Contract Negotiation Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Contract Negotiation
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Contract Negotiation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 153 184
Rank change year-on-year -32 +31 +49
Contract jobs citing Contract Negotiation 8 11 15
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.19% 0.27% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.32% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 10
10th Percentile £463 - £420
25th Percentile £503 £319 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £338 £591
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% -42.88% +47.70%
75th Percentile £622 £356 £609
90th Percentile £650 - £707
England median daily rate £550 £551 £525
% change year-on-year -0.09% +4.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - - £48.42
25th Percentile - £31.25 £48.45
Median hourly rate - £32.50 £51.99
Median % change year-on-year - -37.49% +17.13%
75th Percentile - £33.75 £55.64
90th Percentile - - £55.74
England median hourly rate £67.00 £32.50 £51.78
% change year-on-year +106.15% -37.23% -15.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,737 3,437 4,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.10% 84.32% 88.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,457 1,872 3,029
10th Percentile £250 £294 £284
25th Percentile £369 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £563 £575 £600
90th Percentile £671 £655 £683
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 178 213
10th Percentile £14.47 £14.28 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.48 £18.13 £18.00
Median hourly rate £23.45 £35.00 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.01% +20.69% +36.47%
75th Percentile £37.56 £51.90 £46.18
90th Percentile £65.03 £70.00 £62.80
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -39.40% -7.78% +28.77%

Contract Negotiation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Contract Negotiation job vacancy trend in the North of England

Contract Negotiation
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Contract Negotiation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Contract Negotiation

Contract Negotiation
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contract Negotiation in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Negotiation in the North of England

Contract Negotiation
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Contract Negotiation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Contract Negotiation

Contract Negotiation
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 Negotiation within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 October 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 -15 4 £588 - 21
Yorkshire -18 4 £488 +44.44% 23
Contract Negotiation
England

Contract Negotiation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (12.50%) Moodle
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
General
1 4 (50.00%) Legal
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Law
4 1 (12.50%) Automotive
4 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Local Government
4 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Contracts Manager
1 3 (37.50%) Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) ERP Implementation Manager
2 2 (25.00%) ERP Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Application Development Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Application Development Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Applications Development Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Applications Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Applications Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Commercial Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Commercial Contracts Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Development Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Migration Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Migration Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Procurement Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Procurement Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (12.50%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 3 (37.50%) Change Control
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
2 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 2 (25.00%) ERP
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Model Validation
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Scorecard
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
4 1 (12.50%) Business Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (12.50%) Proactive Management
4 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) NEC
1 1 (12.50%) Saba
1 1 (12.50%) SAP