Advertising Contracts

Advertising
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Advertising in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Advertising over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 420 412 560
Rank change year-on-year -8 +148 -60
Contract jobs citing Advertising 154 310 305
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.54% 0.35%
As % of the General category 0.62% 0.93% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 237 222
10th Percentile £200 £263 £313
25th Percentile £260 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £601
90th Percentile £600 £694 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £369 £475 £545
% change year-on-year -22.37% -12.84% +37.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 12 13
10th Percentile £6.57 £23.03 £20.25
25th Percentile £14.88 £35.00 £32.50
Median hourly rate £39.75 £39.77 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -1.80% +16.11%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.50 £51.75
90th Percentile £63.34 £53.58 £65.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.11 £43.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -64.87% +152.94% -

All General Skills
UK

Advertising 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 24,707 33,460 49,314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.06% 58.60% 56.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,592 23,193 34,217
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% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,917 1,020 1,414
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.46 £17.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.60 £22.45
Median % change year-on-year -10.72% +49.68% -0.22%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.43
90th Percentile £66.25 £72.55 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £29.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -2.59% +52.63% -4.76%

Advertising
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Advertising over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Advertising over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Advertising within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 -25 152 £400 -20.00% 618
London +46 101 £425 -16.05% 258
UK excluding London -26 49 £369 -22.37% 387
Work from Home +26 40 £420 -20.00% 286
South East +5 15 £350 +7.69% 102
North of England +21 11 £425 +70.00% 116
South West +1 9 £345 -23.33% 40
Midlands -9 9 £260 -58.40% 76
North West +17 6 £325 +30.00% 67
East of England +9 5 £400 -11.11% 42
East Midlands - 5 £500 - 33
West Midlands -4 4 £255 -62.22% 43
Yorkshire +21 3 £475 +46.15% 39
North East +13 2 £325 +96.97% 13

Advertising
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 6 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.95%) Drupal
3 3 (1.95%) Moodle
4 1 (0.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (5.84%) InDesign
1 9 (5.84%) Photoshop
2 8 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.25%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (1.95%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.30%) Sketch
7 1 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.65%) InVision
7 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 15 (9.74%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (6.49%) Azure
3 7 (4.55%) AWS
3 7 (4.55%) GCP
4 6 (3.90%) Figma
4 6 (3.90%) Google Analytics
4 6 (3.90%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.25%) Adobe Analytics
5 5 (3.25%) WhatsApp
6 3 (1.95%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.30%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.30%) MailChimp
7 2 (1.30%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.30%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.30%) SurveyMonkey
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.65%) Canva
8 1 (0.65%) GitHub
8 1 (0.65%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.65%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.25%) Firewall
2 3 (1.95%) MPLS
2 3 (1.95%) VPN
3 2 (1.30%) BGP
3 2 (1.30%) HTTP
3 2 (1.30%) LAN
3 2 (1.30%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (1.30%) SAN
3 2 (1.30%) WAN
4 1 (0.65%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.65%) DHCP
4 1 (0.65%) DNS
4 1 (0.65%) DWDM
4 1 (0.65%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.65%) Internet
4 1 (0.65%) IPsec
4 1 (0.65%) Junos
4 1 (0.65%) SDH
4 1 (0.65%) SSL
4 1 (0.65%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.84%) Tableau
2 6 (3.90%) Power BI
3 5 (3.25%) BigQuery
3 5 (3.25%) Looker
3 5 (3.25%) MySQL
4 3 (1.95%) Data Mining
4 3 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.95%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.65%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.65%) Metadata
5 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (5.84%) Cypress.io
2 5 (3.25%) Postman
3 2 (1.30%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.65%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.65%) Git
4 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.65%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 49 (31.82%) Marketing
2 34 (22.08%) Social Skills
3 25 (16.23%) Finance
4 15 (9.74%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (8.44%) Retail
6 11 (7.14%) Banking
6 11 (7.14%) Legal
7 9 (5.84%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (5.19%) Public Sector
9 7 (4.55%) Automotive
10 6 (3.90%) Financial Institution
10 6 (3.90%) International Banking
10 6 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (3.25%) Fire and Rescue
11 5 (3.25%) Manufacturing
11 5 (3.25%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (2.60%) French Language
12 4 (2.60%) Local Government
12 4 (2.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 25 (16.23%) Analyst
2 21 (13.64%) Senior
3 12 (7.79%) Developer
4 10 (6.49%) Designer
5 9 (5.84%) JavaScript Engineer
5 9 (5.84%) Project Manager
6 8 (5.19%) Architect
6 8 (5.19%) Business Analyst
7 6 (3.90%) Service Analyst
8 5 (3.25%) Account Manager
8 5 (3.25%) Coordinator
8 5 (3.25%) Service Desk Analyst
8 5 (3.25%) UX Designer
9 4 (2.60%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 4 (2.60%) IT Analyst
9 4 (2.60%) Regulatory Business Analyst
9 4 (2.60%) Senior Designer
9 4 (2.60%) Technical Coordinator
9 4 (2.60%) UI Designer
9 4 (2.60%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.39%) Node.js
2 12 (7.79%) HTML
2 12 (7.79%) Redux
3 11 (7.14%) CSS
4 10 (6.49%) Express.js
5 9 (5.84%) Jest
6 6 (3.90%) jQuery
7 5 (3.25%) DOM
7 5 (3.25%) JSON
7 5 (3.25%) React
7 5 (3.25%) Swagger
8 4 (2.60%) ATL
9 3 (1.95%) RESTful
10 2 (1.30%) .NET
10 2 (1.30%) EDI
10 2 (1.30%) Laravel
10 2 (1.30%) WebGL
11 1 (0.65%) .NET Framework
11 1 (0.65%) LDAP
11 1 (0.65%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.19%) Social Media
3 6 (3.90%) Digital Media
3 6 (3.90%) Marketing Technology
3 6 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.60%) Animation
4 4 (2.60%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.95%) Graphic Design
6 2 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.30%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.30%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.30%) PKI
6 2 (1.30%) Video Editing
7 1 (0.65%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.65%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.65%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.65%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.65%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.44%) Windows
2 4 (2.60%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.95%) Linux
3 3 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.30%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.65%) Solaris
5 1 (0.65%) Unix
5 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (14.29%) Agile
1 22 (14.29%) Analytics
2 21 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (7.79%) Project Management
4 11 (7.14%) Computer Science
5 10 (6.49%) ITIL
5 10 (6.49%) Kanban
6 9 (5.84%) Clean Code
6 9 (5.84%) Pair Programming
6 9 (5.84%) Software Architecture
6 9 (5.84%) TDD
7 8 (5.19%) Customer Service
7 8 (5.19%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (5.19%) Data Visualisation
7 8 (5.19%) User Experience
7 8 (5.19%) Visualisation
8 7 (4.55%) Data Science
8 7 (4.55%) Process Improvement
8 7 (4.55%) Programme Management
8 7 (4.55%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 26 (16.88%) JavaScript
2 16 (10.39%) Python
3 12 (7.79%) SQL
4 11 (7.14%) TypeScript
5 5 (3.25%) PHP
6 3 (1.95%) R
7 2 (1.30%) Bash
7 2 (1.30%) C#
8 1 (0.65%) Groovy
8 1 (0.65%) Java
8 1 (0.65%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.65%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (20.13%) Degree
2 11 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.25%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.60%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.60%) HNC
4 4 (2.60%) HND
4 4 (2.60%) PhD
5 3 (1.95%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.95%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.30%) MCITP
7 1 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.65%) CCNA
7 1 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.65%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.65%) MCSE
7 1 (0.65%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.90%) SLA
2 5 (3.25%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.25%) QA
3 4 (2.60%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.95%) PMO
5 2 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.30%) NIST
5 2 (1.30%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 12 (7.79%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.65%) Docker
3 1 (0.65%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (1.30%) Ansible
1 2 (1.30%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.30%) SCCM
1 2 (1.30%) Terraform
2 1 (0.65%) Endace
2 1 (0.65%) Grafana
2 1 (0.65%) Istio
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.65%) Rancher
2 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (0.65%) SCOM
2 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.65%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 25 (16.23%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.74%) Adobe
3 11 (7.14%) Google
4 5 (3.25%) Ensighten
4 5 (3.25%) Monetate
4 5 (3.25%) Omniture
4 5 (3.25%) Optimizely
4 5 (3.25%) Tealium
5 4 (2.60%) Apple
5 4 (2.60%) VMware
6 3 (1.95%) Rapid7
6 3 (1.95%) Twitter
7 2 (1.30%) Cisco
7 2 (1.30%) HP
7 2 (1.30%) IBM
7 2 (1.30%) iManage
7 2 (1.30%) Instagram
7 2 (1.30%) Juniper
7 2 (1.30%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.30%) Sophos