Contract Negotiation Job Trends in England

Contract Negotiation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Contract Negotiation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 375 421
Rank change year-on-year -98 +46 +70
Permanent jobs citing Contract Negotiation 289 293 366
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.29% 0.68% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.76% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 200 141 133
10th Percentile £36,750 £32,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,625 £49,300 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £95,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +12.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Contract Negotiation 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 73,237 38,492 56,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.14% 88.72% 81.33%
Number of salaries quoted 52,109 22,148 32,740
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,863
25th Percentile £42,215 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

Contract Negotiation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Contract Negotiation job vacancy trend in England

Contract Negotiation
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Contract Negotiation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Contract Negotiation

Contract Negotiation
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Contract Negotiation in England over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Contract Negotiation in England

Contract Negotiation
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 Negotiation within the England region over the 6 months to 13 September 2026. 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
London -42 88 £75,000 -3.23% 214
South East -30 73 £60,000 -7.69% 64
Midlands -42 54 £60,000 +14.94% 25
North of England -85 41 £53,125 +6.13% 35
East Midlands -21 30 £63,750 +23.79% 8
North West -36 24 £55,000 +9.94% 21
West Midlands -37 24 £38,500 -33.04% 17
East of England -26 22 £57,500 -16.36% 17
South West -62 16 £87,500 +9.38% 18
Yorkshire -56 11 £39,250 -31.74% 12
North East -57 6 £52,500 -21.05% 2
Contract Negotiation
UK

Contract Negotiation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.04%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.69%) Confluence
2 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (7.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.46%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (2.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.08%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.38%) Shopify
4 2 (0.69%) Infor CloudSuite
5 1 (0.35%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.35%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 51 (17.65%) SaaS
2 13 (4.50%) Dynamics 365
3 12 (4.15%) Azure
4 11 (3.81%) AWS
5 8 (2.77%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (2.42%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 4 (1.38%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.04%) Azure AKS
8 3 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.69%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.69%) IaaS
9 2 (0.69%) Miro
9 2 (0.69%) PaaS
9 2 (0.69%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.69%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.35%) BigCommerce
10 1 (0.35%) Datadog
10 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.35%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.11%) Internet
2 2 (0.69%) NAS
2 2 (0.69%) SAN
2 2 (0.69%) Wireless
3 1 (0.35%) Firewall
3 1 (0.35%) LAN
3 1 (0.35%) SMS
3 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.35%) VLAN
3 1 (0.35%) VPN
3 1 (0.35%) VXLAN
3 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.69%) Metadata
2 1 (0.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (1.38%) Oracle APEX
2 2 (0.69%) JIRA
General
1 140 (48.44%) Finance
2 111 (38.41%) Social Skills
3 90 (31.14%) Legal
4 64 (22.15%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (10.73%) Law
6 27 (9.34%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (8.30%) Public Sector
7 24 (8.30%) Retail
8 19 (6.57%) Marketing
9 15 (5.19%) Manufacturing
10 11 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (3.11%) Back Office
12 8 (2.77%) Advertising
12 8 (2.77%) Banking
13 7 (2.42%) Automotive
14 6 (2.08%) Electronics
14 6 (2.08%) Polish Language
14 6 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (15.22%) Development Manager
2 37 (12.80%) IT Manager
3 34 (11.76%) Lead
4 29 (10.03%) Sales Manager
5 23 (7.96%) Business Development Manager
5 23 (7.96%) Business Manager
6 19 (6.57%) Senior
7 18 (6.23%) Procurement Manager
7 18 (6.23%) Procurement Officer
8 17 (5.88%) Account Manager
9 15 (5.19%) Senior Manager
10 12 (4.15%) Commercial Manager
11 10 (3.46%) Category Manager
11 10 (3.46%) Consultant
12 8 (2.77%) Contracts Manager
12 8 (2.77%) IT Procurement Manager
12 8 (2.77%) Operations Manager
13 7 (2.42%) Account Director
13 7 (2.42%) Security Specialist
13 7 (2.42%) Vendor Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.27%) Flash
2 5 (1.73%) VML
3 3 (1.04%) EDI
4 1 (0.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 35 (12.11%) Onboarding
2 15 (5.19%) Management Information System
2 15 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (4.50%) Data Centre
4 8 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.42%) Blog
5 7 (2.42%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.42%) Credit Risk
5 7 (2.42%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.42%) FMCG
5 7 (2.42%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.38%) BYOD
6 4 (1.38%) Culture of Ownership
7 3 (1.04%) SystemC
8 2 (0.69%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.69%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.69%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (0.69%) EPoS
8 2 (0.69%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (27.68%) Business Development
2 77 (26.64%) Decision-Making
3 68 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 61 (21.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (17.65%) CRM
6 50 (17.30%) Data Protection
7 41 (14.19%) Risk Management
8 40 (13.84%) Problem-Solving
9 37 (12.80%) Contract Management
9 37 (12.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 36 (12.46%) Project Management
11 35 (12.11%) AI
11 35 (12.11%) Commercial Awareness
12 32 (11.07%) Business Strategy
13 31 (10.73%) Roadmaps
14 28 (9.69%) ERP
15 27 (9.34%) Information Security
16 23 (7.96%) Cybersecurity
17 21 (7.27%) Cost Management
17 21 (7.27%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.38%) Apex Code
2 2 (0.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (10.03%) Degree
2 18 (6.23%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.81%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (2.42%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.73%) ACCA
6 5 (1.73%) CIMA
7 4 (1.38%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.04%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.04%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.04%) PMP
9 2 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.69%) CCNP
9 2 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.69%) MBA
9 2 (0.69%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.69%) VCAP
9 2 (0.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.35%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.92%) SLA
2 15 (5.19%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.46%) Def Stans
3 10 (3.46%) GDPR
3 10 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (2.77%) ISO 9001
6 7 (2.42%) NIST
7 6 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.38%) ISO 14001
9 3 (1.04%) PMO
9 3 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.69%) NEBOSH
10 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.35%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.35%) GRC
11 1 (0.35%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 2 (0.69%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (0.69%) VMware NSX
1 2 (0.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (1.04%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.69%) Thomson Reuters DACS
3 1 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 57 (19.72%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.50%) Salesforce
3 11 (3.81%) HubSpot
4 9 (3.11%) SAP
5 4 (1.38%) Oracle
6 3 (1.04%) Adobe
6 3 (1.04%) Thales
7 2 (0.69%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.69%) Cisco
7 2 (0.69%) FactSet
7 2 (0.69%) Google
7 2 (0.69%) Infor
7 2 (0.69%) NetApp
7 2 (0.69%) Refinitiv
7 2 (0.69%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.69%) VMware
8 1 (0.35%) GoldenSource
8 1 (0.35%) Panasonic
8 1 (0.35%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.35%) Sony