Marketing Manager Contract Job Trends in the South East

Marketing Manager
England > South East

The median Marketing Manager daily rate in the South East is £440, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 164 176
Rank change year-on-year -59 +12 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Marketing Manager 5 6 5
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.076% 0.17% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 0.18% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £435 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 - £250
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £445 - £394
90th Percentile - - £480
England median daily rate £440 £425 £365
% change year-on-year +3.53% +16.44% -18.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £23.63 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year - -44.41% -
England median hourly rate £39.00 £26.50 £41.00
% change year-on-year +47.17% -35.37% -8.38%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 6,031 3,252 3,931
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 89.44% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,354 2,109 2,358
10th Percentile £280 £204 £250
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.57% -0.88%
75th Percentile £625 £598 £625
90th Percentile £725 £663 £688
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 866 306 234
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.43 £15.52 £27.00
Median hourly rate £48.81 £20.73 £57.79
Median % change year-on-year +135.46% -64.13% +11.35%
75th Percentile £71.25 £50.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £88.00 £71.00 £75.33
England median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +65.84% -40.82% -7.61%

Marketing Manager Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Marketing Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Marketing Manager job vacancy trend in the South East

Marketing Manager Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Marketing Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Marketing Manager job vacancies in the South East

Marketing Manager Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Marketing Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Marketing Manager job vacancies in the South East

Marketing Manager Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Marketing Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Surrey - 3 £440 - 6
Oxfordshire -26 2 - - 5
Thames Valley -42 2 - - 15
Marketing Manager
England

Marketing Manager Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, Marketing Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Marketing Manager in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Budget Management60.0%3
1Decision-Making60.0%3
1Marketing Strategy60.0%3
1SaaS60.0%3
5A/B Testing40.0%2
5Actionable Insight40.0%2
5Analytics40.0%2
5Benchmarking40.0%2
5Business Intelligence40.0%2
5Customer Analytics40.0%2
5Google40.0%2
5Google Analytics40.0%2
5Marketing Analytics40.0%2
5Performance Metrics40.0%2
5Power BI40.0%2
5Power Platform40.0%2
5SQL40.0%2
18Alteryx20.0%1
18BigQuery20.0%1
18Campaign Analysis20.0%1
18Contentsquare20.0%1
18Conversion Rate Optimisation20.0%1
18Customer Engagement20.0%1
18Dashboard Development20.0%1
18Data Integration20.0%1
18Data Interpretation20.0%1
18Data Quality20.0%1
18Data-Driven Decision Making20.0%1
18Digital Analytics20.0%1
18GCP20.0%1

Marketing Manager Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Marketing Analytics Manager40.0%2