Contract Management Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Contract Management
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Contract Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 50 58
Rank change year-on-year -6 +8 +7
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 2 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.53% 1.23% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 1.39% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £341 - -
25th Percentile £352 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £389 £525 £330
Median % change year-on-year -25.90% +59.09% -
75th Percentile £413 - -
90th Percentile £415 - -
South West median daily rate £450 £450 £625
% change year-on-year - -28.00% -7.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 334 359 407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 88.36% 88.64% 88.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 214 257
10th Percentile £305 £400 £370
25th Percentile £413 £465 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £676 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 24 51
10th Percentile £18.60 £24.15 £30.00
25th Percentile £27.28 £28.00 -
Median hourly rate £34.34 £33.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.06% -32.27% -17.66%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £78.18
90th Percentile £68.80 £73.75 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Contract Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Contract Management job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Contract Management
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Contract Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Contract Management

Contract Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Contract Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Contract Management

Contract Management
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 17 November 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
Cheltenham - 1 £367 - 3
Contract Management
South West

Contract Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) PMO Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Project Control Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Project Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) APMP
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft