Contracts Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Contract Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Contract Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £540, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 303 409
Rank change year-on-year +17 +106 +124
Contract jobs requiring a Contracts Manager 18 42 68
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.27% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.29% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 23 47
10th Percentile £425 £415 £348
25th Percentile £453 £447 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £602 £553 £745
90th Percentile £646 £600 £793
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £60.13
25th Percentile - - £60.31
Median hourly rate - - £61.25
75th Percentile - - £62.81
90th Percentile - - £63.38
UK median hourly rate - - £61.25

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Contracts Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Contracts Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Contracts Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Contracts Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Contracts Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Contracts Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Contracts Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Contracts Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Contracts Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Contracts Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Contracts Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Contracts Manager in the job title.

1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Finance
2 5 (27.78%) Agile
3 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 4 (22.22%) Contract Negotiation
4 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (16.67%) Contract Management
4 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (16.67%) Legal
4 3 (16.67%) Oracle
4 3 (16.67%) Project Management
5 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 2 (11.11%) Supplier Management
5 2 (11.11%) Mobile App
5 2 (11.11%) Mobile Application Development
5 2 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (11.11%) Azure
6 1 (5.56%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (5.56%) Customer Experience
6 1 (5.56%) Customer Service
6 1 (5.56%) Roadmaps
6 1 (5.56%) Intelligent Automation
6 1 (5.56%) Objectives and Key Results

Contracts Manager Skill Set
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 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Internet
General
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Finance
3 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 3 (16.67%) Legal
5 1 (5.56%) Automotive
5 1 (5.56%) Digital Economy
5 1 (5.56%) Law
5 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.56%) Marketing
5 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Retail
5 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Agile
2 4 (22.22%) Contract Negotiation
3 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (16.67%) Contract Management
3 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (11.11%) Mobile Application Development
4 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
4 2 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (11.11%) Supplier Management
5 1 (5.56%) Asset Management
5 1 (5.56%) DevOps
5 1 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (5.56%) Document Management
5 1 (5.56%) E-Commerce
5 1 (5.56%) Facilities Management
5 1 (5.56%) Logistics
5 1 (5.56%) Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (5.56%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) ISTQB
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (5.56%) FNZ
2 1 (5.56%) SAP