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 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 81 118 111
Rank change year-on-year +37 -7 -29
Contract jobs citing Marketing 1,135 1,214 2,128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.62% 2.18% 2.43%
As % of the General category 4.58% 3.73% 4.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 644 818 1,471
10th Percentile £220 £229 £313
25th Percentile £334 £398 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.19% -1.90% +10.53%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £775 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £502 £475
% change year-on-year -0.40% +5.68% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 40 45
10th Percentile £14.40 £21.25 £20.60
25th Percentile £18.67 £23.94 £29.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £42.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +12.00% +12.14%
75th Percentile £43.75 £54.13 £47.50
90th Percentile £68.83 £65.38 £60.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £60.00 £31.85
% change year-on-year -58.33% +88.38% -15.07%

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 24,780 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%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 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 +27 1,045 £460 -10.68% 2,623
London +38 574 £450 -11.76% 1,026
UK excluding London +33 457 £500 -0.40% 1,592
Work from Home +33 358 £488 -6.25% 1,219
South East +6 180 £425 +6.25% 367
South West -17 78 £625 +4.17% 165
North of England +33 64 £450 -10.00% 548
East of England +34 57 £375 -26.83% 164
Midlands +5 41 £475 -6.86% 291
North West +14 32 £463 -6.09% 340
West Midlands +5 29 £500 -4.76% 159
Yorkshire +16 26 £450 -14.29% 154
Scotland +45 18 £500 -2.44% 57
Wales +28 11 £600 +43.28% 30
East Midlands +4 11 £375 -3.23% 133
Northern Ireland - 8 £140 - 18
North East +14 5 £533 +33.13% 59

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 52 (4.58%) SharePoint
2 44 (3.88%) CMS
3 15 (1.32%) Confluence
4 12 (1.06%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.70%) SAS
7 7 (0.62%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.53%) Drupal
9 5 (0.44%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.26%) Apache
11 3 (0.26%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.26%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.18%) Anypoint
12 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
12 2 (0.18%) EPiServer
12 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.088%) Kentico
13 1 (0.088%) nginx
13 1 (0.088%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 58 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (3.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (3.17%) Photoshop
5 27 (2.38%) Adobe Illustrator
6 19 (1.67%) Adobe After Effects
7 16 (1.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 15 (1.32%) MS Visio
9 13 (1.15%) InDesign
10 12 (1.06%) Adobe Premiere
11 11 (0.97%) Acrobat
12 10 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
13 3 (0.26%) CINEMA 4D
13 3 (0.26%) Trello
14 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
15 1 (0.088%) AutoCAD
15 1 (0.088%) Chatbot
15 1 (0.088%) InVision
15 1 (0.088%) Maya
15 1 (0.088%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 40 (3.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (2.20%) Shopify
3 15 (1.32%) Adobe Campaign
4 12 (1.06%) Salesforce CRM
5 9 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 6 (0.53%) Eloqua
6 6 (0.53%) Workfront
7 5 (0.44%) Unica
8 4 (0.35%) FastStats
9 3 (0.26%) SAP PLM
10 2 (0.18%) Sprinklr
11 1 (0.088%) Dynamics AX
11 1 (0.088%) OpenCart
11 1 (0.088%) SAP ERP
11 1 (0.088%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 122 (10.75%) Azure
2 87 (7.67%) Power Platform
3 53 (4.67%) AWS
4 50 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
4 50 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
5 41 (3.61%) SaaS
6 29 (2.56%) Google Analytics
7 27 (2.38%) GCP
8 25 (2.20%) Figma
9 23 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (1.94%) BigCommerce
11 17 (1.50%) PaaS
12 14 (1.23%) Power Automate
13 12 (1.06%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 12 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
13 12 (1.06%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 11 (0.97%) Serverless
14 11 (0.97%) WhatsApp
15 10 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
15 10 (0.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.50%) Firewall
2 14 (1.23%) Internet
3 9 (0.79%) 3G
3 9 (0.79%) 4G
3 9 (0.79%) FTP
4 8 (0.70%) Network Security
4 8 (0.70%) VPN
5 6 (0.53%) HTTP
5 6 (0.53%) Intranet
5 6 (0.53%) SMS
5 6 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.53%) Wireless
6 5 (0.44%) 5G
6 5 (0.44%) Cisco ISE
6 5 (0.44%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.35%) LAN
8 3 (0.26%) SSH
8 3 (0.26%) SSL
8 3 (0.26%) VoIP
8 3 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (5.55%) Power BI
2 33 (2.91%) Tableau
3 25 (2.20%) Metadata
4 24 (2.11%) NoSQL
5 23 (2.03%) Data Vault
5 23 (2.03%) SQL Server
6 15 (1.32%) Metadata Repository
7 11 (0.97%) Looker
7 11 (0.97%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.88%) Big Data
8 10 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.79%) BigQuery
9 9 (0.79%) Electronic Patient Records
10 8 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.62%) MySQL
12 6 (0.53%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.53%) Ingres
12 6 (0.53%) Pentaho
12 6 (0.53%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 49 (4.32%) JIRA
2 31 (2.73%) Git
3 10 (0.88%) git-flow
4 8 (0.70%) Postman
5 7 (0.62%) Dreamweaver
5 7 (0.62%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.62%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (0.62%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.44%) GitLab
6 5 (0.44%) Maven
7 3 (0.26%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.26%) ERwin
7 3 (0.26%) NUnit
7 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.18%) Ant
8 2 (0.18%) gulp
8 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.18%) webpack
9 1 (0.088%) Deequ
9 1 (0.088%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 437 (38.50%) Finance
2 386 (34.01%) Social Skills
3 302 (26.61%) Manufacturing
4 297 (26.17%) Public Sector
5 296 (26.08%) Telecoms
6 279 (24.58%) Electronics
7 150 (13.22%) Analytical Skills
8 118 (10.40%) Retail
9 49 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
10 48 (4.23%) Advertising
11 46 (4.05%) Legal
12 39 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
13 34 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (2.03%) German Language
15 22 (1.94%) Publishing
16 21 (1.85%) Banking
17 19 (1.67%) Law
18 18 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 17 (1.50%) Games
20 16 (1.41%) French Language
Job Titles
1 118 (10.40%) Analyst
2 106 (9.34%) Architect
3 97 (8.55%) Senior
4 93 (8.19%) Lead
5 87 (7.67%) Project Manager
6 72 (6.34%) Developer
7 68 (5.99%) Consultant
8 55 (4.85%) Designer
9 43 (3.79%) Marketing Manager
10 41 (3.61%) Business Analyst
11 34 (3.00%) Support Engineer
12 31 (2.73%) Data Architect
13 28 (2.47%) Salesforce Developer
13 28 (2.47%) Solutions Architect
14 26 (2.29%) Senior Manager
15 24 (2.11%) Product Manager
16 22 (1.94%) Network Engineer
17 21 (1.85%) Business Manager
18 20 (1.76%) Azure Engineer
18 20 (1.76%) Marketing Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (5.29%) HTML
2 58 (5.11%) CSS
3 27 (2.38%) React
4 20 (1.76%) Node.js
4 20 (1.76%) VML
5 17 (1.50%) JSON
5 17 (1.50%) Sass
6 15 (1.32%) .NET
6 15 (1.32%) Web Services
7 14 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
8 13 (1.15%) jQuery
9 12 (1.06%) XML
10 11 (0.97%) AngularJS
10 11 (0.97%) Redux
10 11 (0.97%) REST
11 10 (0.88%) Jest
11 10 (0.88%) LESS
11 10 (0.88%) OpenFin
11 10 (0.88%) PySpark
11 10 (0.88%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 72 (6.34%) Social Media
2 50 (4.41%) Product Ownership
3 37 (3.26%) Management Information System
4 35 (3.08%) NHS
5 30 (2.64%) Data Protection Act
6 28 (2.47%) Marketing Technology
7 27 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
8 23 (2.03%) Onboarding
9 21 (1.85%) Reference Data
10 17 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
10 17 (1.50%) FMCG
11 16 (1.41%) Animation
12 15 (1.32%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.32%) Digital Media
12 15 (1.32%) Graphic Design
13 13 (1.15%) Photography
14 12 (1.06%) Mobile App
15 11 (0.97%) Video Editing
16 10 (0.88%) Fixed Income
16 10 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 75 (6.61%) Windows
2 29 (2.56%) Linux
3 21 (1.85%) Windows 10
4 15 (1.32%) Unix
5 6 (0.53%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.35%) Android
6 4 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.35%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.18%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.088%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (32.95%) Digital Marketing
2 336 (29.60%) Business Intelligence
3 292 (25.73%) Programme Management
4 193 (17.00%) Problem-Solving
5 178 (15.68%) Agile
6 170 (14.98%) Project Management
7 145 (12.78%) Analytics
8 129 (11.37%) CRM
9 124 (10.93%) Stakeholder Management
10 94 (8.28%) User Experience
11 81 (7.14%) B2B
12 78 (6.87%) Customer Experience
13 72 (6.34%) Customer Service
13 72 (6.34%) Data Modelling
13 72 (6.34%) Decision-Making
14 71 (6.26%) E-Commerce
15 68 (5.99%) Continuous Improvement
16 64 (5.64%) Time Management
17 57 (5.02%) DevOps
18 56 (4.93%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 110 (9.69%) SQL
2 85 (7.49%) Python
3 73 (6.43%) JavaScript
4 32 (2.82%) TypeScript
5 28 (2.47%) Java
6 22 (1.94%) PowerShell
7 20 (1.76%) C#
8 14 (1.23%) Apex Code
9 11 (0.97%) R
10 8 (0.70%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.62%) Bash
11 7 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.35%) C
12 4 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.26%) PHP
13 3 (0.26%) Scala
13 3 (0.26%) SOQL
13 3 (0.26%) VBScript
14 2 (0.18%) Go
14 2 (0.18%) Rust
Qualifications
1 188 (16.56%) Degree
2 129 (11.37%) Security Cleared
3 84 (7.40%) SC Cleared
4 49 (4.32%) DV Cleared
5 47 (4.14%) Master's Degree
6 25 (2.20%) PMP
7 20 (1.76%) PMI Certification
8 18 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (1.06%) PhD
11 8 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (0.70%) MBA
12 7 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.62%) CISSP
12 7 (0.62%) ISEB
13 5 (0.44%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.44%) CCIE
13 5 (0.44%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.44%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (3.52%) QA
2 34 (3.00%) GDPR
3 31 (2.73%) Accessibility
4 30 (2.64%) SLA
5 28 (2.47%) PMO
6 19 (1.67%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (0.70%) HL7
7 8 (0.70%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.35%) JSP 440
8 4 (0.35%) RMADS
9 3 (0.26%) NIST
10 1 (0.088%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.088%) ISO 9000
10 1 (0.088%) P3O
System Software
1 23 (2.03%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.15%) Docker
3 10 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.44%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.44%) NFS
5 4 (0.35%) HDFS
5 4 (0.35%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.26%) vSphere
7 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.088%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (0.88%) Kubernetes
1 10 (0.88%) Terraform
2 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.53%) Puppet
3 5 (0.44%) Progress Chef
4 4 (0.35%) SCCM
5 3 (0.26%) Ansible
6 2 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.18%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.18%) Grafana
6 2 (0.18%) Nessus
6 2 (0.18%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.18%) vRealize
6 2 (0.18%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 1 (0.088%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.088%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.088%) Salt
7 1 (0.088%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.088%) VxRail
7 1 (0.088%) WMI
Vendors
1 312 (27.49%) SAP
2 200 (17.62%) Microsoft
3 119 (10.48%) Salesforce
4 113 (9.96%) Adobe
5 56 (4.93%) Google
6 38 (3.35%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 25 (2.20%) Sitecore
8 21 (1.85%) Dell
8 21 (1.85%) Facebook
9 19 (1.67%) Cisco
10 18 (1.59%) Databricks
11 15 (1.32%) Optimizely
11 15 (1.32%) Pardot
12 14 (1.23%) Twitter
13 13 (1.15%) Marketo
13 13 (1.15%) Oracle
13 13 (1.15%) ServiceNow
13 13 (1.15%) VMware
14 12 (1.06%) Instagram
14 12 (1.06%) Intel