Marketing Automation Job Trends

Marketing Automation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Marketing Automation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 579 760 701
Rank change year-on-year +181 -59 +334
Permanent jobs citing Marketing Automation 96 31 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.040% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.049% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 41 26 40
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £41,325
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,205 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £70,000 £71,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% -1.41% +9.23%
75th Percentile £61,250 £72,500 £85,313
90th Percentile £86,250 £89,375 £90,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,250 £70,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year -33.93% +36.59% +6.77%

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 43,840 63,484 57,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.70% 81.24% 94.33%
Number of salaries quoted 24,733 35,914 43,040
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +2.86%

Marketing Automation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Marketing Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Marketing Automation 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 +166 90 £47,500 -32.14% 81
UK excluding London +141 62 £46,250 -33.93% 53
London +99 33 £52,500 +3.45% 46
South East +68 28 £45,000 - 18
Work from Home +104 26 £41,250 +11.17% 44
South West +78 9 £35,000 -36.36% 5
Midlands +56 7 £52,500 -43.24% 9
North of England +31 7 £120,000 +242.86% 17
East of England -16 6 - - 1
West Midlands +49 5 £60,000 -35.14% 6
North West +11 4 £120,000 +39.13% 10
Scotland - 4 - - 1
Yorkshire +10 3 £50,000 +42.86% 6
East Midlands - 2 £52,500 - 3
Wales - 1 £47,500 -

Marketing Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 39 (40.63%) CMS
2 4 (4.17%) Confluence
3 2 (2.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.04%) Drupal
4 1 (1.04%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (4.17%) Chatbot
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (5.21%) Adobe Campaign
2 4 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.04%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 40 (41.67%) SaaS
2 29 (30.21%) Azure
3 25 (26.04%) iPaaS
3 25 (26.04%) PaaS
4 9 (9.38%) Power Platform
5 7 (7.29%) Google Analytics
6 4 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (4.17%) Google Ads
7 2 (2.08%) Algolia
7 2 (2.08%) FinancialForce
7 2 (2.08%) MailChimp
7 2 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.08%) Smartsheet
7 2 (2.08%) Social Studio
7 2 (2.08%) Storyblok
8 1 (1.04%) Google Tag Manager
8 1 (1.04%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.04%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.17%) VoIP
2 2 (2.08%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.33%) Power BI
2 5 (5.21%) Tableau
3 1 (1.04%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (6.25%) JIRA
2 1 (1.04%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 96 (100.00%) Marketing
2 59 (61.46%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (53.13%) Social Skills
4 40 (41.67%) Finance
5 28 (29.17%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (29.17%) Presentation Skills
6 26 (27.08%) Legal
7 11 (11.46%) Brand Awareness
8 8 (8.33%) Automotive
9 4 (4.17%) Advertising
9 4 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (4.17%) Law
9 4 (4.17%) Telecoms
10 3 (3.13%) Public Sector
11 2 (2.08%) Banking
11 2 (2.08%) Investment Banking
12 1 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (25.00%) Architect
1 24 (25.00%) Marketing Manager
2 21 (21.88%) Applications Architect
2 21 (21.88%) IT Architect
3 11 (11.46%) Product Manager
4 10 (10.42%) Product Marketing Manager
5 7 (7.29%) Senior
6 6 (6.25%) CRM Executive
7 5 (5.21%) Analyst
7 5 (5.21%) Digital Executive
8 4 (4.17%) Campaign Executive
8 4 (4.17%) Chief Technology Officer
8 4 (4.17%) Consultant
8 4 (4.17%) Developer
8 4 (4.17%) UX Analyst
8 4 (4.17%) Vendor Manager
9 3 (3.13%) CRM Manager
9 3 (3.13%) Marketing Executive
9 3 (3.13%) Operations Manager
9 3 (3.13%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.17%) HTML
2 3 (3.13%) CSS
3 2 (2.08%) EDI
3 2 (2.08%) Web Services
4 1 (1.04%) .NET
4 1 (1.04%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.04%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (1.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (26.04%) Greenfield Project
2 18 (18.75%) Social Media
3 11 (11.46%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (9.38%) Marketing Technology
5 6 (6.25%) Product Ownership
6 3 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.08%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.08%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.04%) Blog
8 1 (1.04%) Digital Media
8 1 (1.04%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (57.29%) CRM
2 43 (44.79%) Analytics
3 36 (37.50%) Agile
4 35 (36.46%) B2B
4 35 (36.46%) Mentoring
5 28 (29.17%) Coaching
5 28 (29.17%) Creative Thinking
5 28 (29.17%) Data Governance
6 25 (26.04%) ERP
6 25 (26.04%) Migration
6 25 (26.04%) Practice Management
6 25 (26.04%) Regulatory Compliance
6 25 (26.04%) Risk Management
7 24 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
8 21 (21.88%) Decision-Making
8 21 (21.88%) Digital Marketing
8 21 (21.88%) SEO
9 20 (20.83%) Marketing Strategy
10 17 (17.71%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 16 (16.67%) Multichannel Marketing
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.08%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.04%) C#
2 1 (1.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (14.58%) Degree
2 2 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (2.08%) PMI Certification
2 2 (2.08%) PMP
3 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.38%) GDPR
2 3 (3.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 3 (3.13%) QA
3 2 (2.08%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.04%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 4 (4.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 16 (16.67%) Salesforce
2 14 (14.58%) HubSpot
3 9 (9.38%) Google
3 9 (9.38%) Microsoft
4 6 (6.25%) Adobe
5 4 (4.17%) Marketo
5 4 (4.17%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 3 (3.13%) Pardot
7 2 (2.08%) Crazy Egg
7 2 (2.08%) MuleSoft
7 2 (2.08%) OneTrust
7 2 (2.08%) Samsung
7 2 (2.08%) Sitecore
7 2 (2.08%) TikTok
7 2 (2.08%) YouTube
8 1 (1.04%) Ahrefs
8 1 (1.04%) dotdigital
8 1 (1.04%) Hotjar