Contract Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Contract Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 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 246 281 375
Rank change year-on-year +35 +94 +116
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 58 64 102
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.59% 0.42% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.47% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 28 64
10th Percentile £281 £407 £336
25th Percentile £371 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.60% -6.97% +3.77%
75th Percentile £600 £597 £714
90th Percentile £651 £680 £738
UK median daily rate £535 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile - - £24.69
25th Percentile - - £28.10
Median hourly rate £13.50 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.43% -22.22% +13.92%
75th Percentile £41.75 - £60.94
90th Percentile £58.70 - £62.63
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £47.63
% change year-on-year -14.29% -26.51% +51.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Contract Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Contract Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Contract Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Contract Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Contract Management.

Contract Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Contract Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Contract Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Contract Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Contract Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Contract Management.

Contract Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Contract Management
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Contract Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Contract Management hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Contract Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (10.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.45%) NEC Housing
2 2 (3.45%) OPENHousing
2 2 (3.45%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.72%) Maximo
3 1 (1.72%) SAP CCM
3 1 (1.72%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.72%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.90%) Azure
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.17%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.45%) SaaS
4 1 (1.72%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.72%) IaaS
4 1 (1.72%) PaaS
4 1 (1.72%) ServiceMax
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.17%) Firewall
1 3 (5.17%) Internet
1 3 (5.17%) Network Security
1 3 (5.17%) VPN
2 1 (1.72%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) Power BI
2 1 (1.72%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.72%) GIS
General
1 22 (37.93%) Finance
2 15 (25.86%) Legal
2 15 (25.86%) Social Skills
3 9 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (15.52%) Public Sector
4 6 (10.34%) Banking
5 5 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (6.90%) Local Government
6 4 (6.90%) Telecoms
7 3 (5.17%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.45%) Electronics
8 2 (3.45%) Law
8 2 (3.45%) Marketing
8 2 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.45%) Retail
9 1 (1.72%) Billing
9 1 (1.72%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.72%) Front Office
9 1 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.72%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (18.97%) Lead
2 10 (17.24%) IT Manager
2 10 (17.24%) Project Manager
2 10 (17.24%) Senior
3 6 (10.34%) Senior Manager
4 5 (8.62%) Service Manager
5 4 (6.90%) Analyst
5 4 (6.90%) Commercial Manager
5 4 (6.90%) IT Services Manager
5 4 (6.90%) Payments Project Manager
5 4 (6.90%) Supplier Manager
6 3 (5.17%) Commercial Analyst
6 3 (5.17%) Consultant
6 3 (5.17%) Contracts Manager
6 3 (5.17%) Project Officer
6 3 (5.17%) Project Support Officer
6 3 (5.17%) Relationships Manager
6 3 (5.17%) SAP Consultant
6 3 (5.17%) Support Officer
7 2 (3.45%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.72%) SAP PI
1 1 (1.72%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.90%) Management Information System
1 4 (6.90%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.17%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (3.45%) Housing Association
3 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.72%) FMCG
4 1 (1.72%) NHS
4 1 (1.72%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (36.21%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (31.03%) Project Management
3 10 (17.24%) Contract Negotiation
3 10 (17.24%) Risk Management
4 9 (15.52%) Service Delivery
4 9 (15.52%) Supplier Management
4 9 (15.52%) Supplier Relationship Management
5 8 (13.79%) Agile
5 8 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (12.07%) Change Management
7 6 (10.34%) Roadmaps
8 5 (8.62%) Business Continuity
8 5 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (8.62%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (8.62%) ITIL
9 4 (6.90%) Change Control
9 4 (6.90%) Kanban
9 4 (6.90%) PRINCE2
9 4 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.72%) Apex Code
1 1 (1.72%) SOQL
1 1 (1.72%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 8 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.62%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.17%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.45%) ACCA
4 2 (3.45%) CIMA
4 2 (3.45%) PMP
5 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.72%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (1.72%) Degree
5 1 (1.72%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.72%) MAPM
5 1 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.62%) PMO
2 3 (5.17%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.17%) GDPR
3 2 (3.45%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.72%) GRC
4 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.72%) MiFID
4 1 (1.72%) NCSC
4 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.07%) SAP
3 5 (8.62%) Oracle
4 3 (5.17%) Cisco
5 2 (3.45%) Ariba
5 2 (3.45%) Capita
5 2 (3.45%) Civica
5 2 (3.45%) IFS
5 2 (3.45%) NEC
5 2 (3.45%) Northgate
5 2 (3.45%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.72%) Concur
6 1 (1.72%) Google
6 1 (1.72%) IBM