Contract Negotiation Contract Job Trends in Kent

Contract Negotiation
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Contract Negotiation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Contract Negotiation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.46% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £248 - -
South East median daily rate £575 £545 £645
% change year-on-year +5.50% -15.50% +38.34%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 150 101 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 68.49% 84.17% 63.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 81 73
10th Percentile £180 £160 £155
25th Percentile £198 £220 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +21.67% -6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £618 £500 £563
90th Percentile £648 £625 £727
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +0.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 4 15
10th Percentile £16.86 - -
25th Percentile £24.25 £16.36 -
Median hourly rate £41.31 £18.38 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +124.74% +22.53% -74.03%
75th Percentile £42.00 £20.66 £52.54
90th Percentile £63.53 £21.12 £59.52
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £21.99 £56.89
% change year-on-year +150.17% -61.35% +13.77%

Contract Negotiation
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Contract Negotiation job vacancy trend in Kent

Contract Negotiation
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Contract Negotiation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Contract Negotiation

Contract Negotiation
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 31 July 2026. 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
Sevenoaks - 1 £248 -
Contract Negotiation
South East

Contract Negotiation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft