Channel Management Contract Job Trends

Channel Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Channel Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 575 510 589
Rank change year-on-year -65 +79 +187
Contract jobs citing Channel Management 13 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.036% 0.019% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% 0.021% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 1
10th Percentile £370 £378 -
25th Percentile £400 - £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £600 £160
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% +275.00% -26.10%
75th Percentile £788 - £165
90th Percentile - £609 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £600 £160
% change year-on-year -33.33% +275.00% -26.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate - - £21.00
75th Percentile - - £21.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Channel 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,966 28,176 37,671
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.84% 88.65% 87.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,158 17,120 25,014
10th Percentile £304 £306 £305
25th Percentile £406 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £744 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,974 895 1,590
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.62 £14.18
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.50 £18.35
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +16.41%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.59 £75.00 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.83 £30.41 £43.90
% change year-on-year -21.64% -30.74% +59.64%

Channel Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Channel Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Channel Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Channel Management
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Channel Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Channel Management

Channel Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Channel Management over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Channel Management in the UK

Channel Management
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Channel Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Channel Management

Channel Management
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Channel Management within the UK over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
England -41 8 £550 -8.33% 95
London -3 6 £568 +252.48% 8
Work from Home -4 6 £550 -10.20% 56
South East -10 1 £400 -33.33% 28
UK excluding London -59 1 £400 -33.33% 96

Channel Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (7.69%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
1 1 (7.69%) VPN
1 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Marketing
2 2 (15.38%) Retail
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Electronics
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Lead
2 1 (7.69%) Commercial Manager
2 1 (7.69%) E-Commerce Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Specialist
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
1 1 (7.69%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) ERP
1 4 (30.77%) Journey Map
1 4 (30.77%) Performance Management
1 4 (30.77%) Service Management
2 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (15.38%) Competitor Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (7.69%) Content Strategy
4 1 (7.69%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (7.69%) Customer Acquisition
4 1 (7.69%) Disk Encryption
4 1 (7.69%) E-Commerce
4 1 (7.69%) Migration
4 1 (7.69%) Pricing Strategy
4 1 (7.69%) Runbook
4 1 (7.69%) Storytelling
4 1 (7.69%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Debt
4 1 (7.69%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft