Contracts Manager Contracts in the North of England

Contract Manager
England > North of England

The median Contract Manager daily rate in the North of England is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 171 202
Rank change year-on-year +12 +31 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Contracts Manager 7 14 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.21% 0.29% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.32% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 13
10th Percentile - £373 £413
25th Percentile - £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £444 £575 £600
90th Percentile £469 £590 £640
England median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 3,078 4,441 5,553
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.14% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,038 2,789 3,920
10th Percentile £230 £263 £285
25th Percentile £364 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £646 £673 £680
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 394 162
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.02 £13.96
25th Percentile £16.16 £12.53 £18.82
Median hourly rate £24.50 £19.34 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +26.68% -36.67% +65.08%
75th Percentile £49.38 £45.97 £49.40
90th Percentile £80.22 £60.00 £65.68
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Contracts Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Contracts Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Contracts Manager in the North of England

Contracts Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Contracts Manager in the North of England

Contracts Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Contracts Manager in the North of England

Contracts Manager
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 Contracts Manager 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
Yorkshire +7 6 £425 -22.73% 2
North West +11 1 £475 +16.92% 3
Contracts Manager
England

Contracts Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Contracts Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Contracts Manager in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) ITIL
1 5 (71.43%) Service Management
1 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (71.43%) ServiceNow
1 5 (71.43%) SIAM
1 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
3 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
3 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
3 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Engineering

Contracts Manager Skill Set
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:

General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL
1 5 (71.43%) Service Management
1 5 (71.43%) SIAM
1 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) ServiceNow