Communications Officer Contracts

Communications Officer
UK

The median Communications Officer daily rate in the UK is £260, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 692 840
Rank change year-on-year +117 +148 -124
Contract jobs requiring a Communications Officer 9 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.009% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.010% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 7
10th Percentile - £250 £168
25th Percentile £188 £313 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £508 £250
Median % change year-on-year -48.77% +103.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £347 £515 -
90th Percentile £363 £529 £270
UK excluding London median daily rate £349 £515 £225
% change year-on-year -32.28% +128.89% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.67 - -
Median hourly rate £21.10 - -
75th Percentile £23.54 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.10 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Communications Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Communications Officer in the UK

Communications Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Communications Officer in the UK

Communications Officer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Communications Officer over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Communications Officer in the UK

Communications Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Communications Officer in the UK

Communications Officer
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Communications Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 June 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
UK excluding London +35 7 £349 -32.28% 4
England +87 5 £260 -49.14% 3
Work from Home +117 3 £195 -27.78% 2
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
London +81 2 £195 -61.58%
North West - 2 £349 - 1
North of England - 2 £349 - 1
East of England - 1 - - 1
Scotland - 1 - - 1

Communications Officer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 June 2024, Communications Officer 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 featuring Communications Officer in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (55.56%) Marketing
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Nanotechnology
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 3 (33.33%) Smart Manufacturing
2 3 (33.33%) Photography
2 3 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 3 (33.33%) Twitter
2 3 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (33.33%) Games
3 2 (22.22%) Publishing
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) NHS
3 2 (22.22%) Intranet
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (22.22%) Due Diligence
4 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement

Communications Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Intranet
General
1 5 (55.56%) Marketing
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Games
2 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (22.22%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 3 (33.33%) Photography
2 2 (22.22%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 3 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
1 3 (33.33%) Nanotechnology
1 3 (33.33%) Project Management
1 3 (33.33%) Prototyping
1 3 (33.33%) Smart Manufacturing
1 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (22.22%) Due Diligence
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Twitter
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft