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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 402 455 615
Rank change year-on-year +53 +160 -73
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 180 247 248
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.43% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.48% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 144 171
10th Percentile £283 £374 £323
25th Percentile £425 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.81%
75th Percentile £628 £664 £613
90th Percentile £771 £757 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -11.36% +4.76% +14.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 6
10th Percentile £35.00 £28.48 -
25th Percentile £43.75 £35.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% +42.86% +12.00%
75th Percentile - £60.00 £36.94
90th Percentile - £60.75 £52.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +75.00% +45.45% +14.58%

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 36,622 51,397 80,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.09% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,613 35,611 56,174
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £439 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,690 1,913
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.77 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%

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 20 May 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Contract Management over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 20 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
England +59 159 £500 -9.09% 215
UK excluding London +27 101 £488 -11.36% 150
Work from Home +77 62 £512 -6.97% 83
London +61 62 £523 -4.84% 76
South East +17 34 £500 -8.68% 35
South West +15 20 £465 -17.33% 19
North of England +1 15 £525 -4.55% 50
East of England +17 12 £350 -44.00% 9
West Midlands +18 11 £513 -10.87% 16
Midlands +6 11 £513 -16.33% 29
North West -7 9 £550 - 33
Scotland +40 8 £550 +0.69% 8
Yorkshire +12 5 £525 - 10
Wales - 2 £813 - 3
North East - 1 - - 7

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 (3.33%) SAS
2 4 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.56%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.78%) Primavera
1 5 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.56%) SAP CCM
2 1 (0.56%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.56%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.56%) SAP Retail
2 1 (0.56%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.22%) SaaS
2 3 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (1.67%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.11%) IaaS
3 2 (1.11%) PaaS
4 1 (0.56%) AWS
4 1 (0.56%) Azure
4 1 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.56%) Power Automate
4 1 (0.56%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.33%) 5G
2 3 (1.67%) RTP
3 2 (1.11%) Broadband
3 2 (1.11%) Intranet
3 2 (1.11%) ISDN
3 2 (1.11%) PSTN
3 2 (1.11%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.33%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (1.11%) MS Access
2 2 (1.11%) Power BI
3 1 (0.56%) Big Data
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (1.11%) Hudson
2 1 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 71 (39.44%) Finance
2 66 (36.67%) Social Skills
3 51 (28.33%) Public Sector
4 29 (16.11%) Telecoms
5 27 (15.00%) Legal
6 18 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (6.67%) Law
8 7 (3.89%) Banking
8 7 (3.89%) Billing
8 7 (3.89%) Local Government
9 5 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.67%) Electronics
11 3 (1.67%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.67%) Marketing
11 3 (1.67%) Retail
12 2 (1.11%) Police
13 1 (0.56%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 34 (18.89%) Project Manager
2 18 (10.00%) IT Manager
2 18 (10.00%) Senior
3 17 (9.44%) Commercial Manager
3 17 (9.44%) Contracts Manager
4 15 (8.33%) Procurement Manager
4 15 (8.33%) Senior Manager
5 13 (7.22%) Lead
6 10 (5.56%) Analyst
6 10 (5.56%) Senior Project Manager
6 10 (5.56%) Telecoms Manager
7 9 (5.00%) Delivery Manager
8 8 (4.44%) Programme Manager
9 7 (3.89%) Consultant
9 7 (3.89%) Coordinator
9 7 (3.89%) Project Coordinator
10 6 (3.33%) Network Manager
10 6 (3.33%) Supplier Manager
11 5 (2.78%) Procurement Specialist
11 5 (2.78%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.56%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (2.22%) Public Cloud
3 4 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.67%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.11%) CMDB
5 2 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.11%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.11%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.56%) Animation
6 1 (0.56%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.56%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.56%) Life Science
6 1 (0.56%) Tandem
6 1 (0.56%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (26.67%) Project Management
2 43 (23.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 40 (22.22%) Agile
4 37 (20.56%) Change Management
5 26 (14.44%) PRINCE2
6 25 (13.89%) Decision-Making
7 24 (13.33%) Project Delivery
8 21 (11.67%) Performance Management
9 20 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
10 18 (10.00%) Business Case
11 15 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (7.78%) Change Control
12 14 (7.78%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (7.78%) Project Governance
12 14 (7.78%) Risk Management
12 14 (7.78%) Service Delivery
12 14 (7.78%) Service Management
13 13 (7.22%) Analytics
13 13 (7.22%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.33%) SQL
2 1 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 48 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 35 (19.44%) SC Cleared
3 21 (11.67%) Degree
4 10 (5.56%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.11%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.11%) PMP
7 1 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.56%) OCP
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.11%) PMO
2 6 (3.33%) SLA
3 5 (2.78%) QA
4 2 (1.11%) GRC
5 1 (0.56%) Government Security Classifications
Systems Management
1 1 (0.56%) Autotask
Vendors
1 23 (12.78%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.67%) SAP
3 6 (3.33%) IFS
4 5 (2.78%) NEC
5 2 (1.11%) Ariba
5 2 (1.11%) BT
5 2 (1.11%) Computacenter
5 2 (1.11%) Openreach
5 2 (1.11%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle
6 1 (0.56%) Salesforce