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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 319 339
Rank change year-on-year -27 +20 +40
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 80 50 58
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.40% 0.37% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.40% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 31 36
10th Percentile £385 £135 £334
25th Percentile £505 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £488 £532
Median % change year-on-year +12.92% -8.31% -3.33%
75th Percentile £750 £538 £700
90th Percentile £758 £630 £772
England median daily rate £550 £475 £519
% change year-on-year +15.84% -8.51% -5.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £32.20 -
England median hourly rate £48.00 £40.75 £70.00
% change year-on-year +17.79% -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 17,703 12,488 15,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.99% 92.09% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,731 8,359 10,820
10th Percentile £363 £331 £350
25th Percentile £449 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 238 265
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £20.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £31.25 £32.29
Median % change year-on-year +15.20% -3.22% -21.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.94 £50.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.40 £69.20
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%

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 18 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 18 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 -15 6 £650 +23.81% 2
East London - 2 £432 -
South London - 2 £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 (3.75%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.25%) CMS
2 1 (1.25%) Ethereum
2 1 (1.25%) Solana
Applications
1 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.25%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 3 (3.75%) Distributed Ledger
1 3 (3.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (1.25%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.25%) Azure
1 9 (11.25%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (3.75%) Azure AKS
2 3 (3.75%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.25%) Anthropic Claude
3 1 (1.25%) AWS
3 1 (1.25%) ChatGPT
3 1 (1.25%) GCP
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (1.25%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.25%) PowerApps
3 1 (1.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.25%) Internet
1 1 (1.25%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.75%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.50%) Power BI
2 2 (2.50%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.25%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.25%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 8 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (1.25%) Hardhat
General
1 24 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 23 (28.75%) Finance
2 23 (28.75%) Public Sector
3 20 (25.00%) Legal
4 17 (21.25%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (11.25%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (8.75%) Law
7 6 (7.50%) Banking
8 5 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (6.25%) Military
9 4 (5.00%) Billing
10 3 (3.75%) Local Government
10 3 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (3.75%) Publishing
11 2 (2.50%) Marketing
12 1 (1.25%) General Ledger
12 1 (1.25%) German Language
12 1 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.25%) Public Speaking
12 1 (1.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (12.50%) Analyst
2 9 (11.25%) Contracts Manager
3 7 (8.75%) IT Manager
4 6 (7.50%) Business Analyst
4 6 (7.50%) Commercial Manager
4 6 (7.50%) Commercial Officer
5 5 (6.25%) Banking Analyst
5 5 (6.25%) Banking Business Analyst
5 5 (6.25%) Contract Management Business Analyst
5 5 (6.25%) IT Support
5 5 (6.25%) IT Support Manager
5 5 (6.25%) ITIL Manager
5 5 (6.25%) Lead
5 5 (6.25%) Legal Analyst
5 5 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 5 (6.25%) Support Manager
6 4 (5.00%) Developer
6 4 (5.00%) Procurement Manager
6 4 (5.00%) Senior
7 3 (3.75%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.00%) Node.js
1 4 (5.00%) Smart Contracts
2 3 (3.75%) REST
2 3 (3.75%) Spring
2 3 (3.75%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.25%) ethers.js
3 1 (1.25%) JSON
3 1 (1.25%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.25%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (2.50%) CMDB
2 2 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.50%) NHS
3 1 (1.25%) AI Agents
3 1 (1.25%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.25%) Blockchain
3 1 (1.25%) CCTV
3 1 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.25%) EPoS
3 1 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.25%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.25%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.25%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (28.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (18.75%) Project Management
3 13 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (16.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (13.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (13.75%) Performance Management
5 10 (12.50%) Service Management
6 9 (11.25%) ITSM
6 9 (11.25%) Project Delivery
7 8 (10.00%) ITIL
7 8 (10.00%) Service Delivery
7 8 (10.00%) Supplier Management
8 7 (8.75%) Business Analysis
8 7 (8.75%) Contract Negotiation
8 7 (8.75%) ERP
9 6 (7.50%) Business Case
9 6 (7.50%) Integration Patterns
9 6 (7.50%) Source to Pay
10 5 (6.25%) Cost Management
10 5 (6.25%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.00%) Java
2 1 (1.25%) C#
2 1 (1.25%) DAML
2 1 (1.25%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 19 (23.75%) Security Cleared
2 17 (21.25%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.50%) Degree
4 5 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (3.75%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.50%) MRICS
6 2 (2.50%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.50%) PMP
7 1 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.25%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (1.25%) CIPD
7 1 (1.25%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.25%) IIBA
7 1 (1.25%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.25%) MBA
7 1 (1.25%) Postgraduate
7 1 (1.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.25%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.75%) SLA
2 6 (7.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (6.25%) COBIT
4 4 (5.00%) Data Quality
4 4 (5.00%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
5 2 (2.50%) PMO
6 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.25%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (3.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.75%) SAP
3 8 (10.00%) NEC
4 7 (8.75%) ServiceNow
5 5 (6.25%) Oracle
6 4 (5.00%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.50%) Ariba
7 2 (2.50%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.25%) Anaplan
8 1 (1.25%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.25%) Conga
8 1 (1.25%) Maconomy
8 1 (1.25%) Sitecore