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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 438 473 613
Rank change year-on-year +35 +140 +28
Permanent jobs citing Contract Management 136 304 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.43% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.51% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 89 141 46
10th Percentile £38,183 £33,750 £33,853
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,650 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% -0.64% +2.33%
75th Percentile £60,875 £67,500 £63,656
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £75,867
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,450 £55,939
% change year-on-year -4.26% +2.70% +1.71%

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 36,295 59,625 57,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.88% 84.00% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 18,237 41,241 29,486
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,200 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

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 11 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 11 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 +66 36 £57,500 +3.60% 56
Midlands +32 34 £45,000 -16.67% 34
West Midlands +46 30 £43,127 -21.09% 21
North of England +11 28 £50,000 -16.67% 30
East of England +30 27 £59,000 +24.26% 13
North West -28 21 £50,000 -23.08% 17
Scotland +111 7 £75,000 +83.74% 3
Yorkshire +47 5 £54,793 -4.71% 9
East Midlands +25 4 £47,500 +26.67% 10
South West +92 3 £55,000 -15.38% 19
North East +49 2 £47,562 +35.89% 4
Northern Ireland +34 1 £67,500 +58.82% 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (5.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (10.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (7.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (1.47%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.68%) SaaS
2 3 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.74%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.74%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.68%) Wireless
2 3 (2.21%) Broadband
2 3 (2.21%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.21%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (2.21%) Tableau
2 1 (0.74%) GIS
2 1 (0.74%) Power BI
2 1 (0.74%) Relational Database
General
1 65 (47.79%) Social Skills
2 54 (39.71%) Finance
3 37 (27.21%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (22.79%) Public Sector
5 28 (20.59%) Influencing Skills
5 28 (20.59%) Legal
6 16 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (8.82%) Telecoms
8 8 (5.88%) Police
9 7 (5.15%) Law
10 5 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (3.68%) Retail
11 2 (1.47%) Marketing
11 2 (1.47%) Military
12 1 (0.74%) Local Government
12 1 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (15.44%) Project Manager
2 19 (13.97%) Supplier Manager
3 17 (12.50%) Vendor Manager
4 9 (6.62%) IT Manager
5 8 (5.88%) Analyst
5 8 (5.88%) Contracts Manager
6 7 (5.15%) Relationships Manager
6 7 (5.15%) Supplier Relationship Manager
7 6 (4.41%) Commercial Manager
7 6 (4.41%) Development Manager
7 6 (4.41%) Risk Manager
7 6 (4.41%) Security Analyst
7 6 (4.41%) Senior
8 5 (3.68%) Support Manager
9 4 (2.94%) Category Manager
9 4 (2.94%) Lead
9 4 (2.94%) Lead Project Manager
9 4 (2.94%) Operations Manager
9 4 (2.94%) Project Leader
10 3 (2.21%) Sales Representative
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.94%) EDI
2 2 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.74%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.97%) Social Media
2 17 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 15 (11.03%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (9.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 10 (7.35%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.94%) NHS
7 2 (1.47%) FMCG
7 2 (1.47%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.74%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.74%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.74%) SCADA
8 1 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (16.91%) Windows
2 19 (13.97%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (32.35%) Project Management
2 43 (31.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 37 (27.21%) Supplier Management
4 32 (23.53%) Risk Management
4 32 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 29 (21.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (19.12%) Contingency Planning
7 25 (18.38%) Time Management
8 24 (17.65%) Cost Control
9 23 (16.91%) Supplier Relationship Management
10 22 (16.18%) Contract Negotiation
11 21 (15.44%) Decision-Making
11 21 (15.44%) Problem-Solving
12 20 (14.71%) Budgeting
12 20 (14.71%) Service Delivery
13 18 (13.24%) Creative Thinking
13 18 (13.24%) Due Diligence
13 18 (13.24%) Supply Chain Management
14 17 (12.50%) Performance Management
15 16 (11.76%) Market Research
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.41%) R
2 1 (0.74%) SQL
2 1 (0.74%) VBA
Qualifications
1 29 (21.32%) DBS Check
2 25 (18.38%) Degree
3 13 (9.56%) CISSP
3 13 (9.56%) Master's Degree
4 12 (8.82%) CISM
4 12 (8.82%) CRISC
5 11 (8.09%) Security Cleared
6 9 (6.62%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.94%) HNC
7 4 (2.94%) MRICS
8 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (8.82%) SOC 2
2 3 (2.21%) QA
3 2 (1.47%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.74%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.74%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.74%) NEBOSH
4 1 (0.74%) P3O
4 1 (0.74%) PMO
Vendors
1 21 (15.44%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.09%) NEC
3 6 (4.41%) SAP
4 4 (2.94%) YouTube
5 3 (2.21%) Ariba
5 3 (2.21%) Oracle