Communications Manager Contracts in London

Communications Manager
England > London

The median Communications Manager daily rate in London is £412 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 353 453 569
Rank change year-on-year +100 +116 -127
Contract jobs requiring a Communications Manager 29 30 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.16% 0.11% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.12% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 30
10th Percentile - £363 £407
25th Percentile £263 £399 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £412 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.48% -10.00% +2.62%
75th Percentile £525 £531 £556
90th Percentile £637 £550 £575
England median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £27.38 -
25th Percentile £34.25 £29.06 £52.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% -43.93% -
75th Percentile £36.75 £35.94 £54.75
90th Percentile - £46.63 -
England median hourly rate £35.50 £30.00 £39.89
% change year-on-year +18.33% -24.78% +115.59%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,506 25,035 36,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.29% 95.25% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,947 18,137 26,928
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £445 £463 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £680 £700 £683
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 282 444
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.66 £22.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +2.14% +8.63%
75th Percentile £44.75 £62.64 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.01 £79.80 £67.94
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%

Communications Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Communications Manager in London

Communications Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Communications Manager in London

Communications Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Communications Manager in London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Communications Manager in London

Communications Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Communications Manager in London

Communications Manager
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Central London +45 2 £593 +41.07% 1
West London +14 2 - -
Communications Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 London region featuring Communications Manager in the job title.

1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Marketing
2 7 (24.14%) Social Media
3 5 (17.24%) Degree
3 5 (17.24%) Thought Leadership
4 4 (13.79%) Instagram
4 4 (13.79%) Storytelling
4 4 (13.79%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
4 4 (13.79%) Salesforce
4 4 (13.79%) Telecoms
4 4 (13.79%) QA
5 3 (10.34%) Twitter
5 3 (10.34%) Blog
5 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (10.34%) Finance
5 3 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Video Editing
6 2 (6.90%) Content Development
6 2 (6.90%) Slack
6 2 (6.90%) Behavioural Change
6 2 (6.90%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (6.90%) Project Management
6 2 (6.90%) SAP
6 2 (6.90%) ERP

Communications Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (3.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (3.45%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.45%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.45%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) Slack
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.45%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) Broadband
General
1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Marketing
3 4 (13.79%) Telecoms
4 3 (10.34%) Finance
4 3 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Advertising
5 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.45%) Law
6 1 (3.45%) Multimedia
6 1 (3.45%) Police
6 1 (3.45%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Tapestry
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Social Media
2 3 (10.34%) Blog
3 2 (6.90%) Podcast
3 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.90%) Video Editing
4 1 (3.45%) Digital Media
4 1 (3.45%) NHS
4 1 (3.45%) Photography
4 1 (3.45%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.24%) Thought Leadership
2 4 (13.79%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (13.79%) Storytelling
3 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (6.90%) Behavioural Change
4 2 (6.90%) Content Development
4 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (6.90%) Copywriting
4 2 (6.90%) ERP
4 2 (6.90%) Infographics
4 2 (6.90%) Line Management
4 2 (6.90%) Logistics
4 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.90%) Product Marketing
4 2 (6.90%) Project Management
5 1 (3.45%) Asset Management
5 1 (3.45%) Change Management
5 1 (3.45%) E-Commerce
5 1 (3.45%) Performance Metrics
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Instagram
1 4 (13.79%) Salesforce
2 3 (10.34%) Twitter
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.90%) SAP
4 1 (3.45%) Adobe
4 1 (3.45%) Facebook
4 1 (3.45%) TikTok