Contract Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Contract Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Contract Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 538 712 835
Rank change year-on-year +174 +123 -73
Permanent jobs citing Contract Management 391 264 416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.25% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.26% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 208 98 234
10th Percentile £35,350 £35,350 £30,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,063 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,050 £53,439 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.76% -2.84% +15.79%
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,500 £67,746
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £87,338
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,650 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.30% -4.76% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Contract Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Top 17 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 27 April 2024. 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 +215 353 £57,500 +9.52% 198
UK excluding London +147 305 £54,650 +9.30% 139
Work from Home +164 170 £56,650 +13.30% 81
North of England +109 82 £60,000 +43.71% 47
Midlands +55 70 £54,000 +35.00% 22
London +109 69 £62,500 +4.17% 68
South East +21 69 £55,000 +4.76% 28
North West +59 51 £65,000 +4.00% 29
West Midlands +47 44 £54,650 +36.63% 15
East of England +49 37 £47,481 -36.69% 13
Yorkshire +102 27 £57,500 +40.24% 10
East Midlands - 26 £37,500 - 7
Scotland -56 18 £40,818 - 6
South West +12 17 £65,000 +77.32% 17
Northern Ireland - 8 £42,500 - 4
Wales +7 5 £57,450 -5.37% 5
North East 0 4 £35,000 -30.00% 9

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 (4.86%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.53%) IBM Notes
3 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.26%) CMS
Applications
1 126 (32.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (13.30%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (11.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.56%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.02%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (1.02%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 3 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.26%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.26%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.26%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 21 (5.37%) Power Platform
2 20 (5.12%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (3.84%) Azure
4 12 (3.07%) AWS
5 11 (2.81%) SaaS
6 9 (2.30%) OneDrive
6 9 (2.30%) Power Automate
6 9 (2.30%) PowerApps
6 9 (2.30%) ShareGate
7 3 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.26%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.26%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.26%) GCP
8 1 (0.26%) IaaS
8 1 (0.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.60%) Broadband
1 18 (4.60%) Internet
2 5 (1.28%) LAN
3 4 (1.02%) Firewall
4 3 (0.77%) VPN
4 3 (0.77%) WAN
4 3 (0.77%) WLAN
5 2 (0.51%) Intranet
6 1 (0.26%) ADSL
6 1 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.86%) Power BI
2 6 (1.53%) Tableau
3 3 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.77%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.26%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (0.51%) JIRA
General
1 191 (48.85%) Social Skills
2 185 (47.31%) Finance
3 85 (21.74%) Legal
4 55 (14.07%) Retail
5 52 (13.30%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (11.51%) Billing
7 40 (10.23%) Law
8 33 (8.44%) Telecoms
9 24 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 24 (6.14%) Pharmaceutical
9 24 (6.14%) Presentation Skills
10 19 (4.86%) Aerospace
10 19 (4.86%) Public Sector
11 18 (4.60%) Marketing
12 11 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.53%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.53%) Polish Language
15 5 (1.28%) Aviation
15 5 (1.28%) Military
Job Titles
1 50 (12.79%) Analyst
2 45 (11.51%) IT Manager
3 41 (10.49%) Project Manager
3 41 (10.49%) Quantity Surveyor
4 39 (9.97%) Contracts Manager
5 35 (8.95%) Senior
6 31 (7.93%) Lead
7 30 (7.67%) Commercial Manager
8 24 (6.14%) Procurement Manager
9 22 (5.63%) Category Manager
10 19 (4.86%) Senior Manager
11 17 (4.35%) Financial Analyst
12 14 (3.58%) Delivery Manager
12 14 (3.58%) Infrastructure Manager
12 14 (3.58%) IT Services Manager
12 14 (3.58%) Senior Project Manager
13 12 (3.07%) IT Infrastructure Manager
13 12 (3.07%) IT Procurement Manager
14 11 (2.81%) Senior Financial Analyst
14 11 (2.81%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.02%) EDI
2 1 (0.26%) IDoc
2 1 (0.26%) OpenAPI
2 1 (0.26%) SAP ALE
2 1 (0.26%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 66 (16.88%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (7.16%) Management Information System
3 18 (4.60%) Renewable Energy
4 16 (4.09%) Driving Licence
4 16 (4.09%) Onboarding
5 13 (3.32%) NHS
6 10 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.79%) Freedom of Information
8 6 (1.53%) Culture of Ownership
8 6 (1.53%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.53%) Housing Association
8 6 (1.53%) Life Science
9 5 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.28%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.02%) FMCG
11 2 (0.51%) e-Learning
11 2 (0.51%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.51%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (26.34%) Project Management
2 84 (21.48%) Contract Negotiation
3 72 (18.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 66 (16.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 62 (15.86%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (14.32%) Supplier Management
7 51 (13.04%) Decision-Making
8 49 (12.53%) Data Management
8 49 (12.53%) Project Delivery
9 43 (11.00%) Agile
10 42 (10.74%) ITIL
11 35 (8.95%) Customer Service
12 34 (8.70%) Service Delivery
13 33 (8.44%) Risk Management
14 31 (7.93%) Change Control
15 29 (7.42%) Logistics
15 29 (7.42%) Roadmaps
16 26 (6.65%) Business Intelligence
16 26 (6.65%) Cost Reduction
16 26 (6.65%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.28%) SQL
2 1 (0.26%) ABAP
2 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.26%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 102 (26.09%) Degree
2 43 (11.00%) ACCA
2 43 (11.00%) CIMA
3 25 (6.39%) Security Cleared
4 20 (5.12%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.84%) Master's Degree
6 12 (3.07%) ITIL Certification
7 10 (2.56%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.53%) APMP
8 6 (1.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 5 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (1.02%) HNC
11 3 (0.77%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.51%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.26%) CISM
13 1 (0.26%) CISSP
13 1 (0.26%) MBA
13 1 (0.26%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.58%) GDPR
2 12 (3.07%) SLA
3 7 (1.79%) ISO 9001
3 7 (1.79%) PMO
4 6 (1.53%) QA
5 4 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.51%) COBIT
6 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.51%) NEBOSH
6 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (3.07%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 82 (20.97%) Microsoft
2 50 (12.79%) SAP
3 48 (12.28%) NEC
4 41 (10.49%) Virgin Media
5 18 (4.60%) Openreach
6 11 (2.81%) Oracle
7 9 (2.30%) Nintex
7 9 (2.30%) VMware
8 7 (1.79%) Ariba
9 6 (1.53%) IBM
10 4 (1.02%) Computacenter
11 2 (0.51%) Cadence
11 2 (0.51%) OneTrust
12 1 (0.26%) Adobe
12 1 (0.26%) Cognos
12 1 (0.26%) Facebook
12 1 (0.26%) Google
12 1 (0.26%) Salesforce
12 1 (0.26%) Samsung
12 1 (0.26%) Talend