Contracts Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Contract Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Contract Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 688 726 834
Rank change year-on-year +38 +108 -152
Permanent jobs requiring a Contracts Manager 75 22 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.037% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.042% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 52 18 4
10th Percentile £52,000 £35,500 £44,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £37,416 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £44,666 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +45.53% -12.85% +14.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £49,042 £54,375
90th Percentile £85,000 £54,725 £55,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £44,666 £45,000
% change year-on-year +45.53% -0.74% -2.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,828 52,627 68,668
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.17% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 47,933 30,028 42,497
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Contracts Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Contracts Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Contracts Manager in the UK excluding London

Contracts Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Contracts Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Contracts Manager in the UK excluding London

Contracts Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Contracts Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Contracts Manager in the UK excluding London

Contracts Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Contracts Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +67 24 £80,000 +56.86% 16
North West +13 19 £80,000 +56.86% 6
South East +10 19 £57,684 +51.80% 20
East of England - 14 £67,500 - 11
Midlands - 12 £54,000 - 10
West Midlands - 6 £54,000 - 7
East Midlands - 6 £56,250 - 3
Yorkshire +77 5 £65,066 - 10
Wales +10 4 £57,450 +28.62%
Scotland -56 2 - - 3
Contracts Manager
UK

Contracts Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Contracts Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Contracts Manager in the job title.

1 45 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 37 (49.33%) Contract Management
3 23 (30.67%) Finance
4 21 (28.00%) Law
5 19 (25.33%) Degree
6 16 (21.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 16 (21.33%) Microsoft Excel
7 15 (20.00%) Microsoft
7 15 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
8 14 (18.67%) SAP
8 14 (18.67%) Aerospace
9 12 (16.00%) Project Management
10 11 (14.67%) Legal
10 11 (14.67%) Change Control
10 11 (14.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (13.33%) Software Licensing
11 10 (13.33%) Telecoms
11 10 (13.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
11 10 (13.33%) Pricing Strategy
11 10 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (10.67%) SC Cleared
12 8 (10.67%) Security Cleared
12 8 (10.67%) Public Sector
13 7 (9.33%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (9.33%) Commercial Awareness
13 7 (9.33%) Performance Management
14 6 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
15 5 (6.67%) ERP
15 5 (6.67%) Risk Management

Contracts Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 16 (21.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 16 (21.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.33%) WPA
General
1 45 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 23 (30.67%) Finance
3 21 (28.00%) Law
4 14 (18.67%) Aerospace
5 11 (14.67%) Legal
6 10 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (13.33%) Telecoms
7 8 (10.67%) Public Sector
8 7 (9.33%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (5.33%) Manufacturing
10 3 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (4.00%) Social Housing
11 2 (2.67%) Local Government
12 1 (1.33%) Banking
12 1 (1.33%) Billing
12 1 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.33%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (1.33%) Housing Association
2 1 (1.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (49.33%) Contract Management
2 15 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
3 12 (16.00%) Project Management
4 11 (14.67%) Change Control
4 11 (14.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (13.33%) Pricing Strategy
5 10 (13.33%) Software Licensing
6 7 (9.33%) Commercial Awareness
6 7 (9.33%) Performance Management
7 6 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (6.67%) ERP
8 5 (6.67%) Process Improvement
8 5 (6.67%) Risk Management
9 4 (5.33%) Asset Management
9 4 (5.33%) Process Management
9 4 (5.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (5.33%) Workflow
10 3 (4.00%) Coaching
10 3 (4.00%) Line Management
10 3 (4.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 19 (25.33%) Degree
2 8 (10.67%) SC Cleared
2 8 (10.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.33%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.33%) AAT
4 1 (1.33%) HNC
4 1 (1.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.33%) GDPR
1 1 (1.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 15 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (18.67%) SAP
3 5 (6.67%) Openreach
4 4 (5.33%) NEC