Contract Negotiation Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Contract Negotiation
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 397 439
Rank change year-on-year +74 +42 +143
Permanent jobs citing Contract Negotiation 191 176 128
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.45% 0.49% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.55% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 101 79 69
10th Percentile £32,500 £44,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £82,500 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £89,000 £90,000 £82,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +11.11% +14.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,128 31,909 30,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.51% 88.95% 88.65%
Number of salaries quoted 19,079 14,313 22,914
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Contract Negotiation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Contract Negotiation job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Contract Negotiation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Contract Negotiation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Contract Negotiation

Contract Negotiation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Contract Negotiation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Contract Negotiation in the UK excluding London

Contract Negotiation
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 Negotiation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
South East +84 113 £67,500 -3.91% 139
North of England +22 28 £75,000 +50.00% 77
East of England +8 22 £50,000 -28.57% 63
Midlands +17 15 £80,000 +36.17% 59
Yorkshire -5 13 £75,000 +70.45% 39
North West +15 10 £80,000 +60.00% 27
West Midlands +20 8 £75,000 +33.33% 19
South West +2 7 £47,000 -18.26% 62
East Midlands -12 7 £80,000 +33.33% 39
Scotland -7 4 £90,000 +44.00% 11
North East - 4 £50,000 - 11
Wales +4 2 £58,750 +30.56% 20
Contract Negotiation
UK

Contract Negotiation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 19 (9.95%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.05%) Weka
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 48 (25.13%) SaaS
2 4 (2.09%) AWS
2 4 (2.09%) Azure
3 1 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.76%) Broadband
1 11 (5.76%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (4.19%) Ethernet
3 4 (2.09%) Wireless
4 3 (1.57%) 5G
4 3 (1.57%) Unified Communications
4 3 (1.57%) WAN
5 2 (1.05%) Firewall
5 2 (1.05%) LAN
5 2 (1.05%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.52%) 4G
6 1 (0.52%) WLAN
General
1 127 (66.49%) Social Skills
2 65 (34.03%) Finance
3 60 (31.41%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (18.85%) Legal
5 35 (18.32%) Telecoms
6 28 (14.66%) Aeronautics
7 23 (12.04%) Aviation
8 18 (9.42%) Marketing
9 17 (8.90%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (8.38%) Law
10 16 (8.38%) Public Sector
10 16 (8.38%) Retail
11 15 (7.85%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (5.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (4.19%) French Language
13 8 (4.19%) Manufacturing
13 8 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (2.09%) Electronics
15 2 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
16 1 (0.52%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 62 (32.46%) Business Manager
2 50 (26.18%) Business Systems Manager
2 50 (26.18%) Systems Manager
3 24 (12.57%) Head of Procurement
4 15 (7.85%) IT Manager
4 15 (7.85%) Senior
4 15 (7.85%) Senior Manager
5 12 (6.28%) Business Development Manager
5 12 (6.28%) Development Manager
6 11 (5.76%) Project Manager
7 7 (3.66%) Head of IT
7 7 (3.66%) Procurement Manager
7 7 (3.66%) Sales Manager
8 6 (3.14%) Account Manager
8 6 (3.14%) Senior Project Manager
9 5 (2.62%) Customer Executive
9 5 (2.62%) Sustainability Manager
10 4 (2.09%) Bid Manager
10 4 (2.09%) Category Manager
10 4 (2.09%) Senior Business Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 50 (26.18%) Robotics
2 18 (9.42%) Onboarding
3 12 (6.28%) Enterprise Cloud
4 10 (5.24%) Social Media
5 7 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.09%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.05%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.05%) PropTech
8 1 (0.52%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.52%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.52%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.52%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.52%) IoT
8 1 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Licensing
8 1 (0.52%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.52%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.05%) Linux
1 2 (1.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (35.08%) AI
1 67 (35.08%) Project Management
2 55 (28.80%) Budget Management
2 55 (28.80%) IT Strategy
2 55 (28.80%) Process Improvement
2 55 (28.80%) Risk Management
3 53 (27.75%) Software Engineering
4 52 (27.23%) Strategic Planning
5 48 (25.13%) Stakeholder Management
6 41 (21.47%) CRM
7 33 (17.28%) Cybersecurity
8 32 (16.75%) Problem-Solving
9 29 (15.18%) Contract Management
10 25 (13.09%) B2B
10 25 (13.09%) Business Development
11 22 (11.52%) Line Management
12 21 (10.99%) Software Licensing
13 20 (10.47%) Budgeting
14 19 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
15 18 (9.42%) Procure-to-Pay
Qualifications
1 52 (27.23%) SC Cleared
1 52 (27.23%) Security Cleared
2 30 (15.71%) Degree
3 7 (3.66%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.09%) APMP
4 4 (2.09%) MBA
4 4 (2.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 3 (1.57%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.05%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.05%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.05%) CISM
6 2 (1.05%) CISSP
6 2 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.52%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.28%) GDPR
2 2 (1.05%) GxP
2 2 (1.05%) SLA
3 1 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (0.52%) GLBA
3 1 (0.52%) GRC
3 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.52%) NIST
3 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.52%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.05%) Docker
1 2 (1.05%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.05%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (8.90%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.81%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.09%) HubSpot
3 4 (2.09%) NEC
4 3 (1.57%) HP
5 2 (1.05%) IFS
6 1 (0.52%) Cisco
6 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow