Pay per click Job Trends in the West Midlands

Pay per click (PPC)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Pay per click skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 192 176
Rank change year-on-year +34 -16 +99
Permanent jobs citing Pay per click 15 6 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.28% 0.14% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.16% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 6
10th Percentile £32,463 £35,425 £27,375
25th Percentile - £36,438 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,500 £29,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% +31.62% -40.61%
75th Percentile - £40,000 £33,063
90th Percentile - - £33,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £36,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Pay per click 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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,354 3,847 3,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.42% 90.90% 88.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,253 1,712 2,578
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Pay per click
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Pay per click job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Pay per click
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Pay per click.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Pay per click

Pay per click
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 Pay per click within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 January 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
Birmingham +22 9 £40,000 +3.90%
Shropshire - 3 £40,000 -
Staffordshire - 2 £32,750 -
Worcestershire - 1 £35,000 -
Pay per click
England

Pay per click
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 3 (20.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Google Workspace
1 3 (20.00%) SaaS
2 2 (13.33%) Google Ads
2 2 (13.33%) Google Analytics
General
1 14 (93.33%) Marketing
2 2 (13.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Channel Marketing Manager
1 8 (53.33%) Marketing Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Digital Executive
2 3 (20.00%) Digital Marketing Executive
2 3 (20.00%) Marketing Executive
3 2 (13.33%) Coordinator
4 1 (6.67%) PPC Executive
4 1 (6.67%) PPC Manager
4 1 (6.67%) SEO Executive
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Digital Media
1 2 (13.33%) Driving Licence
1 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
1 2 (13.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) B2B
1 11 (73.33%) Lead Generation
2 6 (40.00%) SEO
3 5 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
3 5 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (20.00%) Analytics
4 3 (20.00%) Business Development
4 3 (20.00%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
4 3 (20.00%) Marketing Automation
5 2 (13.33%) Affiliate Marketing
5 2 (13.33%) Customer Acquisition
5 2 (13.33%) E-Commerce
5 2 (13.33%) Marketing Management
5 2 (13.33%) Marketing Strategy
5 2 (13.33%) Product Management
5 2 (13.33%) User Experience
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Google
2 3 (20.00%) HubSpot
3 2 (13.33%) Apple
3 2 (13.33%) Facebook
3 2 (13.33%) Instagram
3 2 (13.33%) TikTok
3 2 (13.33%) YouTube