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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 310 327
Rank change year-on-year -59 +17 +30
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 77 62 68
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.38% 0.46% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.50% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 37 36
10th Percentile £466 £238 £319
25th Percentile £513 £375 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £475 £519
Median % change year-on-year +39.47% -8.51% -5.60%
75th Percentile £750 £538 £679
90th Percentile £771 £700 £713
England median daily rate £565 £450 £533
% change year-on-year +25.56% -15.49% -3.18%
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 £58.00 £40.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +45.00% -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 12,492 14,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 92.60% 89.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,829 8,233 9,474
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 £668 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 246 181
10th Percentile £16.04 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.00 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.25 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -17.12% -2.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £78.75
England median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -26 5 £500 +2.56% 13
South London -7 2 £575 +43.75% 3
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 (7.79%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.60%) CMS
3 1 (1.30%) Confluence
3 1 (1.30%) Documentum
3 1 (1.30%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.30%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 5 (6.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.60%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 2 (2.60%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.30%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.99%) Azure
2 6 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (7.79%) SaaS
3 4 (5.19%) AWS
3 4 (5.19%) GCP
4 1 (1.30%) Anthropic Claude
4 1 (1.30%) ChatGPT
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.30%) Miro
4 1 (1.30%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.30%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.30%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.30%) Internet
1 1 (1.30%) LAN
1 1 (1.30%) Network Security
1 1 (1.30%) RTP
1 1 (1.30%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.30%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.60%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.30%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.30%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 6 (7.79%) JIRA
2 1 (1.30%) Gradle
2 1 (1.30%) Xcode
General
1 28 (36.36%) Legal
2 26 (33.77%) Finance
3 25 (32.47%) Social Skills
4 23 (29.87%) Public Sector
5 13 (16.88%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (15.58%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (12.99%) Banking
8 5 (6.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (6.49%) Law
9 4 (5.19%) Local Government
9 4 (5.19%) Telecoms
10 3 (3.90%) Military
10 3 (3.90%) Retail
11 2 (2.60%) Manufacturing
12 1 (1.30%) Automotive
12 1 (1.30%) General Ledger
12 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.30%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (18.18%) Project Manager
2 11 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 9 (11.69%) Analyst
3 9 (11.69%) Business Analyst
4 8 (10.39%) Legal Analyst
5 7 (9.09%) Contracts Manager
5 7 (9.09%) Lead
6 6 (7.79%) Architect
6 6 (7.79%) Coordinator
6 6 (7.79%) Project Coordinator
7 5 (6.49%) Banking Analyst
7 5 (6.49%) Banking Business Analyst
7 5 (6.49%) Contract Management Business Analyst
7 5 (6.49%) IT Support
7 5 (6.49%) IT Support Manager
7 5 (6.49%) ITIL Manager
7 5 (6.49%) Support Manager
8 4 (5.19%) Commercial Manager
8 4 (5.19%) Procurement Manager
8 4 (5.19%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.30%) Android Jetpack
1 1 (1.30%) GraphQL
1 1 (1.30%) gRPC
1 1 (1.30%) Jetpack Compose
1 1 (1.30%) JSON
1 1 (1.30%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (1.30%) OAuth
1 1 (1.30%) OAuth2
1 1 (1.30%) OpenID
1 1 (1.30%) React Native
1 1 (1.30%) REST
1 1 (1.30%) SwiftUI
1 1 (1.30%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 5 (6.49%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Licensing
4 2 (2.60%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.30%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.30%) CCTV
5 1 (1.30%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.30%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.30%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.30%) NHS
5 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.30%) Android
1 1 (1.30%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (22.08%) Project Management
3 13 (16.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 12 (15.58%) Business Case
4 12 (15.58%) Project Delivery
5 11 (14.29%) Performance Management
5 11 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 10 (12.99%) Change Management
6 10 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (11.69%) Contract Negotiation
7 9 (11.69%) Service Management
7 9 (11.69%) Supplier Management
8 7 (9.09%) Business Analysis
8 7 (9.09%) Change Control
8 7 (9.09%) Decision-Making
8 7 (9.09%) Information Management
8 7 (9.09%) ITIL
8 7 (9.09%) ITSM
9 6 (7.79%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.30%) Kotlin
1 1 (1.30%) Swift
Qualifications
1 10 (12.99%) Security Cleared
2 9 (11.69%) SC Cleared
3 7 (9.09%) Degree
4 5 (6.49%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (3.90%) MRICS
6 2 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.60%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (2.60%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.60%) PMP
6 2 (2.60%) RIBA
7 1 (1.30%) CIPD
7 1 (1.30%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.30%) IIBA
7 1 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.30%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (7.79%) SLA
2 5 (6.49%) COBIT
3 3 (3.90%) GRC
3 3 (3.90%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
4 2 (2.60%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.60%) PMO
5 1 (1.30%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.30%) GDPR
5 1 (1.30%) QA
5 1 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 16 (20.78%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.58%) SAP
3 11 (14.29%) NEC
4 9 (11.69%) ServiceNow
5 7 (9.09%) Ariba
6 3 (3.90%) OpenText
7 2 (2.60%) Concur
8 1 (1.30%) Anaplan
8 1 (1.30%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.30%) IFS
8 1 (1.30%) iManage
8 1 (1.30%) Maconomy
8 1 (1.30%) Oracle
8 1 (1.30%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.30%) Sitecore