Contract Management Contracts in Scotland

Contract Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 29 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 111 142
Rank change year-on-year 0 +31 +17
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 7 8 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.41% 0.39% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.45% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 9
10th Percentile - £438 £191
25th Percentile - £475 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +37.50% -23.81%
75th Percentile - £625 £600
90th Percentile - £850 £644
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,559 1,794 2,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 92.25% 86.92% 92.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 880 1,100 1,700
10th Percentile £254 £213 £260
25th Percentile £368 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £452 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -4.95% -
75th Percentile £538 £557 £550
90th Percentile £600 £646 £627
UK median daily rate £504 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 90 61
10th Percentile £16.37 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.13 £12.13
Median hourly rate £20.00 £19.55 £15.99
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +22.23% -57.28%
75th Percentile £25.15 £46.24 £35.00
90th Percentile £52.82 £60.93 £60.55
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year -32.93% +3.45% +39.42%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Contract Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Contract Management in Scotland

Contract Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Contract Management in Scotland

Contract Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Contract Management in Scotland

Contract Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 June 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
Glasgow -23 3 £550 - 6
South Lanarkshire +14 2 - -
Edinburgh +10 2 - - 5
Contract Management
UK

Contract Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Business Case
1 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
1 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (28.57%) Feasibility Study
1 2 (28.57%) Runbook
1 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
1 2 (28.57%) Supplier Management
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement Process
2 1 (14.29%) Cost Control
2 1 (14.29%) Defect Management
2 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) HND
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland