Contract Management Jobs

Contract Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 534 730
Rank change year-on-year +26 +196 +78
Permanent jobs citing Contract Management 186 395 259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.40% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.47% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 117 210 96
10th Percentile £38,754 £35,450 £35,250
25th Percentile £48,500 £41,250 £40,797
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,650 £54,377
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +4.18% -1.13%
75th Percentile £60,875 £68,750 £70,625
90th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,650 £51,500
% change year-on-year +0.64% +6.12% -6.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Contract Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 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
England +11 167 £55,000 -4.35% 224
UK excluding London +63 150 £55,000 +0.64% 140
Work from Home +92 63 £57,000 +0.62% 125
Midlands +53 41 £50,000 -7.41% 30
South East +78 40 £57,000 +3.64% 41
West Midlands +41 35 £52,250 -4.39% 19
East of England +50 30 £59,000 +24.26% 9
North of England +32 28 £50,000 -14.89% 31
London +65 25 £52,500 -16.00% 97
North West +2 21 £50,000 -23.08% 22
Scotland +121 7 £75,000 +83.74% 6
East Midlands +30 6 £47,500 +26.67% 8
Yorkshire +55 5 £54,793 -4.71% 5
South West +92 3 £55,000 -15.38% 22
North East +48 2 £47,562 +35.89% 4
Northern Ireland +28 1 £67,500 +58.82%

Contract Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 19 (10.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (13.44%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (12.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (11.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (1.08%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (2.69%) SaaS
3 1 (0.54%) AWS
3 1 (0.54%) Azure
3 1 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.54%) GitHub
3 1 (0.54%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.54%) PowerApps
3 1 (0.54%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.23%) LoRaWAN
2 5 (2.69%) Wireless
3 3 (1.61%) Broadband
3 3 (1.61%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (1.61%) Tableau
2 1 (0.54%) GIS
2 1 (0.54%) Power BI
2 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.54%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Git
General
1 80 (43.01%) Social Skills
2 77 (41.40%) Finance
3 43 (23.12%) Legal
4 42 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (20.43%) Public Sector
6 30 (16.13%) Influencing Skills
7 19 (10.22%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (6.45%) Telecoms
9 10 (5.38%) Law
10 8 (4.30%) Police
11 7 (3.76%) Retail
12 3 (1.61%) Local Government
13 2 (1.08%) Marketing
13 2 (1.08%) Military
13 2 (1.08%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.54%) French Language
14 1 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (17.20%) Project Manager
2 21 (11.29%) Vendor Manager
3 19 (10.22%) Supplier Manager
4 16 (8.60%) Development Manager
4 16 (8.60%) IT Manager
5 10 (5.38%) Senior
6 9 (4.84%) Support Manager
7 8 (4.30%) Analyst
7 8 (4.30%) Commercial Manager
7 8 (4.30%) Contracts Manager
8 7 (3.76%) Relationships Manager
8 7 (3.76%) Supplier Relationship Manager
9 6 (3.23%) Account Manager
9 6 (3.23%) Lead
9 6 (3.23%) Security Analyst
10 5 (2.69%) Risk Manager
10 5 (2.69%) Senior Manager
11 4 (2.15%) IT Services Manager
11 4 (2.15%) IT Support
11 4 (2.15%) IT Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.23%) EDI
2 2 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.54%) MACH
3 1 (0.54%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 30 (16.13%) Social Media
2 19 (10.22%) Driving Licence
3 17 (9.14%) Management Information System
3 17 (9.14%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (7.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 7 (3.76%) NHS
6 6 (3.23%) IoT
6 6 (3.23%) NB-IoT
6 6 (3.23%) Smart City
6 6 (3.23%) Smart Meter
7 2 (1.08%) FMCG
7 2 (1.08%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.54%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.54%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.54%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.54%) SCADA
8 1 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (17.20%) Windows
2 28 (15.05%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (35.48%) Project Management
2 42 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 36 (19.35%) Risk Management
3 36 (19.35%) Supplier Management
4 34 (18.28%) Cost Control
5 33 (17.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 32 (17.20%) Budgeting
7 31 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (15.05%) Time Management
9 26 (13.98%) Contract Negotiation
9 26 (13.98%) Decision-Making
9 26 (13.98%) Service Delivery
10 25 (13.44%) Contingency Planning
10 25 (13.44%) Creative Thinking
11 24 (12.90%) Project Delivery
11 24 (12.90%) Supplier Relationship Management
12 23 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (10.22%) Strategic Thinking
14 18 (9.68%) Analytics
14 18 (9.68%) Due Diligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.23%) R
2 2 (1.08%) SQL
3 1 (0.54%) C#
3 1 (0.54%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (21.51%) DBS Check
2 31 (16.67%) Degree
3 15 (8.06%) Master's Degree
4 12 (6.45%) CISSP
4 12 (6.45%) Security Cleared
5 11 (5.91%) CISM
5 11 (5.91%) CRISC
6 10 (5.38%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.15%) HNC
7 4 (2.15%) MRICS
8 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (5.91%) SOC 2
2 6 (3.23%) SLA
3 3 (1.61%) QA
4 2 (1.08%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.08%) PMO
5 1 (0.54%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.54%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.54%) NEBOSH
5 1 (0.54%) P3O
Vendors
1 35 (18.82%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.53%) NEC
3 7 (3.76%) SAP
4 4 (2.15%) Oracle
4 4 (2.15%) YouTube
5 2 (1.08%) Ariba
5 2 (1.08%) Facebook
5 2 (1.08%) Instagram
5 2 (1.08%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.54%) Salesforce