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 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 317 332
Rank change year-on-year -44 +15 +49
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 81 56 54
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.40% 0.41% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.45% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 33 31
10th Percentile £368 £169 £363
25th Percentile £500 £375 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £725 £538 £700
90th Percentile £758 £670 £767
England median daily rate £550 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +22.22% -14.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £32.20 £36.80
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% -10.33%
England median hourly rate £53.00 £31.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +68.25% -55.00% +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 18,004 12,485 14,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.17% 92.37% 88.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,831 8,318 10,069
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £661 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 284 253 197
10th Percentile £17.10 £16.50 £16.99
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -13.04%
75th Percentile £57.13 £48.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.50
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.61%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 -16 5 £500 +2.56% 6
South London -5 2 £575 +43.75% 1
East London - 2 £432 - 4
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 5 (6.17%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.23%) CMS
2 1 (1.23%) Ethereum
2 1 (1.23%) SAS
2 1 (1.23%) Solana
Applications
1 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.23%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Distributed Ledger
1 3 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (1.23%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.35%) Azure
2 8 (9.88%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.70%) Azure AKS
4 2 (2.47%) AWS
4 2 (2.47%) GCP
4 2 (2.47%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.47%) SaaS
5 1 (1.23%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (1.23%) ChatGPT
5 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.23%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.23%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.23%) Internet
1 1 (1.23%) LAN
1 1 (1.23%) Network Security
1 1 (1.23%) RTP
1 1 (1.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.70%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.47%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.23%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.23%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (8.64%) JIRA
2 1 (1.23%) Hardhat
General
1 29 (35.80%) Finance
2 24 (29.63%) Legal
2 24 (29.63%) Social Skills
3 23 (28.40%) Public Sector
4 17 (20.99%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (11.11%) Banking
5 9 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (7.41%) Law
7 5 (6.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (4.94%) Local Government
8 4 (4.94%) Military
9 3 (3.70%) Billing
9 3 (3.70%) Publishing
9 3 (3.70%) Retail
10 2 (2.47%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.47%) Marketing
10 2 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.23%) General Ledger
11 1 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.23%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 12 (14.81%) Analyst
2 9 (11.11%) Business Analyst
2 9 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 8 (9.88%) IT Manager
3 8 (9.88%) Legal Analyst
4 6 (7.41%) Contracts Manager
4 6 (7.41%) Coordinator
4 6 (7.41%) Lead
4 6 (7.41%) Project Coordinator
5 5 (6.17%) Banking Analyst
5 5 (6.17%) Banking Business Analyst
5 5 (6.17%) Commercial Manager
5 5 (6.17%) Commercial Officer
5 5 (6.17%) Contract Management Business Analyst
5 5 (6.17%) IT Support
5 5 (6.17%) IT Support Manager
5 5 (6.17%) ITIL Manager
5 5 (6.17%) Procurement Manager
5 5 (6.17%) Support Manager
6 4 (4.94%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.94%) Node.js
1 4 (4.94%) Smart Contracts
2 3 (3.70%) REST
2 3 (3.70%) Spring
2 3 (3.70%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.23%) ethers.js
3 1 (1.23%) JSON
3 1 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.23%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.88%) Onboarding
2 3 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.23%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.23%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.23%) Blockchain
4 1 (1.23%) CCTV
4 1 (1.23%) CMDB
4 1 (1.23%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.23%) EPoS
4 1 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Licensing
4 1 (1.23%) NHS
4 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.23%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (34.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (18.52%) Project Management
3 11 (13.58%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (13.58%) Performance Management
3 11 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (13.58%) Project Delivery
4 10 (12.35%) Service Management
4 10 (12.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (11.11%) Change Management
5 9 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
6 8 (9.88%) ITIL
6 8 (9.88%) ITSM
7 7 (8.64%) Business Analysis
7 7 (8.64%) Business Case
7 7 (8.64%) Decision-Making
7 7 (8.64%) Supplier Management
8 6 (7.41%) ERP
8 6 (7.41%) Integration Patterns
8 6 (7.41%) Process Improvement
8 6 (7.41%) Source to Pay
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.94%) Java
2 1 (1.23%) C#
2 1 (1.23%) DAML
2 1 (1.23%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 14 (17.28%) Security Cleared
2 12 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.64%) Degree
4 5 (6.17%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.47%) MRICS
5 2 (2.47%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.47%) PMP
6 1 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.23%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (1.23%) CIPD
6 1 (1.23%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.23%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.23%) IIBA
6 1 (1.23%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.23%) MBA
6 1 (1.23%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.23%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (7.41%) SLA
2 5 (6.17%) COBIT
3 4 (4.94%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
4 3 (3.70%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.23%) GRC
5 1 (1.23%) PMO
5 1 (1.23%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (3.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (17.28%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.81%) SAP
3 10 (12.35%) NEC
4 7 (8.64%) ServiceNow
5 5 (6.17%) Oracle
6 3 (3.70%) Ariba
6 3 (3.70%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.23%) Anaplan
7 1 (1.23%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.23%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.23%) Conga
7 1 (1.23%) Maconomy
7 1 (1.23%) Sitecore