The first table below looks at the demand for the Communications Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Communications Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Edinburgh region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Communications Manager
Rank 53 62 70
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Communications Manager 3 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.365% 0.276% 0.303%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.388% 0.294% 0.320%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 3
Average daily rate - £375 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £145.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.50 - £38.00
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
773 1019 1249
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 94.15% 93.74% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 504 609
Average daily rate £400 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £237 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £538
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 36
Average hourly rate £13.93 £23.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.43% +50.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.60 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £32.00 £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Communications Manager
Scotland

Communications Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Communications Manager across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Edinburgh Communications Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Communications Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Communications Manager across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Communications Manager Daily Rate Trend

Communications Manager
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Communications Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Communications Manager in their job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Broadband
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing
1 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis

Communications Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Communications Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Communications Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Broadband
General
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis