Contract Manager
UK
The median Contract Manager salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 691 | 788 | 943 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +97 | +155 | +264 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Contracts Manager | 21 | 90 | 30 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.038% | 0.091% | 0.030% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.042% | 0.096% | 0.032% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9 | 65 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £51,250 | £52,200 | £35,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £55,000 | £56,250 | £43,162 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £65,000 | £44,666 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.54% | +45.53% | -0.74% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,875 | £81,250 | £53,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £81,250 | £85,000 | £57,438 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £56,250 | £65,000 | £44,666 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.46% | +45.53% | -12.85% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 49,912 | 93,707 | 92,673 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.61% | 94.63% | 91.55% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,050 | 67,086 | 58,518 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,500 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.62% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £80,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
Contracts Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Contracts Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Contracts Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Contracts Manager.
Contracts Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Contracts Manager over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.
Contracts Manager
Top 11 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Contracts Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +132 | 20 | £56,250 | -13.46% | 27 |
| England | +74 | 13 | £56,250 | -14.49% | 40 |
| Scotland | +125 | 8 | £75,000 | - | |
| Work from Home | +77 | 7 | £59,250 | -12.87% | 23 |
| Midlands | +56 | 6 | £52,500 | -2.78% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +55 | 6 | £52,500 | -2.78% | 1 |
| South East | +87 | 4 | £56,250 | -2.17% | 10 |
| London | +100 | 1 | £92,500 | +25.00% | 20 |
| East of England | +34 | 1 | £59,000 | -21.33% | 5 |
| North of England | +29 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| North West | -12 | 1 | - | - |
Contracts Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Contracts Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Contracts Manager in the job title.
|
|
Contracts Manager Skill Set
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: