Communications Specialist Contract Job Trends in London

Communications Specialist
England > London

The median Communications Specialist daily rate in London is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 367 404
Rank change year-on-year -9 +37 +154
Contract jobs requiring a Communications Specialist 4 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.028% 0.013% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.014% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 -
75th Percentile £427 - -
90th Percentile £429 - -
England median daily rate £400 £400 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 13,283 14,093 17,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 93.53% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,798 9,130 12,805
10th Percentile £343 £335 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £760 £799 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 153 211
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.47 £17.75
25th Percentile £22.25 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.30% - -
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%

Communications Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Communications Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Communications Specialist job vacancy trend in London

Communications Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Communications Specialist job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Communications Specialist job vacancies in London

Communications Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Communications Specialist job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Communications Specialist job vacancies in London

Communications Specialist
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 Specialist within the London region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
West London - 1 £413 - 1
Communications Specialist
England

Communications Specialist Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Communications Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Communications Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe
3 1 (25.00%) Campaign Management
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Direct Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Email Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Multichannel Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (25.00%) Personalization
3 1 (25.00%) Push Notifications
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (25.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) Webhook

Communications Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Campaign Management
3 1 (25.00%) Direct Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Email Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Multichannel Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (25.00%) Personalization
3 1 (25.00%) Push Notifications
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) Webhook
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud