Communications Specialist Contracts in the UK excluding London

Communications Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

As of 6 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Communications Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 332 385 446
Rank change year-on-year +53 +61 +57
Contract jobs requiring a Communications Specialist 4 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.015% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.016% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £313
25th Percentile - £363 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile - £388 £519
90th Percentile - - £553
UK median daily rate £625 £388 £556
% change year-on-year +61.29% -30.31% +17.55%

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 11,791 19,029 22,516
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.56% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,555 11,618 15,791
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £398
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 £651 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 845 2,244 1,158
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £17.92
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -4.76% +115.16%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.55% -18.89% +90.68%

Communications Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Communications Specialist in the UK excluding London

Communications Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Communications Specialist in the UK excluding London

Communications Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Communications Specialist in the UK excluding London

Communications Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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 +37 3 - - 1
Scotland +9 1 - -
Communications Specialist
UK

Communications Specialist Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Communications Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Marketing
2 3 (75.00%) SMS
2 3 (75.00%) B2C
2 3 (75.00%) Copywriting
3 2 (50.00%) Legal
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Marketing Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy

Communications Specialist 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) SMS
General
1 4 (100.00%) Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Legal
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) B2C
1 3 (75.00%) Copywriting
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing Strategy