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 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 637 699 736
Rank change year-on-year +62 +37 +158
Permanent jobs citing Direct Marketing 20 8 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.032% 0.015% 0.034%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.040% 0.017% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 16
10th Percentile £28,500 - £27,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £47,500 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £40,169
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +24.48% -25.27%
75th Percentile £33,750 £52,500 £43,063
90th Percentile £47,500 - £46,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £50,000 £28,500
% change year-on-year -35.00% +75.44% -45.71%

All Process & 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 50,274 48,415 58,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.40% 91.16% 89.08%
Number of salaries quoted 29,681 23,366 44,999
10th Percentile £28,571 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,246 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 24 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Direct Marketing in the UK

Direct Marketing
Top 8 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 24 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
England +77 16 £32,500 -35.00% 2
UK excluding London +40 13 £32,500 -35.00% 4
North of England - 6 £32,500 - 2
North West - 6 £32,500 - 1
South East - 6 £29,000 -
Work from Home - 5 £45,000 -
London +51 3 - -
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 2 (10.00%) CMS
2 1 (5.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (5.00%) Canva
2 1 (5.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (5.00%) Google Sheets
2 1 (5.00%) Google Tag Manager
2 1 (5.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (5.00%) Typeform
General
1 20 (100.00%) Marketing
2 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (20.00%) Finance
6 1 (5.00%) Advertising
6 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Business Development Manager
1 5 (25.00%) Business Manager
1 5 (25.00%) Development Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Marketing Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Senior
3 2 (10.00%) Account Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Email Marketing Specialist
3 2 (10.00%) Email Specialist
3 2 (10.00%) IT Manager
3 2 (10.00%) IT Recruitment Resourcer
3 2 (10.00%) IT Resourcer
3 2 (10.00%) Marketing Specialist
3 2 (10.00%) Recruitment Resourcer
3 2 (10.00%) Resourcer
4 1 (5.00%) Account Director
4 1 (5.00%) Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Data Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Digital Marketing Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Insight Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) HTML
2 2 (10.00%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (15.00%) Social Media
3 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Customer Service
1 7 (35.00%) Digital Marketing
2 5 (25.00%) Analytics
2 5 (25.00%) Business Development
2 5 (25.00%) CRM
3 4 (20.00%) Line Management
3 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (15.00%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (15.00%) Demand Generation
4 3 (15.00%) Email Marketing
4 3 (15.00%) SEO
4 3 (15.00%) Time Management
5 2 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (10.00%) B2B
5 2 (10.00%) Creative Marketing
5 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (10.00%) Responsive Web Design
5 2 (10.00%) Social Media Marketing
5 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (10.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) GDPR
2 2 (10.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (5.00%) PERC
3 1 (5.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Salesforce
3 2 (10.00%) Google
4 1 (5.00%) Adobe
4 1 (5.00%) Optimizely