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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 315 335
Rank change year-on-year -43 +20 +49
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 85 57 55
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.42% 0.42% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.45% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 34 33
10th Percentile £362 £150 £363
25th Percentile £500 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £481 £540
Median % change year-on-year +14.34% -10.88% -1.82%
75th Percentile £725 £538 £700
90th Percentile £758 £679 £767
England median daily rate £550 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +22.22% -14.29% -4.55%
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 £53.00 £40.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +32.50% -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 18,082 12,534 14,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.16% 92.32% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,899 8,375 10,138
10th Percentile £363 £325 £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 £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 298 249 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.05
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.61 £30.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.68% -14.89% -15.06%
75th Percentile £56.81 £48.75 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.05 £71.31
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

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 8 August 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 8 August 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 -24 5 £500 +2.56% 10
East London - 2 £432 - 1
South London - 2 £575 - 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 5 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.18%) CMS
2 1 (1.18%) Ethereum
2 1 (1.18%) Solana
Applications
1 6 (7.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.18%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Distributed Ledger
1 3 (3.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (1.18%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.59%) Azure
2 8 (9.41%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.53%) Azure AKS
4 2 (2.35%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.18%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (1.18%) AWS
5 1 (1.18%) ChatGPT
5 1 (1.18%) GCP
5 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.18%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.18%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.18%) Internet
1 1 (1.18%) LAN
1 1 (1.18%) Network Security
1 1 (1.18%) RTP
1 1 (1.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.53%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.35%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.18%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (8.24%) JIRA
2 1 (1.18%) Hardhat
General
1 28 (32.94%) Finance
2 26 (30.59%) Social Skills
3 24 (28.24%) Public Sector
4 23 (27.06%) Legal
5 16 (18.82%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (10.59%) Banking
6 9 (10.59%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (8.24%) Law
8 5 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (5.88%) Military
9 4 (4.71%) Local Government
10 3 (3.53%) Billing
10 3 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (3.53%) Publishing
11 2 (2.35%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.35%) Marketing
11 2 (2.35%) Retail
12 1 (1.18%) Automotive
12 1 (1.18%) General Ledger
12 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (14.12%) Analyst
2 9 (10.59%) Business Analyst
3 8 (9.41%) Legal Analyst
3 8 (9.41%) Project Manager
4 7 (8.24%) IT Manager
5 6 (7.06%) Commercial Manager
5 6 (7.06%) Commercial Officer
5 6 (7.06%) Contracts Manager
5 6 (7.06%) Coordinator
5 6 (7.06%) Lead
5 6 (7.06%) Project Coordinator
6 5 (5.88%) Banking Analyst
6 5 (5.88%) Banking Business Analyst
6 5 (5.88%) Contract Management Business Analyst
6 5 (5.88%) IT Support
6 5 (5.88%) IT Support Manager
6 5 (5.88%) ITIL Manager
6 5 (5.88%) Procurement Manager
6 5 (5.88%) Support Manager
7 4 (4.71%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.71%) Node.js
1 4 (4.71%) Smart Contracts
2 3 (3.53%) REST
2 3 (3.53%) Spring
2 3 (3.53%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.18%) ethers.js
3 1 (1.18%) JSON
3 1 (1.18%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.18%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.06%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (2.35%) CMDB
2 2 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.18%) AI Agents
3 1 (1.18%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.18%) Blockchain
3 1 (1.18%) CCTV
3 1 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.18%) EPoS
3 1 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.18%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.18%) NHS
3 1 (1.18%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.18%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (31.76%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (18.82%) Project Management
3 13 (15.29%) Performance Management
4 12 (14.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 11 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (11.76%) Project Delivery
6 10 (11.76%) Service Management
7 9 (10.59%) Change Management
7 9 (10.59%) ITSM
8 8 (9.41%) Contract Negotiation
8 8 (9.41%) ITIL
8 8 (9.41%) Supplier Management
9 7 (8.24%) Business Analysis
9 7 (8.24%) Service Delivery
10 6 (7.06%) Decision-Making
10 6 (7.06%) ERP
10 6 (7.06%) Process Improvement
10 6 (7.06%) Risk Management
10 6 (7.06%) Source to Pay
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.71%) Java
2 1 (1.18%) C#
2 1 (1.18%) DAML
2 1 (1.18%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 18 (21.18%) Security Cleared
2 16 (18.82%) SC Cleared
3 8 (9.41%) Degree
4 5 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.35%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.35%) MRICS
5 2 (2.35%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.35%) PMP
6 1 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.18%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (1.18%) CIPD
6 1 (1.18%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.18%) IIBA
6 1 (1.18%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.18%) MBA
6 1 (1.18%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.18%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (7.06%) SLA
2 5 (5.88%) COBIT
3 4 (4.71%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
4 3 (3.53%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.18%) PMO
5 1 (1.18%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (3.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (15.29%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.12%) SAP
3 10 (11.76%) NEC
4 7 (8.24%) ServiceNow
5 5 (5.88%) Oracle
6 3 (3.53%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.35%) Ariba
8 1 (1.18%) Anaplan
8 1 (1.18%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.18%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.18%) Conga
8 1 (1.18%) Maconomy
8 1 (1.18%) Sitecore