Contract Management Contract Job Trends in the North East

Contract Management
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Contract Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 40 29
Rank change year-on-year -9 -11 +36
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 3 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.73% 1.00% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 1.08% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £495
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.48%
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +2.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 361 277 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 87.83% 92.64% 85.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 131 144
10th Percentile £176 £310 £225
25th Percentile £363 £395 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £495 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -18.18%
75th Percentile £530 £592 £575
90th Percentile £588 £720 £714
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 25 12
10th Percentile £15.06 £14.13 £15.46
25th Percentile £17.88 £15.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £42.00 £18.50 £33.48
Median % change year-on-year +127.03% -44.73% +48.78%
75th Percentile £53.75 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £55.00 - £48.49
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.09%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Contract Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Contract Management job vacancy trend in the North East

Contract Management
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Contract Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Contract Management

Contract Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Contract Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Contract Management

Contract Management
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 26 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
Tyne and Wear - 3 £375 - 3
Contract Management
England

Contract Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Automate
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Governance Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Procurement Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) E-Procurement
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow