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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 247 291 321
Rank change year-on-year +44 +30 +64
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 95 101 125
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.75% 0.50% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.59% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 56 73
10th Percentile £270 £218 £414
25th Percentile £358 £422 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £476 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% -13.41% +4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £650
90th Percentile £708 £638 £766
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 9
10th Percentile £13.50 £35.00 £28.48
25th Percentile £23.48 £43.75 £35.00
Median hourly rate £29.23 £70.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.24% +75.00% +45.45%
75th Percentile £48.00 - £60.00
90th Percentile £58.00 - £60.75
UK median hourly rate £29.23 £70.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -58.24% +75.00% +42.86%

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 11,541 17,047 20,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.66% 84.14% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,211 10,194 14,065
10th Percentile £231 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.73%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 817 2,072 1,252
10th Percentile £14.09 £12.34 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.25 £15.29 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £62.24 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.05 £37.00
% change year-on-year -23.71% -2.58% +44.08%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +46 30 £506 +1.25% 218
Midlands +31 23 £400 -20.00% 173
North of England +22 22 £358 -31.81% 175
North West +14 15 £367 -33.27% 84
West Midlands +17 14 £400 -20.00% 95
East of England +27 9 £638 +82.14% 127
South West +25 7 £338 -27.42% 103
East Midlands - 7 £613 - 67
Yorkshire +16 6 £300 -42.86% 73
Scotland +2 3 £472 -14.18% 32
North East 0 1 £250 - 18
Northern Ireland - 1 £281 - 12
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 (12.63%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.05%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (9.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.16%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (2.11%) SAP LE
2 2 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.11%) SAP WM
2 2 (2.11%) Workday HCM
3 1 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.05%) Maximo
3 1 (1.05%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.05%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (1.05%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.47%) Azure
2 8 (8.42%) Power Platform
3 7 (7.37%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.16%) SaaS
5 2 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.11%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.05%) IaaS
6 1 (1.05%) PaaS
6 1 (1.05%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.37%) Firewall
2 6 (6.32%) Internet
2 6 (6.32%) Network Security
2 6 (6.32%) VPN
3 2 (2.11%) Intranet
4 1 (1.05%) PPP
4 1 (1.05%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.42%) Power BI
2 1 (1.05%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.05%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (3.16%) JIRA
General
1 37 (38.95%) Finance
2 25 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 18 (18.95%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (15.79%) Legal
5 11 (11.58%) Public Sector
6 10 (10.53%) Telecoms
7 8 (8.42%) Law
8 7 (7.37%) Local Government
9 6 (6.32%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (5.26%) Manufacturing
11 4 (4.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (3.16%) Banking
12 3 (3.16%) Billing
12 3 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (3.16%) Military
12 3 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (2.11%) Back Office
13 2 (2.11%) Marketing
14 1 (1.05%) Aerospace
14 1 (1.05%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 17 (17.89%) IT Manager
1 17 (17.89%) Senior
2 14 (14.74%) Project Manager
3 11 (11.58%) Senior Manager
3 11 (11.58%) Service Manager
4 10 (10.53%) Analyst
5 9 (9.47%) IT Services Manager
6 8 (8.42%) Commercial Manager
6 8 (8.42%) Lead
7 6 (6.32%) Senior Service Manager
8 5 (5.26%) Commercial Analyst
8 5 (5.26%) Senior IT Manager
9 4 (4.21%) Business Manager
9 4 (4.21%) Commercial Officer
10 3 (3.16%) Delivery Manager
10 3 (3.16%) Financial Analyst
10 3 (3.16%) Performance Manager
10 3 (3.16%) Procurement Manager
10 3 (3.16%) Project Officer
10 3 (3.16%) Project Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.16%) SAP PI
2 1 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.47%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.32%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.21%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.16%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.11%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.05%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.05%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (1.05%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (1.05%) Life Science
7 1 (1.05%) NHS
7 1 (1.05%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.05%) PMI
7 1 (1.05%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (34.74%) Project Management
2 27 (28.42%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (17.89%) Risk Management
5 16 (16.84%) Contract Negotiation
6 14 (14.74%) Supplier Management
7 11 (11.58%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (11.58%) PRINCE2
8 10 (10.53%) Agile
8 10 (10.53%) Budgeting
8 10 (10.53%) ITIL
8 10 (10.53%) Service Delivery
9 9 (9.47%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 9 (9.47%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (9.47%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (9.47%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (8.42%) Budget Management
10 8 (8.42%) Business Continuity
10 8 (8.42%) Project Delivery
11 7 (7.37%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 15 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 12 (12.63%) SC Cleared
3 11 (11.58%) Degree
4 3 (3.16%) ACCA
4 3 (3.16%) CIMA
4 3 (3.16%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.11%) APMP
5 2 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.11%) ISEB
5 2 (2.11%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.11%) PMP
5 2 (2.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.05%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.05%) MRICS
6 1 (1.05%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (1.05%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.32%) PMO
2 4 (4.21%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.21%) SLA
3 2 (2.11%) GDPR
3 2 (2.11%) QA
4 1 (1.05%) GRC
4 1 (1.05%) IEC 61508
4 1 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.05%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (1.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.53%) SAP
3 3 (3.16%) Ariba
3 3 (3.16%) IFS
3 3 (3.16%) Oracle
4 2 (2.11%) Google
4 2 (2.11%) NEC
4 2 (2.11%) Workday
5 1 (1.05%) Concur
5 1 (1.05%) IBM
5 1 (1.05%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.05%) ServiceNow