Entry-Level Marketing Jobs in the UK: How to Get Hired in 2026

You want a marketing job in the UK and your CV has almost nothing on it. That is normal at the start. It does not stop you getting hired, but it does change how you have to apply.

Here is the market you are walking into. On 14 October 2026, the JobRise live jobs feed showed 203 open marketing listings in the United Kingdom. Of those, 175 were posted in the last 30 days and 101 in the last 7 days. You can browse the current list on the marketing jobs hub for the United Kingdom.

What the numbers mean for a beginner#

Of those 203 listings, only 4 carried an obvious entry-level title: intern, graduate, junior, trainee or similar. Examples include "Graduate Associate, National Markets" at Interpath Advisory and "Paid, Earned, Managed and Owned Channels (PEMO) Graduate - 18 Month Program" at Red Bull.

Read that honestly. The junior-labelled door is narrow. Most employers hiring juniors do not say "junior" in the title. They say "Executive", "Coordinator", "Assistant" or "Specialist" and expect you to apply anyway.

The listings also skew senior. Titles on the feed included "Regional Vice President, Enterprise, Growth, UKI" at Mongodb, "Events & Content Director" at Infopro Digital Services Limited, and "Head of Marketing - London" at Royal Lancaster London Hotel. Ignore those. Focus on the ones where the work is execution, not strategy.

The city split matters too. London had 75 listings, Belfast 14, Manchester 7, Bristol 4, Glasgow 3. If you are outside London you have fewer options per city, so widen your search radius or look at remote-friendly roles.

Junior titles worth searching for#

Do not search only "marketing assistant". Employers use varied wording. Try these:

• Digital Marketing Executive
• Marketing Executive
• Marketing Coordinator
• Marketing Co-ordinator
• Product and Content Marketing Co-ordinator
• Social Media Assistant
• Content Executive
• Email Marketing Executive
• Marketing Assistant
• Graduate Marketing Executive
• Junior PPC Executive
• CRM Assistant

Real examples from the snapshot: "Digital Marketing Executive" at Saga Insurance, "Product and Content Marketing Co-ordinator - London" at Suade, "Marketing Coordinator" at Share Bristol, "Marketing Executive" at Metropolitan Thames Valley, and "Social First Videographer" at MAGIC. That last one is a reminder that video skills now sit inside marketing teams.

Skills and proof employers expect#

Job adverts list tools. Hiring managers buy evidence. You need both, and the evidence is what gets you interviews when your experience is thin.

The tools that come up repeatedly in UK marketing roles: Google Analytics 4, Google Ads, Meta Ads Manager, Mailchimp or similar email platforms, HubSpot, Canva, and a basic CMS like WordPress. You do not need all of them. Pick two or three and build something with them.

The proof that works:

• A personal project with numbers. Run a small paid campaign with £20 of your own money and report the click-through rate and cost per click.
• A portfolio site with three pieces of work. Spec work is fine if you label it as such.
• A certification. Google Analytics, Google Ads, HubSpot Inbound, or Meta Blueprint are all free or cheap.
• Volunteer work. A local charity, a friend's business, a uni society. Real audiences count.
• A content sample. Write the landing page, design the email, cut the video.

A rewritten resume bullet with zero experience#

Most beginners write something like this:

"Helped with social media for university society."

That tells an employer nothing. Here is the same fact rewritten as a marketing bullet:

"Grew the university chess society's Instagram from 120 to 480 followers over one academic term by posting three short-form videos a week and replying to every comment; tracked results in Instagram Insights."

It names the channel, the timeframe, the method, the outcome, and the tool. That is what a hiring manager scans for. You can write this about any project you actually did.

Another example, for someone who ran a small shop's ads:

"Wrote and launched two Meta ads for a local florist with a £30 budget, generating 14 website clicks at £2.14 per click; reported results to the owner in a one-page Google Doc."

Same structure. Channel, action, budget, metric, reporting.

If you want to build these bullets quickly, the resume builder walks you through the wording and keeps the formatting consistent.

Where entry-level openings get posted#

Job boards are one route. They are not the only one, and for junior roles they are often the slowest.

Check these places:

• The JobRise marketing feed for the United Kingdom, sorted by date, daily. Fresh postings get fewer applications.
• Company careers pages directly. Saga Insurance, Suade, Share Bristol and Metropolitan Thames Valley all had live marketing listings in the snapshot.
• Recruitment firms. Several of the busiest names on the feed are recruiters or staffing firms: Zachary Daniels (4 open listings), VANRATH (4), Amazon TA (5), Allwyn UK (8), Costello Medical (8). Register with two or three of them and say you are open to junior marketing work.
• LinkedIn. Follow the marketing leads at companies you like and comment on their posts before you ask for anything.
• Speculative emails. Small companies hire without advertising. Ten well-researched emails beats fifty generic applications.

Pay, straight#

Only 86 of the 203 listings showed a salary, so treat this as a partial picture. Salaries posted included "Marketing Manager" at Shine Group at £35K, "Marketing Executive" at Metropolitan Thames Valley at £35K, "Marketing Coordinator" at Share Bristol at £35K, "Marketing Manager" at Salisbury BID at £33K, "Marketing Research Specialist" at Larbey Evans Ltd at £54K, and "Head of Marketing - London" at Royal Lancaster London Hotel at £46K.

For a true entry-level marketing role in the UK, expect offers roughly in the £24K to £32K band, higher in London and lower in some regions. That range varies a lot by employer and city. Check the current official figures on the National Careers Service or GOV.UK before you negotiate.

The 7-step plan#

1. Pick one lane. Choose content, paid media, social, email or CRM. Generalists get hired later; specialists get hired first.

2. Build three pieces of proof in four weeks. One campaign, one content sample, one analysis. Spend up to £30 on ads if you can.

3. Get one certification. Google Analytics or HubSpot Inbound is enough to start. Put it on your CV with the date.

4. Rewrite your CV around outcomes. Use the bullet structure above. Keep it to one page. If you want a clean starting point, use the resume builder.

5. Apply to ten roles a week, prioritising anything posted in the last 7 days. On 14 October 2026 the feed showed 101 new marketing listings in the previous week, so the freshest roles are where the volume is.

6. Follow up once, five working days later. Short email. Re-state the one metric you would move for them.

7. Track everything in a spreadsheet. Company, date applied, contact name, follow-up date, outcome. Patterns show up after about twenty applications.

Where the wider market sits#

For context on the whole UK hiring picture, the Hiring Report for the United Kingdom showed 2,742 open listings across all categories, with 2,245 posted in the last 30 days. Marketing is a decent slice of that, but the senior end dominates. Budget your time accordingly.

Free tools#

• Marketing jobs in United Kingdom
• JobRise Hiring Report: the UK
• free resume builder

FAQ#

How many entry-level marketing jobs are actually open in the UK?

On 14 October 2026 the JobRise live feed showed 203 open marketing listings in the United Kingdom, and only 4 had obvious entry-level titles like graduate or trainee. In practice more junior roles exist than that, hidden behind titles like Executive or Coordinator.

Do I need a marketing degree to get hired?

No. Most UK employers care more about proof of work than the subject of your degree. A portfolio with real numbers beats a 2:1 in marketing with no projects.

What salary should I expect for my first marketing job?

Roles with posted pay in the snapshot ranged from £33K to £54K, but those are mostly mid-level. True entry-level offers typically sit in the £24K to £32K range, higher in London. Verify current figures on GOV.UK before you negotiate.

How long does it take to get hired with no experience?

Plan for two to three months of consistent applying if you have portfolio work ready. Without proof of work it can take much longer, so build the proof first.

Should I apply to roles asking for one or two years of experience?

Yes, if you can show equivalent project work. Job adverts describe an ideal candidate. If you meet about 60 percent of the requirements and have the core skill, apply.