Contract Management Job Trends in Cardiff

Contract Management
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Contract Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 57 48
Rank change year-on-year +25 -9 +35
Permanent jobs citing Contract Management 3 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 1.05% 0.17% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 0.23% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - £53,235
25th Percentile - £36,514 £56,689
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,530 £65,129
Median % change year-on-year +23.37% -37.77% -31.44%
75th Percentile £66,250 £44,545 £71,649
90th Percentile £76,000 - -
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £40,530 £65,129
% change year-on-year +23.37% -37.77% -31.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Contract Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 254 434 397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 88.81% 72.82% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 169 311 339
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £32,752
25th Percentile £43,750 £37,300 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,939 £50,309 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% -8.53% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,883 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,852 £79,600 £75,000
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Contract Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Contract Management job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Contract Management
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Contract Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Contract Management

Contract Management
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Contract Management in Cardiff over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Contract Management in Cardiff

Contract Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Bid Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Bid Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Service Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Head of Procurement
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
1 1 (33.33%) Co-Creation
1 1 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Line Management
1 1 (33.33%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management