Contract Management Contracts

Contract Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 418 480 614
Rank change year-on-year +62 +134 -69
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 175 235 253
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.39% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.43% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 138 176
10th Percentile £278 £399 £318
25th Percentile £408 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £671 £638
90th Percentile £773 £753 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -15.45% +4.76% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 8
10th Percentile - £26.21 -
25th Percentile - £32.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £47.63 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.51% +51.19% +28.57%
75th Percentile - £58.81 £37.44
90th Percentile - £61.88 £47.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £47.63 £28.50
% change year-on-year -26.51% +67.11% +18.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,683 54,210 80,866
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.32% 89.89% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,351 37,527 56,743
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.36%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,427 1,790 1,945
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.64 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.07 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.83% +86.50% -8.17%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Contract Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contract Management over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 23 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
England +61 151 £500 -9.09% 177
UK excluding London +43 98 £465 -15.45% 118
Work from Home +86 63 £500 -9.09% 69
London +61 60 £524 -4.69% 69
South East +17 31 £525 -4.11% 27
South West +28 19 £465 -15.45% 15
North of England +1 15 £500 -9.09% 39
Midlands +33 12 £500 -13.04% 12
West Midlands +36 11 £513 -10.87% 8
East of England +23 11 £318 -49.20% 12
North West -2 10 £550 - 22
Scotland +35 8 £550 +10.00% 6
Yorkshire +10 5 £420 -16.00% 9
Wales - 3 £625 - 3
East Midlands +17 1 £339 - 4

Contract Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.43%) SAS
2 3 (1.71%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.57%) CMS
3 1 (0.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (4.57%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.86%) Primavera
3 1 (0.57%) SAP CCM
3 1 (0.57%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.57%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.57%) SAP Retail
3 1 (0.57%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.29%) SaaS
2 3 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.14%) IaaS
3 2 (1.14%) PaaS
4 1 (0.57%) AWS
4 1 (0.57%) Azure
4 1 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.57%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.57%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.43%) 5G
2 3 (1.71%) Intranet
2 3 (1.71%) RTP
3 2 (1.14%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.57%) Broadband
4 1 (0.57%) Internet
4 1 (0.57%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.43%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (1.14%) MS Access
3 1 (0.57%) Big Data
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (1.14%) Hudson
2 1 (0.57%) JIRA
General
1 71 (40.57%) Finance
2 67 (38.29%) Social Skills
3 48 (27.43%) Public Sector
4 28 (16.00%) Legal
5 25 (14.29%) Telecoms
6 18 (10.29%) Influencing Skills
7 16 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (8.57%) Billing
9 14 (8.00%) Law
10 13 (7.43%) Banking
11 8 (4.57%) Local Government
12 5 (2.86%) Marketing
12 5 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.71%) Electronics
14 3 (1.71%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.71%) Retail
15 2 (1.14%) Back Office
15 2 (1.14%) Police
Job Titles
1 32 (18.29%) Project Manager
2 25 (14.29%) Commercial Manager
3 23 (13.14%) Contracts Manager
4 15 (8.57%) Procurement Manager
5 14 (8.00%) IT Manager
6 13 (7.43%) Lead
6 13 (7.43%) Senior
7 12 (6.86%) Senior Manager
8 9 (5.14%) Programme Manager
9 8 (4.57%) Analyst
9 8 (4.57%) Delivery Manager
9 8 (4.57%) Senior Project Manager
10 7 (4.00%) Consultant
10 7 (4.00%) Coordinator
10 7 (4.00%) Project Coordinator
10 7 (4.00%) Telecoms Manager
11 6 (3.43%) Network Manager
11 6 (3.43%) Supplier Manager
12 5 (2.86%) Contract Management Manager
12 5 (2.86%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.57%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.86%) Public Cloud
2 11 (6.29%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.43%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.71%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.14%) CMDB
5 2 (1.14%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.57%) Animation
6 1 (0.57%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.57%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.57%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.57%) Life Science
6 1 (0.57%) NHS
6 1 (0.57%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.57%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.57%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (28.00%) Agile
2 47 (26.86%) Project Management
3 37 (21.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (17.71%) Change Management
5 30 (17.14%) Decision-Making
6 27 (15.43%) PRINCE2
7 25 (14.29%) Project Delivery
8 21 (12.00%) Change Control
8 21 (12.00%) Contract Negotiation
9 17 (9.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (8.57%) Business Case
10 15 (8.57%) Performance Management
10 15 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (8.57%) Risk Management
11 14 (8.00%) Programme Management
12 13 (7.43%) Analytics
13 12 (6.86%) Line Management
13 12 (6.86%) Project Governance
13 12 (6.86%) Service Management
13 12 (6.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.43%) SQL
2 1 (0.57%) R
Qualifications
1 44 (25.14%) Security Cleared
2 31 (17.71%) SC Cleared
3 23 (13.14%) Degree
4 10 (5.71%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.29%) PMP
5 4 (2.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (1.71%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.57%) CISM
7 1 (0.57%) CISSP
7 1 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.57%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.57%) MBA
7 1 (0.57%) OCP
7 1 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.00%) SLA
2 10 (5.71%) PMO
3 4 (2.29%) QA
4 2 (1.14%) GRC
5 1 (0.57%) Government Security Classifications
Vendors
1 23 (13.14%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.43%) SAP
3 6 (3.43%) IFS
4 3 (1.71%) NEC
5 2 (1.14%) Ariba
5 2 (1.14%) Computacenter
6 1 (0.57%) BT
6 1 (0.57%) Oracle
6 1 (0.57%) Pegasus
6 1 (0.57%) ServiceNow