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 6 November 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 172 175
Rank change year-on-year -60 +3 +37
Contract Marketing Manager jobs 7 6 5
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.10% 0.16% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.17% 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 £445 £425 £365
% change year-on-year +4.71% +16.44% -27.00%
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 £29.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +32.20% -30.59% -5.03%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in the South East matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
6 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the South East matching a recognised job title 6,226 3,433 3,833
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.05% 89.54% 92.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,385 2,213 2,296
10th Percentile £283 £205 £245
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.48% -
75th Percentile £625 £588 £625
90th Percentile £725 £663 £683
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 958 341 215
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £16.17 £26.63
Median hourly rate £47.50 £20.79 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +128.48% -63.84% +13.80%
75th Percentile £73.25 £50.00 £71.57
90th Percentile £88.00 £72.00 £75.16
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +63.02% -37.63% -12.11%

Marketing Manager Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Marketing Manager job postings 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 Marketing Manager jobs within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oxfordshire -14 4 - - 2
Thames Valley -41 4 - - 3
Surrey - 3 £440 - 5
Marketing Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 November 2026, Marketing Manager contract job ads cited 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 Marketing Manager job ads across the South East region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1A/B Testing57.1%4
1Actionable Insight57.1%4
1Analytics57.1%4
1Benchmarking57.1%4
1Business Intelligence57.1%4
1Customer Analytics57.1%4
1Google57.1%4
1Google Analytics57.1%4
1Marketing Analytics57.1%4
1Performance Metrics57.1%4
1Power BI57.1%4
1Power Platform57.1%4
1SQL57.1%4
14Alteryx42.9%3
14BigQuery42.9%3
14Budget Management42.9%3
14Campaign Analysis42.9%3
14Contentsquare42.9%3
14Conversion Rate Optimisation42.9%3
14Customer Engagement42.9%3
14Dashboard Development42.9%3
14Data Integration42.9%3
14Data Interpretation42.9%3
14Data Quality42.9%3
14Data-Driven Decision Making42.9%3
14Decision-Making42.9%3
14Digital Analytics42.9%3
14GCP42.9%3
14Global Marketing42.9%3
14Google Tag Manager42.9%3

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 Manager57.1%4