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 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 286 324
Rank change year-on-year -49 +38 +144
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 49 77 72
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.34% 0.55% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.61% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 43 50
10th Percentile £313 £345 £299
25th Percentile £401 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £544
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -2.53% +1.16%
75th Percentile £675 £622 £647
90th Percentile £712 £810 £805
England median daily rate £475 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -12.04% +2.86% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £36.80 -
England median hourly rate £71.20 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year +9.53% - -

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 13,320 12,644 16,077
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.20% 90.45% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,835 8,066 11,489
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £555
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -0.90% -7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 159 292
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.60 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.61 £24.66 £19.83
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £30.63
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +14.29% -14.34%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £72.00 £80.15 £73.56
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year -27.10% -9.21% +8.57%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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 -7 6 £425 -29.17% 3
South London -6 1 £400 -33.33%
West London -19 1 £500 +11.11%
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 1 (2.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.08%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.12%) Azure
1 3 (6.12%) SaaS
2 2 (4.08%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.04%) IaaS
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.04%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.04%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.08%) Power BI
2 1 (2.04%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (8.16%) JIRA
2 3 (6.12%) GitLab
3 2 (4.08%) REST Assured
General
1 28 (57.14%) Finance
2 21 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 15 (30.61%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (26.53%) Public Sector
5 11 (22.45%) Legal
6 6 (12.24%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (8.16%) Banking
8 3 (6.12%) Investment Banking
8 3 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (4.08%) Law
9 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
9 2 (4.08%) Marketing
10 1 (2.04%) Advertising
10 1 (2.04%) Back Office
10 1 (2.04%) Electronics
10 1 (2.04%) Financial Institution
10 1 (2.04%) Front Office
10 1 (2.04%) Local Government
10 1 (2.04%) Retail
10 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (18.37%) Lead
2 6 (12.24%) Commercial Manager
2 6 (12.24%) Procurement Manager
3 5 (10.20%) Programme Manager
3 5 (10.20%) Project Manager
4 4 (8.16%) Contracts Manager
4 4 (8.16%) IT Manager
4 4 (8.16%) Vendor Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Consultant
5 3 (6.12%) Programme Test Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Test Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Test Programme Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Developer
6 2 (4.08%) IT Procurement Manager
6 2 (4.08%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Project Leader
6 2 (4.08%) Senior Commercial Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Senior Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.08%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.08%) Reinsurance
2 2 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.04%) EPoS
3 1 (2.04%) FMCG
3 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.04%) NHS
3 1 (2.04%) PMI
3 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (44.90%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (26.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 11 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (22.45%) Project Management
4 10 (20.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (18.37%) Risk Management
6 8 (16.33%) Contract Negotiation
7 7 (14.29%) ERP
8 6 (12.24%) Change Management
8 6 (12.24%) Data Management
8 6 (12.24%) Supplier Management
9 5 (10.20%) Data Analysis
9 5 (10.20%) Decision-Making
9 5 (10.20%) PRINCE2
9 5 (10.20%) Roadmaps
9 5 (10.20%) Source to Pay
9 5 (10.20%) Test Automation
10 4 (8.16%) DevOps
10 4 (8.16%) Process Improvement
10 4 (8.16%) Spend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.12%) C#
1 3 (6.12%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (20.41%) Degree
2 9 (18.37%) Security Cleared
3 6 (12.24%) SC Cleared
4 4 (8.16%) PMI Certification
5 3 (6.12%) PMP
6 2 (4.08%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.04%) CCA
7 1 (2.04%) MBA
7 1 (2.04%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) QA
1 4 (8.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 4 (8.16%) SLA
2 2 (4.08%) NCSC
2 2 (4.08%) PMO
3 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.04%) GDPR
3 1 (2.04%) ISO 9001
3 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) RSA Archer
1 1 (2.04%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 10 (20.41%) SAP
2 6 (12.24%) Microsoft
3 5 (10.20%) Ariba
3 5 (10.20%) Bloomberg
3 5 (10.20%) Refinitiv
4 4 (8.16%) NEC
5 2 (4.08%) Oracle
5 2 (4.08%) Workday
6 1 (2.04%) Atlassian
6 1 (2.04%) Google
6 1 (2.04%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.04%) Snow