Contract Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 303 340 409
Rank change year-on-year +37 +69 -37
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 100 118 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.48% 0.49% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.55% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 71 85
10th Percentile £207 £425 £333
25th Percentile £425 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.45% +4.76% +12.90%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £593
90th Percentile £660 £773 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +11.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 7
10th Percentile - £26.96 -
25th Percentile £35.00 £35.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £55.25 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.98% +93.86% +18.75%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £36.25
90th Percentile - £61.50 £37.85
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £55.25 £31.50
% change year-on-year -4.98% +75.40% +26.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,507 21,404 27,523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.71% 89.51% 89.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,460 14,856 19,229
10th Percentile £250 £256 £233
25th Percentile £378 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,060 1,308 1,363
10th Percentile £12.34 £11.00 £12.03
25th Percentile £15.19 £15.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.72 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Contract Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Contract Management in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Contract Management in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contract Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Management in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Contract Management in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Contract Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Contract Management in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
South East +13 33 £525 -7.08% 29
South West +29 21 £465 -17.33% 17
North of England -1 15 £500 -9.09% 48
West Midlands +22 11 £513 -10.87% 17
East of England +22 11 £318 -49.20% 11
Midlands +18 11 £513 -16.33% 25
North West -4 10 £550 - 27
Scotland +37 8 £550 +10.00% 9
Yorkshire +12 5 £420 -20.00% 15
Wales - 2 £813 - 4
Contract Management
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Contract Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (6.00%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (5.00%) Primavera
2 2 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.00%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.00%) SaaS
2 2 (2.00%) IaaS
2 2 (2.00%) PaaS
3 1 (1.00%) Azure
3 1 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.00%) 5G
2 1 (1.00%) Broadband
2 1 (1.00%) ISDN
2 1 (1.00%) PSTN
2 1 (1.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (1.00%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.00%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (2.00%) MS Access
3 1 (1.00%) Big Data
3 1 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (2.00%) Hudson
General
1 45 (45.00%) Finance
2 33 (33.00%) Social Skills
3 27 (27.00%) Public Sector
4 19 (19.00%) Telecoms
5 15 (15.00%) Billing
5 15 (15.00%) Legal
6 12 (12.00%) Banking
7 8 (8.00%) Law
8 7 (7.00%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (2.00%) Local Government
12 2 (2.00%) Marketing
13 1 (1.00%) Aerospace
13 1 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (1.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (18.00%) Contracts Manager
2 16 (16.00%) Commercial Manager
2 16 (16.00%) Project Manager
3 10 (10.00%) Lead
3 10 (10.00%) Senior
4 9 (9.00%) IT Manager
4 9 (9.00%) Senior Manager
5 8 (8.00%) Procurement Manager
5 8 (8.00%) Telecoms Manager
6 7 (7.00%) Senior Project Manager
7 6 (6.00%) Network Manager
8 5 (5.00%) Coordinator
8 5 (5.00%) Product Manager
8 5 (5.00%) Project Coordinator
9 4 (4.00%) Supplier Manager
10 3 (3.00%) Delivery Project Manager
10 3 (3.00%) IFS Developer
10 3 (3.00%) IT Project Manager
10 3 (3.00%) Procurement Specialist
10 3 (3.00%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.00%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.00%) Public Cloud
2 6 (6.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.00%) CMDB
4 2 (2.00%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.00%) Animation
5 1 (1.00%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (34.00%) Agile
2 23 (23.00%) Project Management
3 22 (22.00%) Decision-Making
4 16 (16.00%) Change Control
4 16 (16.00%) PRINCE2
5 14 (14.00%) Project Delivery
6 13 (13.00%) Change Management
6 13 (13.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (11.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (11.00%) Project Governance
8 9 (9.00%) Line Management
9 8 (8.00%) Analytics
9 8 (8.00%) Matrix Organization
9 8 (8.00%) PRINCE
10 7 (7.00%) Contract Negotiation
10 7 (7.00%) Data Security
10 7 (7.00%) Performance Management
10 7 (7.00%) Roadmaps
10 7 (7.00%) Service Delivery
10 7 (7.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (21.00%) SC Cleared
3 15 (15.00%) Degree
4 4 (4.00%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.00%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.00%) PMP
6 1 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.00%) SLA
2 6 (6.00%) PMO
3 2 (2.00%) GRC
3 2 (2.00%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (11.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.00%) IFS
3 3 (3.00%) SAP
4 2 (2.00%) NEC
5 1 (1.00%) Ariba
5 1 (1.00%) BT
5 1 (1.00%) Computacenter
5 1 (1.00%) Openreach
5 1 (1.00%) Oracle
5 1 (1.00%) ServiceNow