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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 318 359
Rank change year-on-year +16 +41 +195
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 60 66 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.45% 0.41% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.45% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 34 54
10th Percentile £221 £275 £340
25th Percentile £375 £413 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% -5.60% +4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £656 £622
90th Percentile £700 £718 £731
England median daily rate £450 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -15.49% -3.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £24.64 - -
25th Percentile £27.24 - -
Median hourly rate £32.20 £36.80 £41.04
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -10.33% +128.00%
75th Percentile £37.79 - -
90th Percentile £40.77 - -
England median hourly rate £31.50 £70.00 £38.02
% change year-on-year -55.00% +84.11% +15.86%

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 12,450 14,539 19,681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.59% 89.26% 90.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,239 9,698 14,258
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 180 225
10th Percentile £17.01 £17.25 £18.07
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £31.75 £35.00 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% -11.21% +8.00%
75th Percentile £48.94 £55.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.19 £77.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Contract Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Contract Management 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 18 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Contract Management in London over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Contract Management in London

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 18 September 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 +2 7 £488 -30.36% 25
West London -3 2 £506 +12.50% 8
North London - 1 - -
South London - 1 £400 -
Contract Management
England

Contract Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.33%) NEC Housing
1 2 (3.33%) OPENHousing
2 1 (1.67%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.67%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.67%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.67%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.67%) SAP MDG
2 1 (1.67%) SAP MM
2 1 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.67%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (21.67%) SaaS
2 5 (8.33%) AWS
3 3 (5.00%) GitHub
3 3 (5.00%) Google Sheets
4 2 (3.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (1.67%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.67%) PaaS
5 1 (1.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.33%) RTP
1 2 (3.33%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle Reports
General
1 30 (50.00%) Finance
2 20 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 17 (28.33%) Public Sector
4 14 (23.33%) Legal
5 9 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (8.33%) Marketing
7 4 (6.67%) Banking
7 4 (6.67%) Retail
8 3 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (5.00%) Local Government
8 3 (5.00%) Telecoms
9 2 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.67%) Advertising
10 1 (1.67%) Back Office
10 1 (1.67%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.67%) Law
10 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (16.67%) Lead
2 9 (15.00%) Project Manager
3 7 (11.67%) Commercial Manager
3 7 (11.67%) Senior
4 5 (8.33%) IT Manager
4 5 (8.33%) Operations Manager
4 5 (8.33%) Procurement Manager
4 5 (8.33%) Project Leader
5 4 (6.67%) Onboarding Specialist
5 4 (6.67%) Programme Director
5 4 (6.67%) Senior Manager
6 3 (5.00%) Programme Manager
6 3 (5.00%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (5.00%) Software Manager
6 3 (5.00%) Transformation Director
7 2 (3.33%) IT Procurement Manager
7 2 (3.33%) Procurement Analyst
7 2 (3.33%) Procurement Officer
7 2 (3.33%) Risk Analyst
7 2 (3.33%) Supplier Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) Middleware
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.67%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.33%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.67%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.67%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.67%) NHS
4 1 (1.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (26.67%) Project Management
3 12 (20.00%) Agile
4 11 (18.33%) Roadmaps
5 10 (16.67%) Business Case
5 10 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation
6 8 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (13.33%) Supplier Management
7 7 (11.67%) Data Analysis
7 7 (11.67%) Risk Management
8 6 (10.00%) Change Management
8 6 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (10.00%) Decision-Making
8 6 (10.00%) Facilities Management
8 6 (10.00%) Project Delivery
9 5 (8.33%) Data Management
9 5 (8.33%) Performance Management
9 5 (8.33%) Validation
10 4 (6.67%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.67%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 11 (18.33%) Degree
2 9 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 8 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.00%) MRICS
4 3 (5.00%) PMI Certification
4 3 (5.00%) PMP
5 1 (1.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.67%) CEH
5 1 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.67%) CISM
5 1 (1.67%) CISMP
5 1 (1.67%) CISSP
5 1 (1.67%) CSSLP
5 1 (1.67%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (1.67%) GCIH
5 1 (1.67%) MAPM
5 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.67%) MBA
5 1 (1.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.33%) Data Quality
1 2 (3.33%) NCSC
1 2 (3.33%) SLA
2 1 (1.67%) COBIT
2 1 (1.67%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.67%) NIST
2 1 (1.67%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (5.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 13 (21.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.67%) NEC
3 5 (8.33%) Google
3 5 (8.33%) Oracle
4 4 (6.67%) Bloomberg
4 4 (6.67%) Refinitiv
4 4 (6.67%) SAP
5 2 (3.33%) Capita
5 2 (3.33%) Civica
5 2 (3.33%) Northgate
5 2 (3.33%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.33%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.67%) Adobe
6 1 (1.67%) Ariba
6 1 (1.67%) Conga
6 1 (1.67%) DocuSign
6 1 (1.67%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud