Communications Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - Communications
UK

The median Project Manager - Communications daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 591 688 853
Rank change year-on-year +97 +165 -135
Contract jobs requiring a Communications Project Manager 11 7 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.013% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.013% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile - - £501
25th Percentile £525 £405 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £424 £541
Median % change year-on-year +29.64% -21.62% +84.57%
75th Percentile £575 £483 £560
90th Percentile - £553 £566
UK excluding London median daily rate - £424 £513
% change year-on-year - -17.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £53.50
75th Percentile - - £54.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 - -

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 40,232 52,519 83,570
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 94.52% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,887 36,654 58,907
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,899 1,488 1,954
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.60
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.39 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.88 £65.75 £49.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.33 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +7.17%

Communications Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Communications Project Manager in the UK

Communications Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Communications Project Manager in the UK

Communications Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Communications Project Manager in the UK

Communications Project Manager
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Communications Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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 +99 11 £550 +29.64%
Work from Home +118 9 £550 +35.80%
London +91 8 £550 -
UK excluding London +40 3 - -
South East +11 2 - -
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -

Communications Project Manager Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Communications Project 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) QA
2 5 (45.45%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) Project Planning
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
4 2 (18.18%) Aerospace
4 2 (18.18%) Scrum
4 2 (18.18%) SQL
4 2 (18.18%) Python
4 2 (18.18%) PMI
4 2 (18.18%) Degree
4 2 (18.18%) Splunk
4 2 (18.18%) Agile Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) PMBOK
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
5 1 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
5 1 (9.09%) PMP
5 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
5 1 (9.09%) Military
5 1 (9.09%) Marketing

Communications Project 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:

General
1 2 (18.18%) Aerospace
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Marketing
2 1 (9.09%) Military
2 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) PMI
1 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) Project Management
2 3 (27.27%) Project Planning
3 2 (18.18%) Agile Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Scrum
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Python
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
1 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
2 1 (9.09%) PMP
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) QA
2 2 (18.18%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Splunk