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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 291 321
Rank change year-on-year -59 +30 +100
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 52 54 66
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.31% 0.43% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.47% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 37 48
10th Percentile £313 £400 £313
25th Percentile £403 £488 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £684 £619 £748
90th Percentile £734 £748 £850
England median daily rate £525 £535 £500
% change year-on-year -1.87% +7.00% -9.09%

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 14,898 11,581 15,984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.70% 91.39% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,994 7,826 11,435
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £444 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 164 337
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.06 £15.98
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.54 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.25 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +15.57% -21.79%
75th Percentile £57.00 £51.20 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £67.50 £70.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +6.06% - -12.00%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 6 £670 +11.67% 8
East London - 2 £432 - 1
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 (1.92%) Confluence
1 1 (1.92%) Ethereum
1 1 (1.92%) Solana
Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.92%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (1.92%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.62%) Azure
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.85%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.85%) SaaS
3 1 (1.92%) Azure AKS
3 1 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.92%) IaaS
3 1 (1.92%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.85%) Data Lake
1 2 (3.85%) Power BI
2 1 (1.92%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) JIRA
2 3 (5.77%) GitLab
3 2 (3.85%) REST Assured
4 1 (1.92%) Hardhat
General
1 22 (42.31%) Social Skills
2 19 (36.54%) Finance
3 11 (21.15%) Legal
3 11 (21.15%) Public Sector
4 10 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (11.54%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (5.77%) Banking
6 3 (5.77%) Investment Banking
6 3 (5.77%) Law
6 3 (5.77%) Marketing
7 2 (3.85%) Billing
7 2 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.92%) Front Office
8 1 (1.92%) German Language
8 1 (1.92%) Local Government
8 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.92%) Publishing
8 1 (1.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (11.54%) Commercial Manager
2 5 (9.62%) Contracts Manager
3 4 (7.69%) Analyst
3 4 (7.69%) Developer
3 4 (7.69%) Lead
3 4 (7.69%) Procurement Manager
3 4 (7.69%) Programme Manager
3 4 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 4 (7.69%) Service Manager
4 3 (5.77%) Consultant
4 3 (5.77%) Programme Test Manager
4 3 (5.77%) Senior
4 3 (5.77%) Test Manager
4 3 (5.77%) Test Programme Manager
4 3 (5.77%) Transformation Manager
4 3 (5.77%) Transformation Project Manager
5 2 (3.85%) Head of Digital
5 2 (3.85%) PMO Project Manager
5 2 (3.85%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (3.85%) SAP PMO Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) Node.js
1 2 (3.85%) REST
1 2 (3.85%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (1.92%) ethers.js
2 1 (1.92%) Spring
2 1 (1.92%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.92%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.54%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.85%) CMDB
2 2 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.85%) EPoS
2 2 (3.85%) Reinsurance
2 2 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.92%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.92%) Blockchain
3 1 (1.92%) FMCG
3 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.92%) NHS
3 1 (1.92%) PMI
3 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.92%) Web3
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (26.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 10 (19.23%) Project Management
4 9 (17.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (13.46%) Contract Negotiation
5 7 (13.46%) ERP
5 7 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (13.46%) Risk Management
5 7 (13.46%) Supplier Management
5 7 (13.46%) Test Automation
6 6 (11.54%) Performance Management
6 6 (11.54%) Roadmaps
6 6 (11.54%) Source to Pay
7 5 (9.62%) Decision-Making
7 5 (9.62%) Process Improvement
7 5 (9.62%) Service Delivery
7 5 (9.62%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (7.69%) Change Management
8 4 (7.69%) ITSM
8 4 (7.69%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.62%) Java
2 4 (7.69%) C#
3 1 (1.92%) DAML
3 1 (1.92%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 13 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (19.23%) SC Cleared
3 8 (15.38%) Degree
4 3 (5.77%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.77%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.85%) PMP
6 1 (1.92%) CCA
6 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.92%) MBA
6 1 (1.92%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.92%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.62%) SLA
2 4 (7.69%) QA
2 4 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (5.77%) PMO
4 1 (1.92%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.92%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.92%) RSA Archer
1 1 (1.92%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 11 (21.15%) SAP
2 4 (7.69%) Ariba
3 3 (5.77%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.77%) Oracle
3 3 (5.77%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.85%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.85%) Workday
5 1 (1.92%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.92%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.92%) Conga
5 1 (1.92%) NEC
5 1 (1.92%) Refinitiv
5 1 (1.92%) Snow