Contract Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Contract Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Contract Management over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 295 313 398
Rank change year-on-year +18 +85 -19
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 97 122 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.46% 0.54% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.60% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 73 83
10th Percentile £204 £413 £379
25th Percentile £425 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.41% +4.76% +1.69%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £600
90th Percentile £638 £766 £666
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 4
10th Percentile £35.00 £33.00 -
25th Percentile £43.75 £35.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% +45.45% +14.58%
75th Percentile - £57.63 £28.88
90th Percentile - £61.50 £29.10
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +75.00% +45.45% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Contract Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,473 20,238 27,294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.84% 89.10% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,285 13,877 19,070
10th Percentile £250 £260 £245
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £585
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,170 1,255 1,342
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.68 £12.48
25th Percentile £15.40 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.54 £74.92 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

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 9 June 2024.

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 9 June 2024.

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 9 June 2024. 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 +15 40 £500 -5.66% 34
South West +13 17 £465 -17.33% 24
North of England -1 14 £525 -4.55% 39
East of England +5 10 £235 -62.40% 15
West Midlands +8 8 £525 -8.70% 19
Midlands +8 8 £525 -14.29% 30
North West -12 8 £550 - 21
Scotland +38 7 £550 +10.00% 9
Yorkshire +9 4 £525 - 14
North East - 2 - - 4
Wales - 2 £813 - 4
Contract Management
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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 6 (6.19%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Primavera
2 2 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.09%) SaaS
2 2 (2.06%) IaaS
2 2 (2.06%) PaaS
3 1 (1.03%) Azure
3 1 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.19%) 5G
2 1 (1.03%) Broadband
2 1 (1.03%) ISDN
2 1 (1.03%) PSTN
2 1 (1.03%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.19%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (1.03%) Big Data
2 1 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (2.06%) Hudson
General
1 41 (42.27%) Finance
2 32 (32.99%) Social Skills
3 26 (26.80%) Public Sector
4 21 (21.65%) Telecoms
5 15 (15.46%) Legal
6 12 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (8.25%) Law
8 6 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (6.19%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (3.09%) Billing
11 2 (2.06%) Retail
12 1 (1.03%) Aerospace
12 1 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (20.62%) Project Manager
2 13 (13.40%) IT Manager
2 13 (13.40%) Senior
3 12 (12.37%) Senior Manager
4 9 (9.28%) Lead
4 9 (9.28%) Senior Project Manager
4 9 (9.28%) Telecoms Manager
5 8 (8.25%) Contracts Manager
6 7 (7.22%) Procurement Manager
7 6 (6.19%) Network Manager
8 5 (5.15%) Analyst
8 5 (5.15%) Product Manager
9 4 (4.12%) Commercial Manager
9 4 (4.12%) Coordinator
9 4 (4.12%) IT Project Manager
9 4 (4.12%) Procurement Specialist
9 4 (4.12%) Project Coordinator
9 4 (4.12%) Supplier Manager
10 3 (3.09%) Delivery Project Manager
10 3 (3.09%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.19%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (4.12%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.06%) CMDB
4 1 (1.03%) Animation
4 1 (1.03%) Photovoltaics
4 1 (1.03%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.03%) Solar Energy
4 1 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (21.65%) Project Management
2 20 (20.62%) Agile
3 18 (18.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (16.49%) Change Management
5 15 (15.46%) PRINCE2
6 14 (14.43%) Performance Management
7 13 (13.40%) Project Delivery
8 11 (11.34%) Project Governance
9 9 (9.28%) Decision-Making
9 9 (9.28%) Line Management
9 9 (9.28%) Service Delivery
10 8 (8.25%) Analytics
10 8 (8.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (8.25%) Contract Negotiation
10 8 (8.25%) Customer Experience
10 8 (8.25%) PRINCE
10 8 (8.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (7.22%) Project Planning
11 7 (7.22%) Service Management
11 7 (7.22%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.19%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (28.87%) Security Cleared
2 23 (23.71%) SC Cleared
3 14 (14.43%) Degree
4 6 (6.19%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.06%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.06%) PMP
6 1 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.03%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.19%) PMO
2 4 (4.12%) QA
3 2 (2.06%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (1.03%) Autotask
Vendors
1 11 (11.34%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.25%) IFS
3 2 (2.06%) Dynatrace
3 2 (2.06%) NEC
3 2 (2.06%) SAP
3 2 (2.06%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.06%) Splunk
4 1 (1.03%) Ariba
4 1 (1.03%) BT
4 1 (1.03%) Computacenter
4 1 (1.03%) Openreach
4 1 (1.03%) Oracle