Communications Manager
UK
The median Communications Manager salary in the UK is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 May 2025.
The table below provides salary 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 | 684 | 812 | 966 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +128 | +154 | +234 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Communications Manager | 16 | 90 | 7 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.029% | 0.091% | 0.007% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.032% | 0.096% | 0.008% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 78 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £44,250 | £35,732 | £46,379 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £40,576 | £53,696 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | £43,308 | £55,148 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.68% | -21.47% | -1.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £55,625 | £47,500 | £56,599 |
| 90th Percentile | £58,250 | £50,000 | £61,640 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £47,500 | £42,500 | £55,148 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.76% | -22.93% | +0.27% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 49,356 | 93,784 | 92,686 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.47% | 94.63% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,595 | 67,216 | 58,370 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.52% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Communications Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Communications Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Communications Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Communications Manager.
Communications Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Communications Manager over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.
Communications Manager
Top 11 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries 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 Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work from Home | +127 | 13 | £53,750 | +22.16% | 16 |
| UK excluding London | +159 | 12 | £47,500 | +11.76% | 18 |
| England | +91 | 11 | £53,750 | +23.56% | 21 |
| South East | +92 | 5 | £60,000 | +40.22% | 1 |
| Scotland | - | 3 | £47,500 | - | 3 |
| London | +65 | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| West Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| South West | +110 | 1 | £47,500 | +30.14% | 3 |
| North of England | +52 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| North West | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Communications Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, Communications Manager 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 permanent job ads featuring Communications Manager in the job title.
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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: