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Title: Paid Ads Specialist hourly rate in North East | Deftridge
Summary: Paid Ads Specialist pay in North East: median wage £19 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate £25. Source: Office for National Statistics, 2026p.

TLC · United Kingdom · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# Paid Ads Specialist hourly rate in North East

The market median wage for a Paid Ads Specialist in North East is **£18.59 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **£25 an hour** on Deftridge, -17% against the United Kingdom rate.

**£25/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**£18.59/hr** median wage

**£16-24** middle half of wages

**£540** a month at 5 hours a week

## Paid Ads Specialist wage percentiles in North East

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | £14.01 | £300 | £29,100 |
| 25th | £15.52 | £340 | £32,300 |
| Median | £18.59 | £400 | £38,700 |
| 75th | £23.95 | £520 | £49,800 |
| 90th | £30.51 | £660 | £63,500 |

Source: Office for National Statistics, 2026p; aged to October 2026. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## North East in numbers

What sets North East apart for a Paid Ads Specialist, from the same sources as the table above.

- **-9%** median wage against the United Kingdom median of £20.39

- **11th of 12** regions by median wage for this role

- **£23** country floor: no United Kingdom rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Paid Ads Specialist in North East by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist (country floor) | £23 | £500 |
| Senior | £25 | £540 |
| Manager | £30 | £650 |

- Regular role **£25**

- One-off task **£30**

- Task bundle **£30**

Rows marked country floor would come out lower by the formula; the United Kingdom floor of £23 applies instead.

## Paid Ads Specialist pay across United Kingdom

Typical contractor rate for a senior Paid Ads Specialist, highest first; 8 of 12 places shown. By median wage North East ranks **11 of 12**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| London | £24.93 | £35 |
| Scotland | £21.28 | £30 |
| South West | £20.28 | £30 |
| North West | £19.75 | £30 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £19.11 | £30 |
| Wales | £18.87 | £25 |
| North East | £18.59 | £25 |
| Northern Ireland | £18.42 | £25 |

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Paid Ads Specialist rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/paid-ads-specialist/) · [Paid Ads Specialist jobs in North East](https://deftridge.com/jobs/paid-ads-specialist/north-east/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
