Communications Manager Contracts

Communications Manager
UK

The median Communications Manager daily rate in the UK is £352, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 497 534 654
Rank change year-on-year +37 +120 +118
Contract jobs requiring a Communications Manager 26 56 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.088% 0.13% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.14% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 24 24
10th Percentile £243 £263 £370
25th Percentile £263 £318 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £352 £463 £455
Median % change year-on-year -23.95% +1.65% -9.00%
75th Percentile £590 £528 £535
90th Percentile £651 £629 £549
UK excluding London median daily rate £238 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -49.95% +2.70% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £49.04 - £27.38
25th Percentile £50.87 £34.25 £29.06
Median hourly rate £54.75 £35.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.23% +18.33% +14.20%
75th Percentile £57.80 £36.75 £35.94
90th Percentile £59.12 - £46.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 27,188 39,941 54,901
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 92.76% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,734 26,001 38,348
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,055 2,673 1,536
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £28.60 £36.65 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% -18.56% +88.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.90 £76.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £42.43
% change year-on-year -31.25% -5.73% +115.78%

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 10 May 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Communications Manager over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 10 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
England +47 23 £339 -24.61% 21
London +34 16 £451 +9.57% 7
Work from Home +27 9 £404 +0.88% 15
UK excluding London +41 8 £238 -49.95% 18
South East +33 2 £404 -15.05% 1
West Midlands +17 2 - - 2
Midlands +13 2 - - 2
South West - 2 £72 - 3
North of England +18 1 - - 7
Scotland +5 1 - - 3
Yorkshire - 1 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 featuring Communications Manager in the job title.

1 14 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (26.92%) Change Management
4 6 (23.08%) Project Management
4 6 (23.08%) Marketing
5 5 (19.23%) User Experience
5 5 (19.23%) Social Media
5 5 (19.23%) Content Management
5 5 (19.23%) SharePoint
5 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (19.23%) CMS
6 4 (15.38%) Migration
6 4 (15.38%) Finance
6 4 (15.38%) Windows
6 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
6 4 (15.38%) Customer Engagement
6 4 (15.38%) Digital Engineering
6 4 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (11.54%) Degree
7 3 (11.54%) Google
7 3 (11.54%) Incident Management
7 3 (11.54%) Release Management
7 3 (11.54%) Photoshop
8 2 (7.69%) Programme Management
8 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
8 2 (7.69%) Financial Institution
8 2 (7.69%) Intranet
8 2 (7.69%) Business Intelligence

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 5 (19.23%) CMS
1 5 (19.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.85%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (11.54%) Photoshop
3 2 (7.69%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) Google Workspace
1 2 (7.69%) Slack
1 2 (7.69%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) Intranet
General
1 14 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Marketing
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Banking
4 2 (7.69%) Financial Institution
4 2 (7.69%) International Banking
4 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.85%) Advertising
5 1 (3.85%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.85%) Automotive
5 1 (3.85%) Electronics
5 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Local Government
5 1 (3.85%) Military
5 1 (3.85%) Multimedia
5 1 (3.85%) Publishing
5 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Social Media
2 1 (3.85%) Digital Signage
2 1 (3.85%) NHS
2 1 (3.85%) PACS
2 1 (3.85%) Photography
2 1 (3.85%) PMI
2 1 (3.85%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (26.92%) Change Management
3 6 (23.08%) Project Management
4 5 (19.23%) Content Management
4 5 (19.23%) User Experience
5 4 (15.38%) Customer Engagement
5 4 (15.38%) Digital Engineering
5 4 (15.38%) Migration
6 3 (11.54%) Incident Management
6 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (11.54%) Release Management
6 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (7.69%) Customer Experience
7 2 (7.69%) Customer-Centricity
7 2 (7.69%) Decision-Making
7 2 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 2 (7.69%) Mentoring
7 2 (7.69%) Programme Management
7 2 (7.69%) Thought Leadership
7 2 (7.69%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.85%) PMP
3 1 (3.85%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Google
3 2 (7.69%) Adobe
3 2 (7.69%) SAP