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 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 568 718 676
Rank change year-on-year +150 -42 +328
Permanent jobs citing Marketing Automation 108 24 64
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.035% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.043% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 52 18 35
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,101 £39,200
25th Percentile £39,750 £55,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £60,313 £72,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,375 £84,875 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -35.71% +40.00% +11.11%

All Process and 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 44,194 56,098 50,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 87.68% 82.52% 93.96%
Number of salaries quoted 25,749 29,617 39,106
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £45,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,441 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.27% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.89% +2.86% -

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 1 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Marketing Automation in the UK

Marketing Automation
Top 15 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 1 November 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 +169 101 £47,500 -32.14% 120
UK excluding London +105 66 £45,000 -35.71% 84
London +79 40 £47,500 -26.92% 70
South East +54 30 £40,000 - 65
Work from Home +67 29 £38,125 -0.44% 42
Midlands +54 10 £46,250 -50.00% 3
North of England +17 9 £87,500 +122.93% 4
West Midlands +49 8 £40,000 -56.76% 2
East of England +17 7 - - 8
South West +39 5 £35,000 -36.36% 4
Yorkshire +19 5 £36,250 +0.69%
North West +15 4 £120,000 +182.35% 3
Scotland - 4 - -
East Midlands - 2 £52,500 - 1
Wales - 1 £47,500 - 1

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 38 (35.19%) CMS
2 4 (3.70%) Confluence
2 4 (3.70%) WordPress
3 2 (1.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.85%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.93%) Drupal
Applications
1 7 (6.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.70%) Chatbot
3 3 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.78%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (4.63%) Adobe Campaign
3 3 (2.78%) Yoast SEO
4 2 (1.85%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 43 (39.81%) SaaS
2 22 (20.37%) Azure
3 18 (16.67%) iPaaS
3 18 (16.67%) PaaS
4 6 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 5 (4.63%) Google Ads
6 4 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.78%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.85%) Figma
8 2 (1.85%) FinancialForce
8 2 (1.85%) GitHub
8 2 (1.85%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.85%) Smartsheet
8 2 (1.85%) Social Studio
9 1 (0.93%) Canva
9 1 (0.93%) Google Tag Manager
9 1 (0.93%) MailChimp
9 1 (0.93%) Wix.com
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.70%) VoIP
2 1 (0.93%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.56%) Power BI
2 5 (4.63%) Tableau
3 2 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (5.56%) JIRA
2 3 (2.78%) Git
3 1 (0.93%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 108 (100.00%) Marketing
2 55 (50.93%) Social Skills
3 48 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (31.48%) Finance
5 25 (23.15%) Presentation Skills
6 22 (20.37%) Legal
7 21 (19.44%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (8.33%) Brand Awareness
9 8 (7.41%) Automotive
10 5 (4.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (4.63%) Retail
10 5 (4.63%) Telecoms
11 4 (3.70%) Law
12 3 (2.78%) Manufacturing
12 3 (2.78%) Public Sector
13 2 (1.85%) Advertising
13 2 (1.85%) Banking
13 2 (1.85%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (26.85%) Marketing Manager
2 16 (14.81%) Architect
3 14 (12.96%) Applications Architect
3 14 (12.96%) IT Architect
4 11 (10.19%) Product Manager
5 10 (9.26%) Developer
5 10 (9.26%) Marketing Executive
5 10 (9.26%) Product Marketing Manager
6 9 (8.33%) Senior
7 7 (6.48%) Digital Executive
8 6 (5.56%) CRM Manager
9 5 (4.63%) Analyst
9 5 (4.63%) Cloud Developer
10 4 (3.70%) Campaign Executive
10 4 (3.70%) Chief Technology Officer
10 4 (3.70%) Consultant
10 4 (3.70%) Head of Marketing
10 4 (3.70%) Senior Manager
10 4 (3.70%) UX Analyst
10 4 (3.70%) Vendor Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.56%) HTML
2 4 (3.70%) CSS
3 3 (2.78%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (2.78%) Node.js
3 3 (2.78%) REST
3 3 (2.78%) SOAP
4 2 (1.85%) EDI
4 2 (1.85%) Next.js
4 2 (1.85%) React
5 1 (0.93%) Web Services
5 1 (0.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (20.37%) Social Media
2 18 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
3 9 (8.33%) Web Conferencing
4 8 (7.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (6.48%) Blog
6 6 (5.56%) Marketing Technology
6 6 (5.56%) Product Ownership
7 5 (4.63%) Educational Technology
8 3 (2.78%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.85%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.93%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.93%) Graphic Design
10 1 (0.93%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.93%) Multi-touch
10 1 (0.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.93%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (63.89%) CRM
2 53 (49.07%) Analytics
3 51 (47.22%) B2B
4 36 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 35 (32.41%) SEO
6 34 (31.48%) Agile
7 32 (29.63%) Lead Generation
8 25 (23.15%) Digital Marketing
9 24 (22.22%) Multichannel Marketing
10 23 (21.30%) Coaching
10 23 (21.30%) Marketing Strategy
11 22 (20.37%) Creative Thinking
11 22 (20.37%) Migration
12 20 (18.52%) Customer Engagement
13 18 (16.67%) B2B Marketing
13 18 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (16.67%) Data Governance
13 18 (16.67%) Decision-Making
13 18 (16.67%) Email Marketing
13 18 (16.67%) Sales Enablement
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.70%) SQL
2 3 (2.78%) Apex Code
2 3 (2.78%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (13.89%) Degree
2 2 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (1.85%) PMI Certification
2 2 (1.85%) PMP
3 1 (0.93%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.93%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.19%) GDPR
2 3 (2.78%) QA
3 2 (1.85%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.85%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 8 (7.41%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 35 (32.41%) HubSpot
2 20 (18.52%) Salesforce
3 13 (12.04%) Microsoft
4 8 (7.41%) Adobe
4 8 (7.41%) Google
4 8 (7.41%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 6 (5.56%) Pardot
5 6 (5.56%) YouTube
6 4 (3.70%) Marketo
7 3 (2.78%) Scality
7 3 (2.78%) Veeam
8 2 (1.85%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.85%) OneTrust
8 2 (1.85%) Samsung
8 2 (1.85%) Sitecore
8 2 (1.85%) TikTok
9 1 (0.93%) Ahrefs
9 1 (0.93%) dotdigital
9 1 (0.93%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.93%) Twitter