Pay per click Contracts

Pay per click (PPC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Pay per click skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Pay per click over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 573 680 802
Rank change year-on-year +107 +122 -101
Contract jobs citing Pay per click 11 16 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.028% 0.050%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.030% 0.031% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 35
10th Percentile £225 £225 £250
25th Percentile £343 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £353 £425 £440
Median % change year-on-year -17.06% -3.41% +10.00%
75th Percentile £368 £503 £538
90th Percentile £521 £538 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £379 - £440
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £21.00 £27.50
Median hourly rate - £22.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - -26.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile - £23.00 £33.75
90th Percentile - £48.80 £34.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £22.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year - -26.67% +57.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Pay per click is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,644 51,414 79,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.11% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,629 35,622 55,798
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,441 1,693 1,893
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.99 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -5.27%

Pay per click
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Pay per click as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Pay per click in the UK

Pay per click
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Pay per click.

Daily rate trend for Pay per click in the UK

Pay per click
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pay per click over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Pay per click in the UK

Pay per click
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Pay per click.

Hourly rate trend for Pay per click in the UK

Pay per click
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pay per click within the UK over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +101 10 £355 -16.47% 253
London +89 4 £353 -17.06% 101
UK excluding London +51 4 £379 - 181
South West - 3 £650 - 14
Work from Home +104 2 - - 117
Scotland - 1 £107 - 6

Pay per click
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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (9.09%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Google Analytics
1 1 (9.09%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) MySQL
General
1 8 (72.73%) Marketing
2 6 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Advertising
3 3 (27.27%) German Language
4 2 (18.18%) Finance
4 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (18.18%) Law
4 2 (18.18%) Retail
4 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Digital Marketing Manager
1 4 (36.36%) Marketing Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Lead
2 2 (18.18%) Marketing Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Field Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Magento Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Planning Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Project Controller
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Project Controller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) CSS
1 1 (9.09%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (27.27%) Social Media
2 2 (18.18%) Digital Media
2 2 (18.18%) FMCG
3 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Digital Marketing
2 5 (45.45%) Demand Generation
3 3 (27.27%) A/B Testing
3 3 (27.27%) B2B
3 3 (27.27%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
3 3 (27.27%) E-Commerce
3 3 (27.27%) Marketing Strategy
3 3 (27.27%) SEO
3 3 (27.27%) User Experience
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Acquisition
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (18.18%) Dashboard Development
4 2 (18.18%) Personalization
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (9.09%) Commercial Awareness
5 1 (9.09%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
5 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (9.09%) Product Strategy
5 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
1 1 (9.09%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) A+ Certification
1 1 (9.09%) CCNA
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) MCSE
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Cadence
2 1 (9.09%) Adobe
2 1 (9.09%) Dell
2 1 (9.09%) Google