Contract Management Contract Job Trends in London

Contract Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Contract Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 307 330
Rank change year-on-year -64 +23 +45
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 81 62 67
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.40% 0.46% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.50% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 37 35
10th Percentile £410 £238 £316
25th Percentile £509 £375 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £475 £523
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -9.24% -4.84%
75th Percentile £750 £538 £683
90th Percentile £758 £700 £715
England median daily rate £565 £450 £545
% change year-on-year +25.56% -17.43% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £32.20 £36.80
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% -10.33%
England median hourly rate £66.50 £40.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +66.25% -42.86% +84.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,051 12,472 14,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.78% 92.51% 89.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,836 8,235 9,567
10th Percentile £358 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £671 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 247 185
10th Percentile £16.21 £17.62 £17.35
25th Percentile £19.27 £25.02 £24.15
Median hourly rate £33.30 £30.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.18% -14.08% -5.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.23% -41.51% -1.94%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Contract Management job vacancy trend in London

Contract Management
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Contract Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contract Management in London over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Management in London

Contract Management
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Contract Management
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 26 September 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
Central London -31 5 £500 +2.56% 18
South London -6 2 £575 +43.75% 1
Contract Management
England

Contract Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.47%) CMS
3 1 (1.23%) Confluence
3 1 (1.23%) Documentum
3 1 (1.23%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.23%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 3 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.47%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (1.23%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.11%) Azure
2 7 (8.64%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.70%) AWS
3 3 (3.70%) GCP
3 3 (3.70%) SaaS
4 2 (2.47%) Azure AKS
4 2 (2.47%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.23%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (1.23%) ChatGPT
5 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.23%) Miro
5 1 (1.23%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.23%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.23%) Internet
1 1 (1.23%) LAN
1 1 (1.23%) Network Security
1 1 (1.23%) RTP
1 1 (1.23%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.47%) Relational Database
1 2 (2.47%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.23%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.23%) EDMS
2 1 (1.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (8.64%) JIRA
2 1 (1.23%) Gradle
2 1 (1.23%) Xcode
General
1 28 (34.57%) Legal
2 27 (33.33%) Finance
3 26 (32.10%) Social Skills
4 25 (30.86%) Public Sector
5 16 (19.75%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (14.81%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (12.35%) Banking
8 6 (7.41%) Law
9 5 (6.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (4.94%) Local Government
10 4 (4.94%) Military
11 3 (3.70%) Retail
12 2 (2.47%) Billing
12 2 (2.47%) Manufacturing
12 2 (2.47%) Publishing
12 2 (2.47%) Telecoms
13 1 (1.23%) Automotive
13 1 (1.23%) General Ledger
13 1 (1.23%) Public Speaking
13 1 (1.23%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (17.28%) Project Manager
2 11 (13.58%) Analyst
3 10 (12.35%) IT Manager
4 9 (11.11%) Business Analyst
5 8 (9.88%) Legal Analyst
6 7 (8.64%) Contracts Manager
6 7 (8.64%) Lead
7 6 (7.41%) Coordinator
7 6 (7.41%) Project Coordinator
8 5 (6.17%) Banking Analyst
8 5 (6.17%) Banking Business Analyst
8 5 (6.17%) Commercial Officer
8 5 (6.17%) Contract Management Business Analyst
8 5 (6.17%) IT Support
8 5 (6.17%) IT Support Manager
8 5 (6.17%) ITIL Manager
8 5 (6.17%) Support Manager
9 4 (4.94%) Architect
9 4 (4.94%) Procurement Manager
9 4 (4.94%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.70%) REST
2 2 (2.47%) Node.js
2 2 (2.47%) Smart Contracts
2 2 (2.47%) Spring
2 2 (2.47%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.23%) Android Jetpack
3 1 (1.23%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.23%) gRPC
3 1 (1.23%) Jetpack Compose
3 1 (1.23%) JSON
3 1 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.23%) OAuth
3 1 (1.23%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.23%) OpenID
3 1 (1.23%) React Native
3 1 (1.23%) SwiftUI
3 1 (1.23%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 4 (4.94%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.47%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Licensing
4 1 (1.23%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.23%) CCTV
4 1 (1.23%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.23%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.23%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.23%) NHS
4 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.23%) Android
1 1 (1.23%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (43.21%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (20.99%) Project Management
3 13 (16.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 12 (14.81%) Business Case
4 12 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (14.81%) Project Delivery
5 11 (13.58%) Change Management
5 11 (13.58%) Performance Management
5 11 (13.58%) Risk Management
6 10 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
7 9 (11.11%) Service Management
7 9 (11.11%) Supplier Management
8 8 (9.88%) Decision-Making
9 7 (8.64%) Business Analysis
9 7 (8.64%) Change Control
9 7 (8.64%) Commercial Awareness
9 7 (8.64%) Information Management
9 7 (8.64%) ITIL
9 7 (8.64%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.47%) Java
2 1 (1.23%) Kotlin
2 1 (1.23%) Swift
Qualifications
1 13 (16.05%) Security Cleared
2 11 (13.58%) SC Cleared
3 8 (9.88%) Degree
4 5 (6.17%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (3.70%) MRICS
6 2 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.47%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (2.47%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.47%) PMP
6 2 (2.47%) RIBA
7 1 (1.23%) CIPD
7 1 (1.23%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.23%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.23%) IIBA
7 1 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (7.41%) SLA
2 5 (6.17%) COBIT
3 4 (4.94%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
4 3 (3.70%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.70%) GRC
5 2 (2.47%) PMO
6 1 (1.23%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.23%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (2.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (19.75%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.58%) NEC
2 11 (13.58%) SAP
3 8 (9.88%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.94%) Ariba
4 4 (4.94%) Oracle
5 2 (2.47%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.23%) Anaplan
6 1 (1.23%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.23%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.23%) IFS
6 1 (1.23%) iManage
6 1 (1.23%) Maconomy
6 1 (1.23%) OpenText
6 1 (1.23%) Sitecore