Communications Manager Contracts

Communications Manager
UK

The median Communications Manager daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 520 636 778
Rank change year-on-year +116 +142 -153
Contract jobs requiring a Communications Manager 56 48 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.084% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.089% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 23 52
10th Percentile £263 £368 £392
25th Percentile £314 £405 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £525 £535 £563
90th Percentile £645 £549 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - £27.38 £25.25
25th Percentile £34.25 £29.06 £25.64
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.00 £26.27
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% +14.20% +42.00%
75th Percentile £36.75 £35.94 £54.75
90th Percentile - £46.63 -
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 39,484 53,902 83,447
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.62% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,682 37,660 58,636
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,662 1,503 2,044
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.38 £15.76
Median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.44 £76.20 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Communications Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Communications Manager in the UK

Communications Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Communications Manager in the UK

Communications Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Communications Manager over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Communications Manager in the UK

Communications Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Communications Manager in the UK

Communications Manager
Top 8 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +116 45 £475 +5.56% 9
London +107 32 £431 -4.24% 5
UK excluding London +61 22 £475 +5.56% 4
Work from Home +125 20 £325 -28.57% 6
South East +17 12 £475 -7.77%
Scotland +43 9 £500 -
Midlands +27 1 - - 2
West Midlands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 featuring Communications Manager in the job title.

1 25 (44.64%) Social Skills
2 16 (28.57%) Marketing
3 15 (26.79%) Social Media
4 13 (23.21%) Degree
4 13 (23.21%) Microsoft
5 12 (21.43%) SharePoint
5 12 (21.43%) Telecoms
6 10 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (16.07%) Business Transformation
7 9 (16.07%) Budget Management
8 8 (14.29%) Workflow
8 8 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
8 8 (14.29%) Intranet
9 7 (12.50%) Storytelling
9 7 (12.50%) Public Sector
10 6 (10.71%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (10.71%) Analytics
10 6 (10.71%) Project Management
10 6 (10.71%) Finance
10 6 (10.71%) Photoshop
10 6 (10.71%) QA
11 5 (8.93%) Video Editing
11 5 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (8.93%) Content Management
11 5 (8.93%) CMS
11 5 (8.93%) Slack
11 5 (8.93%) Thought Leadership
11 5 (8.93%) Instagram
11 5 (8.93%) Channel Management

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 12 (21.43%) SharePoint
2 5 (8.93%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (10.71%) Photoshop
3 2 (3.57%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (1.79%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (1.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.79%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.79%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.93%) Slack
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.36%) Canva
3 3 (5.36%) Yammer
4 2 (3.57%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.29%) Intranet
2 2 (3.57%) Broadband
General
1 25 (44.64%) Social Skills
2 16 (28.57%) Marketing
3 12 (21.43%) Telecoms
4 7 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 6 (10.71%) Finance
5 6 (10.71%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (5.36%) Games
8 2 (3.57%) Advertising
8 2 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.57%) Law
8 2 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.79%) Legal
9 1 (1.79%) Multimedia
9 1 (1.79%) Police
9 1 (1.79%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) Flash
1 2 (3.57%) HTML
2 1 (1.79%) Tapestry
Miscellaneous
1 15 (26.79%) Social Media
2 5 (8.93%) Video Editing
3 4 (7.14%) Blog
4 3 (5.36%) Podcast
5 2 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.57%) Tandem
6 1 (1.79%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.79%) NHS
6 1 (1.79%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (16.07%) Budget Management
2 9 (16.07%) Business Transformation
3 8 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (14.29%) Workflow
4 7 (12.50%) Storytelling
5 6 (10.71%) Analytics
5 6 (10.71%) Project Management
6 5 (8.93%) Channel Management
6 5 (8.93%) Content Management
6 5 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (8.93%) Infographics
6 5 (8.93%) Thought Leadership
7 4 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (7.14%) Copywriting
7 4 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (5.36%) Actionable Insight
8 3 (5.36%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 3 (5.36%) Logistics
8 3 (5.36%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (23.21%) Degree
2 2 (3.57%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.79%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.71%) QA
2 1 (1.79%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.79%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 13 (23.21%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.93%) Instagram
3 4 (7.14%) Salesforce
4 3 (5.36%) Twitter
5 2 (3.57%) Facebook
5 2 (3.57%) Google
5 2 (3.57%) SAP
6 1 (1.79%) Adobe
6 1 (1.79%) TikTok