Contracts Manager Contracts in England

Contract Manager
UK > England

The median Contract Manager daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 445 424 535
Rank change year-on-year -21 +111 +113
Contract jobs requiring a Contracts Manager 40 118 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.32% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.34% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 90 85
10th Percentile £398 £324 £361
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £560 £745 £740
90th Percentile £604 - £745
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £60.13
25th Percentile - - £60.31
Median hourly rate - - £61.25
75th Percentile - - £62.81
90th Percentile - - £63.38
UK median hourly rate - - £61.25

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Contracts Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Contracts Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Contracts Manager in England

Contracts Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Contracts Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Contracts Manager in England

Contracts Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Contracts Manager in England

Contracts Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Contracts Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Contracts Manager in England

Contracts Manager
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 Contracts Manager 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 -14 19 £525 -22.22% 11
North of England +12 7 £425 -15.00% 5
Yorkshire +7 6 £425 -22.73% 2
South East +41 5 £540 +13.68% 7
South West +39 5 £391 -5.33% 3
Midlands +24 4 £475 -7.32% 3
West Midlands +15 3 £463 -9.76% 3
North West +11 1 £475 +16.92% 3
East Midlands - 1 £475 -
Contracts Manager
UK

Contracts Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Contracts Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Contracts Manager in the job title.

1 14 (35.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (32.50%) SC Cleared
3 12 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (27.50%) Public Sector
5 10 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 8 (20.00%) Agile
7 7 (17.50%) Finance
8 6 (15.00%) Customer Service
8 6 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (15.00%) ServiceNow
9 5 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (12.50%) SIAM
9 5 (12.50%) Risk Management
9 5 (12.50%) Service Management
9 5 (12.50%) ITIL
10 4 (10.00%) Project Management
10 4 (10.00%) Contract Management
11 3 (7.50%) Contract Negotiation
11 3 (7.50%) Roadmaps
11 3 (7.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 3 (7.50%) Product Management
11 3 (7.50%) Oracle
11 3 (7.50%) PRINCE2
11 3 (7.50%) Legal
11 3 (7.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 3 (7.50%) Degree
12 2 (5.00%) Incident Management
12 2 (5.00%) Facilities Management
12 2 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001

Contracts Manager Skill Set
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 (2.50%) Confluence
1 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.00%) Azure
2 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) 5G
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 11 (27.50%) Public Sector
2 10 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.50%) Finance
4 6 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.50%) Legal
6 2 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Advertising
7 1 (2.50%) Automotive
7 1 (2.50%) Law
7 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.50%) Marketing
7 1 (2.50%) Publishing
7 1 (2.50%) Retail
7 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.50%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (20.00%) Agile
3 6 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (15.00%) Customer Service
4 5 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (12.50%) ITIL
4 5 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 5 (12.50%) Service Management
4 5 (12.50%) SIAM
5 4 (10.00%) Contract Management
5 4 (10.00%) Project Management
6 3 (7.50%) Contract Negotiation
6 3 (7.50%) PRINCE2
6 3 (7.50%) Product Management
6 3 (7.50%) Roadmaps
6 3 (7.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (5.00%) B2B
7 2 (5.00%) Change Management
7 2 (5.00%) Customer Experience
7 2 (5.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (35.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (32.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.50%) Degree
4 2 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (5.00%) CISA
4 2 (5.00%) CISM
4 2 (5.00%) CISSP
4 2 (5.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (5.00%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.50%) CRISC
5 1 (2.50%) ISACA
5 1 (2.50%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.50%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (7.50%) Oracle
3 2 (5.00%) NEC
4 1 (2.50%) FNZ
4 1 (2.50%) SAP