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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 326 305 353
Rank change year-on-year -21 +48 +152
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 56 76 73
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.39% 0.48% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.54% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 44 50
10th Percentile £304 £314 £323
25th Percentile £380 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £625
90th Percentile £705 £796 £689
England median daily rate £450 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -18.18% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £36.80 £41.04
Median % change year-on-year - -10.33% -
England median hourly rate £51.00 £66.25 £41.04
% change year-on-year -23.02% +61.43% +10.53%

All Process and 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 13,187 14,116 17,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.78% 89.82% 89.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,698 9,124 12,474
10th Percentile £339 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -3.73% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £503 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.29% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 164 235
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.65
25th Percentile £24.56 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year -21.33% +5.25% -10.93%
75th Percentile £47.63 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.00%

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025. 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 -10 5 £425 -36.33% 6
West London -15 1 £500 +11.11% 1
South London - 1 £400 -
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 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (16.07%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (21.43%) SaaS
2 5 (8.93%) AWS
3 3 (5.36%) Azure
3 3 (5.36%) GitHub
3 3 (5.36%) Google Sheets
4 2 (3.57%) PaaS
5 1 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.79%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.79%) IaaS
5 1 (1.79%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.57%) RTP
2 1 (1.79%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (5.36%) GitLab
1 3 (5.36%) JIRA
2 2 (3.57%) REST Assured
General
1 34 (60.71%) Finance
2 25 (44.64%) Social Skills
3 17 (30.36%) Public Sector
4 13 (23.21%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (19.64%) Legal
6 5 (8.93%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (7.14%) Banking
7 4 (7.14%) Retail
8 3 (5.36%) Investment Banking
8 3 (5.36%) Marketing
8 3 (5.36%) Telecoms
9 2 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (3.57%) Law
9 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
9 2 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.79%) Back Office
10 1 (1.79%) Electronics
10 1 (1.79%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.79%) Front Office
10 1 (1.79%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 10 (17.86%) Lead
2 7 (12.50%) Procurement Manager
3 5 (8.93%) Commercial Manager
3 5 (8.93%) IT Manager
3 5 (8.93%) Programme Manager
3 5 (8.93%) Project Leader
4 4 (7.14%) Contracts Manager
4 4 (7.14%) Operations Manager
4 4 (7.14%) Senior
4 4 (7.14%) Software Manager
4 4 (7.14%) Vendor Manager
5 3 (5.36%) Programme Director
5 3 (5.36%) Programme Test Manager
5 3 (5.36%) Test Manager
5 3 (5.36%) Test Programme Manager
5 3 (5.36%) Transformation Director
6 2 (3.57%) Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Consultant
6 2 (3.57%) IT Procurement Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 5 (8.93%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.57%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.79%) NHS
4 1 (1.79%) PMI
4 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.79%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (46.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (26.79%) Project Management
4 12 (21.43%) Contract Negotiation
5 10 (17.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (14.29%) Business Case
6 8 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 7 (12.50%) Decision-Making
8 6 (10.71%) Agile
8 6 (10.71%) Facilities Management
8 6 (10.71%) Performance Management
8 6 (10.71%) Supplier Management
9 5 (8.93%) Data Analysis
9 5 (8.93%) Data Management
9 5 (8.93%) Project Delivery
9 5 (8.93%) Risk Management
10 4 (7.14%) DevOps
10 4 (7.14%) Planning and Forecasting
10 4 (7.14%) Supplier Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.36%) C#
1 3 (5.36%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (28.57%) Degree
2 10 (17.86%) Security Cleared
3 8 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.36%) MRICS
5 2 (3.57%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.57%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.79%) CEH
6 1 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.79%) CISM
6 1 (1.79%) CISMP
6 1 (1.79%) CISSP
6 1 (1.79%) CSSLP
6 1 (1.79%) GCIH
6 1 (1.79%) MBA
6 1 (1.79%) PMP
6 1 (1.79%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (5.36%) QA
3 2 (3.57%) NCSC
4 1 (1.79%) COBIT
4 1 (1.79%) GDPR
4 1 (1.79%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.79%) NIST
4 1 (1.79%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (5.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) RSA Archer
1 1 (1.79%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 11 (19.64%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.50%) SAP
3 5 (8.93%) Bloomberg
3 5 (8.93%) Google
3 5 (8.93%) NEC
3 5 (8.93%) Refinitiv
4 3 (5.36%) Ariba
4 3 (5.36%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.57%) Oracle
6 1 (1.79%) Snow