Contract Negotiation Contract Job Trends in the South East

Contract Negotiation
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Contract Negotiation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 152 191
Rank change year-on-year -19 +39 +47
Contract jobs citing Contract Negotiation 16 20 14
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.37% 0.54% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.61% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 17 9
10th Percentile £480 £413 £400
25th Percentile £538 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% +2.86% +75.00%
75th Percentile £738 £560 £588
90th Percentile £740 £677 £618
England median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £58.38 -
England median hourly rate £92.50 £32.50 £51.78
% change year-on-year +184.62% -37.23% -21.27%

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 3,713 3,258 4,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.10% 88.29% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,428 2,030 2,900
10th Percentile £221 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.01% -1.88% +1.46%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £614
90th Percentile £675 £682 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 368 124 223
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.55 £18.59
25th Percentile £17.00 £26.00 £26.13
Median hourly rate £22.38 £47.51 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year -52.89% -12.92% +45.49%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.11 £66.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.53 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%

Contract Negotiation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Contract Negotiation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Contract Negotiation job vacancy trend in the South East

Contract Negotiation
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Contract Negotiation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Contract Negotiation

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 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Negotiation in the South East

Contract Negotiation
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Contract Negotiation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Contract Negotiation

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 21 December 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 -10 7 £725 +48.72% 7
Hampshire -19 7 £538 -0.46% 10
Berkshire -2 5 £725 +38.10% 4
Buckinghamshire +6 2 £400 -5.88% 1
Surrey +1 1 £575 -11.54% 4
West Sussex - 1 £575 -
Contract Negotiation
England

Contract Negotiation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) AWS
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) DTS
General
1 10 (62.50%) Finance
2 9 (56.25%) Legal
3 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (31.25%) Law
5 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
6 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Commercial Manager
2 4 (25.00%) Programme Manager
3 3 (18.75%) Senior
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Applications Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Engineering Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Lead
5 1 (6.25%) Presales Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Procurement Specialist
5 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Programme Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Service Owner
5 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Presales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) PMI
2 1 (6.25%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Contract Management
1 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (31.25%) Data Protection
3 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 4 (25.00%) Project Management
4 3 (18.75%) Contingency Planning
4 3 (18.75%) ITSM
4 3 (18.75%) Service Management
5 2 (12.50%) Agile
5 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
5 2 (12.50%) ITIL
5 2 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (12.50%) Project Governance
5 2 (12.50%) Software Asset Management
5 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (6.25%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 1 (6.25%) Presales
6 1 (6.25%) Software Audit
6 1 (6.25%) Supply Chain Transformation
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) DV Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) PMI Certification
3 4 (25.00%) PMP
4 3 (18.75%) APMP
4 3 (18.75%) MAPM
5 2 (12.50%) Degree
5 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
6 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) GDPR
2 2 (12.50%) PMO
3 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
3 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) SAP
1 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow
1 1 (6.25%) Snow