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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 113 106
Rank change year-on-year +36 -7 -28
Contract jobs citing Marketing 1,189 1,292 2,229
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.78% 2.22% 2.53%
As % of the General category 4.79% 3.80% 4.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 701 884 1,541
10th Percentile £220 £238 £313
25th Percentile £338 £400 £417
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 £513 £494
% change year-on-year -2.44% +3.80% +3.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 37 46
10th Percentile £13.39 £21.98 £20.25
25th Percentile £18.62 £24.25 £29.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £37.00 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% -4.52% +23.02%
75th Percentile £45.63 £52.75 £53.25
90th Percentile £68.75 £63.75 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.10 £60.00 £31.85
% change year-on-year -64.83% +88.38% +1.11%

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 24,809 34,034 49,680
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.03% 58.51% 56.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,642 23,589 34,466
10th Percentile £275 £313 £320
25th Percentile £413 £440 £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 £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,929 1,037 1,427
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.75 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.16 £33.82 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.82% +53.73% -2.22%
75th Percentile £52.78 £61.25 £47.40
90th Percentile £65.40 £72.50 £59.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £29.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -1.72% +52.63% -5.00%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +36 1,089 £475 -9.52% 2,506
London +46 601 £450 -12.20% 1,048
UK excluding London +35 460 £500 -2.44% 1,487
Work from Home +39 400 £500 -4.76% 1,312
South East +7 178 £425 - 369
South West -11 80 £625 +4.17% 167
North of England +36 69 £500 - 472
East of England +35 60 £375 -28.57% 130
Midlands +8 39 £475 -5.00% 273
North West +30 37 £500 +3.09% 297
West Midlands +7 28 £500 -4.76% 159
Yorkshire +24 26 £450 -14.29% 145
Scotland +49 14 £500 -2.44% 70
Wales +32 12 £600 +108.70% 29
East Midlands +16 10 £375 +6.76% 114
Northern Ireland - 8 - - 12
North East +16 5 £533 - 32

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 57 (4.79%) SharePoint
2 49 (4.12%) CMS
3 19 (1.60%) Confluence
4 14 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 10 (0.84%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.59%) Drupal
6 7 (0.59%) SAS
7 4 (0.34%) Headless CMS
7 4 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.25%) Apache
8 3 (0.25%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.25%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.17%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.17%) EPiServer
9 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.17%) WordPress
10 1 (0.084%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.084%) Kentico
10 1 (0.084%) nginx
Applications
1 56 (4.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (3.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (3.11%) Photoshop
5 26 (2.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 21 (1.77%) Adobe After Effects
7 17 (1.43%) Adobe Premiere
8 16 (1.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 14 (1.18%) MS Visio
10 13 (1.09%) InDesign
11 12 (1.01%) Acrobat
12 10 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
13 7 (0.59%) CINEMA 4D
14 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
14 2 (0.17%) Trello
15 1 (0.084%) AutoCAD
15 1 (0.084%) Final Cut Pro
15 1 (0.084%) InfoPath
15 1 (0.084%) InVision
15 1 (0.084%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 54 (4.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (2.10%) Shopify
3 15 (1.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 12 (1.01%) Adobe Campaign
5 10 (0.84%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 6 (0.50%) Unica
6 6 (0.50%) Workfront
7 5 (0.42%) Eloqua
8 4 (0.34%) FastStats
9 2 (0.17%) Magento
9 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.17%) SAP PLM
10 1 (0.084%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.084%) OpenCart
10 1 (0.084%) SAP HCM
10 1 (0.084%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.084%) SAP Payroll
10 1 (0.084%) SAP S/4HANA
10 1 (0.084%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 139 (11.69%) Azure
2 95 (7.99%) Power Platform
3 64 (5.38%) Dynamics 365
4 57 (4.79%) AWS
5 50 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
6 43 (3.62%) SaaS
7 28 (2.35%) Google Analytics
8 26 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (2.19%) Figma
8 26 (2.19%) GCP
9 22 (1.85%) BigCommerce
9 22 (1.85%) PaaS
10 15 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
10 15 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
10 15 (1.26%) Power Automate
11 14 (1.18%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 13 (1.09%) IaaS
12 13 (1.09%) PowerApps
13 12 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 12 (1.01%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.18%) Firewall
2 12 (1.01%) Internet
3 9 (0.76%) FTP
3 9 (0.76%) HTTP
3 9 (0.76%) VPN
3 9 (0.76%) Wireless
4 8 (0.67%) 3G
4 8 (0.67%) 4G
4 8 (0.67%) Network Security
4 8 (0.67%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.59%) SMS
6 6 (0.50%) 5G
6 6 (0.50%) DNS
6 6 (0.50%) Intranet
7 5 (0.42%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.34%) LAN
8 4 (0.34%) SSH
8 4 (0.34%) WAN
9 3 (0.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (5.97%) Power BI
2 34 (2.86%) Metadata
2 34 (2.86%) Tableau
3 26 (2.19%) NoSQL
4 25 (2.10%) SQL Server
5 22 (1.85%) Data Vault
6 15 (1.26%) Metadata Repository
7 11 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (0.93%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.84%) Looker
8 10 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.76%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.76%) Electronic Patient Records
10 8 (0.67%) Big Data
11 7 (0.59%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.59%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.59%) MySQL
11 7 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.50%) Ingres
12 6 (0.50%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 51 (4.29%) JIRA
2 26 (2.19%) Git
3 14 (1.18%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.93%) ERwin
5 8 (0.67%) Postman
5 8 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (0.59%) Dreamweaver
6 7 (0.59%) git-flow
6 7 (0.59%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.50%) GitLab
8 5 (0.42%) Maven
9 4 (0.34%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.25%) NUnit
11 2 (0.17%) gulp
11 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.17%) webpack
12 1 (0.084%) Deequ
12 1 (0.084%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.084%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 454 (38.18%) Finance
2 405 (34.06%) Social Skills
3 324 (27.25%) Telecoms
4 321 (27.00%) Manufacturing
5 319 (26.83%) Public Sector
6 305 (25.65%) Electronics
7 150 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
8 129 (10.85%) Retail
9 52 (4.37%) Presentation Skills
10 50 (4.21%) Advertising
11 48 (4.04%) Legal
12 33 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
13 32 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
14 30 (2.52%) German Language
15 22 (1.85%) French Language
15 22 (1.85%) Publishing
16 21 (1.77%) Games
17 20 (1.68%) Law
18 19 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 17 (1.43%) Banking
Job Titles
1 115 (9.67%) Analyst
2 109 (9.17%) Architect
3 104 (8.75%) Senior
4 96 (8.07%) Lead
5 86 (7.23%) Project Manager
6 84 (7.06%) Developer
7 81 (6.81%) Consultant
8 60 (5.05%) Designer
9 47 (3.95%) Marketing Manager
10 45 (3.78%) Support Engineer
11 43 (3.62%) Business Analyst
12 40 (3.36%) Data Architect
13 31 (2.61%) Salesforce Developer
14 30 (2.52%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
15 29 (2.44%) Azure Engineer
16 27 (2.27%) Solutions Architect
17 25 (2.10%) Senior Manager
18 23 (1.93%) Business Manager
19 22 (1.85%) Marketing Analyst
20 21 (1.77%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (5.72%) HTML
2 67 (5.63%) CSS
3 31 (2.61%) React
4 26 (2.19%) Node.js
5 18 (1.51%) JSON
5 18 (1.51%) VML
5 18 (1.51%) Web Services
6 17 (1.43%) .NET
7 16 (1.35%) Lightning Web Components
8 14 (1.18%) jQuery
8 14 (1.18%) Sass
9 13 (1.09%) XML
10 12 (1.01%) HTML5
11 10 (0.84%) AngularJS
11 10 (0.84%) NestJS
11 10 (0.84%) PySpark
11 10 (0.84%) REST
11 10 (0.84%) RESTful
12 9 (0.76%) Express.js
12 9 (0.76%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 73 (6.14%) Social Media
2 54 (4.54%) Product Ownership
3 45 (3.78%) NHS
4 37 (3.11%) Management Information System
4 37 (3.11%) Marketing Technology
5 34 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
6 29 (2.44%) Onboarding
7 24 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
8 21 (1.77%) Reference Data
9 19 (1.60%) FMCG
10 16 (1.35%) Animation
10 16 (1.35%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.26%) Digital Media
11 15 (1.26%) Graphic Design
11 15 (1.26%) Photography
12 14 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.18%) Mobile App
13 12 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
14 11 (0.93%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 77 (6.48%) Windows
2 31 (2.61%) Linux
3 24 (2.02%) Windows 10
4 16 (1.35%) Unix
5 8 (0.67%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.42%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.25%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.084%) Android
9 1 (0.084%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (33.31%) Digital Marketing
2 365 (30.70%) Business Intelligence
3 320 (26.91%) Programme Management
4 197 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
5 181 (15.22%) Agile
6 166 (13.96%) Project Management
7 149 (12.53%) CRM
8 148 (12.45%) Analytics
9 120 (10.09%) Stakeholder Management
10 98 (8.24%) User Experience
11 84 (7.06%) Data Modelling
12 82 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
13 81 (6.81%) Customer Experience
14 77 (6.48%) Customer Service
14 77 (6.48%) Decision-Making
15 75 (6.31%) B2B
16 72 (6.06%) E-Commerce
17 71 (5.97%) Roadmaps
18 63 (5.30%) Time Management
19 60 (5.05%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 115 (9.67%) SQL
2 85 (7.15%) JavaScript
3 82 (6.90%) Python
4 38 (3.20%) TypeScript
5 25 (2.10%) Java
6 22 (1.85%) PowerShell
7 20 (1.68%) C#
8 14 (1.18%) Apex Code
9 12 (1.01%) R
10 8 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (0.67%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.42%) Bash
11 5 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.42%) Go
11 5 (0.42%) PHP
11 5 (0.42%) Scala
12 4 (0.34%) SOQL
13 2 (0.17%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.084%) Korn
14 1 (0.084%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 188 (15.81%) Degree
2 122 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 87 (7.32%) SC Cleared
4 43 (3.62%) Master's Degree
5 40 (3.36%) DV Cleared
6 25 (2.10%) PMP
7 20 (1.68%) PMI Certification
8 18 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (0.84%) PhD
12 9 (0.76%) AWS Certification
12 9 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.67%) CISSP
13 8 (0.67%) MBA
14 7 (0.59%) ISEB
14 7 (0.59%) MCSE
15 6 (0.50%) Azure Certification
16 5 (0.42%) CCIE
16 5 (0.42%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (4.04%) GDPR
2 40 (3.36%) QA
3 36 (3.03%) Accessibility
4 29 (2.44%) PMO
5 26 (2.19%) Data Quality
5 26 (2.19%) SLA
6 11 (0.93%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.67%) HL7
8 5 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.42%) JSP 440
8 5 (0.42%) RMADS
9 4 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.34%) NIST
10 1 (0.084%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.084%) ISO 9000
10 1 (0.084%) P3O
System Software
1 32 (2.69%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.93%) Docker
3 8 (0.67%) NFS
3 8 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.50%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.34%) HDFS
6 3 (0.25%) Firmware
6 3 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (1.09%) Terraform
2 8 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.59%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.50%) Puppet
5 5 (0.42%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.34%) Ansible
7 2 (0.17%) CA Service Virtualization
7 2 (0.17%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (0.17%) Grafana
7 2 (0.17%) Nessus
7 2 (0.17%) SCCM
7 2 (0.17%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.084%) AppManager
8 1 (0.084%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.084%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.084%) Salt
8 1 (0.084%) SCOM
8 1 (0.084%) systemd
8 1 (0.084%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 333 (28.01%) SAP
2 209 (17.58%) Microsoft
3 108 (9.08%) Salesforce
4 107 (9.00%) Adobe
5 51 (4.29%) Google
6 37 (3.11%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 23 (1.93%) Dell
7 23 (1.93%) Sitecore
8 21 (1.77%) Sparx
9 20 (1.68%) Facebook
10 19 (1.60%) Cisco
11 18 (1.51%) Databricks
12 16 (1.35%) Pardot
13 15 (1.26%) Marketo
13 15 (1.26%) Optimizely
14 14 (1.18%) Instagram
14 14 (1.18%) Twitter
15 13 (1.09%) Oracle
15 13 (1.09%) ServiceNow
16 12 (1.01%) Intel