.67%) Finance
7 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Business Development Executive
1 5 (20.83%) Business Development Manager
1 5 (20.83%) Business Manager
1 5 (20.83%) Development Manager
2 3 (12.50%) Marketing Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Account Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Email Marketing Specialist
3 2 (8.33%) Email Specialist
3 2 (8.33%) IT Manager
3 2 (8.33%) IT Recruitment Resourcer
3 2 (8.33%) IT Resourcer
3 2 (8.33%) Marketing Specialist
3 2 (8.33%) Recruitment Resourcer
3 2 (8.33%) Resourcer
3 2 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (4.17%) Account Director
4 1 (4.17%) Group Account Director
4 1 (4.17%) Lead
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Digital Marketing Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) HTML
2 2 (8.33%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.33%) Social Media
3 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Business Development
2 7 (29.17%) Customer Service
3 6 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
4 5 (20.83%) Analytics
4 5 (20.83%) CRM
5 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
6 3 (12.50%) Demand Generation
6 3 (12.50%) Line Management
6 3 (12.50%) SEO
6 3 (12.50%) Time Management
7 2 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
7 2 (8.33%) B2B
7 2 (8.33%) Creative Marketing
7 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
7 2 (8.33%) Email Marketing
7 2 (8.33%) Responsive Web Design
7 2 (8.33%) Social Media Marketing
7 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (8.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) DBS Check
2 1 (4.17%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) GDPR
2 2 (8.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.17%) PERC
3 1 (4.17%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.17%) Adobe
3 1 (4.17%) Google
3 1 (4.17%) Optimizely