Contract Negotiation Contracts in England

Contract Negotiation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Contract Negotiation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Contract Negotiation 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 380 463 555
Rank change year-on-year +83 +92 +124
Contract jobs citing Contract Negotiation 105 79 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.43% 0.21% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.25% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 57 80
10th Percentile £300 £321 £363
25th Percentile £450 £388 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £637 £650
90th Percentile £688 £760 £714
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £43.00 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -57.00% - -
75th Percentile £62.56 - -
90th Percentile £70.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £100.00 £14.19
% change year-on-year -67.50% +604.97% -47.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 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 Negotiation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Contract Negotiation in England

Contract Negotiation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Contract Negotiation in England

Contract Negotiation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Contract Negotiation in England

Contract Negotiation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Contract Negotiation in England

Contract Negotiation
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Contract Negotiation in England

Contract Negotiation
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 Negotiation 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 +30 32 £540 +27.06% 346
South West +70 25 £650 - 71
South East +52 17 £540 -5.26% 159
North of England +20 14 £300 -40.68% 136
North West +16 10 £215 -54.97% 79
Midlands +19 7 - - 101
East of England +30 6 £625 +38.89% 70
East Midlands +10 6 - - 39
Yorkshire +11 4 £300 - 48
West Midlands +11 1 - - 53
Contract Negotiation
UK

Contract Negotiation
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 1 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 9 (8.57%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (7.62%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.90%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.95%) iTrent
2 1 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.76%) Azure
1 5 (4.76%) SaaS
2 4 (3.81%) GCP
3 3 (2.86%) AWS
3 3 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.95%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.95%) Google Workspace
4 1 (0.95%) IaaS
4 1 (0.95%) PaaS
4 1 (0.95%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.95%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.95%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.90%) Intranet
1 2 (1.90%) Network Security
1 2 (1.90%) Radio Access Network
1 2 (1.90%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.95%) Firewall
2 1 (0.95%) Internet
2 1 (0.95%) PBX
2 1 (0.95%) PSTN
2 1 (0.95%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.95%) BigQuery
1 1 (0.95%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (0.95%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.95%) Power BI
General
1 63 (60.00%) Finance
2 41 (39.05%) Social Skills
3 28 (26.67%) Legal
4 20 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (9.52%) Banking
5 10 (9.52%) Telecoms
6 9 (8.57%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (8.57%) Marketing
7 8 (7.62%) Manufacturing
8 6 (5.71%) Local Government
9 5 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (4.76%) Public Sector
10 4 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.86%) Back Office
11 3 (2.86%) French Language
11 3 (2.86%) Italian Language
11 3 (2.86%) Law
11 3 (2.86%) Spanish Language
12 2 (1.90%) Billing
Job Titles
1 20 (19.05%) Lead
2 13 (12.38%) Project Manager
3 11 (10.48%) Analyst
3 11 (10.48%) IT Manager
4 10 (9.52%) Business Analyst
5 8 (7.62%) Customer Executive
6 6 (5.71%) Procurement Manager
7 5 (4.76%) Data Business Analyst
7 5 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
7 5 (4.76%) Facilities Manager
7 5 (4.76%) Facilities Project Manager
8 4 (3.81%) Commercial Manager
8 4 (3.81%) Data Analyst
8 4 (3.81%) IT Procurement Manager
8 4 (3.81%) Senior
8 4 (3.81%) Service Delivery Manager
8 4 (3.81%) Service Manager
9 3 (2.86%) Architect
9 3 (2.86%) Programme Manager
9 3 (2.86%) Relationships Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.95%) Laravel
1 1 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.95%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 7 (6.67%) NHS
3 6 (5.71%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.86%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.90%) CCTV
5 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Licensing
6 1 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.95%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.95%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.95%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.95%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (26.67%) Contract Management
2 26 (24.76%) Project Management
3 18 (17.14%) Business Strategy
4 16 (15.24%) Decision-Making
5 15 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
6 14 (13.33%) Risk Management
6 14 (13.33%) Supplier Management
7 13 (12.38%) Business Development
7 13 (12.38%) Enterprise Architecture
7 13 (12.38%) Systems Engineering
7 13 (12.38%) Target Operating Model
8 12 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (11.43%) ITIL
9 11 (10.48%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 11 (10.48%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (9.52%) Service Delivery
10 10 (9.52%) Supplier Relationship Management
11 9 (8.57%) Cost Reduction
12 8 (7.62%) Business Case
12 8 (7.62%) Facilities Management
Qualifications
1 21 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 19 (18.10%) SC Cleared
3 17 (16.19%) Degree
4 5 (4.76%) HNC
5 4 (3.81%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.90%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.90%) MBA
7 1 (0.95%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.95%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.95%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.95%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.67%) GDPR
2 6 (5.71%) SLA
3 3 (2.86%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.90%) COBIT
4 2 (1.90%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.90%) NIST
4 2 (1.90%) PMO
4 2 (1.90%) QA
5 1 (0.95%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.95%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.95%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (0.95%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (0.95%) Kubeflow
1 1 (0.95%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (10.48%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.57%) Salesforce
3 5 (4.76%) SAP
4 4 (3.81%) Oracle
5 3 (2.86%) Google
6 1 (0.95%) Ariba
6 1 (0.95%) Aruba
6 1 (0.95%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.95%) Cisco
6 1 (0.95%) Databricks