Communications Manager Contracts in London

Communications Manager
England > London

The median Communications Manager daily rate in London is £431 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 359 451 552
Rank change year-on-year +92 +101 -98
Contract jobs requiring a Communications Manager 31 26 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.18% 0.10% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.11% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 31
10th Percentile £263 £363 £413
25th Percentile £277 £399 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% -8.00% +2.62%
75th Percentile £525 £531 £573
90th Percentile £629 £538 £688
England median daily rate £463 £460 £500
% change year-on-year +0.54% -8.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £27.38 -
25th Percentile £34.25 £29.06 £52.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% -43.93% -
75th Percentile £36.75 £35.94 £54.75
90th Percentile - £46.63 -
England median hourly rate £35.50 £30.00 £39.89
% change year-on-year +18.33% -24.78% +115.59%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,359 24,202 36,895
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.56% 95.18% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,819 17,639 27,124
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £678 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 276 418
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.74 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.22 £22.60 £22.91
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +8.63%
75th Percentile £46.77 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.75 £82.38 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.63 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.39% +88.21% +11.21%

Communications Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Communications Manager in London

Communications Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Communications Manager in London

Communications Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Communications Manager in London

Communications Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Communications Manager in London

Communications Manager
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +39 2 £593 +41.07%
West London +25 2 - -
Communications Manager
England

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

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 London region featuring Communications Manager in the job title.

1 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.81%) Marketing
3 7 (22.58%) Social Media
4 6 (19.35%) QA
5 5 (16.13%) Thought Leadership
5 5 (16.13%) Storytelling
5 5 (16.13%) Degree
6 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (12.90%) Telecoms
6 4 (12.90%) SharePoint
6 4 (12.90%) Salesforce
6 4 (12.90%) Instagram
6 4 (12.90%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (9.68%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (9.68%) Twitter
7 3 (9.68%) Blog
7 3 (9.68%) Podcast
7 3 (9.68%) Finance
8 2 (6.45%) Advertising
8 2 (6.45%) Project Management
8 2 (6.45%) SAP
8 2 (6.45%) E-Commerce
8 2 (6.45%) ERP
8 2 (6.45%) Broadband
8 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
8 2 (6.45%) Tandem
8 2 (6.45%) Logistics
8 2 (6.45%) Copywriting
8 2 (6.45%) Video Editing
8 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement

Communications Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (12.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (3.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (3.23%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.23%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.23%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.45%) Slack
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.23%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) Broadband
General
1 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.81%) Marketing
3 4 (12.90%) Telecoms
4 3 (9.68%) Finance
4 3 (9.68%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.45%) Advertising
5 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.23%) Law
6 1 (3.23%) Multimedia
6 1 (3.23%) Police
6 1 (3.23%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Tapestry
Miscellaneous
1 7 (22.58%) Social Media
2 3 (9.68%) Blog
2 3 (9.68%) Podcast
3 2 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.45%) Tandem
3 2 (6.45%) Video Editing
4 1 (3.23%) Digital Media
4 1 (3.23%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.13%) Storytelling
1 5 (16.13%) Thought Leadership
2 4 (12.90%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (6.45%) Behavioural Change
3 2 (6.45%) Content Development
3 2 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (6.45%) Copywriting
3 2 (6.45%) E-Commerce
3 2 (6.45%) Email Marketing
3 2 (6.45%) ERP
3 2 (6.45%) Infographics
3 2 (6.45%) Line Management
3 2 (6.45%) Logistics
3 2 (6.45%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (6.45%) Product Marketing
3 2 (6.45%) Project Management
3 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (3.23%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) Degree
2 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (12.90%) Instagram
1 4 (12.90%) Salesforce
2 3 (9.68%) Twitter
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.45%) SAP
4 1 (3.23%) Adobe
4 1 (3.23%) Facebook
4 1 (3.23%) TikTok