Contract Management Contracts

Contract Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 412 480 604
Rank change year-on-year +68 +124 -59
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 181 235 246
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.41% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.45% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 139 169
10th Percentile £281 £361 £323
25th Percentile £425 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £752 £692
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -11.36% +4.76% +12.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 6
10th Percentile - £27.72 -
25th Percentile £35.00 £33.75 £26.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £47.63 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.98% +70.09% +14.29%
75th Percentile - £60.00 £36.94
90th Percentile - £61.13 £52.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £47.63 £27.50
% change year-on-year +46.98% +73.18% +14.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,140 52,105 79,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.25% 89.83% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,924 36,124 55,482
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,724 1,874
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.17 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Contract Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Contract Management.

Daily rate trend for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contract Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Contract Management.

Hourly rate trend for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Contract Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 9 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
England +69 158 £500 -9.09% 201
UK excluding London +35 102 £488 -11.36% 138
Work from Home +96 63 £523 -4.84% 83
London +52 62 £523 -4.84% 65
South East +23 34 £525 -7.08% 31
South West +23 20 £465 -17.33% 19
North of England +1 16 £525 -4.55% 45
Midlands +24 11 £513 -16.33% 26
West Midlands +19 11 £513 -10.87% 19
East of England +13 11 £318 -49.20% 13
North West -7 10 £550 - 28
Scotland +43 9 £550 +0.69% 6
Yorkshire +12 5 £473 -10.00% 10
Wales - 2 £813 - 3
North East - 1 - - 7

Contract Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.31%) SAS
2 3 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.55%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.76%) Primavera
3 1 (0.55%) SAP CCM
3 1 (0.55%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.55%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.55%) SAP Retail
3 1 (0.55%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.21%) SaaS
2 3 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.10%) IaaS
3 2 (1.10%) PaaS
3 2 (1.10%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.55%) AWS
4 1 (0.55%) Azure
4 1 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.55%) Power Automate
4 1 (0.55%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.55%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.31%) 5G
2 3 (1.66%) RTP
3 2 (1.10%) Broadband
3 2 (1.10%) Intranet
3 2 (1.10%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.55%) ISDN
4 1 (0.55%) PSTN
4 1 (0.55%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.31%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (1.10%) MS Access
3 1 (0.55%) Big Data
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Hudson
2 1 (0.55%) JIRA
General
1 72 (39.78%) Finance
2 66 (36.46%) Social Skills
3 52 (28.73%) Public Sector
4 28 (15.47%) Telecoms
5 26 (14.36%) Legal
6 19 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (9.94%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (6.63%) Law
9 11 (6.08%) Banking
9 11 (6.08%) Billing
10 8 (4.42%) Local Government
11 5 (2.76%) Marketing
11 5 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.66%) Electronics
13 3 (1.66%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.66%) Retail
14 2 (1.10%) Police
15 1 (0.55%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 33 (18.23%) Project Manager
2 21 (11.60%) Commercial Manager
3 20 (11.05%) Contracts Manager
4 18 (9.94%) IT Manager
5 15 (8.29%) Procurement Manager
5 15 (8.29%) Senior
6 14 (7.73%) Lead
7 13 (7.18%) Senior Manager
8 9 (4.97%) Analyst
8 9 (4.97%) Senior Project Manager
8 9 (4.97%) Telecoms Manager
9 8 (4.42%) Delivery Manager
9 8 (4.42%) Programme Manager
10 7 (3.87%) Consultant
10 7 (3.87%) Coordinator
10 7 (3.87%) Project Coordinator
11 6 (3.31%) Network Manager
11 6 (3.31%) Supplier Manager
12 5 (2.76%) Procurement Specialist
12 5 (2.76%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.55%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.63%) Management Information System
2 8 (4.42%) Public Cloud
3 6 (3.31%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.66%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.10%) CMDB
6 2 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.10%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.10%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.55%) Animation
7 1 (0.55%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.55%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.55%) Life Science
7 1 (0.55%) Tandem
7 1 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (25.97%) Project Management
2 44 (24.31%) Agile
3 41 (22.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 36 (19.89%) Change Management
5 28 (15.47%) Decision-Making
6 26 (14.36%) PRINCE2
7 24 (13.26%) Project Delivery
8 20 (11.05%) Contract Negotiation
9 19 (10.50%) Performance Management
10 17 (9.39%) Change Control
11 16 (8.84%) Business Case
11 16 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (8.29%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (7.73%) Risk Management
13 14 (7.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 13 (7.18%) Analytics
14 13 (7.18%) Programme Management
14 13 (7.18%) Project Governance
14 13 (7.18%) Service Delivery
14 13 (7.18%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.31%) SQL
2 1 (0.55%) R
Qualifications
1 45 (24.86%) Security Cleared
2 33 (18.23%) SC Cleared
3 22 (12.15%) Degree
4 9 (4.97%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.10%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.10%) PMP
7 1 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.55%) OCP
7 1 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.52%) PMO
1 10 (5.52%) SLA
2 4 (2.21%) QA
3 2 (1.10%) GRC
4 1 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
Vendors
1 22 (12.15%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.18%) SAP
3 6 (3.31%) IFS
4 4 (2.21%) NEC
5 2 (1.10%) Ariba
5 2 (1.10%) Computacenter
6 1 (0.55%) BT
6 1 (0.55%) Openreach
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle
6 1 (0.55%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.55%) ServiceNow