Contracts Manager Contract Job Trends in the South West

Contract Manager
England > South West

The median Contract Manager daily rate in the South West is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 129 139
Rank change year-on-year +9 +10 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Contracts Manager 3 6 16
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.15% 0.24% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.26% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 5
10th Percentile £458 - £563
25th Percentile £469 £338 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £725
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -48.28% +26.64%
75th Percentile £544 £491 -
90th Percentile £563 £631 -
England median daily rate £500 £540 £563
% change year-on-year -7.41% -4.00% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £44.25
Median hourly rate - - £44.50
75th Percentile - - £44.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £64.00 £40.99 £44.50
% change year-on-year +56.15% -7.89% -23.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 1,790 2,327 3,009
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.68% 92.56% 95.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,009 1,358 2,019
10th Percentile £213 £225 £300
25th Percentile £368 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -4.65% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £715
England median daily rate £512 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.48% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 240 306
10th Percentile £14.41 £14.41 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.22 £35.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £57.66
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +17.07% -3.64%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +67.93%

Contracts Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Contracts Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Contracts Manager job vacancy trend in the South West

Contracts Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Contracts Manager job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Contracts Manager job vacancies in the South West

Contracts Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Contracts Manager job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Contracts Manager job vacancies in the South West

Contracts Manager
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 Contracts Manager within the South West region over the 6 months to 16 October 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 +3 3 £500 - 2
Contracts Manager
England

Contracts Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, Contracts Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Contracts Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Observability
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) React
2 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat

Contracts Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Next.js
1 1 (33.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Line Management
1 1 (33.33%) Observability
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Re-Platforming
1 1 (33.33%) SIEM
1 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP