Contract Negotiation Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Contract Negotiation
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Contract Negotiation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 125 131
Rank change year-on-year -33 +6 +60
Contract jobs citing Contract Negotiation 6 7 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.19% 0.28% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.33% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £488 £487 -
25th Percentile £513 £496 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +16.67% -20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £475
90th Percentile £588 - -
England median daily rate £550 £525 £531
% change year-on-year +4.76% -1.18% +1.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Contract Negotiation 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,688 2,125 2,274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.96% 84.70% 84.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,695 1,322 1,557
10th Percentile £250 £250 £250
25th Percentile £373 £375 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -1.52%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £689
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 80 104
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £14.04
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.94 £17.41
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.25 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -15.19% -6.51% +41.41%
75th Percentile £25.15 £34.06 £51.50
90th Percentile £31.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

Contract Negotiation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Contract Negotiation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Contract Negotiation job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Contract Negotiation
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Contract Negotiation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Contract Negotiation

Contract Negotiation
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contract Negotiation in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Negotiation in the Midlands

Contract Negotiation
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Contract Negotiation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Contract Negotiation

Contract Negotiation
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Contract Negotiation within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
West Midlands -25 4 £550 +4.76% 31
East Midlands -19 2 £525 - 20
Contract Negotiation
England

Contract Negotiation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 6 (100.00%) Legal
2 5 (83.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Category Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Implementation Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Implementation Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) IT Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Contracts Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Educational Technology
1 3 (50.00%) Learning Management System
1 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (50.00%) User Experience
3 2 (33.33%) Contract Management
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) Change Control
4 1 (16.67%) Co-Creation
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
4 1 (16.67%) Swim Lanes
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
1 3 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (50.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Progress