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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 299 333
Rank change year-on-year -49 +34 +53
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 55 45 62
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.31% 0.36% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.39% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 28 43
10th Percentile £364 £375 £302
25th Percentile £419 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £528 £523
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +0.79% -4.84%
75th Percentile £688 £600 £767
90th Percentile £748 £627 £843
England median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.90 -
England median hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +16.67% -57.14% +46.98%

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 15,715 11,404 15,572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.26% 92.24% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,518 7,710 11,153
10th Percentile £356 £350 £340
25th Percentile £431 £433 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £755 £813 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 175 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.33 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.50 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% +23.57% -28.41%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.45
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.02 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.96% -20.49% -2.25%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 -12 8 £670 +18.58% 7
East London - 2 £432 - 2
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 2 (3.64%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.82%) CMS
2 1 (1.82%) Confluence
2 1 (1.82%) Ethereum
2 1 (1.82%) Solana
Applications
1 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (7.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (5.45%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (3.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.45%) Azure AKS
3 2 (3.64%) Azure
3 2 (3.64%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.82%) IaaS
4 1 (1.82%) PaaS
4 1 (1.82%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.45%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.64%) Data Lake
2 2 (3.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.64%) JIRA
2 1 (1.82%) Hardhat
General
1 17 (30.91%) Finance
2 16 (29.09%) Public Sector
3 15 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 11 (20.00%) Legal
5 9 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (7.27%) Billing
6 4 (7.27%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.45%) Law
7 3 (5.45%) Marketing
7 3 (5.45%) Military
7 3 (5.45%) Publishing
8 2 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.82%) Front Office
9 1 (1.82%) German Language
9 1 (1.82%) Local Government
9 1 (1.82%) Public Speaking
9 1 (1.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (12.73%) Contracts Manager
2 6 (10.91%) Developer
2 6 (10.91%) Project Manager
3 5 (9.09%) Commercial Manager
4 4 (7.27%) Analyst
4 4 (7.27%) Commercial Officer
5 3 (5.45%) Consultant
5 3 (5.45%) Head of Digital
5 3 (5.45%) Java Developer
5 3 (5.45%) Lead
5 3 (5.45%) Senior
5 3 (5.45%) Service Manager
5 3 (5.45%) Transformation Manager
5 3 (5.45%) Transformation Project Manager
6 2 (3.64%) Coordinator
6 2 (3.64%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (3.64%) Procurement Manager
6 2 (3.64%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (3.64%) SAP Project Manager
6 2 (3.64%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.27%) Node.js
1 4 (7.27%) REST
1 4 (7.27%) Smart Contracts
2 3 (5.45%) Spring
2 3 (5.45%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.82%) ethers.js
3 1 (1.82%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.27%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.64%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.64%) CMDB
2 2 (3.64%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.64%) EPoS
2 2 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (3.64%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.64%) NHS
3 1 (1.82%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.82%) Blockchain
3 1 (1.82%) CCTV
3 1 (1.82%) FMCG
3 1 (1.82%) PMI
3 1 (1.82%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.82%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (23.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 12 (21.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (20.00%) Project Management
4 8 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (14.55%) ERP
5 7 (12.73%) Source to Pay
5 7 (12.73%) Supplier Management
6 6 (10.91%) Performance Management
6 6 (10.91%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (10.91%) Risk Management
6 6 (10.91%) Test Automation
7 5 (9.09%) Change Management
7 5 (9.09%) Decision-Making
7 5 (9.09%) ITSM
7 5 (9.09%) Project Delivery
7 5 (9.09%) Roadmaps
7 5 (9.09%) Service Delivery
7 5 (9.09%) Service Management
8 4 (7.27%) Integration Patterns
8 4 (7.27%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.27%) Java
2 1 (1.82%) C#
2 1 (1.82%) DAML
2 1 (1.82%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 16 (29.09%) Security Cleared
2 14 (25.45%) SC Cleared
3 7 (12.73%) Degree
4 3 (5.45%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.45%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.64%) PMP
6 1 (1.82%) CCA
6 1 (1.82%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (1.82%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.82%) MBA
6 1 (1.82%) MRICS
6 1 (1.82%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.82%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.09%) SLA
2 3 (5.45%) PMO
3 2 (3.64%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.64%) QA
3 2 (3.64%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
4 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 3 (5.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (18.18%) SAP
2 6 (10.91%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.91%) Oracle
3 3 (5.45%) NEC
3 3 (5.45%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.64%) Ariba
4 2 (3.64%) Atlassian
4 2 (3.64%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.64%) Workday
5 1 (1.82%) Conga