Communications Manager Contracts in England

Communications Manager
UK > England

The median Communications Manager daily rate in England is £463 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 499 595 718
Rank change year-on-year +96 +123 -111
Contract jobs requiring a Communications Manager 44 43 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.091% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.096% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 23 45
10th Percentile £263 £368 £425
25th Percentile £320 £405 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% -8.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £516 £535 £565
90th Percentile £598 £538 £624
UK median daily rate £463 £460 £500
% change year-on-year +0.54% -8.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £27.38 -
25th Percentile £34.25 £29.06 £25.64
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.00 £39.89
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% -24.78% +115.59%
75th Percentile £36.75 £35.94 £54.75
90th Percentile - £46.63 -
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £30.00 £26.27
% change year-on-year +18.33% +14.20% +42.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,161 44,903 67,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.57% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,530 31,932 48,137
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.11%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,560 1,303 1,794
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.63 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.39% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

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 May 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 May 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 +92 31 £431 -6.32% 7
South East +14 11 £475 -7.77% 1
Midlands +23 2 £335 - 2
East Midlands +14 1 £335 - 1
West Midlands - 1 - - 1
Communications Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 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 22 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (36.36%) Marketing
3 13 (29.55%) Degree
4 12 (27.27%) Telecoms
5 11 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 10 (22.73%) Social Media
6 10 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (20.45%) Business Transformation
7 9 (20.45%) Budget Management
8 8 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
8 8 (18.18%) Workflow
9 7 (15.91%) SharePoint
10 6 (13.64%) Finance
10 6 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (13.64%) QA
11 5 (11.36%) Thought Leadership
11 5 (11.36%) Storytelling
12 4 (9.09%) Salesforce
12 4 (9.09%) Instagram
12 4 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
12 4 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (6.82%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 3 (6.82%) Channel Management
13 3 (6.82%) Re-Platforming
13 3 (6.82%) Intranet
13 3 (6.82%) Photoshop
13 3 (6.82%) Blog
13 3 (6.82%) Podcast
13 3 (6.82%) Twitter
14 2 (4.55%) Copywriting

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 7 (15.91%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.55%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.82%) Photoshop
3 2 (4.55%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (2.27%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (2.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (2.27%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.27%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.55%) Slack
1 2 (4.55%) Yammer
2 1 (2.27%) Google Analytics
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.82%) Intranet
2 2 (4.55%) Broadband
General
1 22 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (36.36%) Marketing
3 12 (27.27%) Telecoms
4 6 (13.64%) Finance
5 4 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.55%) Advertising
6 2 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Banking
7 1 (2.27%) Games
7 1 (2.27%) Law
7 1 (2.27%) Multimedia
7 1 (2.27%) Police
7 1 (2.27%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) Flash
1 2 (4.55%) HTML
2 1 (2.27%) Tapestry
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.73%) Social Media
2 3 (6.82%) Blog
2 3 (6.82%) Podcast
3 2 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.55%) Tandem
3 2 (4.55%) Video Editing
4 1 (2.27%) Digital Media
4 1 (2.27%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (20.45%) Budget Management
2 9 (20.45%) Business Transformation
3 8 (18.18%) Workflow
4 6 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (11.36%) Storytelling
5 5 (11.36%) Thought Leadership
6 4 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (6.82%) Channel Management
7 3 (6.82%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 3 (6.82%) Re-Platforming
8 2 (4.55%) Analytics
8 2 (4.55%) Behavioural Change
8 2 (4.55%) Content Development
8 2 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (4.55%) E-Commerce
8 2 (4.55%) Infographics
8 2 (4.55%) Line Management
8 2 (4.55%) Performance Metrics
8 2 (4.55%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (29.55%) Degree
2 1 (2.27%) DV Cleared
2 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.64%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.09%) Instagram
2 4 (9.09%) Salesforce
3 3 (6.82%) Twitter
4 2 (4.55%) SAP
5 1 (2.27%) Adobe
5 1 (2.27%) Facebook
5 1 (2.27%) Google
5 1 (2.27%) TikTok