Contract Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Contract Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Contract Management over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 294 321 383
Rank change year-on-year +27 +62 -10
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 101 125 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.50% 0.54% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.60% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 73 85
10th Percentile £221 £414 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +4.76% +14.13%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £593
90th Percentile £643 £766 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 5
10th Percentile £35.00 £28.48 -
25th Percentile £43.75 £35.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% +45.45% +14.58%
75th Percentile - £60.00 £29.25
90th Percentile - £60.75 £35.40
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year +75.00% +42.86% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,076 20,688 27,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.26% 89.44% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,209 14,247 19,122
10th Percentile £250 £258 £235
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,062 1,260 1,365
10th Percentile £12.34 £10.63 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.71 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Contract Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Contract Management in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Contract Management in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contract Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Management in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Contract Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Contract Management in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Contract Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Contract Management in the UK excluding London

Contract Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Contract Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +17 34 £500 -8.68% 32
South West +15 20 £465 -17.33% 18
North of England +1 15 £525 -4.55% 53
East of England +17 12 £350 -44.00% 9
West Midlands +18 11 £513 -10.87% 17
Midlands +6 11 £513 -16.33% 28
North West -7 9 £550 - 33
Scotland +40 8 £550 +0.69% 8
Yorkshire +12 5 £525 - 13
Wales - 2 £813 - 3
North East - 1 - - 7
Contract Management
UK

Contract Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (5.94%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (4.95%) Primavera
2 2 (1.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.99%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.97%) SaaS
2 2 (1.98%) IaaS
2 2 (1.98%) PaaS
3 1 (0.99%) Azure
3 1 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.94%) 5G
2 1 (0.99%) Broadband
2 1 (0.99%) ISDN
2 1 (0.99%) PSTN
2 1 (0.99%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.94%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (1.98%) MS Access
3 1 (0.99%) Big Data
3 1 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (1.98%) Hudson
General
1 42 (41.58%) Finance
2 33 (32.67%) Social Skills
3 27 (26.73%) Public Sector
4 19 (18.81%) Telecoms
5 17 (16.83%) Legal
6 8 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (7.92%) Law
7 7 (6.93%) Billing
8 5 (4.95%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.96%) Banking
9 4 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.99%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.99%) Local Government
11 1 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.99%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (17.82%) Project Manager
2 12 (11.88%) Contracts Manager
2 12 (11.88%) Senior
3 11 (10.89%) IT Manager
3 11 (10.89%) Senior Manager
4 9 (8.91%) Lead
5 8 (7.92%) Commercial Manager
5 8 (7.92%) Procurement Manager
5 8 (7.92%) Senior Project Manager
5 8 (7.92%) Telecoms Manager
6 6 (5.94%) Network Manager
7 5 (4.95%) Coordinator
7 5 (4.95%) Product Manager
7 5 (4.95%) Project Coordinator
8 4 (3.96%) IT Project Manager
8 4 (3.96%) Procurement Specialist
8 4 (3.96%) Supplier Manager
9 3 (2.97%) Analyst
9 3 (2.97%) Developer
9 3 (2.97%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.99%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.94%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (4.95%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.96%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.98%) CMDB
4 2 (1.98%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.99%) Animation
5 1 (0.99%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (25.74%) Agile
2 24 (23.76%) Project Management
3 16 (15.84%) Change Management
3 16 (15.84%) PRINCE2
3 16 (15.84%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (13.86%) Decision-Making
5 13 (12.87%) Project Delivery
6 12 (11.88%) Performance Management
7 11 (10.89%) Project Governance
8 9 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (8.91%) Line Management
8 9 (8.91%) Service Delivery
9 8 (7.92%) Analytics
9 8 (7.92%) Change Control
9 8 (7.92%) Contract Negotiation
9 8 (7.92%) Matrix Organization
9 8 (7.92%) PRINCE
9 8 (7.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (6.93%) Project Planning
10 7 (6.93%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (27.72%) Security Cleared
2 23 (22.77%) SC Cleared
3 15 (14.85%) Degree
4 5 (4.95%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.98%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.98%) PMP
6 1 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.99%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.94%) PMO
2 4 (3.96%) SLA
3 2 (1.98%) GRC
3 2 (1.98%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.99%) Autotask
Vendors
1 11 (10.89%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.94%) IFS
3 4 (3.96%) NEC
4 3 (2.97%) SAP
5 2 (1.98%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.99%) Ariba
6 1 (0.99%) BT
6 1 (0.99%) Computacenter
6 1 (0.99%) Openreach
6 1 (0.99%) Oracle