Contract Negotiation Contracts in the UK excluding London

Contract Negotiation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Contract Negotiation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Contract Negotiation 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 264 358 404
Rank change year-on-year +94 +46 +71
Contract jobs citing Contract Negotiation 72 41 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.20% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.23% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 28 41
10th Percentile £283 £308 £340
25th Percentile £413 £416 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.01% -3.73% +12.82%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £638
90th Percentile - £683 £684
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - £14.09
Median hourly rate £32.50 £100.00 £14.19
Median % change year-on-year -67.50% +604.97% -47.94%
75th Percentile £66.25 - £14.28
90th Percentile £71.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £100.00 £14.19
% change year-on-year -67.50% +604.97% -47.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Contract Negotiation 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 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
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 £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Contract Negotiation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Contract Negotiation in the UK excluding London

Contract Negotiation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Contract Negotiation in the UK excluding London

Contract Negotiation
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contract Negotiation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Negotiation in the UK excluding London

Contract Negotiation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Contract Negotiation in the UK excluding London

Contract Negotiation
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Contract Negotiation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Contract Negotiation in the UK excluding London

Contract Negotiation
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 Negotiation within the UK excluding London 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
South West +70 25 £650 - 35
South East +52 17 £540 -5.26% 91
North of England +20 14 £300 -40.68% 72
North West +16 10 £215 -54.97% 51
Midlands +19 7 - - 41
East of England +30 6 £625 +38.89% 22
East Midlands +10 6 - - 15
Yorkshire +11 4 £300 - 20
Scotland +11 2 £492 +9.33% 10
West Midlands +11 1 - - 21
Northern Ireland - 1 £281 - 1
Contract Negotiation
UK

Contract Negotiation
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:

Applications
1 9 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.78%) Google Workspace
2 2 (2.78%) SaaS
3 1 (1.39%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.78%) Intranet
1 2 (2.78%) Network Security
1 2 (2.78%) Radio Access Network
1 2 (2.78%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.39%) Internet
General
1 43 (59.72%) Finance
2 25 (34.72%) Social Skills
3 15 (20.83%) Legal
4 10 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (12.50%) Marketing
6 8 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (11.11%) Manufacturing
6 8 (11.11%) Telecoms
7 6 (8.33%) Local Government
8 5 (6.94%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (6.94%) Public Sector
9 4 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.78%) Aviation
10 2 (2.78%) Back Office
10 2 (2.78%) Billing
10 2 (2.78%) Electronics
10 2 (2.78%) Law
10 2 (2.78%) Military
10 2 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.39%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 18 (25.00%) Lead
2 13 (18.06%) Project Manager
3 8 (11.11%) Customer Executive
3 8 (11.11%) IT Manager
4 5 (6.94%) Facilities Manager
4 5 (6.94%) Facilities Project Manager
5 4 (5.56%) Commercial Manager
5 4 (5.56%) Contracts Manager
5 4 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (4.17%) Analyst
6 3 (4.17%) Commercial Project Manager
6 3 (4.17%) Service Delivery Manager
6 3 (4.17%) Service Manager
7 2 (2.78%) Head of Strategy
7 2 (2.78%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 2 (2.78%) IT Services Delivery Manager
7 2 (2.78%) Procurement Manager
7 2 (2.78%) Programme Manager
7 2 (2.78%) Senior
7 2 (2.78%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.83%) Management Information System
2 7 (9.72%) NHS
3 3 (4.17%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.78%) CCTV
4 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Licensing
5 1 (1.39%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.39%) Legacy Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (29.17%) Contract Management
1 21 (29.17%) Project Management
2 15 (20.83%) Business Strategy
3 14 (19.44%) Collaborative Working
4 13 (18.06%) Enterprise Architecture
4 13 (18.06%) Systems Engineering
4 13 (18.06%) Target Operating Model
5 11 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (15.28%) ITIL
5 11 (15.28%) Risk Management
5 11 (15.28%) Supplier Management
6 9 (12.50%) Decision-Making
7 8 (11.11%) Business Development
7 8 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 8 (11.11%) Facilities Management
7 8 (11.11%) Service Delivery
8 7 (9.72%) Supplier Relationship Management
9 5 (6.94%) Business Case
9 5 (6.94%) Conflict Resolution
9 5 (6.94%) Proactive Management
Qualifications
1 21 (29.17%) Security Cleared
2 19 (26.39%) SC Cleared
3 14 (19.44%) Degree
4 5 (6.94%) HNC
5 4 (5.56%) DV Cleared
6 3 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.78%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.78%) MBA
8 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.39%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.94%) SLA
2 3 (4.17%) GDPR
3 2 (2.78%) COBIT
3 2 (2.78%) NIST
3 2 (2.78%) PMO
3 2 (2.78%) QA
4 1 (1.39%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.39%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.39%) ISO 14001
4 1 (1.39%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 10 (13.89%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 4 (5.56%) Oracle
3 4 (5.56%) SAP
4 2 (2.78%) Google
5 1 (1.39%) Ariba
5 1 (1.39%) Aruba