Contract Management Jobs in England

Contract Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Contract Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Contract Management over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 537 506 729
Rank change year-on-year -31 +223 +109
Permanent jobs citing Contract Management 142 364 176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.41% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.48% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 91 181 67
10th Percentile £38,183 £33,750 £35,300
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,366 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -0.86% +5.45%
75th Percentile £59,750 £71,250 £74,368
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £83,250
UK median annual salary £54,793 £56,650 £59,750
% change year-on-year -3.28% -5.19% +8.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,342 75,409 81,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.97% 83.96% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23,102 54,812 48,959
10th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Contract Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Contract Management in England

Contract Management
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in England.

Salary trend for Contract Management in England

Contract Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Contract Management in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Contract Management in England

Contract Management
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Contract Management within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +38 40 £51,250 -6.82% 26
North of England -10 32 £50,000 -20.98% 28
London +61 24 £50,750 -20.39% 105
East of England +37 24 £59,000 +24.26% 9
North West -28 23 £50,000 -23.08% 22
Midlands +17 21 £38,754 -28.66% 29
West Midlands +29 18 £38,754 -29.09% 19
Yorkshire +40 7 £54,793 +48.09% 6
East Midlands +22 3 £52,500 +40.00% 9
North East +48 2 £47,562 +35.89%
South West +95 1 £80,000 +23.08% 28
Contract Management
UK

Contract Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (4.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (8.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (7.75%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (4.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.41%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (2.82%) SaaS
3 2 (1.41%) AWS
3 2 (1.41%) Azure
3 2 (1.41%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.70%) GCP
4 1 (0.70%) GitHub
4 1 (0.70%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.52%) Wireless
2 3 (2.11%) Broadband
2 3 (2.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.11%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (2.11%) Tableau
2 2 (1.41%) Power BI
3 1 (0.70%) GIS
3 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Git
General
1 75 (52.82%) Social Skills
2 53 (37.32%) Finance
3 39 (27.46%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (26.76%) Public Sector
5 26 (18.31%) Influencing Skills
6 25 (17.61%) Legal
7 15 (10.56%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (8.45%) Telecoms
9 11 (7.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (5.63%) Law
11 6 (4.23%) Police
12 4 (2.82%) Retail
13 3 (2.11%) Local Government
14 2 (1.41%) Military
14 2 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.70%) Banking
15 1 (0.70%) Billing
15 1 (0.70%) Electronics
15 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (11.97%) Supplier Manager
1 17 (11.97%) Vendor Manager
2 15 (10.56%) IT Manager
3 13 (9.15%) Project Manager
4 11 (7.75%) Analyst
4 11 (7.75%) Support Manager
5 10 (7.04%) Risk Manager
6 7 (4.93%) Commercial Manager
6 7 (4.93%) Contracts Manager
6 7 (4.93%) Relationships Manager
6 7 (4.93%) Supplier Relationship Manager
7 6 (4.23%) IT Support
7 6 (4.23%) IT Support Manager
7 6 (4.23%) Lead
7 6 (4.23%) Security Analyst
8 5 (3.52%) Category Manager
8 5 (3.52%) Senior
8 5 (3.52%) Support Specialist
8 5 (3.52%) Systems Support
9 4 (2.82%) Lead Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.93%) EDI
2 2 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.70%) MACH
Miscellaneous
1 22 (15.49%) Management Information System
2 15 (10.56%) Social Media
3 14 (9.86%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (9.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 7 (4.93%) Driving Licence
6 6 (4.23%) NHS
7 2 (1.41%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.41%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.41%) SCADA
8 1 (0.70%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.70%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.70%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.70%) Shadow IT
8 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (11.97%) Windows
2 13 (9.15%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (35.92%) Stakeholder Management
2 39 (27.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 38 (26.76%) Risk Management
4 37 (26.06%) Supplier Management
5 35 (24.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 35 (24.65%) Project Management
6 30 (21.13%) Contingency Planning
7 27 (19.01%) Time Management
8 26 (18.31%) Decision-Making
9 25 (17.61%) Service Delivery
10 24 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
11 21 (14.79%) Contract Negotiation
11 21 (14.79%) Supplier Relationship Management
12 20 (14.08%) Due Diligence
13 19 (13.38%) Agile
13 19 (13.38%) Cost Control
13 19 (13.38%) Strategic Thinking
14 18 (12.68%) Mentoring
14 18 (12.68%) Risk Assessment
14 18 (12.68%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.23%) R
2 3 (2.11%) SQL
3 1 (0.70%) C#
3 1 (0.70%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.70%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (18.31%) Degree
2 25 (17.61%) DBS Check
3 17 (11.97%) CISSP
4 16 (11.27%) CISM
4 16 (11.27%) CRISC
5 14 (9.86%) Master's Degree
6 13 (9.15%) Security Cleared
7 11 (7.75%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.82%) HNC
8 4 (2.82%) MRICS
9 2 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.70%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.70%) PMP
10 1 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 16 (11.27%) SOC 2
2 2 (1.41%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.41%) QA
3 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 22 (15.49%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.63%) NEC
3 5 (3.52%) Ariba
3 5 (3.52%) SAP
4 4 (2.82%) YouTube
5 3 (2.11%) Oracle
6 2 (1.41%) Facebook
6 2 (1.41%) Instagram
6 2 (1.41%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.70%) Google
7 1 (0.70%) Splunk