Contract Management Contracts in England

Contract Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Contract Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Contract Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 325 387 444
Rank change year-on-year +62 +57 +150
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 163 156 214
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.67% 0.42% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.48% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 94 123
10th Percentile £300 £275 £414
25th Percentile £400 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £620 £647 £658
90th Percentile £734 £773 £748
UK median daily rate £535 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 6
10th Percentile £15.38 - £26.21
25th Percentile £23.48 - £32.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £47.63
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -26.51% +51.19%
75th Percentile £70.00 £52.50 £58.81
90th Percentile - £63.00 £61.88
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £47.63
% change year-on-year -14.29% -26.51% +51.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Contract Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Contract Management in England

Contract Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Contract Management in England

Contract Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contract Management in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Management in England

Contract Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Contract Management in England

Contract Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Contract Management in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Contract Management in England

Contract Management
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +28 52 £550 +5.09% 124
South East +52 39 £540 -1.82% 64
Midlands +35 24 £438 -14.54% 50
North of England +26 22 £329 -34.20% 55
North West +21 14 £367 -33.27% 35
West Midlands +17 14 £400 -21.95% 32
East of England +32 13 £550 +73.23% 21
South West +33 8 £450 -3.23% 32
East Midlands - 8 £900 - 14
Yorkshire +10 7 £300 -28.57% 13
North East - 1 £250 - 7
Contract Management
UK

Contract Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 12 (7.36%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.84%) Confluence
3 1 (0.61%) Mattermost
Applications
1 9 (5.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (5.52%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.45%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.84%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.84%) SAP LE
3 3 (1.84%) SAP WM
4 2 (1.23%) NEC Housing
4 2 (1.23%) OPENHousing
4 2 (1.23%) SAP MM
4 2 (1.23%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.61%) Maximo
5 1 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.61%) SAP CCM
5 1 (0.61%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.61%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.61%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.61%) SAP SRM
5 1 (0.61%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (6.75%) Azure
2 8 (4.91%) Power Platform
3 7 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.07%) SaaS
5 3 (1.84%) Smartsheet
6 2 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.23%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.61%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.61%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.61%) IaaS
7 1 (0.61%) PaaS
7 1 (0.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.61%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.13%) Firewall
2 6 (3.68%) Internet
2 6 (3.68%) Network Security
2 6 (3.68%) VPN
3 2 (1.23%) Intranet
3 2 (1.23%) Wireless
4 1 (0.61%) PBX
4 1 (0.61%) PPP
4 1 (0.61%) PSTN
4 1 (0.61%) Skype
4 1 (0.61%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.61%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.91%) Power BI
2 3 (1.84%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.61%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.61%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (3.07%) JIRA
2 1 (0.61%) GitLab
General
1 65 (39.88%) Finance
2 48 (29.45%) Social Skills
3 29 (17.79%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (17.79%) Legal
4 25 (15.34%) Public Sector
5 17 (10.43%) Telecoms
6 16 (9.82%) Banking
6 16 (9.82%) Local Government
7 9 (5.52%) Law
8 8 (4.91%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (4.29%) Manufacturing
10 6 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (3.68%) Marketing
10 6 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (2.45%) Billing
12 4 (2.45%) Military
13 3 (1.84%) Electronics
14 2 (1.23%) Back Office
14 2 (1.23%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 29 (17.79%) Project Manager
2 27 (16.56%) Senior
3 20 (12.27%) IT Manager
4 18 (11.04%) Lead
5 16 (9.82%) Senior Manager
6 15 (9.20%) Analyst
7 12 (7.36%) Commercial Manager
8 11 (6.75%) Service Manager
9 9 (5.52%) Consultant
9 9 (5.52%) IT Services Manager
10 7 (4.29%) Procurement Manager
11 6 (3.68%) Business Analyst
11 6 (3.68%) Senior Service Manager
12 5 (3.07%) Commercial Analyst
12 5 (3.07%) Senior IT Manager
12 5 (3.07%) Supplier Manager
13 4 (2.45%) Contracts Manager
13 4 (2.45%) Payments Project Manager
13 4 (2.45%) Procurement Analyst
13 4 (2.45%) Relationships Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.45%) Oracle Fusion
1 4 (2.45%) SAP PI
2 2 (1.23%) Middleware
3 1 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.61%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.75%) Management Information System
2 8 (4.91%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.68%) Product Ownership
3 6 (3.68%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (3.07%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.84%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.23%) Housing Association
6 2 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.61%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.61%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.61%) Life Science
7 1 (0.61%) NHS
7 1 (0.61%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.84%) Windows
2 2 (1.23%) Unix
3 1 (0.61%) Linux
3 1 (0.61%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (29.45%) Project Management
2 42 (25.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 39 (23.93%) Risk Management
4 28 (17.18%) Contract Negotiation
5 25 (15.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (15.34%) Supplier Management
6 22 (13.50%) Agile
7 18 (11.04%) Service Delivery
8 17 (10.43%) Change Management
9 16 (9.82%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (9.82%) Supplier Relationship Management
10 15 (9.20%) ITIL
11 14 (8.59%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (8.59%) PRINCE2
11 14 (8.59%) Project Delivery
12 13 (7.98%) Budgeting
12 13 (7.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 12 (7.36%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (7.36%) Decision-Making
14 11 (6.75%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.61%) Apex Code
1 1 (0.61%) Bash
1 1 (0.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (13.50%) Security Cleared
2 20 (12.27%) Degree
3 17 (10.43%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.68%) Master's Degree
4 6 (3.68%) PMI Certification
5 5 (3.07%) PMP
6 3 (1.84%) ACCA
6 3 (1.84%) CIMA
6 3 (1.84%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (1.23%) APMP
7 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.23%) CCSP
7 2 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.23%) CISSP
7 2 (1.23%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (1.23%) ISEB
8 1 (0.61%) MRICS
8 1 (0.61%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.29%) Data Quality
1 7 (4.29%) PMO
1 7 (4.29%) SLA
2 4 (2.45%) GDPR
2 4 (2.45%) QA
3 2 (1.23%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.61%) MiFID
4 1 (0.61%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (1.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.23%) CASB
3 1 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.61%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (14.11%) Microsoft
2 19 (11.66%) SAP
3 13 (7.98%) Oracle
4 7 (4.29%) NEC
5 6 (3.68%) Ariba
6 5 (3.07%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.45%) Cisco
8 3 (1.84%) IFS
9 2 (1.23%) Capita
9 2 (1.23%) Civica
9 2 (1.23%) Northgate
9 2 (1.23%) TOWER Software
9 2 (1.23%) Workday
10 1 (0.61%) Apple
10 1 (0.61%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.61%) Concur
10 1 (0.61%) DocuSign
10 1 (0.61%) ESET
10 1 (0.61%) Google
10 1 (0.61%) IBM