Communications Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Communications Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Communications Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £238, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025.

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

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 369 438
Rank change year-on-year +42 +69 +63
Contract jobs requiring a Communications Manager 7 25 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.055% 0.12% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.13% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 11
10th Percentile £105 £313 £388
25th Percentile £154 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -49.95% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £322 £519 £535
90th Percentile £372 £550 £538
UK median daily rate £352 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -21.83% - -8.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £54.75 £35.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +54.23% +18.33% +14.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,771 19,161 22,551
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 92.57% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,545 11,699 15,818
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 836 2,248 1,160
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.22% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%

Communications Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Communications Manager in the UK excluding London

Communications Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Communications Manager in the UK excluding London

Communications Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Communications Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Communications Manager in the UK excluding London

Communications Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Communications Manager in the UK excluding London

Communications Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
South East +26 2 £404 -15.05% 1
Midlands +18 2 - - 2
West Midlands +14 2 - - 2
North of England +11 1 - - 3
Scotland +3 1 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
South West - 1 £72 - 2
Communications Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Communications Manager in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Social Media
3 1 (14.29%) Photography
3 1 (14.29%) Umbraco
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (14.29%) SAP
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 1 (14.29%) PMI
3 1 (14.29%) PMP
3 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Intranet
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 1 (14.29%) Automotive
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) CMS
3 1 (14.29%) Military
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Content Management
3 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
3 1 (14.29%) Local Government
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning

Communications Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 1 (14.29%) CMS
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
1 1 (14.29%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Intranet
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Local Government
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Military
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Photography
1 1 (14.29%) PMI
1 1 (14.29%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) Agile Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Change Management
2 1 (14.29%) Content Management
2 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
2 1 (14.29%) Social Media Management
2 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 1 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) SAP