Contract Management Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Contract Management
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Contract Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 56 101
Rank change year-on-year -37 +45 +26
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 9 28 8
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.56% 2.48% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 2.94% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 4
10th Percentile £300 £369 £286
25th Percentile £313 £400 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £329 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -40.23% +2.33% +59.26%
75th Percentile £339 £700 £656
90th Percentile £340 £800 £803
England median daily rate £500 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -8.26% -0.91% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 0
10th Percentile £21.96 £64.38 -
25th Percentile £28.97 £67.19 -
Median hourly rate £40.65 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -41.94% - -
75th Percentile £52.32 - -
90th Percentile £59.33 - -
England median hourly rate £64.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -1.54% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,353 953 1,450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.56% 84.26% 86.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 567 407 761
10th Percentile £198 £242 £225
25th Percentile £363 £340 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £681 £690 £710
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 186 349
10th Percentile £14.00 - £14.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.62 £15.00
Median hourly rate £20.72 £32.89 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.00% +49.50% -5.46%
75th Percentile £61.82 £67.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £82.25 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +25.00%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Contract Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Contract Management job vacancy trend in the East of England

Contract Management
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Contract Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Contract Management

Contract Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Contract Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Contract Management

Contract Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Contract Management in the East of England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Contract Management in the East of England

Contract Management
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Norfolk - 5 £320 - 1
Hertfordshire -22 2 £341 -38.00% 3
Bedfordshire -7 1 - - 4
Cambridgeshire -9 1 - - 4
Contract Management
England

Contract Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 5 (55.56%) Digital Health
2 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Finance
4 2 (22.22%) Electronics
4 2 (22.22%) Health Technology
4 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
4 2 (22.22%) Marketing
4 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
5 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
5 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Procurement Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Buyer
3 1 (11.11%) Commercial Contracts Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Commercial Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Commercial Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Contracts Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Project Portfolio Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) NHS
2 1 (11.11%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Contract Negotiation
3 2 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (22.22%) E-Procurement
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Change Control
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) Feasibility Study
4 1 (11.11%) Project Governance
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) MOS
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft