Contract Management Contracts in the North West

Contract Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 106 127 126
Rank change year-on-year +21 -1 +31
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 14 10 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.71% 0.36% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.42% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 26
10th Percentile £209 - -
25th Percentile £284 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £367 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -33.27% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £628
90th Percentile £685 £613 £738
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,776 2,377 2,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.24% 86.28% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,519 2,058
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 244 144
10th Percentile £15.97 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.66 £13.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.22 £48.91
90th Percentile £83.96 £57.50 £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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Contract Management in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Contract Management in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Contract Management in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Contract Management in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Contract Management in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Cheshire - 7 £367 - 3
Manchester +13 5 £410 -18.00% 17
Lancashire - 2 - - 12
Contract Management
England

Contract Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Skype
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Legal
4 2 (14.29%) Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Local Government
5 1 (7.14%) Law
5 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Administrator
2 2 (14.29%) Banking Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Commercial Officer
2 2 (14.29%) ICT Manager
2 2 (14.29%) ICT Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Payments Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Procurement Administrator
2 2 (14.29%) Programme Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (7.14%) Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Commercial Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Commercial Data Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Data Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
3 1 (7.14%) IT Procurement Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Lead
3 1 (7.14%) Procurement Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Procurement Officer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (7.14%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Project Management
2 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (35.71%) Supplier Management
3 4 (28.57%) Matrix Management
3 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 3 (21.43%) Agile
4 3 (21.43%) Budget Management
4 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
5 2 (14.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 2 (14.29%) Business Case
5 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
5 2 (14.29%) Contract Negotiation
5 2 (14.29%) Critical Path Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 2 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 2 (14.29%) Supplier Relationship Management
5 2 (14.29%) Vendor Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft