Contract Management Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Contract Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Contract Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 120 145
Rank change year-on-year +9 +25 +43
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 6 8 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.34% 0.38% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.41% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £418 - £397
25th Percentile £437 - £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £700 £531
Median % change year-on-year -30.36% +31.76% +93.18%
75th Percentile £522 - £567
90th Percentile £531 - £587
Central London median daily rate £488 £700 £531
% change year-on-year -30.36% +31.76% +93.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Contract Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,650 1,935 2,700
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.12% 91.92% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,221 1,867
10th Percentile £324 £375 £363
25th Percentile £415 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £701
90th Percentile £763 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 16
10th Percentile £17.08 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.75 £20.00 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.15 £27.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% +8.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £56.75 £82.19 £44.87
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -18.57% +34.62% -38.82%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Contract Management in the City of London

Contract Management
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Contract Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Contract Management

Contract Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Contract Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Contract Management

Contract Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP MDG
1 1 (16.67%) SAP MM
1 1 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (16.67%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Back Office
3 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Law
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Consultant
1 1 (16.67%) Contracts Manager
1 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
1 1 (16.67%) IT Procurement Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Lead
1 1 (16.67%) Market Data Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Procurement Consultant
1 1 (16.67%) Procurement Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Supplier Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Transformation Director
1 1 (16.67%) Vendor Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Business Case
2 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (16.67%) Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security
3 1 (16.67%) ITSM
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Adobe
2 1 (16.67%) Ariba
2 1 (16.67%) Bloomberg
2 1 (16.67%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Refinitiv
2 1 (16.67%) SAP