Communications Manager Contracts

Communications Manager
UK

The median Communications Manager daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 534 666 750
Rank change year-on-year +132 +84 -119
Contract jobs requiring a Communications Manager 52 56 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.093% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.099% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 27 53
10th Percentile £263 £348 £365
25th Percentile £320 £394 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -7.69% -2.45%
75th Percentile £544 £535 £531
90th Percentile £650 £548 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - £27.38 £25.25
25th Percentile £34.25 £29.06 £25.64
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.00 £26.27
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% +14.20% +42.00%
75th Percentile £36.75 £35.94 £54.75
90th Percentile - £46.63 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £25.00

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 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £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 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Communications Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Communications Manager in the UK

Communications Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Communications Manager in the UK

Communications Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Communications Manager over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Communications Manager in the UK

Communications Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Communications Manager in the UK

Communications Manager
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 25 April 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
England +112 43 £450 - 9
London +98 27 £412 -8.48% 3
UK excluding London +76 23 £475 +5.56% 8
Work from Home +129 19 £400 -13.04% 7
South East +18 12 £475 +5.56% 3
Scotland +31 7 £513 - 2
Midlands +27 2 £400 -
North of England +30 1 £400 - 2
East Midlands +18 1 £400 -
East of England +10 1 £550 +12.82% 1
West Midlands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 featuring Communications Manager in the job title.

1 27 (51.92%) Social Skills
2 17 (32.69%) Marketing
3 14 (26.92%) Degree
4 13 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 13 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 12 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (23.08%) Social Media
6 11 (21.15%) Telecoms
6 11 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (19.23%) Budget Management
8 9 (17.31%) Business Transformation
9 8 (15.38%) Workflow
9 8 (15.38%) Finance
9 8 (15.38%) Intranet
9 8 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
10 7 (13.46%) Project Management
10 7 (13.46%) Storytelling
10 7 (13.46%) Thought Leadership
11 6 (11.54%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (11.54%) Analytics
11 6 (11.54%) Photoshop
12 5 (9.62%) Video Editing
12 5 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
12 5 (9.62%) Channel Management
12 5 (9.62%) Slack
12 5 (9.62%) Public Sector
12 5 (9.62%) Instagram
13 4 (7.69%) Infographics
13 4 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (7.69%) Copywriting

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 13 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.69%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (11.54%) Photoshop
3 2 (3.85%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.92%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (1.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.92%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 2 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.92%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.92%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.62%) Slack
2 4 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.77%) Canva
3 3 (5.77%) Yammer
4 2 (3.85%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (15.38%) Intranet
2 1 (1.92%) Broadband
General
1 27 (51.92%) Social Skills
2 17 (32.69%) Marketing
3 11 (21.15%) Telecoms
4 8 (15.38%) Finance
5 6 (11.54%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (9.62%) Public Sector
7 3 (5.77%) Games
8 2 (3.85%) Advertising
8 2 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.85%) Law
8 2 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.92%) Legal
9 1 (1.92%) Multimedia
9 1 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.92%) Police
9 1 (1.92%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) Flash
1 2 (3.85%) HTML
2 1 (1.92%) Tapestry
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.08%) Social Media
2 5 (9.62%) Video Editing
3 3 (5.77%) Blog
4 2 (3.85%) Photography
4 2 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.92%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (1.92%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.92%) NHS
5 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.92%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (19.23%) Budget Management
4 9 (17.31%) Business Transformation
5 8 (15.38%) Workflow
6 7 (13.46%) Project Management
6 7 (13.46%) Storytelling
6 7 (13.46%) Thought Leadership
7 6 (11.54%) Analytics
8 5 (9.62%) Channel Management
9 4 (7.69%) Content Management
9 4 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (7.69%) Copywriting
9 4 (7.69%) Infographics
9 4 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 3 (5.77%) Agile
10 3 (5.77%) Change Management
10 3 (5.77%) Content Development
10 3 (5.77%) Logistics
10 3 (5.77%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (26.92%) Degree
2 2 (3.85%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.85%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.92%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.77%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.62%) Instagram
3 4 (7.69%) Salesforce
4 3 (5.77%) SAP
4 3 (5.77%) Twitter
5 2 (3.85%) Facebook
5 2 (3.85%) Google
6 1 (1.92%) Adobe
6 1 (1.92%) Ariba
6 1 (1.92%) TikTok
6 1 (1.92%) YouTube