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 17 August 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
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 462 464 481
Rank change year-on-year +2 +17 +126
Contract jobs requiring a Contracts Manager 49 69 129
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.21% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.22% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 54 90
10th Percentile £395 £338 £355
25th Percentile £413 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £556 £745 £650
90th Percentile £603 - £745
UK median daily rate £500 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £58.38 -
UK median hourly rate - £58.38 £38.75
% change year-on-year - +50.65% -

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 25,461 30,794 41,684
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.57% 92.90% 94.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,436 20,200 29,410
10th Percentile £281 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,352 1,763 1,315
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.16 £14.85
25th Percentile £17.48 £21.15 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.23 £45.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.94% +8.43% +61.60%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.80
% change year-on-year -41.51% +2.87% +62.77%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -7 18 £500 -32.89% 20
Midlands +1 9 £475 +26.67% 6
South East +18 8 £545 -7.23% 9
East Midlands +5 6 £475 +26.67% 3
North of England -10 6 £594 +7.95% 5
South West +24 5 £450 +20.00% 1
Yorkshire -14 3 £494 -10.23% 4
North West - 3 £650 -
West Midlands - 3 £450 - 3
East of England +6 2 £55 -87.78% 3
Contracts Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 August 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 16 (32.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (26.53%) Finance
3 12 (24.49%) Security Cleared
4 11 (22.45%) SC Cleared
5 10 (20.41%) Legal
5 10 (20.41%) Contract Management
5 10 (20.41%) Public Sector
5 10 (20.41%) Social Skills
6 9 (18.37%) Risk Management
7 8 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (14.29%) SLA
8 7 (14.29%) Agile
9 6 (12.24%) Change Management
9 6 (12.24%) Line Management
9 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (10.20%) Change Control
10 5 (10.20%) AWS
10 5 (10.20%) Degree
10 5 (10.20%) Contract Negotiation
10 5 (10.20%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (8.16%) Cost Control
11 4 (8.16%) Budget Management
11 4 (8.16%) Budgeting
11 4 (8.16%) Management Information System
11 4 (8.16%) ERP
11 4 (8.16%) PMP
11 4 (8.16%) PMI Certification
11 4 (8.16%) ITIL
11 4 (8.16%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 4 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement

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 2 (4.08%) Confluence
1 2 (4.08%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.04%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.20%) AWS
2 2 (4.08%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.04%) Azure
3 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.04%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) JIRA
General
1 13 (26.53%) Finance
2 10 (20.41%) Legal
2 10 (20.41%) Public Sector
2 10 (20.41%) Social Skills
3 8 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.12%) Law
5 1 (2.04%) Advertising
5 1 (2.04%) Automotive
5 1 (2.04%) Banking
5 1 (2.04%) Japanese Language
5 1 (2.04%) Local Government
5 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) Next.js
1 1 (2.04%) PySpark
1 1 (2.04%) pytest
1 1 (2.04%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (8.16%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.12%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (32.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (20.41%) Contract Management
3 9 (18.37%) Risk Management
4 7 (14.29%) Agile
5 6 (12.24%) Change Management
5 6 (12.24%) Line Management
5 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (10.20%) Change Control
6 5 (10.20%) Contract Negotiation
7 4 (8.16%) Budget Management
7 4 (8.16%) Budgeting
7 4 (8.16%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 4 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (8.16%) Cost Control
7 4 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (8.16%) ERP
7 4 (8.16%) ITIL
7 4 (8.16%) Resource Management
8 3 (6.12%) Business Continuity
8 3 (6.12%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.08%) Python
2 1 (2.04%) Java
2 1 (2.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (24.49%) Security Cleared
2 11 (22.45%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.20%) Degree
4 4 (8.16%) PMI Certification
4 4 (8.16%) PMP
5 2 (4.08%) CISA
5 2 (4.08%) CISM
5 2 (4.08%) CISSP
6 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.04%) CRISC
6 1 (2.04%) FFIEC
6 1 (2.04%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.29%) SLA
2 3 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.04%) GRC
3 1 (2.04%) NIST
3 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.04%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (6.12%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.04%) Bloomberg
2 1 (2.04%) NEC
2 1 (2.04%) Refinitiv
2 1 (2.04%) SAP
2 1 (2.04%) Workday