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 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 333 304 343
Rank change year-on-year -29 +39 +143
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 49 74 72
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.34% 0.50% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.55% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 41 49
10th Percentile £313 £332 £320
25th Percentile £413 £438 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £638
90th Percentile £713 £838 £710
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £36.80 -
England median hourly rate £64.00 £66.25 -
% change year-on-year -3.40% - -

All Process and 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 13,164 13,457 16,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.37% 90.13% 89.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,669 8,640 11,879
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £761 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 165 233
10th Percentile £18.06 £18.04 £18.36
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £21.00
Median hourly rate £30.25 £36.50 £32.69
Median % change year-on-year -17.12% +11.65% -15.64%
75th Percentile £52.66 £55.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.20 £80.75 £74.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.79% +20.52%

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 23 December 2025.

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 23 December 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
Central London -9 6 £425 -35.61% 16
South London -7 1 £400 -33.33% 1
West London -15 1 £500 +11.11% 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:

Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.08%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.24%) SaaS
2 3 (6.12%) Azure
3 2 (4.08%) AWS
3 2 (4.08%) PaaS
4 1 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.04%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.04%) IaaS
4 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.04%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) GitLab
1 3 (6.12%) JIRA
2 2 (4.08%) REST Assured
General
1 26 (53.06%) Finance
2 21 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 17 (34.69%) Public Sector
4 13 (26.53%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (24.49%) Legal
6 6 (12.24%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (8.16%) Banking
7 4 (8.16%) Retail
8 3 (6.12%) Investment Banking
8 3 (6.12%) Telecoms
9 2 (4.08%) Law
9 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
9 2 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (2.04%) Advertising
10 1 (2.04%) Back Office
10 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (2.04%) Electronics
10 1 (2.04%) Financial Institution
10 1 (2.04%) Front Office
10 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (16.33%) Lead
2 7 (14.29%) Commercial Manager
2 7 (14.29%) Procurement Manager
3 5 (10.20%) Programme Manager
4 4 (8.16%) Contracts Manager
4 4 (8.16%) IT Manager
4 4 (8.16%) Vendor Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Consultant
5 3 (6.12%) Programme Director
5 3 (6.12%) Programme Test Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Project Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Test Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Test Programme Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Transformation Director
6 2 (4.08%) Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Project Leader
6 2 (4.08%) Senior
6 2 (4.08%) Senior Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Service Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Transformation Programme Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.08%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.08%) Reinsurance
4 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.04%) NHS
4 1 (2.04%) PMI
4 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.04%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (51.02%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (24.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 11 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (22.45%) Project Management
4 10 (20.41%) Contract Negotiation
5 9 (18.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (14.29%) Business Case
7 6 (12.24%) Facilities Management
8 5 (10.20%) Data Analysis
8 5 (10.20%) Data Management
8 5 (10.20%) Risk Management
9 4 (8.16%) AI
9 4 (8.16%) Change Management
9 4 (8.16%) Decision-Making
9 4 (8.16%) DevOps
9 4 (8.16%) ERP
9 4 (8.16%) Roadmaps
9 4 (8.16%) Supplier Management
9 4 (8.16%) Test Strategy
9 4 (8.16%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.12%) C#
1 3 (6.12%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (22.45%) Degree
2 9 (18.37%) Security Cleared
3 6 (12.24%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.08%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.08%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (2.04%) CEH
5 1 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.04%) CISM
5 1 (2.04%) CISMP
5 1 (2.04%) CISSP
5 1 (2.04%) CSSLP
5 1 (2.04%) GCIH
5 1 (2.04%) MBA
5 1 (2.04%) PMP
5 1 (2.04%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (6.12%) QA
3 2 (4.08%) NCSC
4 1 (2.04%) COBIT
4 1 (2.04%) GDPR
4 1 (2.04%) ISO 9001
4 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.04%) NIST
4 1 (2.04%) PMO
4 1 (2.04%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) RSA Archer
1 1 (2.04%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 7 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.24%) SAP
3 5 (10.20%) Bloomberg
3 5 (10.20%) Refinitiv
4 4 (8.16%) NEC
5 3 (6.12%) Ariba
5 3 (6.12%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.08%) Google
7 1 (2.04%) Snow