Head of Communications Contracts in England

Head of Communications
UK > England

The median Head of Communications daily rate in England is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 548 661 -
Rank change year-on-year +113 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Communications 2 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.005% 0.008% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.008% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £345 - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile £555 - -
UK median daily rate £450 - -

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 34,508 48,174 68,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.56% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,974 34,135 48,471
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,404 1,457 1,922
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.33 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%

Head of Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Communications in England

Head of Communications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Head of Communications in England

Head of Communications
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Communications in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Communications in England

Head of Communications
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 Head of Communications within the England region over the 6 months to 23 April 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 - 1 £350 - 1
Midlands - 1 £550 -
West Midlands - 1 £550 -
Head of Communications
UK

Head of Communications Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Head of Communications 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 Head of Communications in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Social Media
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Yammer
2 1 (50.00%) Business Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Hyperoptic
2 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (50.00%) Culture Change
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Intranet
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Management
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Graphic Design
2 1 (50.00%) Social Network

Head of Communications 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Intranet
General
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Graphic Design
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media
1 1 (50.00%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Business Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Culture Change
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Management
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Hyperoptic