Contract Negotiation Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Contract Negotiation
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Contract Negotiation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 117 122
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 +63
Contract jobs citing Contract Negotiation 4 8 7
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.22% 0.40% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.44% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £551 £556 £543
25th Percentile £591 £618 £580
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £740 £656
Median % change year-on-year -15.54% +12.76% +14.13%
75th Percentile £647 £868 £730
90th Percentile £664 £932 £764
Central London median daily rate £625 £740 £656
% change year-on-year -15.54% +12.76% +14.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Contract Negotiation 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 1,654 1,823 2,200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.19% 92.07% 89.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,159 1,108 1,571
10th Percentile £348 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £685 £688
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £573
% change year-on-year -6.09% +0.44% -0.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 10
10th Percentile £20.18 £15.35 £17.00
25th Percentile £23.54 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £34.00 £40.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.05% +54.29% -30.46%
75th Percentile £42.65 £107.13 £44.56
90th Percentile £51.25 £129.85 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.34 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -24.74% +27.27% -21.43%

Contract Negotiation
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Contract Negotiation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Contract Negotiation job vacancy trend in the City of London

Contract Negotiation
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Contract Negotiation
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Contract Negotiation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Legal
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Procurement Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (25.00%) Data Enrichment
2 1 (25.00%) Indirect Procurement
2 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Software Licensing
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) IBM