Marketing Automation Job Trends

Marketing Automation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Marketing Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 571 584 772
Rank change year-on-year +13 +188 -91
Permanent jobs citing Marketing Automation 237 96 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.19% 0.039%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.22% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 101 41 25
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £34,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -32.14% -1.41%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £67,250 £85,000 £89,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -35.71% +36.59%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Marketing Automation 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 83,236 43,812 63,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.95% 88.75% 81.16%
Number of salaries quoted 57,755 24,707 35,897
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

Marketing Automation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Marketing Automation job vacancy trend in the UK

Marketing Automation
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Marketing Automation

Marketing Automation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Marketing Automation over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Marketing Automation in the UK

Marketing Automation
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Marketing Automation within the UK over the 6 months to 16 September 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
UK excluding London -12 173 £45,000 - 133
England -49 153 £47,500 - 354
Work from Home +26 79 £45,000 +9.09% 161
Wales -15 62 £33,000 -30.53% 1
London -36 50 £55,000 -4.35% 250
South West -52 28 £45,000 +28.57% 10
South East -56 26 £47,500 +5.56% 44
North of England -47 25 £38,000 -68.33% 33
North West -2 19 £60,000 -50.00% 24
Midlands -20 18 £52,500 - 17
West Midlands -28 17 £52,500 -12.50% 10
Scotland +8 5 - - 11
Northern Ireland - 5 £45,000 - 10
Yorkshire -32 4 £38,500 -23.00% 9
East of England -34 4 £55,000 - 10
North East - 2 £37,500 -
East Midlands -32 1 - - 7

Marketing Automation
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 16 (6.75%) CMS
2 13 (5.49%) WordPress
3 8 (3.38%) Confluence
4 4 (1.69%) Drupal
5 2 (0.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.42%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 61 (25.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 5 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.27%) Adobe XD
5 3 (1.27%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.84%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.84%) CapCut
7 1 (0.42%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 13 (5.49%) Salesforce CRM
2 12 (5.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (2.53%) Workfront
4 2 (0.84%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.84%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.84%) Shopify
5 1 (0.42%) FastStats
5 1 (0.42%) FastStats PeopleStage
Cloud Services
1 105 (44.30%) SaaS
2 74 (31.22%) Google Ads
3 64 (27.00%) Meta Ads
4 16 (6.75%) Google Analytics
5 7 (2.95%) Canva
6 6 (2.53%) Anthropic Claude
6 6 (2.53%) ChatGPT
7 5 (2.11%) Figma
7 5 (2.11%) Google Data Studio
7 5 (2.11%) Google Tag Manager
7 5 (2.11%) Microsoft Advertising
8 3 (1.27%) iPaaS
8 3 (1.27%) Lucidchart
8 3 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.84%) Bloomreach
9 2 (0.84%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.84%) Salesforce Einstein
9 2 (0.84%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.42%) AppsFlyer
10 1 (0.42%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.64%) SMS
2 5 (2.11%) Broadband
3 3 (1.27%) Internet
4 2 (0.84%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.53%) Looker
2 3 (1.27%) Metadata
3 2 (0.84%) Power BI
4 1 (0.42%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 13 (5.49%) JIRA
2 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.42%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.42%) GCC
General
1 237 (100.00%) Marketing
2 103 (43.46%) Analytical Skills
3 78 (32.91%) Finance
4 55 (23.21%) Social Skills
5 25 (10.55%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (8.44%) Advertising
7 12 (5.06%) Manufacturing
8 10 (4.22%) Brand Awareness
9 9 (3.80%) Law
10 8 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (3.38%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.95%) Publishing
12 6 (2.53%) German Language
13 5 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (2.11%) Legal
14 2 (0.84%) Local Government
14 2 (0.84%) Retail
15 1 (0.42%) Italian Language
15 1 (0.42%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 69 (29.11%) Marketing Manager
1 69 (29.11%) Senior
2 15 (6.33%) Marketing Executive
3 14 (5.91%) Marketing Automation Manager
4 11 (4.64%) Campaign Manager
4 11 (4.64%) CRM Manager
4 11 (4.64%) Marketing Specialist
5 10 (4.22%) Performance Manager
6 9 (3.80%) Lead
6 9 (3.80%) Sales and Marketing Manager
6 9 (3.80%) Sales Manager
6 9 (3.80%) Senior Manager
7 8 (3.38%) CRM Specialist
8 7 (2.95%) Marketing Director
9 6 (2.53%) Account Manager
9 6 (2.53%) Consultant
10 5 (2.11%) Administrator
10 5 (2.11%) Campaign Marketing Manager
10 5 (2.11%) Operations Manager
10 5 (2.11%) Salesforce Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.75%) HTML
2 5 (2.11%) CSS
3 3 (1.27%) Flutter
3 3 (1.27%) React Native
3 3 (1.27%) REST
4 1 (0.42%) Django
4 1 (0.42%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (0.42%) React
Miscellaneous
1 63 (26.58%) Onboarding
2 42 (17.72%) Social Media
3 30 (12.66%) Marketing Technology
4 15 (6.33%) Product Ownership
4 15 (6.33%) Web Conferencing
5 13 (5.49%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (3.38%) Biopharmaceutical
6 8 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.95%) Blog
7 7 (2.95%) Video Editing
8 6 (2.53%) Educational Technology
9 5 (2.11%) AI Agents
9 5 (2.11%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.69%) Podcast
11 3 (1.27%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.27%) Multi-touch
11 3 (1.27%) Over-the-Top Content
12 2 (0.84%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.84%) Smart City
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (53.59%) B2B
2 115 (48.52%) AI
3 113 (47.68%) CRM
4 104 (43.88%) Demand Generation
5 99 (41.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 96 (40.51%) B2B Marketing
7 73 (30.80%) E-Commerce
8 72 (30.38%) Data Analysis
9 71 (29.96%) Actionable Insight
10 70 (29.54%) A/B Testing
11 67 (28.27%) Business Intelligence
11 67 (28.27%) Customer Segmentation
12 63 (26.58%) Test Automation
13 60 (25.32%) Regression Analysis
14 59 (24.89%) Creative Strategy
14 59 (24.89%) Mathematical Modelling
14 59 (24.89%) Mathematics
14 59 (24.89%) Planning and Forecasting
14 59 (24.89%) Standard Deviation
14 59 (24.89%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 84 (35.44%) SQL
2 5 (2.11%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.42%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (8.44%) Degree
2 11 (4.64%) Master's Degree
2 11 (4.64%) MBA
3 3 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.27%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.84%) PMI Certification
4 2 (0.84%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (13.08%) Data Quality
2 30 (12.66%) GDPR
3 7 (2.95%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.53%) PERC
5 5 (2.11%) QA
6 2 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.84%) PMO
7 1 (0.42%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.42%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.42%) Progress Chef
1 1 (0.42%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 95 (40.08%) Google
2 75 (31.65%) Microsoft
3 70 (29.54%) HubSpot
4 61 (25.74%) Salesforce
5 26 (10.97%) Marketo
6 22 (9.28%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 21 (8.86%) Pardot
8 20 (8.44%) Adobe
9 11 (4.64%) Instagram
10 9 (3.80%) Braze
10 9 (3.80%) Facebook
11 3 (1.27%) Hotjar
11 3 (1.27%) Oracle
11 3 (1.27%) Sage
12 1 (0.42%) Apteco
12 1 (0.42%) dotdigital
12 1 (0.42%) Optimizely
12 1 (0.42%) TikTok