Contract Management Contracts in the South East

Contract Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 135 189
Rank change year-on-year +11 +54 +54
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 36 48 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.01% 0.99% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 1.19% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 25 19
10th Percentile £338 £434 £420
25th Percentile £381 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £530
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +17.92% +0.95%
75th Percentile £545 £675 £638
90th Percentile £561 £890 £650
England median daily rate £450 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -15.49% -3.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £24.45 - -
25th Percentile £28.88 - -
Median hourly rate £37.00 £70.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.14% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £44.38 - -
90th Percentile £48.35 - -
England median hourly rate £31.50 £70.00 £41.04
% change year-on-year -55.00% +70.57% +49.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,199 4,018 4,965
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.91% 82.66% 89.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,997 2,464 3,358
10th Percentile £250 £255 £252
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £518
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +0.39% +3.60%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £622
90th Percentile £665 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 319 233
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.00 £15.30
25th Percentile £15.13 £26.25 £21.05
Median hourly rate £21.58 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.38% +14.70% +98.02%
75th Percentile £50.00 £70.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.60 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £41.02
% change year-on-year -40.82% +3.61% +53.35%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Contract Management in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Contract Management in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contract Management in the South East over the 6 months to 16 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Management in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Contract Management in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Contract Management in the South East over the 6 months to 16 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Contract Management in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 16 August 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
Thames Valley -19 16 £456 -27.00% 20
Hampshire +28 11 £460 -26.40% 10
Berkshire -17 11 £530 -13.61% 9
Buckinghamshire - 5 £400 - 8
West Sussex - 5 £525 - 2
Surrey +13 3 £238 -52.50% 2
Middlesex - 1 - - 1
Contract Management
England

Contract Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 7 (19.44%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (19.44%) Azure
2 6 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.78%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (19.44%) Firewall
2 6 (16.67%) Internet
2 6 (16.67%) Network Security
2 6 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) JIRA
2 2 (5.56%) Bitbucket
2 2 (5.56%) Cucumber
2 2 (5.56%) Jenkins
2 2 (5.56%) REST Assured
2 2 (5.56%) Selenium
General
1 16 (44.44%) Finance
2 14 (38.89%) Legal
3 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
4 7 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (13.89%) Public Sector
6 3 (8.33%) Automotive
6 3 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (8.33%) Law
6 3 (8.33%) Manufacturing
6 3 (8.33%) Military
7 2 (5.56%) German Language
7 2 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (5.56%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.78%) Marketing
8 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 9 (25.00%) Senior
3 8 (22.22%) Senior Manager
4 7 (19.44%) IT Services Manager
4 7 (19.44%) Service Manager
5 5 (13.89%) Analyst
5 5 (13.89%) Contracts Manager
5 5 (13.89%) Project Manager
5 5 (13.89%) Senior IT Manager
5 5 (13.89%) Senior Service Manager
6 4 (11.11%) Commercial Analyst
7 3 (8.33%) Commercial Manager
7 3 (8.33%) Financial Analyst
7 3 (8.33%) Lead
8 2 (5.56%) Applications Support
8 2 (5.56%) Contract Management Specialist
8 2 (5.56%) Procurement Specialist
8 2 (5.56%) Project Leader
8 2 (5.56%) Selenium Automation Tester
8 2 (5.56%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) .NET
1 2 (5.56%) REST
1 2 (5.56%) RESTful
1 2 (5.56%) SOAP
2 1 (2.78%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 6 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.78%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.78%) Life Science
4 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.78%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (30.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (22.22%) Budget Management
2 8 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (22.22%) Project Management
3 7 (19.44%) Budgeting
3 7 (19.44%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 7 (19.44%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (19.44%) Penetration Testing
4 6 (16.67%) Case Management
4 6 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 6 (16.67%) Resource Management
4 6 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
5 5 (13.89%) Analytics
5 5 (13.89%) Antivirus Management
5 5 (13.89%) Server Management
6 4 (11.11%) Agile
6 4 (11.11%) ITIL
6 4 (11.11%) Line Management
6 4 (11.11%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.33%) SQL
2 2 (5.56%) C#
2 2 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 7 (19.44%) Degree
3 7 (19.44%) PMI Certification
3 7 (19.44%) PMP
4 3 (8.33%) ACCA
4 3 (8.33%) CIMA
5 2 (5.56%) APMP
5 2 (5.56%) ISEB
5 2 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) SLA
2 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.78%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.33%) IFS
3 2 (5.56%) Oracle