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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 323 383 427
Rank change year-on-year +60 +44 +156
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 144 159 217
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.60% 0.44% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.51% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 96 124
10th Percentile £294 £275 £400
25th Percentile £375 £422 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £652
90th Percentile £700 £768 £757
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +2.50% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 9
10th Percentile £15.38 £35.00 £28.48
25th Percentile £23.48 £43.75 £35.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £70.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.14% +75.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £55.00 - £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 - £60.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £70.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -57.14% +75.00% +42.86%

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 21,900 31,359 43,239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.28% 86.26% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,297 20,563 30,348
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £767
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 932 2,244 1,528
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.47 £16.00 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.77
Median % change year-on-year -21.23% -0.73% +47.08%
75th Percentile £61.69 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.27 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.81% +0.76% +40.19%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +24 46 £525 +1.12% 118
South East +43 30 £506 +1.25% 44
Midlands +26 23 £400 -20.00% 35
North of England +25 22 £358 -31.81% 32
North West +18 15 £367 -33.27% 22
West Midlands +16 14 £400 -20.00% 23
East of England +25 11 £638 +82.14% 14
South West +21 7 £338 -27.42% 18
East Midlands - 7 £613 - 10
Yorkshire +10 6 £300 -42.86% 9
North East +3 1 £250 - 1
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 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.39%) Confluence
3 1 (0.69%) Mattermost
Applications
1 11 (7.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.86%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.47%) Oracle ERP
1 5 (3.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.08%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.39%) NEC Housing
3 2 (1.39%) OPENHousing
3 2 (1.39%) SAP LE
3 2 (1.39%) SAP MM
3 2 (1.39%) SAP WM
3 2 (1.39%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.69%) Maximo
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.69%) SAP CCM
4 1 (0.69%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.69%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.69%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.69%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.25%) Azure
2 8 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (5.56%) Power Platform
3 7 (4.86%) SaaS
4 3 (2.08%) Smartsheet
5 2 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.39%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.69%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.69%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.69%) IaaS
6 1 (0.69%) PaaS
6 1 (0.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (0.69%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.56%) Firewall
2 6 (4.17%) Internet
2 6 (4.17%) Network Security
2 6 (4.17%) VPN
3 2 (1.39%) Intranet
3 2 (1.39%) Wireless
4 1 (0.69%) PBX
4 1 (0.69%) PPP
4 1 (0.69%) PSTN
4 1 (0.69%) Skype
4 1 (0.69%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.69%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.56%) Power BI
2 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (0.69%) GIS
2 1 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (2.78%) JIRA
2 1 (0.69%) GitLab
General
1 57 (39.58%) Finance
2 43 (29.86%) Social Skills
3 29 (20.14%) Legal
4 27 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (13.89%) Public Sector
6 12 (8.33%) Banking
6 12 (8.33%) Telecoms
7 10 (6.94%) Local Government
8 9 (6.25%) Law
9 7 (4.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (4.86%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (2.78%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.78%) Marketing
12 4 (2.78%) Military
13 3 (2.08%) Billing
14 2 (1.39%) Back Office
14 2 (1.39%) Italian Language
15 1 (0.69%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 24 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 22 (15.28%) Senior
3 19 (13.19%) IT Manager
4 15 (10.42%) Senior Manager
5 13 (9.03%) Analyst
5 13 (9.03%) Lead
6 12 (8.33%) Commercial Manager
7 11 (7.64%) Service Manager
8 9 (6.25%) IT Services Manager
9 6 (4.17%) Business Analyst
9 6 (4.17%) Procurement Manager
9 6 (4.17%) Senior Service Manager
10 5 (3.47%) Commercial Analyst
10 5 (3.47%) Commercial Officer
10 5 (3.47%) Consultant
10 5 (3.47%) Senior IT Manager
10 5 (3.47%) Senior Project Manager
11 4 (2.78%) Business Manager
11 4 (2.78%) Payments Project Manager
11 4 (2.78%) Procurement Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.08%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (2.08%) SAP PI
2 2 (1.39%) Middleware
3 1 (0.69%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.69%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.86%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.86%) Product Ownership
4 6 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (2.08%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.39%) Housing Association
6 2 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.69%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.69%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.69%) Life Science
7 1 (0.69%) NHS
7 1 (0.69%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.69%) Linux
1 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
1 1 (0.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (29.17%) Project Management
2 39 (27.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 28 (19.44%) Risk Management
4 25 (17.36%) Contract Negotiation
5 24 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (14.58%) Supplier Management
7 20 (13.89%) Agile
8 17 (11.81%) Service Delivery
9 16 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (9.72%) ITIL
11 13 (9.03%) Budgeting
11 13 (9.03%) Change Management
11 13 (9.03%) PRINCE2
12 12 (8.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 11 (7.64%) Cybersecurity
13 11 (7.64%) Decision-Making
13 11 (7.64%) Supplier Relationship Management
14 10 (6.94%) Analytics
14 10 (6.94%) Disaster Recovery
14 10 (6.94%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.69%) Apex Code
1 1 (0.69%) Bash
1 1 (0.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (13.89%) Security Cleared
2 17 (11.81%) Degree
3 15 (10.42%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.86%) PMI Certification
5 6 (4.17%) PMP
6 4 (2.78%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.08%) ACCA
7 3 (2.08%) CIMA
7 3 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (2.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.39%) APMP
8 2 (1.39%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (1.39%) ISEB
9 1 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.69%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.69%) MAPM
9 1 (0.69%) MRICS
9 1 (0.69%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.69%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.25%) PMO
2 7 (4.86%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.86%) SLA
3 4 (2.78%) GDPR
3 4 (2.78%) QA
4 2 (1.39%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.69%) GRC
5 1 (0.69%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.69%) MiFID
5 1 (0.69%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (1.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.69%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.03%) SAP
3 8 (5.56%) Oracle
4 6 (4.17%) NEC
5 5 (3.47%) Ariba
5 5 (3.47%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.78%) Cisco
7 3 (2.08%) IFS
8 2 (1.39%) Capita
8 2 (1.39%) Civica
8 2 (1.39%) Northgate
8 2 (1.39%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.39%) Workday
9 1 (0.69%) Adobe
9 1 (0.69%) Apple
9 1 (0.69%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.69%) Conga
9 1 (0.69%) Google
9 1 (0.69%) IBM
9 1 (0.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud