Contract Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 228 299 328
Rank change year-on-year +71 +29 +68
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 112 100 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.88% 0.48% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 0.57% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 54 72
10th Percentile £282 £211 £425
25th Percentile £367 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £476 £558
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% -14.57% +6.19%
75th Percentile £650 £575 £650
90th Percentile £738 £659 £769
UK median daily rate £535 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 7
10th Percentile £14.50 - £26.96
25th Percentile £24.04 - £35.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £35.00 £55.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% -36.65% +93.86%
75th Percentile £70.00 £52.50 £60.00
90th Percentile - £63.00 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £55.25
% change year-on-year -14.29% -36.65% +75.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,562 17,588 21,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.75% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,253 10,507 14,891
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 2,055 1,305
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.32 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.22 £15.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.52 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Contract Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Contract Management in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Contract Management in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contract Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Management in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Contract Management in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Contract Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Contract Management in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East +52 39 £540 -1.82% 49
Midlands +32 24 £438 -14.54% 32
North of England +31 23 £329 -34.20% 42
North West +19 15 £367 -33.27% 30
West Midlands +18 14 £400 -21.95% 22
East of England +31 13 £550 +73.23% 10
South West +30 8 £450 -3.23% 24
East Midlands - 8 £900 - 8
Yorkshire +9 7 £300 -28.57% 7
Scotland +9 4 £636 +15.64% 6
North East - 1 £250 - 5
Northern Ireland - 1 £281 -
Contract Management
UK

Contract Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 12 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.68%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (2.68%) SAP LE
1 3 (2.68%) SAP WM
2 2 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.79%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.89%) Maximo
3 1 (0.89%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.89%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.89%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.89%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (9.82%) Azure
2 8 (7.14%) Power Platform
3 7 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.79%) Google Workspace
4 2 (1.79%) SaaS
5 1 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.89%) IaaS
5 1 (0.89%) PaaS
5 1 (0.89%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.04%) Firewall
2 6 (5.36%) Internet
2 6 (5.36%) Network Security
2 6 (5.36%) VPN
3 2 (1.79%) Intranet
4 1 (0.89%) PPP
4 1 (0.89%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.14%) Power BI
2 2 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.89%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.89%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 43 (38.39%) Finance
2 30 (26.79%) Social Skills
3 22 (19.64%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (14.29%) Legal
5 14 (12.50%) Telecoms
6 13 (11.61%) Public Sector
7 9 (8.04%) Local Government
8 8 (7.14%) Law
9 7 (6.25%) Manufacturing
10 6 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (4.46%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (3.57%) Billing
13 3 (2.68%) Banking
13 3 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (2.68%) Marketing
13 3 (2.68%) Military
13 3 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (1.79%) Back Office
14 2 (1.79%) Electronics
15 1 (0.89%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 23 (20.54%) Senior
2 19 (16.96%) IT Manager
3 18 (16.07%) Project Manager
4 13 (11.61%) Senior Manager
5 12 (10.71%) Analyst
5 12 (10.71%) Lead
6 11 (9.82%) Service Manager
7 9 (8.04%) Commercial Manager
7 9 (8.04%) IT Services Manager
8 6 (5.36%) Consultant
8 6 (5.36%) Senior Service Manager
9 5 (4.46%) Commercial Analyst
9 5 (4.46%) Procurement Manager
9 5 (4.46%) Senior IT Manager
10 4 (3.57%) Business Manager
10 4 (3.57%) Programme Manager
11 3 (2.68%) Administrator
11 3 (2.68%) Architect
11 3 (2.68%) Senior Analyst
11 3 (2.68%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.57%) SAP PI
2 3 (2.68%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.82%) Management Information System
2 6 (5.36%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.68%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.79%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.89%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.89%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (0.89%) Industry 4.0
6 1 (0.89%) Life Science
6 1 (0.89%) NHS
6 1 (0.89%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.89%) PMI
6 1 (0.89%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.79%) Unix
1 2 (1.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (33.93%) Project Management
2 30 (26.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 25 (22.32%) Risk Management
4 21 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (18.75%) Contract Negotiation
5 16 (14.29%) Supplier Management
6 15 (13.39%) Agile
7 12 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (10.71%) ITIL
7 12 (10.71%) PRINCE2
7 12 (10.71%) Service Delivery
8 11 (9.82%) Budgeting
8 11 (9.82%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (9.82%) Disaster Recovery
9 10 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (8.04%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 9 (8.04%) Penetration Testing
11 8 (7.14%) Business Continuity
11 8 (7.14%) Project Delivery
11 8 (7.14%) Supplier Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 15 (13.39%) Security Cleared
2 14 (12.50%) Degree
3 12 (10.71%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.57%) Master's Degree
4 4 (3.57%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.68%) ACCA
5 3 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.68%) CIMA
5 3 (2.68%) PMP
6 2 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.79%) APMP
6 2 (1.79%) CCSP
6 2 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.79%) CISSP
6 2 (1.79%) ISEB
6 2 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.89%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.89%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.89%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.36%) SLA
2 5 (4.46%) PMO
3 4 (3.57%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.79%) GDPR
4 2 (1.79%) QA
5 1 (0.89%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.89%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (0.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.79%) CASB
Vendors
1 15 (13.39%) Microsoft
1 15 (13.39%) SAP
2 10 (8.93%) Oracle
3 4 (3.57%) Ariba
4 3 (2.68%) IFS
5 2 (1.79%) Google
5 2 (1.79%) TOWER Software
5 2 (1.79%) Workday
6 1 (0.89%) Concur
6 1 (0.89%) IBM
6 1 (0.89%) NEC
6 1 (0.89%) Salesforce