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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 316 327
Rank change year-on-year -25 +11 +65
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 83 55 59
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.42% 0.41% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.44% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 35 39
10th Percentile £388 £155 £300
25th Percentile £459 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £750 £569 £746
90th Percentile £758 £628 £820
England median daily rate £550 £475 £523
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.24% -4.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £32.20 -
England median hourly rate £46.50 £40.75 £70.00
% change year-on-year +14.11% -41.79% +70.57%

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 17,684 12,469 15,548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.06% 92.20% 88.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,749 8,337 11,045
10th Percentile £360 £331 £341
25th Percentile £440 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £769 £790 £800
England median daily rate £525 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +2.14% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 233 283
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.73 £24.66 £20.03
Median hourly rate £36.50 £32.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +14.06% +6.24% -27.42%
75th Percentile £58.92 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.65 £68.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.09%

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 11 July 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 11 July 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 -14 6 £650 +15.56% 2
East London - 2 £432 -
South London - 1 £575 -
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 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.20%) CMS
2 1 (1.20%) Confluence
2 1 (1.20%) Ethereum
2 1 (1.20%) Solana
Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.20%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Distributed Ledger
1 3 (3.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (1.20%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.84%) Azure
1 9 (10.84%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (3.61%) Azure AKS
2 3 (3.61%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.20%) Anthropic Claude
3 1 (1.20%) AWS
3 1 (1.20%) ChatGPT
3 1 (1.20%) GCP
3 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (1.20%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.20%) PowerApps
3 1 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.20%) Internet
1 1 (1.20%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.61%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.41%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.41%) Power BI
2 2 (2.41%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.20%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 8 (9.64%) JIRA
2 1 (1.20%) Hardhat
General
1 27 (32.53%) Social Skills
2 26 (31.33%) Finance
3 22 (26.51%) Public Sector
4 20 (24.10%) Legal
5 18 (21.69%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (10.84%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (8.43%) Law
8 6 (7.23%) Banking
9 5 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (4.82%) Billing
10 4 (4.82%) Military
11 3 (3.61%) Marketing
11 3 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (3.61%) Publishing
12 2 (2.41%) Local Government
12 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (1.20%) General Ledger
13 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
13 1 (1.20%) Retail
13 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (12.05%) Analyst
2 9 (10.84%) Contracts Manager
3 8 (9.64%) IT Manager
4 7 (8.43%) Project Manager
5 6 (7.23%) Business Analyst
5 6 (7.23%) Commercial Manager
5 6 (7.23%) Developer
5 6 (7.23%) Lead
6 5 (6.02%) Banking Analyst
6 5 (6.02%) Banking Business Analyst
6 5 (6.02%) Commercial Officer
6 5 (6.02%) Contract Management Business Analyst
6 5 (6.02%) IT Support
6 5 (6.02%) IT Support Manager
6 5 (6.02%) ITIL Manager
6 5 (6.02%) Legal Analyst
6 5 (6.02%) Support Manager
7 4 (4.82%) Procurement Manager
7 4 (4.82%) Senior
8 3 (3.61%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.82%) Node.js
1 4 (4.82%) Smart Contracts
2 3 (3.61%) REST
2 3 (3.61%) Spring
2 3 (3.61%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.20%) ethers.js
3 1 (1.20%) JSON
3 1 (1.20%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.20%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.82%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (2.41%) CMDB
2 2 (2.41%) EPoS
2 2 (2.41%) NHS
3 1 (1.20%) AI Agents
3 1 (1.20%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.20%) Blockchain
3 1 (1.20%) CCTV
3 1 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.20%) FMCG
3 1 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.20%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.20%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (30.12%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (18.07%) Project Management
3 14 (16.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 13 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (14.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (13.25%) Performance Management
7 10 (12.05%) Service Management
7 10 (12.05%) Supplier Management
8 9 (10.84%) ERP
8 9 (10.84%) ITSM
8 9 (10.84%) Project Delivery
8 9 (10.84%) Risk Management
8 9 (10.84%) Service Delivery
9 8 (9.64%) ITIL
10 7 (8.43%) Agile
10 7 (8.43%) Business Analysis
10 7 (8.43%) Contract Negotiation
10 7 (8.43%) PRINCE2
10 7 (8.43%) Process Improvement
10 7 (8.43%) Source to Pay
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.82%) Java
2 1 (1.20%) C#
2 1 (1.20%) DAML
2 1 (1.20%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 18 (21.69%) Security Cleared
2 16 (19.28%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.43%) Degree
4 5 (6.02%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (4.82%) PMI Certification
5 4 (4.82%) PMP
6 3 (3.61%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.41%) MRICS
8 1 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.20%) CCA
8 1 (1.20%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (1.20%) CIPD
8 1 (1.20%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (1.20%) IIBA
8 1 (1.20%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.20%) MBA
8 1 (1.20%) Postgraduate
8 1 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (1.20%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.05%) SLA
2 6 (7.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (6.02%) COBIT
4 3 (3.61%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.61%) PMO
4 3 (3.61%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
5 2 (2.41%) QA
6 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Systems Management
1 3 (3.61%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (16.87%) SAP
2 13 (15.66%) Microsoft
3 8 (9.64%) NEC
4 7 (8.43%) Oracle
4 7 (8.43%) ServiceNow
5 4 (4.82%) Salesforce
6 3 (3.61%) Ariba
7 2 (2.41%) Atlassian
7 2 (2.41%) Workday
8 1 (1.20%) Anaplan
8 1 (1.20%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.20%) Conga
8 1 (1.20%) Maconomy
8 1 (1.20%) Sitecore