Contract Management Job Trends in the West Midlands

Contract Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Contract Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 142 158
Rank change year-on-year -24 +16 +97
Permanent jobs citing Contract Management 12 58 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.23% 1.40% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 1.53% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 11 23 12
10th Percentile £30,250 £38,754 £41,250
25th Percentile £40,125 £42,500 £45,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £54,650
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.08% +15.05%
75th Percentile £53,717 £57,000 £59,475
90th Percentile £82,500 £61,400 £61,125
England median annual salary £52,750 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.46% -5.00% +10.34%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,341 3,795 3,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.12% 91.62% 87.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,264 1,687 2,757
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £37,938 £41,563 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Contract Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Contract Management job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Contract Management
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Contract Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Contract Management

Contract Management
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Contract Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Contract Management in the West Midlands

Contract Management
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Contract Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
Birmingham +8 8 £50,000 +5.26%
Herefordshire - 3 £31,500 -
Coventry - 1 £80,000 -
Contract Management
England

Contract Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Internet
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Bid Manager
1 5 (41.67%) Senior
1 5 (41.67%) Senior Bid Manager
1 5 (41.67%) Senior Manager
1 5 (41.67%) Senior Service Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Help Desk Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) IT Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Head of Procurement
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Service Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (25.00%) Line Management
3 2 (16.67%) Budgeting
3 2 (16.67%) Co-Creation
3 2 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (16.67%) Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (8.33%) Asset Management
4 1 (8.33%) Coaching
4 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (8.33%) CRM
4 1 (8.33%) ITIL
4 1 (8.33%) People Management
4 1 (8.33%) Project Management
4 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
4 1 (8.33%) Service Management
4 1 (8.33%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.33%) Salesforce