Communications Specialist
UK
The median Communications Specialist daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 July 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 21 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 547 | 565 | 672 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +18 | +107 | +165 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Communications Specialist | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.015% | 0.015% | 0.020% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.017% | 0.016% | 0.021% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £478 | £365 | £298 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £369 | £356 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £400 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +37.50% | -20.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £525 | £591 |
| 90th Percentile | £623 | £585 | £625 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £488 | £363 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.56% | +34.48% | -35.56% |
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 | 29,910 | 38,449 | 52,190 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.63% | 93.03% | 94.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,995 | 24,871 | 36,110 |
| 10th Percentile | £285 | £293 | £308 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £535 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -1.87% | -0.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £735 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | +2.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,430 | 2,439 | 1,564 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.75 | £13.49 | £14.53 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.30 | £18.00 | £19.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £43.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -37.13% | -6.98% | +67.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.00 | £64.25 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £74.45 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £41.81 | £39.58 |
| % change year-on-year | -39.85% | +5.65% | +88.45% |
Communications Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Communications Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Communications Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Communications Specialist.
Communications Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Communications Specialist over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.
Communications Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Communications Specialist.
Communications Specialist
Top 6 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 21 July 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 |
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| England | +34 | 4 | £550 | +10.00% | 9 |
| London | +32 | 3 | £625 | +56.25% | 4 |
| UK excluding London | +25 | 2 | £475 | -2.56% | 6 |
| Work from Home | +32 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Scotland | +1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| East of England | - | 1 | £475 | - | 2 |
Communications Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 21 July 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 featuring Communications Specialist in the job title.
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Communications Specialist 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: