Contract Management Contracts in Manchester

Contract Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Contract Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Contract Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 87 98
Rank change year-on-year +13 +11 +35
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 5 9 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.54% 0.59% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.68% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 17
10th Percentile £208 - -
25th Percentile £209 £425 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% -13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £700
90th Percentile £670 - £775
North West median daily rate £367 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -33.27% - +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Contract Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Contract Management in Manchester

Contract Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Contract Management in Manchester

Contract Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contract Management in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Management in Manchester

Contract Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Contract Management in Manchester

Contract Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Skype
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Law
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Commercial Officer
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Procurement Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Procurement Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Procurement Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Supplier Management
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Contract Negotiation
3 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Business Case
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) E-Procurement
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Line Management
4 1 (20.00%) Matrix Management
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft