Communications Manager Contracts in England

Communications Manager
UK > England

The median Communications Manager daily rate in England is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 472 540 693
Rank change year-on-year +68 +153 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Communications Manager 42 49 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.12% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.13% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 32 43
10th Percentile £341 £315 £417
25th Percentile £400 £392 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £486 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% -7.51% +14.13%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £604
90th Percentile £735 £683 £790
UK median daily rate £468 £471 £525
% change year-on-year -0.77% -10.26% +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £22.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £22.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 28,953 37,638 64,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 93.75% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,172 45,824
10th Percentile £300 £300 £313
25th Percentile £413 £418 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,111 1,422 1,621
10th Percentile £15.10 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.15 £19.25 £16.69
Median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%
75th Percentile £66.61 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Communications Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Communications Manager in England

Communications Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Communications Manager in England

Communications Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Communications Manager in England over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Communications Manager in England

Communications Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Communications Manager in England

Communications Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
London +41 28 £500 +2.97% 5
North of England +34 7 £450 -43.75% 1
North West +28 4 £450 -43.75% 1
Yorkshire +19 3 £550 -
East of England - 3 £475 -
South West +25 2 £348 +426.52%
Midlands - 2 £443 -
West Midlands - 1 £550 -
East Midlands - 1 £335 -
Communications Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 across the England region featuring Communications Manager in the job title.

1 17 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 15 (35.71%) Marketing
3 14 (33.33%) Social Media
4 11 (26.19%) Degree
4 11 (26.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (19.05%) ERP
6 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
6 7 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
6 7 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (16.67%) Public Sector
6 7 (16.67%) Yammer
7 6 (14.29%) Change Management
7 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (11.90%) Analytics
8 5 (11.90%) Email Marketing
8 5 (11.90%) SC Cleared
8 5 (11.90%) SAP
8 5 (11.90%) Intranet
8 5 (11.90%) Project Management
8 5 (11.90%) Content Development
8 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (9.52%) Canva
9 4 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (9.52%) SAP S/4HANA
9 4 (9.52%) Creative Thinking
9 4 (9.52%) Strategic Thinking
9 4 (9.52%) Culture Change
9 4 (9.52%) CMS
9 4 (9.52%) Business Transformation

Communications Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (9.52%) CMS
2 1 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (9.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.38%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.67%) Yammer
2 4 (9.52%) Canva
3 3 (7.14%) Google Analytics
4 1 (2.38%) OCI
4 1 (2.38%) Sprout Social
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.90%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Oracle Forms
General
1 17 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 15 (35.71%) Marketing
3 7 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 7 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (7.14%) Publishing
5 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Finance
5 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.38%) Banking
6 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.38%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 14 (33.33%) Social Media
2 3 (7.14%) Podcast
3 2 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.76%) Digital Media
3 2 (4.76%) FMCG
3 2 (4.76%) Photography
3 2 (4.76%) Tandem
4 1 (2.38%) Blog
4 1 (2.38%) Digital Signage
4 1 (2.38%) NHS
4 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.19%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (19.05%) ERP
3 6 (14.29%) Change Management
3 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (11.90%) Analytics
4 5 (11.90%) Content Development
4 5 (11.90%) Email Marketing
4 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (11.90%) Project Management
5 4 (9.52%) Business Transformation
5 4 (9.52%) Coaching
5 4 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (9.52%) Creative Thinking
5 4 (9.52%) Culture Change
5 4 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (9.52%) Strategic Thinking
6 3 (7.14%) Content Management
6 3 (7.14%) Digital Marketing
6 3 (7.14%) Strategic Planning
6 3 (7.14%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 11 (26.19%) Degree
2 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 5 (11.90%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.76%) CISM
4 2 (4.76%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) QA
2 1 (2.38%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (11.90%) SAP
2 3 (7.14%) Google
3 1 (2.38%) BT
3 1 (2.38%) Facebook
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.38%) Oracle
3 1 (2.38%) TikTok
3 1 (2.38%) YouTube