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Tenure Pay Index, Marketing & Communications

Marketing & Communications pay in the Gulf, every number with a paper trail.

Verified compensation across marketing & communications in the Gulf. Built from primary sources, refreshed every quarter.

150 verified sourcesRefreshed last month

Calibrated pay

What Marketing & Communications pays, from the market floor to the top.

The calibrated base range for every level, from floor to mid to top, split three ways by employer calibre: Standard, Strong, and Exceptional. It shows where pay sits, not a rating of any person. Base salary only.

Brand & Marketing

Marketing & Communications Brand & Marketing calibrated base-pay range (floor, median, top) by employer-calibre tier (Standard, Strong, Exceptional), UAE
LevelStandardStrongExceptional
Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)33 verified sources
Marketing Director / Head of Marketing8 verified sources
Senior Marketing / Product Manager12 verified sources
Marketing Manager15 verified sources
Brand / Marketing Specialist30 verified sources
Marketing Executive10 verified sources

Digital & Performance

Marketing & Communications Digital & Performance calibrated base-pay range (floor, median, top) by employer-calibre tier (Standard, Strong, Exceptional), UAE
LevelStandardStrongExceptional
Head of Digital / Growth11 verified sources
Senior Digital / Growth Manager6 verified sources
Digital Marketing Manager10 verified sources
Digital / Performance Specialist14 verified sources
Digital / Performance Executive18 verified sources

Communications & PR

Marketing & Communications Communications & PR calibrated base-pay range (floor, median, top) by employer-calibre tier (Standard, Strong, Exceptional), UAE
LevelStandardStrongExceptional
Communications Director / Head of Comms10 verified sources
Senior Communications Manager4 verified sources
Communications / PR Manager6 verified sources
PR / Comms Officer4 verified sources
PR / Comms Executive3 verified sources

The calibrated ranges are part of Tenure Pro. Unlock the full base range, floor to median to top, for every rung across Standard, Strong, and Exceptional, with source counts, in UAE and Saudi.

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Monthly base salary. Calibrated from Tenure’s verified pay data, refreshed quarterly. Bonus and allowances are not included.

Market movement · Marketing & Communications

How pay in this sector moved into the latest edition

Comparable series means the same role in the same independent survey edition, year to year. Reprinted, unchanged tables count as series but never as movement. A market shows a figure only where its own measured series support one. The figures below compare the latest edition against the previous comparable one. The history chart covers the earlier years behind the bands.

  • UAE

    Not enough of these editions repeat the same role year to year to report a move into the latest edition.

    History: 2022 to 2025 across 52 observed points from independent survey editions.

  • Saudi Arabia

    Across 9 comparable survey series into 2026, 3 moved. Typical move: +3.8%.

    History: 2022 to 2025 across 28 observed points from independent survey editions.

The year-by-year history chart is a Pro feature: UAE median pay 2022 to 2025 and Saudi Arabia median pay 2022 to 2025, one dot per year, from the same editions behind the Pay Index. Unlock with Tenure Pro

Year-by-year marketing & communications salary trends

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