Contract Negotiation Job Trends

Contract Negotiation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs 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 364 432 353
Rank change year-on-year +68 -79 +375
Permanent jobs citing Contract Negotiation 307 295 441
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.55% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.61% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 171 133 125
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £38,350
25th Percentile £53,000 £50,000 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +11.11% +14.55%
75th Percentile £87,000 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £93,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% -4.17% +14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,315 48,345 50,335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.62% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,473 23,469 38,401
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Contract Negotiation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Contract Negotiation job vacancy trend in the UK

Contract Negotiation
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Contract Negotiation

Contract Negotiation
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Contract Negotiation in the UK

Contract Negotiation
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 Negotiation within the UK 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
England +90 290 £75,000 +7.14% 444
UK excluding London +74 191 £70,000 +21.74% 424
South East +84 113 £67,500 -3.91% 135
London +54 94 £90,000 - 62
Work from Home +70 87 £54,000 -21.45% 145
North of England +22 28 £75,000 +50.00% 78
East of England +8 22 £50,000 -28.57% 62
Midlands +17 15 £80,000 +36.17% 56
Yorkshire -5 13 £75,000 +70.45% 39
North West +15 10 £80,000 +60.00% 28
West Midlands +20 8 £75,000 +33.33% 17
South West +2 7 £47,000 -18.26% 63
East Midlands -12 7 £80,000 +33.33% 38
Scotland -7 4 £90,000 +44.00% 11
North East - 4 £50,000 - 11
Wales +4 2 £58,750 +30.56% 21

Contract Negotiation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (6.84%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.98%) Adobe Premiere
3 3 (0.98%) Final Cut Pro
4 2 (0.65%) Trello
4 2 (0.65%) Weka
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.30%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.33%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 81 (26.38%) SaaS
2 18 (5.86%) Azure
3 12 (3.91%) AWS
4 8 (2.61%) GCP
5 5 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (1.63%) IaaS
5 5 (1.63%) PaaS
6 4 (1.30%) OCI
7 3 (0.98%) Canva
7 3 (0.98%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.65%) Asana
8 2 (0.65%) Azure AI
8 2 (0.65%) Azure AKS
8 2 (0.65%) Azure App Service
8 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.33%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.33%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.51%) Broadband
2 18 (5.86%) Wi-Fi
3 12 (3.91%) Ethernet
4 4 (1.30%) WAN
4 4 (1.30%) Wireless
5 3 (0.98%) 5G
5 3 (0.98%) Firewall
5 3 (0.98%) Internet
5 3 (0.98%) LAN
5 3 (0.98%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.98%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.65%) ATM
6 2 (0.65%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.33%) 4G
7 1 (0.33%) NAS
7 1 (0.33%) SAN
7 1 (0.33%) VPN
7 1 (0.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.61%) Oracle Database
1 8 (2.61%) Oracle Exadata
2 4 (1.30%) Geospatial Data
2 4 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.98%) Big Data
4 1 (0.33%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (0.65%) JIRA
General
1 170 (55.37%) Social Skills
2 121 (39.41%) Finance
3 71 (23.13%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (16.94%) Legal
5 48 (15.64%) Telecoms
6 45 (14.66%) Marketing
7 38 (12.38%) Presentation Skills
8 35 (11.40%) Law
9 32 (10.42%) Public Sector
10 28 (9.12%) Aeronautics
11 24 (7.82%) Aviation
12 22 (7.17%) Retail
13 17 (5.54%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (3.26%) Financial Institution
16 9 (2.93%) Manufacturing
16 9 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
17 8 (2.61%) French Language
18 4 (1.30%) Agriculture
18 4 (1.30%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 73 (23.78%) Business Manager
2 50 (16.29%) Business Systems Manager
2 50 (16.29%) Systems Manager
3 31 (10.10%) Senior
4 28 (9.12%) IT Manager
5 26 (8.47%) Development Manager
5 26 (8.47%) Senior Manager
6 25 (8.14%) Head of Procurement
7 23 (7.49%) Business Development Manager
8 14 (4.56%) Project Manager
9 13 (4.23%) Procurement Manager
10 11 (3.58%) Sales Manager
11 10 (3.26%) Architect
11 10 (3.26%) Category Manager
12 9 (2.93%) Head of Infrastructure
12 9 (2.93%) Senior Business Development Manager
12 9 (2.93%) Senior Business Manager
12 9 (2.93%) Senior Development Manager
13 8 (2.61%) Head of IT
13 8 (2.61%) Oracle Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.98%) Middleware
2 2 (0.65%) .NET
2 2 (0.65%) HTML
3 1 (0.33%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 50 (16.29%) Robotics
2 32 (10.42%) Onboarding
3 26 (8.47%) Social Media
4 15 (4.89%) Enterprise Cloud
5 10 (3.26%) Data Centre
5 10 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.95%) Algorithms
6 6 (1.95%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.63%) Video Editing
8 4 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (0.98%) NHS
10 2 (0.65%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.65%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Licensing
10 2 (0.65%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.65%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.98%) Windows
2 2 (0.65%) Linux
3 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (29.32%) AI
2 85 (27.69%) Project Management
3 71 (23.13%) Risk Management
4 70 (22.80%) Budget Management
4 70 (22.80%) CRM
5 67 (21.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 64 (20.85%) IT Strategy
7 58 (18.89%) Process Improvement
8 57 (18.57%) Business Development
9 54 (17.59%) Software Engineering
10 53 (17.26%) Strategic Planning
11 45 (14.66%) Cybersecurity
12 44 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
13 43 (14.01%) Contract Management
14 40 (13.03%) Budgeting
15 32 (10.42%) B2B
15 32 (10.42%) Decision-Making
16 30 (9.77%) Business Strategy
17 29 (9.45%) Continuous Improvement
18 27 (8.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 58 (18.89%) Degree
2 56 (18.24%) Security Cleared
3 55 (17.92%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.56%) Master's Degree
5 10 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.26%) MBA
6 9 (2.93%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.93%) Azure Certification
7 8 (2.61%) DBS Check
7 8 (2.61%) OCP
7 8 (2.61%) Oracle Certification
8 7 (2.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.30%) APMP
9 4 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.98%) CISM
10 3 (0.98%) CISSP
10 3 (0.98%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.65%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.56%) GDPR
2 6 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.63%) COBIT
3 5 (1.63%) SLA
4 3 (0.98%) PMO
4 3 (0.98%) QA
5 2 (0.65%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.65%) GRC
5 2 (0.65%) GxP
5 2 (0.65%) NIST
5 2 (0.65%) PERC
6 1 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.33%) FINRA
6 1 (0.33%) GLBA
6 1 (0.33%) NCSC
6 1 (0.33%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (2.61%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (0.65%) Docker
2 2 (0.65%) vSphere
3 1 (0.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (2.61%) Data Guard
1 8 (2.61%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 8 (2.61%) Oracle RMAN
2 4 (1.30%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 29 (9.45%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.51%) Salesforce
3 13 (4.23%) Oracle
4 8 (2.61%) Delphix
4 8 (2.61%) HubSpot
5 7 (2.28%) YouTube
6 4 (1.30%) Instagram
6 4 (1.30%) NEC
6 4 (1.30%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.30%) TikTok
7 3 (0.98%) Adobe
7 3 (0.98%) Facebook
7 3 (0.98%) HP
8 2 (0.65%) Cisco
8 2 (0.65%) Foundry
8 2 (0.65%) IFS
8 2 (0.65%) VocaLink
9 1 (0.33%) Ariba
9 1 (0.33%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.33%) Citrix