Contract Management Jobs in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 453 477 641
Rank change year-on-year +24 +164 -7
Permanent jobs citing Contract Management 124 314 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.42% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.51% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 79 146 47
10th Percentile £38,183 £33,750 £33,853
25th Percentile £42,312 £39,885 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £54,650 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.26% -4.96% +11.65%
75th Percentile £60,438 £67,500 £64,375
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,541
UK median annual salary £54,793 £56,650 £59,125
% change year-on-year -3.28% -4.19% +7.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,483 61,419 55,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.65% 82.37% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 17,392 42,187 28,711
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Contract Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Contract Management in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Contract Management in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Contract Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Contract Management in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Contract Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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 +48 40 £51,250 -6.82% 149
North of England +3 31 £50,000 -20.98% 97
East of England +34 24 £59,000 +24.26% 76
North West -21 23 £50,000 -23.08% 49
Midlands +38 21 £38,754 -28.66% 97
West Midlands +31 18 £38,754 -29.09% 52
Scotland +107 7 £75,000 +83.74% 15
Yorkshire +43 6 £54,793 -4.71% 38
East Midlands +25 3 £52,500 +40.00% 39
North East +45 2 £47,562 +35.89% 10
Northern Ireland +36 1 £67,500 +58.82% 5
Contract Management
UK

Contract Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 10 (8.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.61%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (1.61%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.42%) SaaS
2 2 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (1.61%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.81%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.03%) Wireless
2 3 (2.42%) Broadband
2 3 (2.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.42%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (2.42%) Tableau
2 2 (1.61%) Power BI
3 1 (0.81%) GIS
3 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
General
1 72 (58.06%) Social Skills
2 50 (40.32%) Finance
3 39 (31.45%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (25.00%) Public Sector
5 25 (20.16%) Influencing Skills
5 25 (20.16%) Legal
6 13 (10.48%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (8.87%) Telecoms
8 6 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (4.84%) Law
8 6 (4.84%) Police
9 3 (2.42%) Retail
10 2 (1.61%) Marketing
10 2 (1.61%) Military
11 1 (0.81%) Banking
11 1 (0.81%) Local Government
11 1 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 19 (15.32%) Supplier Manager
2 15 (12.10%) Vendor Manager
3 13 (10.48%) Project Manager
4 10 (8.06%) Risk Manager
5 9 (7.26%) Analyst
6 8 (6.45%) Contracts Manager
7 7 (5.65%) IT Manager
7 7 (5.65%) Relationships Manager
7 7 (5.65%) Supplier Relationship Manager
8 6 (4.84%) Security Analyst
9 5 (4.03%) Category Manager
9 5 (4.03%) Commercial Manager
9 5 (4.03%) Support Manager
9 5 (4.03%) Support Specialist
9 5 (4.03%) Systems Support
10 4 (3.23%) Lead
10 4 (3.23%) Lead Project Manager
10 4 (3.23%) Operations Manager
10 4 (3.23%) Project Leader
10 4 (3.23%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.03%) EDI
2 2 (1.61%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.81%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.94%) Management Information System
2 16 (12.90%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (10.48%) Social Media
3 13 (10.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 7 (5.65%) Driving Licence
5 4 (3.23%) NHS
6 2 (1.61%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.61%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.61%) SCADA
7 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (13.71%) Windows
2 13 (10.48%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (38.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 39 (31.45%) Supplier Management
3 38 (30.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 34 (27.42%) Project Management
4 34 (27.42%) Risk Management
5 33 (26.61%) Continuous Improvement
6 29 (23.39%) Contingency Planning
7 25 (20.16%) Time Management
8 22 (17.74%) Supplier Relationship Management
9 21 (16.94%) Contract Negotiation
9 21 (16.94%) Decision-Making
9 21 (16.94%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (16.94%) Service Delivery
10 20 (16.13%) Due Diligence
10 20 (16.13%) Supply Chain Management
11 18 (14.52%) Agile
11 18 (14.52%) Risk Assessment
12 17 (13.71%) Cost Control
12 17 (13.71%) Performance Management
13 16 (12.90%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.84%) R
2 1 (0.81%) SQL
2 1 (0.81%) VBA
Qualifications
1 23 (18.55%) DBS Check
1 23 (18.55%) Degree
2 17 (13.71%) CISSP
3 16 (12.90%) CISM
3 16 (12.90%) CRISC
4 13 (10.48%) Master's Degree
5 11 (8.87%) Security Cleared
6 9 (7.26%) SC Cleared
7 4 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (3.23%) HNC
7 4 (3.23%) MRICS
8 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 16 (12.90%) SOC 2
2 3 (2.42%) QA
3 2 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 15 (12.10%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.45%) NEC
3 6 (4.84%) SAP
4 5 (4.03%) Ariba
5 4 (3.23%) YouTube
6 3 (2.42%) Oracle
7 1 (0.81%) Google
7 1 (0.81%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.81%) Splunk