Advertising Contracts

Advertising
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Advertising in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Advertising over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 448 398 543
Rank change year-on-year -50 +145 -28
Contract jobs citing Advertising 154 311 327
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.56% 0.37%
As % of the General category 0.62% 0.96% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 228 241
10th Percentile £200 £263 £308
25th Percentile £263 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -4.76% +23.53%
75th Percentile £544 £606 £619
90th Percentile £600 £694 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £363 £456 £550
% change year-on-year -20.55% -17.05% +57.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 13
10th Percentile £6.57 £21.48 £20.25
25th Percentile £16.19 £35.00 £32.50
Median hourly rate £45.75 £45.25 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.10% +14.56% -15.05%
75th Percentile £50.18 £52.19 £50.00
90th Percentile £66.25 £61.25 £61.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.98 £46.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year -65.64% +173.53% -68.81%

All General Skills
UK

Advertising is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,780 32,506 49,948
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 57.20% 58.50% 56.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,533 22,548 34,737
10th Percentile £275 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £769 £780 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,999 996 1,400
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £30.12 £32.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +42.22% +6.89%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £67.40 £71.89 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.42 £27.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +3.35% +41.03% +2.63%

Advertising
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Advertising.

Daily rate trend for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Advertising over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Advertising.

Hourly rate trend for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Advertising over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Advertising within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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 -23 151 £400 -17.10% 705
London +17 99 £400 -20.00% 293
UK excluding London -25 50 £363 -20.55% 446
Work from Home +5 36 £420 -19.23% 301
South East +6 17 £350 -6.04% 105
South West -1 10 £345 -23.33% 79
North of England +25 9 £425 +30.77% 108
Midlands -20 8 £260 -58.40% 87
East of England -1 6 £400 -5.88% 45
North West +11 4 £325 -0.76% 75
West Midlands -12 4 £255 -62.57% 50
East Midlands - 4 £500 - 37
Yorkshire +13 3 £475 +46.15% 28
North East +14 2 £325 +96.97% 8

Advertising
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 8 (5.19%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.95%) Drupal
3 3 (1.95%) Moodle
4 2 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.65%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.65%) SAS
5 1 (0.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (5.84%) InDesign
1 9 (5.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (5.84%) Photoshop
2 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.25%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (1.95%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.30%) Sketch
6 1 (0.65%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.65%) InVision
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 16 (10.39%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (7.14%) Azure
3 8 (5.19%) AWS
4 7 (4.55%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.90%) Figma
5 6 (3.90%) GCP
5 6 (3.90%) Google Analytics
6 5 (3.25%) Adobe Analytics
6 5 (3.25%) WhatsApp
7 3 (1.95%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.30%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.30%) MailChimp
8 2 (1.30%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.30%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.30%) SurveyMonkey
9 1 (0.65%) Canva
9 1 (0.65%) PaaS
9 1 (0.65%) SaaS
9 1 (0.65%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.95%) Firewall
1 3 (1.95%) MPLS
1 3 (1.95%) Remote Desktop
1 3 (1.95%) VPN
2 2 (1.30%) BGP
2 2 (1.30%) HTTP
2 2 (1.30%) Internet
2 2 (1.30%) LAN
2 2 (1.30%) SAN
2 2 (1.30%) WAN
3 1 (0.65%) 5G
3 1 (0.65%) DHCP
3 1 (0.65%) DNS
3 1 (0.65%) IPsec
3 1 (0.65%) Junos
3 1 (0.65%) Network Security
3 1 (0.65%) SSH
3 1 (0.65%) SSL
3 1 (0.65%) VLAN
3 1 (0.65%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.84%) Tableau
2 7 (4.55%) Power BI
3 6 (3.90%) Looker
4 5 (3.25%) BigQuery
5 4 (2.60%) MySQL
5 4 (2.60%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.95%) Data Mining
6 3 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.65%) Big Data
8 1 (0.65%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.65%) Metadata
8 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.25%) Cypress.io
1 5 (3.25%) Postman
2 2 (1.30%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.65%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.65%) Git
3 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.65%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 48 (31.17%) Marketing
2 38 (24.68%) Social Skills
3 26 (16.88%) Finance
4 16 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (9.09%) Retail
6 12 (7.79%) Banking
7 11 (7.14%) Legal
8 10 (6.49%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (4.55%) Automotive
10 7 (4.55%) Financial Institution
10 7 (4.55%) Public Sector
11 6 (3.90%) International Banking
11 6 (3.90%) Manufacturing
12 5 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (3.25%) Fire and Rescue
12 5 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (3.25%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (2.60%) Local Government
14 3 (1.95%) Law
Job Titles
1 24 (15.58%) Analyst
2 19 (12.34%) Senior
3 12 (7.79%) Project Manager
4 11 (7.14%) Designer
4 11 (7.14%) Developer
5 8 (5.19%) Business Analyst
6 7 (4.55%) Architect
7 5 (3.25%) Account Manager
7 5 (3.25%) Coordinator
7 5 (3.25%) JavaScript Engineer
7 5 (3.25%) Lead
7 5 (3.25%) Service Analyst
7 5 (3.25%) UX Designer
8 4 (2.60%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 4 (2.60%) IT Analyst
8 4 (2.60%) Regulatory Business Analyst
8 4 (2.60%) Senior Designer
8 4 (2.60%) Technical Coordinator
8 4 (2.60%) UI Designer
8 4 (2.60%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.79%) Node.js
2 11 (7.14%) HTML
3 10 (6.49%) CSS
4 7 (4.55%) Redux
5 6 (3.90%) Express.js
5 6 (3.90%) jQuery
6 5 (3.25%) DOM
6 5 (3.25%) Jest
6 5 (3.25%) JSON
6 5 (3.25%) Swagger
7 4 (2.60%) React
8 3 (1.95%) ATL
8 3 (1.95%) EDI
8 3 (1.95%) RESTful
9 2 (1.30%) .NET
9 2 (1.30%) WebGL
10 1 (0.65%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.65%) Laravel
10 1 (0.65%) LDAP
10 1 (0.65%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.74%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.19%) Social Media
3 7 (4.55%) Digital Media
3 7 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.90%) Marketing Technology
5 4 (2.60%) Animation
5 4 (2.60%) Graphic Design
5 4 (2.60%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.30%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.30%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.30%) PKI
7 2 (1.30%) Video Editing
8 1 (0.65%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.65%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.65%) Blog
8 1 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.65%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.44%) Windows
2 4 (2.60%) Windows 10
2 4 (2.60%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.95%) Linux
4 2 (1.30%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.65%) Android
5 1 (0.65%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.65%) Solaris
5 1 (0.65%) Unix
5 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (14.94%) Analytics
2 21 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (12.34%) Agile
4 15 (9.74%) Project Management
5 12 (7.79%) Computer Science
6 10 (6.49%) ITIL
6 10 (6.49%) User Experience
7 8 (5.19%) Actionable Insight
7 8 (5.19%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (5.19%) E-Commerce
7 8 (5.19%) Requirements Gathering
7 8 (5.19%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (5.19%) UX Design
7 8 (5.19%) Visualisation
8 7 (4.55%) Customer Service
8 7 (4.55%) Data Analysis
8 7 (4.55%) Data Science
8 7 (4.55%) Digital Marketing
8 7 (4.55%) Programme Management
8 7 (4.55%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 21 (13.64%) JavaScript
2 16 (10.39%) Python
3 13 (8.44%) SQL
4 6 (3.90%) TypeScript
5 4 (2.60%) PHP
5 4 (2.60%) R
6 2 (1.30%) Bash
6 2 (1.30%) C#
7 1 (0.65%) Groovy
7 1 (0.65%) Java
7 1 (0.65%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.65%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (22.08%) Degree
2 12 (7.79%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.90%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.60%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.60%) HNC
4 4 (2.60%) HND
4 4 (2.60%) PhD
4 4 (2.60%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.95%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.30%) MCITP
7 1 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.65%) CCNA
7 1 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.65%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.65%) MBA
7 1 (0.65%) MCSE
7 1 (0.65%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.90%) Accessibility
1 6 (3.90%) SLA
2 5 (3.25%) QA
3 4 (2.60%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.95%) PMO
5 2 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.65%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (7.79%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.65%) Docker
3 1 (0.65%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (1.95%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.95%) SCCM
2 2 (1.30%) Ansible
2 2 (1.30%) Terraform
3 1 (0.65%) Endace
3 1 (0.65%) Grafana
3 1 (0.65%) Istio
3 1 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.65%) Rancher
3 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Satellite
3 1 (0.65%) SCOM
3 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.65%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 28 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.04%) Adobe
3 10 (6.49%) Google
4 5 (3.25%) Apple
4 5 (3.25%) Ensighten
4 5 (3.25%) Monetate
4 5 (3.25%) Omniture
4 5 (3.25%) Optimizely
4 5 (3.25%) Tealium
5 4 (2.60%) VMware
6 3 (1.95%) Rapid7
6 3 (1.95%) Twitter
7 2 (1.30%) Cadence
7 2 (1.30%) Cisco
7 2 (1.30%) HP
7 2 (1.30%) IBM
7 2 (1.30%) iManage
7 2 (1.30%) Juniper
7 2 (1.30%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.30%) Sophos