Marketing Job Trends in the West Midlands

Marketing
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Marketing in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Marketing over the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 57 80
Rank change year-on-year +13 +23 +1
Permanent jobs citing Marketing 213 221 104
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 4.98% 4.34% 3.21%
As % of the General category 8.38% 7.01% 4.61%
Number of salaries quoted 83 82 90
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,125 £33,575
25th Percentile £29,875 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +30.68% -10.20%
75th Percentile £53,125 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,800 £87,250 £71,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.74% +4.55% -4.35%

All General Skills
West Midlands

Marketing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,542 3,151 2,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 59.42% 61.87% 69.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,416 1,342 1,799
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £33,697 £38,750 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,438 £66,354 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Marketing job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Marketing
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Marketing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Marketing

Marketing
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Marketing in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Marketing in the West Midlands

Marketing
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Marketing within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 December 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
Staffordshire +49 86 £35,000 -31.71% 18
Birmingham -15 43 £40,000 -38.46% 48
Warwickshire -2 33 £32,500 -4.41% 25
Solihull +14 15 £43,750 +34.62%
Shropshire +4 13 £31,500 -10.00% 9
Coventry +8 9 £45,000 -47.06% 2
Worcestershire 0 7 £41,250 +37.50% 9
Herefordshire - 5 - - 1
Wolverhampton - 2 - - 4
Marketing
England

Marketing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 10 (4.69%) WordPress
2 9 (4.23%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.94%) CMS
5 1 (0.47%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.47%) Strapi
Applications
1 24 (11.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (9.39%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (4.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (1.41%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.94%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.94%) Trello
8 1 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.47%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.47%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 7 (3.29%) Shopify
2 4 (1.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.47%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (0.47%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 12 (5.63%) Power Platform
2 10 (4.69%) Azure
2 10 (4.69%) SaaS
3 9 (4.23%) Google Ads
4 8 (3.76%) Google Analytics
5 6 (2.82%) OCI
6 5 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.88%) AWS
7 4 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.41%) GCP
8 3 (1.41%) Google Workspace
8 3 (1.41%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.94%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (0.94%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.94%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.47%) Bloomreach
10 1 (0.47%) Contentful
10 1 (0.47%) Contentstack
10 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.47%) Wix.com
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.88%) SMS
2 2 (0.94%) Intranet
3 1 (0.47%) 4G
3 1 (0.47%) 5G
3 1 (0.47%) Broadband
3 1 (0.47%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.47%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.98%) Looker
2 10 (4.69%) Power BI
3 6 (2.82%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (2.82%) Tableau
4 2 (0.94%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.47%) MySQL
5 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.41%) JIRA
General
1 88 (41.31%) Analytical Skills
2 45 (21.13%) Social Skills
3 42 (19.72%) Finance
4 17 (7.98%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (6.57%) Telecoms
6 13 (6.10%) Legal
6 13 (6.10%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (5.63%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.76%) Electronics
8 8 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.82%) Law
9 6 (2.82%) Retail
10 5 (2.35%) Games
11 4 (1.88%) Advertising
12 2 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.94%) Police
12 2 (0.94%) Spanish Language
13 1 (0.47%) Brand Awareness
13 1 (0.47%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 38 (17.84%) Lead
2 17 (7.98%) Digital Transformation
2 17 (7.98%) Marketing Manager
3 16 (7.51%) Customer Experience Manager
4 13 (6.10%) Analyst
5 11 (5.16%) E-Commerce Manager
6 10 (4.69%) Coordinator
7 9 (4.23%) Senior
8 8 (3.76%) Marketing Executive
9 7 (3.29%) Channel Marketing Manager
9 7 (3.29%) Support Analyst
10 6 (2.82%) Field Engineer
10 6 (2.82%) Graduate
11 5 (2.35%) Consultant
11 5 (2.35%) Developer
11 5 (2.35%) Oracle Analyst
11 5 (2.35%) Oracle Support Analyst
11 5 (2.35%) Programme Manager
12 4 (1.88%) Field Service Engineer
12 4 (1.88%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.82%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.88%) HTML
3 3 (1.41%) REST
4 2 (0.94%) .NET
4 2 (0.94%) RESTful
5 1 (0.47%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 66 (30.99%) Onboarding
2 14 (6.57%) Social Media
3 12 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.76%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.82%) Blog
5 6 (2.82%) PDA
5 6 (2.82%) Web Conferencing
6 4 (1.88%) EPoS
6 4 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.41%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.41%) IoT
8 2 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.94%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.94%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (0.94%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.94%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.47%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.47%) Sports Betting
9 1 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (44.13%) CRM
2 91 (42.72%) B2B
3 88 (41.31%) E-Commerce
4 87 (40.85%) Digital Marketing
5 76 (35.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 73 (34.27%) Collaborative Working
7 72 (33.80%) Customer Experience
8 68 (31.92%) GTM Strategy
9 67 (31.46%) Coaching
10 66 (30.99%) Stakeholder Management
11 62 (29.11%) Dashboard Development
11 62 (29.11%) Digital Innovation
11 62 (29.11%) Performance Analysis
12 61 (28.64%) Commercialisation
13 39 (18.31%) Analytics
14 37 (17.37%) Digital Customer Experience
15 31 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
16 24 (11.27%) Digital Strategy
17 21 (9.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 20 (9.39%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.04%) SQL
2 8 (3.76%) Python
3 3 (1.41%) C#
3 3 (1.41%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.41%) R
4 2 (0.94%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 92 (43.19%) Degree
2 9 (4.23%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.94%) Master's Degree
3 2 (0.94%) PMI Certification
3 2 (0.94%) PMP
4 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.47%) HNC
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.47%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.76%) QA
2 5 (2.35%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.35%) GDPR
3 2 (0.94%) SLA
4 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.47%) ISO 19650
4 1 (0.47%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.47%) Docker
Vendors
1 23 (10.80%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.10%) Google
3 12 (5.63%) Adobe
4 11 (5.16%) HubSpot
5 10 (4.69%) Salesforce
5 10 (4.69%) SAP
6 9 (4.23%) Oracle
7 6 (2.82%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 4 (1.88%) WooCommerce
9 3 (1.41%) Facebook
9 3 (1.41%) Instagram
9 3 (1.41%) Sage
10 2 (0.94%) Ahrefs
10 2 (0.94%) Apple
10 2 (0.94%) Ariba
10 2 (0.94%) PayPal
10 2 (0.94%) TikTok
10 2 (0.94%) YouTube
11 1 (0.47%) mParticle
11 1 (0.47%) MuleSoft