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Customer Administration Team Leader - Umbrella

Posted 3 days ago by Lorien


The Customer Administration Team Leader will oversee the team's workload and service delivery to clients within a leadin...

  • Rate Negotiable
  • Category Inside
  • Work type Onsite
  • Location Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Change and Engagement lead

Posted 4 days ago by Harvey Nash Plc


We are seeking a Change & Engagement Manager for an 8-month contract to support a major transformation programme in the...

  • Rate £500 per day
  • Category Undetermined
  • Work type Hybrid
  • Location Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Project Coordinator - UK

Posted 4 days ago by 83zero Limited


The role of Project Coordinator / Project Controller involves supporting the delivery of large-scale cyber security proj...

  • Rate £301 per day
  • Category Outside
  • Work type Remote
  • Location UK; London; Birmingham; Manchester; Glasgow; Liverpool; Leeds; Edinburgh; Bristol; Cardiff; Nottingham

Project Coordinator

Posted 6 days ago by 83zero Limited


The Project Coordinator / Project Controller role is focused on supporting the delivery of large-scale cyber security pr...

  • Rate £301 per day
  • Category Outside
  • Work type Remote
  • Location UK; London; Birmingham; Manchester; Glasgow; Liverpool; Leeds; Edinburgh; Bristol; Cardiff; Nottingham

Internal Communications Business Partner

Posted 7 days ago by Student Loans Company


The Internal Communications Business Partner at Student Loans Company is responsible for enhancing employee engagement t...

  • Rate £46,689 per year
  • Category Undetermined
  • Work type Undetermined
  • Location Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Senior Service & Product Designer

Posted 7 days ago by Bounteous


The Senior Service & Product Designer at Bounteous will lead the redesign of complex banking and financial services ecos...

  • Rate Negotiable
  • Category Undetermined
  • Work type Hybrid
  • Location Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Deputy Director (Methodology), Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition

Posted 1 week ago by University of Aberdeen


The role of Deputy Director (Methodology) within the Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT) involves providing...

  • Rate £67,468 per year
  • Category Undetermined
  • Work type Undetermined
  • Location Scotland; Glasgow; Edinburgh; Aberdeen; Perth; Dundee; Paisley; Inverness; Falkirk; Fife; Stirling

Web Content Designer

Posted 1 week ago by Harvey Nash


The Web Content Designer role in Glasgow involves creating, maintaining, and publishing web content that meets organizat...

  • Rate Negotiable
  • Category Undetermined
  • Work type Undetermined
  • Location Glasgow (G1)

Web Content Designer - Glasgow

Posted 1 week ago by Lorien


The Web Content Designer role in Glasgow involves creating, managing, and improving digital content across various websi...

  • Rate £250 per day
  • Category Inside
  • Work type Hybrid
  • Location Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Production Database Administrator

Posted 1 week ago by Police Scotland


The role of Production Database Administrator at Police Scotland involves participating in an upgrade project to enhance...

  • Rate £51,637 per year
  • Category Fixed-Term
  • Work type Undetermined
  • Location Dalmarnock, Glasgow (G40), G40 4EH

Payroll Change & Improvement Manager

Posted 2 weeks ago by Oakleaf Partnership


The Payroll Change & Improvement Manager will oversee payroll transformation initiatives on a 9-month contract, focusing...

  • Rate £850 per day
  • Category Undetermined
  • Work type Hybrid
  • Location Scotland; Glasgow; Edinburgh; Aberdeen; Perth; Dundee; Paisley; Inverness; Falkirk; Fife; Stirling

About Our Communications Contract Roles in Glasgow

What does a communications contractor do?

Organisations bring in Communications contractors to plan, create, and deliver internal and external communications across corporate, change, crisis, and stakeholder engagement programmes. The scope of work ranges from developing communications strategies and messaging frameworks through to writing and distributing content across channels including intranets, email campaigns, press releases, social media, and executive briefings. Communications contractors are widely used during organisational transformation programmes, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory change, and crisis response, where the volume and sensitivity of communications activity exceeds the capacity of in-house teams.

Effective communications contractors combine strong writing ability with strategic thinking and stakeholder management skills. The ability to translate complex or technical subject matter into clear, audience-appropriate messaging is the core competency. Experience with internal communications platforms such as SharePoint, Staffbase, or Poppulo is increasingly expected. For external communications roles, media relations experience and an established network of journalist contacts are valued. Senior contractors are expected to advise leadership teams on communications strategy, manage sensitive messaging around restructuring or regulatory issues, and coordinate across multiple workstreams and channels simultaneously.

What is the market like for communications contractors?

The market for Communications contractors is a broad and consistently active market, with demand spread across the public sector, financial services, healthcare, and large corporates undergoing change. Internal communications work dominates the contract market, driven by the volume of transformation, restructuring, and cultural change programmes that require dedicated communications support. Change communications is the single strongest sub-specialism, with contractors who can embed within programme teams and manage the people side of technology and organisational change in particularly high demand. External communications and PR contract roles tend to be shorter and more reactive, often arising around product launches, crisis situations, or regulatory announcements.

What is the contracting market like in Glasgow?

Several major banks, insurers, and asset managers run large processing, technology, and operational hubs in Glasgow, providing a reliable base of IT, data, and change delivery work. The NHS in Scotland and Glasgow City Council are among the largest public sector employers of contract resource in the region, and the technology community has expanded notably, with cloud engineering, data analytics, and development roles increasingly available through both established firms and newer entrants. Contractors based in central Scotland often treat Glasgow and Edinburgh as a combined market, and the two cities together approach the depth of a major English hub. The cost base for contractors living in Glasgow is significantly lower than Edinburgh or any English city of comparable opportunity, which makes effective take-home pay competitive despite headline rates sitting lower.

How much do communications contractors usually earn in Glasgow?

Contract rates for communications roles in Glasgow typically range from £315 to £585 per day, depending on the scope of the role, required expertise, and the delivery expectations of the engagement.

How many communications vacancies in Glasgow are there on Quality Contracts?

Over the past twelve months, we have tracked over 150 communications contract roles across the site, with Glasgow showing regular activity. Data reviewed up to June 2026.