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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 297 338
Rank change year-on-year -50 +41 +39
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 72 53 64
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.38% 0.42% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.46% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 34 45
10th Percentile £370 £150 £294
25th Percentile £440 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £494 £515
Median % change year-on-year +6.33% -4.13% -6.36%
75th Percentile £750 £597 £750
90th Percentile £758 £629 £808
England median daily rate £550 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +15.84% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £32.20 -
England median hourly rate £46.50 £40.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +16.25% -42.86% +75.00%

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 16,854 11,524 15,681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.83% 92.35% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,217 7,730 11,175
10th Percentile £360 £340 £343
25th Percentile £437 £425 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £518 £525
% change year-on-year +0.48% -1.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 209 315
10th Percentile £18.04 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £32.89 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.26% +15.40% -28.60%
75th Percentile £59.18 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.13 £37.63
% change year-on-year +73.27% -27.91% +5.54%

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 19 June 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 19 June 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 -25 6 £650 +22.64% 7
East London - 2 £432 -
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 3 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.39%) CMS
2 1 (1.39%) Confluence
2 1 (1.39%) Ethereum
2 1 (1.39%) Solana
Applications
1 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.39%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.39%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Distributed Ledger
1 3 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (11.11%) Azure
3 3 (4.17%) Azure AKS
4 2 (2.78%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.39%) AWS
5 1 (1.39%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.17%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.78%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.78%) Power BI
2 2 (2.78%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (1.39%) Hardhat
General
1 23 (31.94%) Finance
1 23 (31.94%) Social Skills
2 20 (27.78%) Public Sector
3 17 (23.61%) Legal
4 14 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (9.72%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (9.72%) Law
6 5 (6.94%) Banking
6 5 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (5.56%) Billing
8 3 (4.17%) Marketing
8 3 (4.17%) Military
8 3 (4.17%) Publishing
9 2 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.39%) German Language
10 1 (1.39%) Local Government
10 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.39%) Public Speaking
10 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (12.50%) Analyst
2 7 (9.72%) IT Manager
3 6 (8.33%) Commercial Manager
3 6 (8.33%) Contracts Manager
3 6 (8.33%) Developer
3 6 (8.33%) Lead
3 6 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 5 (6.94%) Banking Analyst
4 5 (6.94%) Banking Business Analyst
4 5 (6.94%) Business Analyst
4 5 (6.94%) Contract Management Business Analyst
4 5 (6.94%) IT Support
4 5 (6.94%) IT Support Manager
4 5 (6.94%) ITIL Manager
4 5 (6.94%) Legal Analyst
4 5 (6.94%) Support Manager
5 4 (5.56%) Commercial Officer
6 3 (4.17%) Head of Digital
6 3 (4.17%) Transformation Manager
6 3 (4.17%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.56%) Node.js
1 4 (5.56%) Smart Contracts
2 3 (4.17%) REST
2 3 (4.17%) Spring
2 3 (4.17%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.39%) ethers.js
3 1 (1.39%) JSON
3 1 (1.39%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.39%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.17%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (2.78%) CMDB
2 2 (2.78%) EPoS
2 2 (2.78%) NHS
3 1 (1.39%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.39%) Blockchain
3 1 (1.39%) CCTV
3 1 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.39%) FMCG
3 1 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.39%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.39%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.39%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 11 (15.28%) Performance Management
3 11 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (13.89%) Service Management
5 9 (12.50%) ITSM
5 9 (12.50%) Project Management
5 9 (12.50%) Supplier Management
6 8 (11.11%) Service Delivery
7 7 (9.72%) ERP
7 7 (9.72%) ITIL
7 7 (9.72%) Risk Management
8 6 (8.33%) Change Management
8 6 (8.33%) Procure-to-Pay
8 6 (8.33%) Source to Pay
8 6 (8.33%) Test Automation
9 5 (6.94%) Decision-Making
9 5 (6.94%) Process Improvement
9 5 (6.94%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.56%) Java
2 1 (1.39%) C#
2 1 (1.39%) DAML
2 1 (1.39%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 17 (23.61%) Security Cleared
2 15 (20.83%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.94%) Degree
3 5 (6.94%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.78%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.78%) PMP
6 1 (1.39%) CCA
6 1 (1.39%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (1.39%) CIPD
6 1 (1.39%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.39%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.39%) MBA
6 1 (1.39%) MRICS
6 1 (1.39%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.89%) SLA
2 6 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (6.94%) COBIT
4 2 (2.78%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.78%) PMO
4 2 (2.78%) QA
4 2 (2.78%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
5 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Systems Management
1 3 (4.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.89%) SAP
3 7 (9.72%) ServiceNow
4 6 (8.33%) NEC
4 6 (8.33%) Oracle
5 4 (5.56%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.78%) Ariba
6 2 (2.78%) Atlassian
6 2 (2.78%) Workday
7 1 (1.39%) Conga
7 1 (1.39%) Sitecore