Contract Management Contracts in the South West

Contract Management
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Contract Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Contract Management over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 164 163
Rank change year-on-year +35 -1 -35
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 19 12 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.59% 0.32% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.36% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 9
10th Percentile £344 £390 £435
25th Percentile £454 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.45% +22.22% -7.93%
75th Percentile - £600 £593
90th Percentile £510 £639 £596
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Contract Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,656 3,341 3,338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.13% 89.79% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,749 2,455 2,344
10th Percentile £225 £305 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +6.38%
75th Percentile £630 £639 £588
90th Percentile £706 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 355 186
10th Percentile £13.80 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £25.00 £18.25 £16.76
Median hourly rate £47.50 £61.50 £47.89
Median % change year-on-year -22.76% +28.43% +6.41%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.30 £63.71
90th Percentile £77.50 £82.99 £69.05
England median hourly rate £34.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -9.33% +56.25% -

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Contract Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Contract Management in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Contract Management in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contract Management in the South West over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Management in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Contract Management in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Contract Management within the South West region over the 6 months to 16 April 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
Devon - 10 £465 - 1
Bristol +12 5 £525 -6.67% 5
Somerset +4 1 - - 2
Wiltshire +4 1 £200 -66.94% 2
Gloucestershire - 1 - - 4
Contract Management
England

Contract Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Primavera
General
1 13 (68.42%) Social Skills
2 12 (63.16%) Public Sector
3 6 (31.58%) Finance
4 3 (15.79%) Banking
4 3 (15.79%) Billing
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Legal
5 1 (5.26%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Project Manager
2 6 (31.58%) Senior
2 6 (31.58%) Senior Manager
2 6 (31.58%) Senior Project Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Commercial Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Contract Management Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Contracts Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Delivery Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Category Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Coordinator
4 1 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.26%) ERP Manager
4 1 (5.26%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.26%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Procurement Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Procurement Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Public Cloud
2 1 (5.26%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Agile
2 10 (52.63%) Project Governance
3 8 (42.11%) PRINCE2
3 8 (42.11%) Project Delivery
4 7 (36.84%) Project Management
4 7 (36.84%) Software Engineering
5 6 (31.58%) PRINCE
6 5 (26.32%) Decision-Making
6 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (15.79%) Change Control
8 2 (10.53%) Change Management
8 2 (10.53%) Coaching
8 2 (10.53%) Project Planning
9 1 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (5.26%) ERP
9 1 (5.26%) People Management
9 1 (5.26%) Risk Management
9 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Identification
9 1 (5.26%) Validation
9 1 (5.26%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) Security Cleared
2 8 (42.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (5.26%) Degree
4 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) SLA
2 1 (5.26%) PMO
2 1 (5.26%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft