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

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 461 546
Rank change year-on-year +86 +85 +130
Contract jobs citing Contract Negotiation 95 83 100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.40% 0.23% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.26% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 57 83
10th Percentile £300 £321 £369
25th Percentile £450 £388 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £618 £650
90th Percentile £730 £693 £710
UK median daily rate £628 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +25.50% -9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £46.00 - -
25th Percentile £51.75 - -
Median hourly rate £56.75 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -43.25% - -
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile £72.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £56.75 £100.00 -
% change year-on-year -43.25% - -

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 21,765 31,482 43,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 85.95% 90.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,187 20,630 30,308
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £411 £413 £446
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 £768
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 940 2,281 1,520
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.84 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.00 £15.80
Median hourly rate £28.00 £36.50 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year -23.29% -2.46% +49.68%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.02 £36.40
% change year-on-year -23.66% -1.02% +41.73%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +44 34 £575 +35.29% 329
South West +71 27 £650 - 17
South East +46 10 £504 -11.62% 59
Midlands +10 7 £413 -22.75% 21
North of England +7 7 £220 -56.50% 54
East of England +30 6 £625 +82.48% 19
North West -3 5 £215 -54.97% 37
West Midlands +5 4 £413 -21.43% 14
East Midlands +1 3 - - 7
Yorkshire +12 2 £300 - 16
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 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 9 (9.47%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.11%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.05%) iTrent
2 1 (1.05%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.05%) SAP R/3
2 1 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.05%) Shopify
2 1 (1.05%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.37%) Azure
1 7 (7.37%) SaaS
2 5 (5.26%) AWS
2 5 (5.26%) GCP
3 3 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (1.05%) BigCommerce
4 1 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.05%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.05%) IaaS
4 1 (1.05%) PaaS
4 1 (1.05%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.05%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.05%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.11%) Intranet
1 2 (2.11%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.05%) 4G
2 1 (1.05%) 5G
2 1 (1.05%) Firewall
2 1 (1.05%) Internet
2 1 (1.05%) LTE
2 1 (1.05%) PBX
2 1 (1.05%) PPP
2 1 (1.05%) PSTN
2 1 (1.05%) TETRA
2 1 (1.05%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.05%) BigQuery
1 1 (1.05%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (1.05%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.05%) Power BI
General
1 58 (61.05%) Finance
2 36 (37.89%) Social Skills
3 33 (34.74%) Legal
4 16 (16.84%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (9.47%) Marketing
6 8 (8.42%) Banking
6 8 (8.42%) Manufacturing
7 7 (7.37%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (7.37%) Telecoms
8 6 (6.32%) Public Sector
9 4 (4.21%) Law
9 4 (4.21%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (3.16%) Back Office
10 3 (3.16%) Billing
10 3 (3.16%) Military
10 3 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (2.11%) Aviation
12 1 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (1.05%) Investment Banking
12 1 (1.05%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 21 (22.11%) Lead
2 10 (10.53%) IT Manager
3 8 (8.42%) Analyst
3 8 (8.42%) Customer Executive
3 8 (8.42%) Project Manager
4 7 (7.37%) Procurement Manager
5 5 (5.26%) Business Analyst
5 5 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
5 5 (5.26%) IT Procurement Manager
6 4 (4.21%) Commercial Manager
6 4 (4.21%) Programme Manager
6 4 (4.21%) Senior
6 4 (4.21%) Service Delivery Manager
6 4 (4.21%) Service Manager
7 3 (3.16%) Architect
7 3 (3.16%) Commercial Project Manager
7 3 (3.16%) Data Business Analyst
7 3 (3.16%) Telecoms Manager
8 2 (2.11%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 2 (2.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.05%) Laravel
1 1 (1.05%) OAuth
1 1 (1.05%) OpenID
1 1 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.05%) SailPoint
1 1 (1.05%) SAML
1 1 (1.05%) VML
1 1 (1.05%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.79%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.32%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.11%) CCTV
3 2 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Licensing
3 2 (2.11%) NHS
4 1 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.05%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.05%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.05%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.05%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.05%) Legacy Code
4 1 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.05%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (25.26%) Contract Management
2 19 (20.00%) Project Management
3 18 (18.95%) Business Strategy
3 18 (18.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
4 15 (15.79%) Decision-Making
5 13 (13.68%) Enterprise Architecture
5 13 (13.68%) Supplier Management
5 13 (13.68%) Systems Engineering
5 13 (13.68%) Target Operating Model
6 11 (11.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (11.58%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 10 (10.53%) Business Development
7 10 (10.53%) Risk Management
8 8 (8.42%) Business Case
8 8 (8.42%) ITIL
8 8 (8.42%) Service Delivery
9 7 (7.37%) Programme Management
9 7 (7.37%) Roadmaps
9 7 (7.37%) Supplier Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 21 (22.11%) Security Cleared
2 19 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 14 (14.74%) Degree
4 4 (4.21%) Master's Degree
5 3 (3.16%) PMP
6 2 (2.11%) CISSP
6 2 (2.11%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.11%) MBA
6 2 (2.11%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.05%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.05%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.05%) CISM
7 1 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.32%) GDPR
2 5 (5.26%) SLA
3 3 (3.16%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.16%) HIPAA
3 3 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.11%) PMO
4 2 (2.11%) QA
5 1 (1.05%) GRC
5 1 (1.05%) ISO 14001
5 1 (1.05%) ISO 22301
5 1 (1.05%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.05%) NIST
5 1 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (1.05%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (1.05%) Kubeflow
1 1 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (1.05%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (10.53%) Salesforce
2 8 (8.42%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.32%) SAP
4 3 (3.16%) Google
5 1 (1.05%) Adobe
5 1 (1.05%) Ariba
5 1 (1.05%) Aruba
5 1 (1.05%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.05%) Cisco
5 1 (1.05%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.05%) Databricks
5 1 (1.05%) NEC
5 1 (1.05%) Oracle
5 1 (1.05%) Sitecore
5 1 (1.05%) Workday