Contract Management Contracts in the North of England

Contract Management
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 144 170 174
Rank change year-on-year +26 +4 +27
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 22 15 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.67% 0.31% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.37% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 31
10th Percentile £215 £418 -
25th Percentile £300 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £329 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -34.20% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £547 £575 £600
90th Percentile £653 £606 £700
England median daily rate £535 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £32.53
25th Percentile £13.50 - £36.31
Median hourly rate £18.49 - £42.63
75th Percentile £24.92 - £48.94
90th Percentile £27.51 - £52.73
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £47.63
% change year-on-year -14.29% -26.51% +51.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Contract Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Contract Management in the North of England

Contract Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Contract Management in the North of England

Contract Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Contract Management in the North of England

Contract Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Contract Management in the North of England

Contract Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Contract Management in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Contract Management in the North of England

Contract Management
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West +21 14 £367 -33.27% 26
Yorkshire +10 7 £300 -28.57% 6
North East - 1 £250 - 3
Contract Management
England

Contract Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 2 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Skype
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 15 (68.18%) Finance
2 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Legal
4 4 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
6 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (9.09%) Banking
6 2 (9.09%) Local Government
6 2 (9.09%) Marketing
6 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.55%) Electronics
7 1 (4.55%) Law
7 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Project Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Senior
3 2 (9.09%) Administrator
3 2 (9.09%) Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Banking Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Commercial Officer
3 2 (9.09%) ICT Manager
3 2 (9.09%) ICT Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Payments Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Procurement Administrator
3 2 (9.09%) Programme Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Data Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) IT Manager
4 1 (4.55%) IT Procurement Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Procurement Officer
4 1 (4.55%) Relationships Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Supplier Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Supplier Relationship Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 2 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.55%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (4.55%) NHS
2 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Project Management
2 6 (27.27%) Contract Negotiation
2 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (27.27%) Supplier Management
3 4 (18.18%) Matrix Management
3 4 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 3 (13.64%) Agile
4 3 (13.64%) Budget Management
4 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
4 3 (13.64%) Supplier Relationship Management
5 2 (9.09%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 2 (9.09%) Business Case
5 2 (9.09%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (9.09%) Customer Service
5 2 (9.09%) DevOps
5 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.09%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (9.09%) Roadmaps
5 2 (9.09%) Vendor Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) GDPR
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) SAP