Contract Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Contract Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 544 739 823
Rank change year-on-year +195 +84 -57
Permanent jobs citing Contract Management 393 256 425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.25% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.26% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 209 92 235
10th Percentile £35,400 £35,689 £29,850
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,797 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,450 £54,377 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.65% -1.13% +15.79%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,625 £67,746
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £87,338
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,650 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.10% - +16.67%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,746 99,225 149,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,834 58,281 83,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Contract Management over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Contract Management within the UK 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +203 355 £57,500 +7.60% 213
UK excluding London +149 306 £54,650 +4.10% 143
Work from Home +163 168 £56,650 +10.00% 88
North of England +111 81 £58,750 +40.72% 48
South East +3 73 £55,500 +5.71% 30
London +102 69 £62,500 +4.17% 76
Midlands +58 67 £54,000 +35.00% 25
North West +54 51 £65,000 +4.00% 27
West Midlands +38 44 £54,650 +36.63% 17
East of England +52 37 £47,481 -36.69% 12
Yorkshire +90 26 £57,500 +40.24% 15
East Midlands - 23 £37,500 - 8
South West -7 18 £65,000 +77.32% 19
Scotland -56 18 £40,818 - 9
Northern Ireland - 8 £42,500 - 2
Wales +2 5 £57,450 -5.37% 4
North East -2 4 £35,000 -30.00% 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 21 (5.34%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.53%) IBM Notes
3 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.25%) CMS
Applications
1 128 (32.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (13.74%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (11.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (3.05%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.78%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.02%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (1.02%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 3 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.25%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.25%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.25%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 23 (5.85%) Power Platform
2 22 (5.60%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (3.82%) Azure
4 12 (3.05%) AWS
5 11 (2.80%) OneDrive
5 11 (2.80%) Power Automate
5 11 (2.80%) PowerApps
5 11 (2.80%) SaaS
5 11 (2.80%) ShareGate
6 3 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.25%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.25%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.25%) GCP
7 1 (0.25%) IaaS
7 1 (0.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.58%) Broadband
1 18 (4.58%) Internet
2 4 (1.02%) LAN
3 3 (0.76%) Firewall
4 2 (0.51%) Intranet
4 2 (0.51%) VPN
4 2 (0.51%) WAN
4 2 (0.51%) WLAN
5 1 (0.25%) ADSL
5 1 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.34%) Power BI
2 6 (1.53%) Tableau
3 3 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.51%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.25%) GIS
5 1 (0.25%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (0.51%) JIRA
General
1 194 (49.36%) Social Skills
2 186 (47.33%) Finance
3 86 (21.88%) Legal
4 56 (14.25%) Retail
5 52 (13.23%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (11.45%) Billing
7 41 (10.43%) Law
8 33 (8.40%) Telecoms
9 26 (6.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (6.62%) Pharmaceutical
10 24 (6.11%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (5.09%) Marketing
11 20 (5.09%) Public Sector
12 19 (4.83%) Aerospace
13 12 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.53%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.53%) Polish Language
16 5 (1.27%) Aviation
16 5 (1.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 51 (12.98%) Analyst
2 45 (11.45%) IT Manager
3 42 (10.69%) Project Manager
4 41 (10.43%) Quantity Surveyor
5 39 (9.92%) Contracts Manager
6 35 (8.91%) Senior
7 31 (7.89%) Commercial Manager
7 31 (7.89%) Lead
8 24 (6.11%) Procurement Manager
9 19 (4.83%) Category Manager
10 18 (4.58%) Financial Analyst
11 17 (4.33%) Senior Manager
12 14 (3.56%) Delivery Manager
12 14 (3.56%) IT Services Manager
12 14 (3.56%) Senior Project Manager
13 12 (3.05%) Infrastructure Manager
13 12 (3.05%) IT Procurement Manager
13 12 (3.05%) Senior Analyst
13 12 (3.05%) Senior Financial Analyst
14 11 (2.80%) IT Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.02%) EDI
2 1 (0.25%) IDoc
2 1 (0.25%) OpenAPI
2 1 (0.25%) SAP ALE
2 1 (0.25%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 66 (16.79%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (7.12%) Management Information System
3 18 (4.58%) Renewable Energy
4 16 (4.07%) Driving Licence
4 16 (4.07%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.05%) NHS
6 10 (2.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.78%) Freedom of Information
8 6 (1.53%) Culture of Ownership
8 6 (1.53%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.53%) Housing Association
8 6 (1.53%) Life Science
9 5 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.27%) FMCG
9 5 (1.27%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.51%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.51%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.51%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (26.46%) Project Management
2 87 (22.14%) Contract Negotiation
3 73 (18.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 70 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 61 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (13.99%) Supplier Management
7 52 (13.23%) Decision-Making
8 50 (12.72%) Project Delivery
9 49 (12.47%) Data Management
10 44 (11.20%) Agile
11 43 (10.94%) ITIL
12 35 (8.91%) Customer Service
12 35 (8.91%) Service Delivery
13 34 (8.65%) Risk Management
14 33 (8.40%) Change Control
15 31 (7.89%) Roadmaps
16 29 (7.38%) Logistics
17 28 (7.12%) Business Intelligence
18 27 (6.87%) Cost Reduction
19 26 (6.62%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.02%) SQL
2 1 (0.25%) ABAP
2 1 (0.25%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.25%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 105 (26.72%) Degree
2 43 (10.94%) ACCA
2 43 (10.94%) CIMA
3 25 (6.36%) Security Cleared
4 20 (5.09%) SC Cleared
5 18 (4.58%) Master's Degree
6 14 (3.56%) ITIL Certification
7 11 (2.80%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.53%) APMP
9 5 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (1.02%) HNC
11 3 (0.76%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.51%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.25%) CISM
13 1 (0.25%) CISSP
13 1 (0.25%) CITP
13 1 (0.25%) MBA
13 1 (0.25%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.56%) GDPR
2 13 (3.31%) SLA
3 7 (1.78%) ISO 9001
3 7 (1.78%) PMO
4 6 (1.53%) QA
5 4 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.51%) COBIT
6 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.51%) NEBOSH
6 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (3.31%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 84 (21.37%) Microsoft
2 50 (12.72%) SAP
3 48 (12.21%) NEC
4 41 (10.43%) Virgin Media
5 18 (4.58%) Openreach
6 11 (2.80%) Nintex
6 11 (2.80%) Oracle
7 8 (2.04%) VMware
8 7 (1.78%) Ariba
9 6 (1.53%) IBM
10 4 (1.02%) Computacenter
11 2 (0.51%) Cadence
11 2 (0.51%) OneTrust
12 1 (0.25%) Adobe
12 1 (0.25%) Cognos
12 1 (0.25%) Facebook
12 1 (0.25%) Google
12 1 (0.25%) Salesforce
12 1 (0.25%) Samsung
12 1 (0.25%) Talend