Contract Management Contracts in the South West

Contract Management
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 103 136 156
Rank change year-on-year +33 +20 +12
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 8 21 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.48% 0.66% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.79% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 8
10th Percentile £215 £360 £494
25th Percentile £269 £438 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -17.33% +25.00%
75th Percentile £469 £470 £613
90th Percentile £563 £500 £679
England median daily rate £535 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
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
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Contract Management in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Contract Management in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Contract Management in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Contract Management in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South 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
Bristol +17 3 £450 -14.29% 10
Gloucestershire +18 2 £217 - 11
Wiltshire +31 1 £450 +125.00% 4
Devon +5 1 - - 3
Somerset +2 1 £600 +33.33% 6
Contract Management
England

Contract Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (12.50%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Local Government
2 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Billing
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Procurement Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) Category Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Procurement Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) Procurement Project Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Buyer
4 1 (12.50%) Configuration Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Project Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Project Supervisor
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Manager
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Risk Management
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Due Diligence
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Process Management
3 2 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (25.00%) Spend Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
4 1 (12.50%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) Ariba
3 1 (12.50%) Google
3 1 (12.50%) NEC