Contract Negotiation Contracts in the South East

Contract Negotiation
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Contract Negotiation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Contract Negotiation 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 142 194 200
Rank change year-on-year +52 +6 +55
Contract jobs citing Contract Negotiation 17 11 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.56% 0.20% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.23% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 18
10th Percentile £420 £459 £332
25th Percentile £450 £524 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £570 £473
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +20.63% -1.05%
75th Percentile £638 £681 £647
90th Percentile £650 £715 £650
England median daily rate £563 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +12.50% -9.09% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Contract Negotiation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Contract Negotiation in the South East

Contract Negotiation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Contract Negotiation in the South East

Contract Negotiation
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contract Negotiation in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Negotiation in the South East

Contract Negotiation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Contract Negotiation in the South East

Contract Negotiation
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 Negotiation within the South East 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
Thames Valley +51 11 £625 - 17
Berkshire +37 9 £650 - 10
Hampshire +30 8 £540 -20.00% 12
Surrey +14 1 £508 -10.96% 10
Oxfordshire - 1 £625 - 6
Buckinghamshire - 1 £350 - 6
Contract Negotiation
England

Contract Negotiation
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:

Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Network Security
1 2 (11.76%) Radio Access Network
1 2 (11.76%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Legal
3 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
4 2 (11.76%) Aviation
4 2 (11.76%) Electronics
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Local Government
5 1 (5.88%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Project Manager
2 4 (23.53%) Commercial Manager
3 3 (17.65%) Commercial Project Manager
3 3 (17.65%) Contracts Manager
3 3 (17.65%) IT Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Head of Architecture
4 2 (11.76%) Head of Security
4 2 (11.76%) Head of Strategy
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Data Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Programme Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Programme Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Senior
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms Programme Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Data Centre
1 3 (17.65%) Onboarding
2 2 (11.76%) CCTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Contract Management
1 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (29.41%) Project Management
2 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
3 3 (17.65%) Programme Governance
3 3 (17.65%) Supplier Management
4 2 (11.76%) Application Security
4 2 (11.76%) Change Management
4 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (11.76%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (11.76%) Information Security
4 2 (11.76%) ITIL
4 2 (11.76%) OWASP
4 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
4 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
4 2 (11.76%) Security Architecture
4 2 (11.76%) Security Operations
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (5.88%) Data Migration
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) COBIT
1 2 (11.76%) GDPR
1 2 (11.76%) NIST
2 1 (5.88%) ISO 14001
2 1 (5.88%) ISO 9001
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle
2 2 (11.76%) SAP
3 1 (5.88%) Ariba
3 1 (5.88%) Aruba