Marketing Contracts

Marketing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Marketing in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Marketing over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 118 106
Rank change year-on-year +40 -12 -25
Contract jobs citing Marketing 1,166 1,258 2,206
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.74% 2.21% 2.52%
As % of the General category 4.72% 3.78% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 676 849 1,525
10th Percentile £219 £238 £313
25th Percentile £336 £400 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £775 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £484
% change year-on-year -3.85% +7.49% +1.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 38 46
10th Percentile £13.44 £21.57 £20.65
25th Percentile £17.28 £23.31 £29.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £38.00 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -1.94% +29.17%
75th Percentile £44.50 £52.56 £50.94
90th Percentile £68.75 £63.75 £62.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.10 £60.00 £31.85
% change year-on-year -64.83% +88.38% +24.90%

All General Skills
UK

Marketing 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 24,687 33,324 49,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 57.98% 58.52% 56.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,577 23,107 34,304
10th Percentile £275 £313 £320
25th Percentile £413 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.80% +5.26% +8.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,927 1,007 1,407
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.41 £17.74 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +44.44% -
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £66.45 £72.50 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £29.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -3.45% +52.63% -2.56%

Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Marketing in the UK

Marketing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Marketing in the UK

Marketing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Marketing over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Marketing in the UK

Marketing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Marketing in the UK

Marketing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Marketing over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Marketing in the UK

Marketing
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Marketing within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +30 1,071 £469 -10.71% 2,854
London +47 589 £450 -12.62% 1,344
UK excluding London +33 454 £500 -3.85% 1,733
Work from Home +34 390 £500 -4.76% 1,301
South East +14 176 £413 -2.94% 554
South West -20 78 £625 +4.17% 156
North of England +46 68 £500 - 509
East of England +33 60 £375 -26.83% 148
Midlands +1 39 £475 -9.52% 273
North West +26 37 £500 +1.52% 303
West Midlands +10 28 £500 -9.09% 155
Yorkshire +19 25 £450 -14.29% 165
Scotland +43 14 £500 -5.88% 79
Wales +28 11 £600 +108.70% 33
East Midlands +5 10 £375 -3.23% 118
Northern Ireland - 8 - - 19
North East +16 5 £533 - 46

Marketing
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 54 (4.63%) SharePoint
2 48 (4.12%) CMS
3 20 (1.72%) Confluence
4 12 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 9 (0.77%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.69%) SAS
8 6 (0.51%) Drupal
9 5 (0.43%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.26%) Apache
11 3 (0.26%) Skype for Business
11 3 (0.26%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.17%) Anypoint
12 2 (0.17%) EPiServer
12 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.17%) WordPress
13 1 (0.086%) Exchange Server 2013
13 1 (0.086%) Kentico
13 1 (0.086%) nginx
Applications
1 57 (4.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (3.09%) Photoshop
5 26 (2.23%) Adobe Illustrator
6 21 (1.80%) Adobe After Effects
7 17 (1.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 15 (1.29%) Adobe Premiere
9 14 (1.20%) MS Visio
10 13 (1.11%) InDesign
11 12 (1.03%) Acrobat
12 10 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
13 6 (0.51%) CINEMA 4D
14 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
14 2 (0.17%) Trello
15 1 (0.086%) AutoCAD
15 1 (0.086%) Final Cut Pro
15 1 (0.086%) InfoPath
15 1 (0.086%) InVision
15 1 (0.086%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 52 (4.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 26 (2.23%) Shopify
3 15 (1.29%) Salesforce CRM
4 12 (1.03%) Adobe Campaign
5 9 (0.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 6 (0.51%) Unica
6 6 (0.51%) Workfront
7 5 (0.43%) Eloqua
8 4 (0.34%) FastStats
9 2 (0.17%) Magento
9 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.17%) SAP PLM
9 2 (0.17%) Sprinklr
10 1 (0.086%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.086%) OpenCart
10 1 (0.086%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 134 (11.49%) Azure
2 93 (7.98%) Power Platform
3 61 (5.23%) Dynamics 365
4 56 (4.80%) AWS
5 47 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
6 41 (3.52%) SaaS
7 27 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (2.32%) Google Analytics
8 26 (2.23%) Figma
8 26 (2.23%) GCP
9 23 (1.97%) BigCommerce
10 20 (1.72%) PaaS
11 16 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
12 15 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
13 14 (1.20%) Power Automate
14 13 (1.11%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 12 (1.03%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 12 (1.03%) PowerApps
15 12 (1.03%) Serverless
16 11 (0.94%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.37%) Internet
2 13 (1.11%) Firewall
3 9 (0.77%) FTP
3 9 (0.77%) HTTP
3 9 (0.77%) VPN
3 9 (0.77%) Wireless
4 8 (0.69%) 3G
4 8 (0.69%) 4G
4 8 (0.69%) Network Security
4 8 (0.69%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.51%) 5G
5 6 (0.51%) DNS
5 6 (0.51%) Intranet
5 6 (0.51%) SMS
6 5 (0.43%) Cisco ISE
6 5 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.34%) LAN
7 4 (0.34%) SSH
7 4 (0.34%) WAN
8 3 (0.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (6.00%) Power BI
2 35 (3.00%) Tableau
3 31 (2.66%) Metadata
4 26 (2.23%) NoSQL
5 25 (2.14%) SQL Server
6 23 (1.97%) Data Vault
7 15 (1.29%) Metadata Repository
8 12 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (0.94%) Looker
9 11 (0.94%) Relational Database
10 10 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (0.77%) Big Data
11 9 (0.77%) Electronic Patient Records
12 8 (0.69%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.60%) BigQuery
13 7 (0.60%) MySQL
13 7 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (0.51%) Ingres
14 6 (0.51%) Pentaho
14 6 (0.51%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 54 (4.63%) JIRA
2 27 (2.32%) Git
3 12 (1.03%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.77%) ERwin
5 8 (0.69%) git-flow
5 8 (0.69%) Postman
5 8 (0.69%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (0.60%) Dreamweaver
6 7 (0.60%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.51%) GitLab
8 5 (0.43%) Maven
9 4 (0.34%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.26%) NUnit
11 2 (0.17%) gulp
11 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.17%) webpack
12 1 (0.086%) GoCD
12 1 (0.086%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.086%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 441 (37.82%) Finance
2 396 (33.96%) Social Skills
3 310 (26.59%) Manufacturing
4 309 (26.50%) Telecoms
5 303 (25.99%) Public Sector
6 290 (24.87%) Electronics
7 144 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
8 125 (10.72%) Retail
9 52 (4.46%) Advertising
10 51 (4.37%) Presentation Skills
11 48 (4.12%) Legal
12 33 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
12 33 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
13 29 (2.49%) German Language
14 22 (1.89%) Publishing
15 20 (1.72%) Law
16 19 (1.63%) Banking
16 19 (1.63%) French Language
16 19 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 18 (1.54%) Games
Job Titles
1 114 (9.78%) Analyst
2 106 (9.09%) Senior
3 103 (8.83%) Architect
4 93 (7.98%) Lead
5 90 (7.72%) Project Manager
6 83 (7.12%) Developer
7 78 (6.69%) Consultant
8 59 (5.06%) Designer
9 48 (4.12%) Marketing Manager
10 44 (3.77%) Support Engineer
11 42 (3.60%) Business Analyst
12 37 (3.17%) Data Architect
13 31 (2.66%) Salesforce Developer
14 28 (2.40%) Azure Engineer
14 28 (2.40%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
15 27 (2.32%) Solutions Architect
16 26 (2.23%) Senior Manager
17 24 (2.06%) Marketing Analyst
18 23 (1.97%) Business Manager
19 21 (1.80%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (5.83%) HTML
2 66 (5.66%) CSS
3 31 (2.66%) React
4 25 (2.14%) Node.js
5 19 (1.63%) VML
6 18 (1.54%) JSON
7 17 (1.46%) .NET
8 16 (1.37%) Lightning Web Components
9 15 (1.29%) Sass
9 15 (1.29%) Web Services
10 14 (1.20%) jQuery
11 13 (1.11%) XML
12 11 (0.94%) AngularJS
12 11 (0.94%) HTML5
13 10 (0.86%) PySpark
13 10 (0.86%) Redux
13 10 (0.86%) REST
13 10 (0.86%) RESTful
14 9 (0.77%) NestJS
15 8 (0.69%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 69 (5.92%) Social Media
2 54 (4.63%) Product Ownership
3 43 (3.69%) NHS
4 37 (3.17%) Marketing Technology
5 35 (3.00%) Management Information System
6 34 (2.92%) Data Protection Act
7 26 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
8 25 (2.14%) Onboarding
9 21 (1.80%) Reference Data
10 19 (1.63%) FMCG
11 17 (1.46%) Digital Media
12 16 (1.37%) Animation
12 16 (1.37%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.37%) Graphic Design
13 15 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.20%) Photography
15 13 (1.11%) Mobile App
16 10 (0.86%) Blog
16 10 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
16 10 (0.86%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 74 (6.35%) Windows
2 31 (2.66%) Linux
3 21 (1.80%) Windows 10
4 16 (1.37%) Unix
5 8 (0.69%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.43%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.26%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.086%) Android
9 1 (0.086%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 384 (32.93%) Digital Marketing
2 351 (30.10%) Business Intelligence
3 305 (26.16%) Programme Management
4 191 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
5 180 (15.44%) Agile
6 171 (14.67%) Project Management
7 153 (13.12%) CRM
8 144 (12.35%) Analytics
9 124 (10.63%) Stakeholder Management
10 96 (8.23%) User Experience
11 86 (7.38%) Customer Experience
12 80 (6.86%) Data Modelling
13 78 (6.69%) B2B
14 76 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
15 75 (6.43%) Customer Service
16 74 (6.35%) E-Commerce
17 73 (6.26%) Decision-Making
18 67 (5.75%) Roadmaps
19 63 (5.40%) DevOps
19 63 (5.40%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 113 (9.69%) SQL
2 84 (7.20%) Python
3 83 (7.12%) JavaScript
4 38 (3.26%) TypeScript
5 27 (2.32%) Java
6 20 (1.72%) C#
6 20 (1.72%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.20%) Apex Code
8 11 (0.94%) R
9 8 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
9 8 (0.69%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.51%) Bash
11 5 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.43%) Go
11 5 (0.43%) Scala
12 4 (0.34%) SOQL
13 3 (0.26%) PHP
14 2 (0.17%) C
15 1 (0.086%) C++
15 1 (0.086%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 189 (16.21%) Degree
2 119 (10.21%) Security Cleared
3 85 (7.29%) SC Cleared
4 44 (3.77%) Master's Degree
5 40 (3.43%) DV Cleared
6 25 (2.14%) PMP
7 20 (1.72%) PMI Certification
8 17 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (0.94%) PhD
12 9 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.69%) CISSP
13 8 (0.69%) MBA
14 7 (0.60%) ISEB
14 7 (0.60%) MCSE
15 6 (0.51%) AWS Certification
16 5 (0.43%) Azure Certification
16 5 (0.43%) CESG Certified Professional
16 5 (0.43%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (3.95%) GDPR
2 38 (3.26%) QA
3 36 (3.09%) Accessibility
4 29 (2.49%) PMO
5 26 (2.23%) SLA
6 25 (2.14%) Data Quality
7 11 (0.94%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.69%) HL7
9 5 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.43%) JSP 440
9 5 (0.43%) RMADS
10 4 (0.34%) NIST
11 1 (0.086%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.086%) ISO 9000
11 1 (0.086%) P3O
System Software
1 29 (2.49%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.03%) Docker
3 8 (0.69%) NFS
3 8 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.51%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.34%) HDFS
6 3 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.17%) Firmware
7 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (1.03%) Terraform
2 8 (0.69%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.51%) Puppet
4 5 (0.43%) Progress Chef
5 4 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.34%) Ansible
6 2 (0.17%) CA Service Virtualization
6 2 (0.17%) Grafana
6 2 (0.17%) Nessus
6 2 (0.17%) SCCM
6 2 (0.17%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.086%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.086%) AppManager
7 1 (0.086%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.086%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.086%) Salt
7 1 (0.086%) SCOM
7 1 (0.086%) systemd
7 1 (0.086%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 319 (27.36%) SAP
2 206 (17.67%) Microsoft
3 111 (9.52%) Adobe
4 108 (9.26%) Salesforce
5 50 (4.29%) Google
6 37 (3.17%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 24 (2.06%) Sitecore
8 21 (1.80%) Dell
9 20 (1.72%) Databricks
10 19 (1.63%) Cisco
11 18 (1.54%) Facebook
11 18 (1.54%) Sparx
12 17 (1.46%) Pardot
13 15 (1.29%) Marketo
13 15 (1.29%) Optimizely
14 13 (1.11%) Oracle
14 13 (1.11%) ServiceNow
14 13 (1.11%) Twitter
15 12 (1.03%) Intel
16 11 (0.94%) Instagram