Communications Manager Contracts in England

Communications Manager
UK > England

The median Communications Manager daily rate in England is £431 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 496 614 735
Rank change year-on-year +118 +121 -162
Contract jobs requiring a Communications Manager 45 47 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.094% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.099% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 23 45
10th Percentile £263 £368 £413
25th Percentile £320 £405 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.24% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £488 £535 £538
90th Percentile £598 £548 £575
UK median daily rate £450 £455 £500
% change year-on-year -1.10% -9.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £27.38 -
25th Percentile £34.25 £29.06 £25.64
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.00 £39.89
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% -24.78% +115.59%
75th Percentile £36.75 £35.94 £54.75
90th Percentile - £46.63 -
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £30.00 £26.27
% change year-on-year +18.33% +14.20% +42.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,183 47,267 67,930
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,703 33,560 48,361
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,401 1,881
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.82 £77.00 £62.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Communications Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Communications Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Communications Manager in England

Communications Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Communications Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Communications Manager in England

Communications Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Communications Manager in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Communications Manager in England

Communications Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Communications Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Communications Manager in England

Communications Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Communications Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 5 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
London +112 29 £376 -16.46% 5
South East +26 12 £475 -7.77%
Midlands +30 2 £400 -
North of England +29 1 £400 - 3
East Midlands +19 1 £400 -
East of England +17 1 £550 +15.79% 1
West Midlands - 1 - -
Communications Manager
UK

Communications Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Communications Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Communications Manager in the job title.

1 26 (57.78%) Social Skills
2 17 (37.78%) Marketing
3 14 (31.11%) Degree
4 12 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (26.67%) Telecoms
5 11 (24.44%) Microsoft
6 10 (22.22%) Budget Management
7 9 (20.00%) Business Transformation
7 9 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (20.00%) Social Media
8 8 (17.78%) Workflow
8 8 (17.78%) Microsoft Office
8 8 (17.78%) SharePoint
9 7 (15.56%) Finance
10 6 (13.33%) Thought Leadership
11 4 (8.89%) Instagram
11 4 (8.89%) Storytelling
11 4 (8.89%) Collaborative Working
11 4 (8.89%) Salesforce
11 4 (8.89%) Project Management
11 4 (8.89%) QA
12 3 (6.67%) Blog
12 3 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 3 (6.67%) Intranet
12 3 (6.67%) SAP
12 3 (6.67%) Photoshop
12 3 (6.67%) Change Management
12 3 (6.67%) Twitter
12 3 (6.67%) Value Proposition
12 3 (6.67%) Digital Transformation Programme

Communications Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (17.78%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.44%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (17.78%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.67%) Photoshop
3 2 (4.44%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.22%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (2.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (2.22%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 2 (4.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.22%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.44%) Slack
1 2 (4.44%) Yammer
2 1 (2.22%) Google Analytics
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.67%) Intranet
2 2 (4.44%) Broadband
General
1 26 (57.78%) Social Skills
2 17 (37.78%) Marketing
3 12 (26.67%) Telecoms
4 7 (15.56%) Finance
5 3 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.44%) Advertising
6 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.22%) Games
7 1 (2.22%) Law
7 1 (2.22%) Multimedia
7 1 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.22%) Police
7 1 (2.22%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) Flash
1 2 (4.44%) HTML
2 1 (2.22%) Tapestry
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.00%) Social Media
2 3 (6.67%) Blog
3 2 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.44%) Video Editing
4 1 (2.22%) Digital Media
4 1 (2.22%) NHS
4 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.22%) Photography
4 1 (2.22%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (22.22%) Budget Management
3 9 (20.00%) Business Transformation
3 9 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (17.78%) Workflow
5 6 (13.33%) Thought Leadership
6 4 (8.89%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (8.89%) Project Management
6 4 (8.89%) Storytelling
7 3 (6.67%) Change Management
7 3 (6.67%) Channel Management
7 3 (6.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 3 (6.67%) Re-Platforming
7 3 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (6.67%) Value Proposition
8 2 (4.44%) Behavioural Change
8 2 (4.44%) Content Development
8 2 (4.44%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (4.44%) Infographics
8 2 (4.44%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (31.11%) Degree
2 1 (2.22%) DV Cleared
2 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.89%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (24.44%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.89%) Instagram
2 4 (8.89%) Salesforce
3 3 (6.67%) SAP
3 3 (6.67%) Twitter
4 1 (2.22%) Adobe
4 1 (2.22%) Ariba
4 1 (2.22%) Facebook
4 1 (2.22%) Google
4 1 (2.22%) TikTok