Digital Communications Manager Contracts

Digital Communications Manager
UK

The median Digital Communications Manager daily rate in the UK is £650 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 595 709 859
Rank change year-on-year +114 +150 -161
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Communications Manager 5 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.012% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.013% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £454 - £251
25th Percentile £518 £463 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £475 £420
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% +13.10% +60.61%
75th Percentile £688 £488 £479
90th Percentile £695 - £530
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £475 -
% change year-on-year +42.11% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,029 55,895 84,701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,060 39,048 59,505
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,566 2,078
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.11 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%

Digital Communications Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Communications Manager in the UK

Digital Communications Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Communications Manager in the UK

Digital Communications Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Digital Communications Manager in the UK

Digital Communications Manager
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Communications Manager within the UK 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
UK excluding London +60 4 £675 +42.11%
Scotland - 4 £675 -
Work from Home +125 1 £650 +36.84%
England +114 1 £412 -13.30% 1
London +109 1 £412 - 1

Digital Communications Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Digital 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 featuring Digital Communications Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (20.00%) Content Management
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Photography
3 1 (20.00%) Use Case
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Media
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Photoshop
3 1 (20.00%) Adobe
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Law
3 1 (20.00%) CMS
3 1 (20.00%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (20.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (20.00%) Content Development
3 1 (20.00%) Storytelling
3 1 (20.00%) Police
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared

Digital Communications Manager 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 1 (20.00%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (20.00%) Photoshop
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Digital Media
1 1 (20.00%) Photography
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (20.00%) Content Development
3 1 (20.00%) Content Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Storytelling
3 1 (20.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe