Contract Negotiation Contracts

Contract Negotiation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 409 496 574
Rank change year-on-year +87 +78 +153
Contract jobs citing Contract Negotiation 109 87 122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.24% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 58 91
10th Percentile £296 £322 £350
25th Percentile £450 £391 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £489 £550
Median % change year-on-year +27.88% -11.14% -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £644
90th Percentile £708 £691 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £534 £550
% change year-on-year +17.04% -2.91% +15.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 1
10th Percentile £29.33 - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - £14.09
Median hourly rate £53.50 £100.00 £14.19
Median % change year-on-year -46.50% +604.97% -47.94%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £14.28
90th Percentile £71.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.25 £100.00 £14.19
% change year-on-year -53.75% +604.97% -47.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,410 36,868 52,242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.96% 86.23% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,944 23,721 36,208
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.62% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £479 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.20% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,076 2,429 1,718
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.00 £16.22
Median hourly rate £28.17 £36.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.84% +1.39% +40.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.23 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -33.83% +8.91% +75.00%

Contract Negotiation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Contract Negotiation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Contract Negotiation in the UK

Contract Negotiation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Contract Negotiation.

Daily rate trend for Contract Negotiation in the UK

Contract Negotiation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contract Negotiation over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Negotiation in the UK

Contract Negotiation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Contract Negotiation.

Hourly rate trend for Contract Negotiation in the UK

Contract Negotiation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Contract Negotiation over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Contract Negotiation in the UK

Contract Negotiation
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 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
England +81 99 £625 +25.00% 581
UK excluding London +71 66 £625 +17.04% 260
London +46 32 £563 +36.36% 373
Work from Home +46 31 £585 +22.51% 299
South West +65 25 £650 - 29
South East +52 14 £508 -10.96% 109
North of England +18 12 £300 -40.68% 57
North West +10 8 £215 -54.97% 37
East of England +27 6 £625 +38.89% 23
Midlands +7 6 - - 28
East Midlands +4 5 - - 9
Yorkshire +15 4 £300 - 17
Scotland +5 2 £492 +9.33% 11
West Midlands +7 1 - - 18
Northern Ireland - 1 £281 - 4

Contract Negotiation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 9 (8.26%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.83%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.92%) iTrent
2 1 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.92%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.59%) Azure
1 5 (4.59%) SaaS
2 4 (3.67%) GCP
3 3 (2.75%) AWS
3 3 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.83%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.92%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.92%) BigCommerce
5 1 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.92%) IaaS
5 1 (0.92%) PaaS
5 1 (0.92%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.92%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.92%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.75%) Internet
2 2 (1.83%) Intranet
2 2 (1.83%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.92%) 4G
3 1 (0.92%) 5G
3 1 (0.92%) Firewall
3 1 (0.92%) LTE
3 1 (0.92%) Network Security
3 1 (0.92%) PBX
3 1 (0.92%) PPP
3 1 (0.92%) PSTN
3 1 (0.92%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.92%) TETRA
3 1 (0.92%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.92%) BigQuery
1 1 (0.92%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (0.92%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.92%) Power BI
General
1 64 (58.72%) Finance
2 42 (38.53%) Social Skills
3 33 (30.28%) Legal
4 21 (19.27%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (11.93%) Telecoms
6 10 (9.17%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (9.17%) Marketing
7 9 (8.26%) Banking
8 8 (7.34%) Manufacturing
9 6 (5.50%) Public Sector
10 5 (4.59%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (3.67%) French Language
11 4 (3.67%) Local Government
12 3 (2.75%) Back Office
12 3 (2.75%) Digital Economy
12 3 (2.75%) Italian Language
12 3 (2.75%) Law
12 3 (2.75%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (2.75%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 22 (20.18%) Lead
2 11 (10.09%) Project Manager
3 9 (8.26%) Analyst
3 9 (8.26%) IT Manager
4 8 (7.34%) Business Analyst
4 8 (7.34%) Customer Executive
5 7 (6.42%) Procurement Manager
6 5 (4.59%) Delivery Manager
6 5 (4.59%) Telecoms Manager
7 4 (3.67%) Commercial Manager
7 4 (3.67%) Data Business Analyst
7 4 (3.67%) IT Procurement Manager
7 4 (3.67%) Programme Manager
7 4 (3.67%) Senior
7 4 (3.67%) Service Delivery Manager
7 4 (3.67%) Service Manager
8 3 (2.75%) Architect
8 3 (2.75%) Credit Analyst
8 3 (2.75%) Facilities Manager
8 3 (2.75%) Relationships Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.92%) Laravel
1 1 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.92%) VML
1 1 (0.92%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.76%) Management Information System
2 8 (7.34%) Onboarding
3 6 (5.50%) NHS
4 2 (1.83%) CCTV
4 2 (1.83%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Licensing
5 1 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.92%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.92%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.92%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.92%) FMCG
5 1 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.92%) Legacy Code
5 1 (0.92%) PACS
5 1 (0.92%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (25.69%) Project Management
2 27 (24.77%) Contract Management
3 18 (16.51%) Business Strategy
4 17 (15.60%) Decision-Making
5 15 (13.76%) Collaborative Working
5 15 (13.76%) Risk Management
6 14 (12.84%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (12.84%) Supplier Management
7 13 (11.93%) Business Development
7 13 (11.93%) Enterprise Architecture
7 13 (11.93%) Systems Engineering
7 13 (11.93%) Target Operating Model
8 11 (10.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (10.09%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 10 (9.17%) ITIL
9 10 (9.17%) Supplier Relationship Management
10 9 (8.26%) Business Case
10 9 (8.26%) Service Delivery
11 8 (7.34%) Cost Reduction
12 7 (6.42%) Data Analysis
Qualifications
1 21 (19.27%) Security Cleared
2 19 (17.43%) SC Cleared
3 17 (15.60%) Degree
4 3 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.75%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.75%) HNC
4 3 (2.75%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.83%) MBA
5 2 (1.83%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.83%) PMP
6 1 (0.92%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.92%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.92%) CISSP
6 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.92%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.50%) GDPR
2 5 (4.59%) SLA
3 3 (2.75%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.83%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.83%) PMO
4 2 (1.83%) QA
5 1 (0.92%) COBIT
5 1 (0.92%) GRC
5 1 (0.92%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.92%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.92%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.92%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (0.92%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (0.92%) Kubeflow
1 1 (0.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (9.17%) Microsoft
1 10 (9.17%) Salesforce
2 7 (6.42%) SAP
3 4 (3.67%) Google
4 2 (1.83%) Oracle
5 1 (0.92%) Adobe
5 1 (0.92%) Ariba
5 1 (0.92%) Aruba
5 1 (0.92%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.92%) Cisco
5 1 (0.92%) Databricks
5 1 (0.92%) Sitecore