Contract Negotiation Job Trends in the West Midlands

Contract Negotiation
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Contract Negotiation 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 170 187 162
Rank change year-on-year +17 -25 +110
Permanent jobs citing Contract Negotiation 8 12 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.15% 0.29% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.32% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 5 10 15
10th Percentile £47,470 £42,500 £44,900
25th Percentile £49,300 £46,563 £49,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £56,250 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +1.35% +23.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile - £76,894 £80,750
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +11.11% +13.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 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 Negotiation
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Contract Negotiation job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Contract Negotiation
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Contract Negotiation
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Contract Negotiation in the West Midlands

Contract Negotiation
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 Negotiation 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 +22 6 £63,600 -2.15% 5
Shropshire -15 1 - - 5
Coventry - 1 £80,000 -
Contract Negotiation
England

Contract Negotiation
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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) 4G
1 1 (12.50%) 5G
1 1 (12.50%) Broadband
1 1 (12.50%) SD-WAN
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (12.50%) German Language
4 1 (12.50%) Law
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Polish Language
4 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Retail
4 1 (12.50%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Head of Procurement
2 1 (12.50%) Account Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Applications Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Business Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Buyer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
2 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Procurement Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Product Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
1 1 (12.50%) Housing Association
1 1 (12.50%) IoT
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Licensing
1 1 (12.50%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 2 (25.00%) Co-Creation
3 2 (25.00%) Contract Management
3 2 (25.00%) Line Management
3 2 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) B2B
4 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
4 1 (12.50%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) Market Research
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Management
4 1 (12.50%) Product Management
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft