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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 583 574 750
Rank change year-on-year -9 +176 -54
Permanent jobs citing Marketing Automation 224 99 34
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.20% 0.043%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.22% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 100 40 28
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,444
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -28.30% -6.69%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,313 £72,500
90th Percentile £69,000 £77,500 £88,625
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 82,520 44,009 63,385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.04% 88.59% 80.80%
Number of salaries quoted 57,449 24,888 36,814
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,288 £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 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Marketing Automation in the UK

Marketing Automation
Top 16 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 10 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 -23 162 £45,000 - 78
England -72 145 £47,500 +1.33% 213
Work from Home +13 78 £45,000 +18.03% 103
Wales -17 59 £33,000 -30.53% 1
London -44 48 £55,000 -4.35% 160
South East -25 27 £47,500 +5.56% 24
South West -62 27 £45,000 +28.57% 7
North of England -39 21 £37,500 -31.82% 22
West Midlands -21 15 £52,500 - 1
Midlands -41 15 £52,500 - 6
North West -2 14 £47,250 -60.63% 15
East of England -29 5 £52,500 - 7
Northern Ireland - 5 £45,000 - 6
Yorkshire -44 4 £38,500 -23.00% 7
Scotland +6 3 - - 7
North East - 3 £37,500 -

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 18 (8.04%) CMS
2 13 (5.80%) WordPress
3 6 (2.68%) Confluence
4 3 (1.34%) Drupal
5 1 (0.45%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 57 (25.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 6 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.34%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.89%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.89%) CapCut
7 1 (0.45%) Elementor
7 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (6.25%) Salesforce CRM
2 8 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (2.23%) Workfront
4 3 (1.34%) Shopify
5 2 (0.89%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.89%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.45%) FastStats
6 1 (0.45%) FastStats PeopleStage
Cloud Services
1 102 (45.54%) SaaS
2 72 (32.14%) Google Ads
3 61 (27.23%) Meta Ads
4 13 (5.80%) Google Analytics
5 7 (3.13%) Canva
5 7 (3.13%) Google Data Studio
5 7 (3.13%) Google Tag Manager
6 6 (2.68%) Anthropic Claude
6 6 (2.68%) ChatGPT
7 5 (2.23%) Figma
7 5 (2.23%) Microsoft Advertising
8 4 (1.79%) iPaaS
8 4 (1.79%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (0.89%) Bloomreach
9 2 (0.89%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.89%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.89%) Salesforce Einstein
10 1 (0.45%) Contentsquare
10 1 (0.45%) dbt
10 1 (0.45%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.36%) SMS
2 8 (3.57%) Broadband
3 4 (1.79%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.57%) Looker
2 4 (1.79%) Metadata
3 2 (0.89%) Power BI
4 1 (0.45%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 11 (4.91%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.45%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.45%) GCC
General
1 224 (100.00%) Marketing
2 100 (44.64%) Analytical Skills
3 74 (33.04%) Finance
4 49 (21.88%) Social Skills
5 24 (10.71%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (7.14%) Advertising
7 10 (4.46%) Manufacturing
8 9 (4.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.57%) Brand Awareness
9 8 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.68%) Law
10 6 (2.68%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (2.68%) Publishing
11 5 (2.23%) German Language
11 5 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.23%) Legal
12 3 (1.34%) Retail
13 2 (0.89%) Local Government
14 1 (0.45%) Games
14 1 (0.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 67 (29.91%) Senior
2 61 (27.23%) Marketing Manager
3 14 (6.25%) Marketing Automation Manager
4 12 (5.36%) Marketing Executive
5 10 (4.46%) CRM Manager
5 10 (4.46%) Lead
5 10 (4.46%) Marketing Specialist
5 10 (4.46%) Performance Manager
6 9 (4.02%) Campaign Manager
7 8 (3.57%) CRM Specialist
7 8 (3.57%) Sales and Marketing Manager
7 8 (3.57%) Sales Manager
7 8 (3.57%) Senior Manager
8 7 (3.13%) Marketing Director
9 6 (2.68%) Account Manager
9 6 (2.68%) Consultant
10 5 (2.23%) Administrator
10 5 (2.23%) Marketing Administrator
10 5 (2.23%) Operations Manager
10 5 (2.23%) Salesforce Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.25%) HTML
2 5 (2.23%) CSS
3 1 (0.45%) Django
3 1 (0.45%) Flutter
3 1 (0.45%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (0.45%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.45%) React
3 1 (0.45%) React Native
3 1 (0.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 62 (27.68%) Onboarding
2 40 (17.86%) Social Media
3 32 (14.29%) Marketing Technology
4 14 (6.25%) Product Ownership
5 13 (5.80%) Web Conferencing
6 12 (5.36%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (3.13%) Blog
7 7 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.13%) Video Editing
8 6 (2.68%) Biopharmaceutical
8 6 (2.68%) Educational Technology
9 5 (2.23%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.79%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.79%) Over-the-Top Content
10 4 (1.79%) Podcast
11 3 (1.34%) Multi-touch
12 2 (0.89%) Augmented Reality
12 2 (0.89%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.89%) Smart City
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (55.80%) B2B
2 104 (46.43%) AI
2 104 (46.43%) CRM
3 100 (44.64%) Demand Generation
4 91 (40.63%) B2B Marketing
5 90 (40.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 71 (31.70%) E-Commerce
7 66 (29.46%) A/B Testing
7 66 (29.46%) Actionable Insight
7 66 (29.46%) Data Analysis
8 64 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
8 64 (28.57%) Customer Segmentation
9 59 (26.34%) Test Automation
10 57 (25.45%) Regression Analysis
11 56 (25.00%) Creative Strategy
11 56 (25.00%) Mathematical Modelling
11 56 (25.00%) Mathematics
11 56 (25.00%) Planning and Forecasting
11 56 (25.00%) Standard Deviation
11 56 (25.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 82 (36.61%) SQL
2 5 (2.23%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.45%) Apex Code
3 1 (0.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (6.70%) Degree
2 7 (3.13%) Master's Degree
2 7 (3.13%) MBA
3 3 (1.34%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.89%) PMI Certification
4 2 (0.89%) PMP
5 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (14.73%) GDPR
2 30 (13.39%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.57%) PERC
4 7 (3.13%) QA
5 6 (2.68%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.89%) PMO
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.45%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
1 1 (0.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 92 (41.07%) Google
2 70 (31.25%) Microsoft
3 69 (30.80%) HubSpot
4 59 (26.34%) Salesforce
5 25 (11.16%) Marketo
6 24 (10.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 20 (8.93%) Pardot
8 19 (8.48%) Adobe
9 11 (4.91%) Braze
9 11 (4.91%) Instagram
10 9 (4.02%) Facebook
11 3 (1.34%) Hotjar
12 2 (0.89%) Sage
13 1 (0.45%) Apteco
13 1 (0.45%) dotdigital
13 1 (0.45%) Optimizely
13 1 (0.45%) Oracle
13 1 (0.45%) SAP
13 1 (0.45%) TikTok