Senior Communications Manager Contracts

Senior Communications Manager
UK

The median Senior Communications Manager daily rate in the UK is £340 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 582 718 826
Rank change year-on-year +136 +108 -148
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Communications Manager 4 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.007% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.007% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile - £436 -
25th Percentile £320 £453 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £493 £438
Median % change year-on-year -30.96% +12.57% -18.98%
75th Percentile £499 £520 £457
90th Percentile £582 £529 £470
UK excluding London median daily rate - £450 £458
% change year-on-year - -1.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
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%

Senior Communications Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Communications Manager in the UK

Senior Communications Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Communications Manager in the UK

Senior Communications Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Senior Communications Manager in the UK

Senior Communications Manager
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior 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 +119 3 £340 -30.96%
London +106 3 £340 -36.45%

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Senior 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 Senior Communications Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Storytelling
1 3 (75.00%) Thought Leadership
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Social Media
2 2 (50.00%) Logistics
2 2 (50.00%) Slack
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Co-Creation
3 1 (25.00%) Photography
3 1 (25.00%) Product Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Facebook
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (25.00%) Immunology
3 1 (25.00%) Instagram
3 1 (25.00%) YouTube
3 1 (25.00%) Content Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 1 (25.00%) Social Media Management
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Sprinklr
3 1 (25.00%) Intranet
3 1 (25.00%) Content Management

Senior 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 1 (25.00%) CMS
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Intranet
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Games
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Social Media
2 1 (25.00%) Biopharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) Photography
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Storytelling
1 3 (75.00%) Thought Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (50.00%) Logistics
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Co-Creation
3 1 (25.00%) Content Management
3 1 (25.00%) Content Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Immunology
3 1 (25.00%) Product Management
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Social Media Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Facebook
2 1 (25.00%) Instagram
2 1 (25.00%) YouTube