Contract Negotiation Contracts

Contract Negotiation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Contract Negotiation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Contract Negotiation over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 564 734
Rank change year-on-year +75 +170 -112
Contract jobs citing Contract Negotiation 87 120 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.21% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.23% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 89 65
10th Percentile £322 £350 £405
25th Percentile £391 £428 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.14% -4.35% +22.34%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £691 £703 £734
UK excluding London median daily rate £534 £550 £483
% change year-on-year -2.91% +13.99% -9.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £15.93
25th Percentile - £14.09 £19.94
Median hourly rate £100.00 £14.19 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year +604.97% -47.94% -31.88%
75th Percentile - £14.28 £31.94
90th Percentile - - £34.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £100.00 £14.19 £27.25
% change year-on-year +604.97% -47.94% -31.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Contract Negotiation 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 36,679 51,168 79,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.19% 89.82% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,608 35,479 55,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £479
% change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,692 1,900
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.10 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.21%

Contract Negotiation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Contract Negotiation in the UK

Contract Negotiation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Contract Negotiation in the UK

Contract Negotiation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contract Negotiation over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Negotiation in the UK

Contract Negotiation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Contract Negotiation in the UK

Contract Negotiation
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Contract Negotiation within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 +99 81 £500 -9.09% 257
UK excluding London +39 44 £534 -2.91% 175
London +102 39 £413 -30.67% 79
Work from Home +99 25 £478 -13.18% 103
North of England +29 14 £506 -9.08% 45
Midlands +29 12 £534 -7.13% 43
North West +20 11 £478 -20.42% 25
South East +1 11 £570 +20.00% 44
West Midlands +25 6 £525 -8.70% 25
East Midlands +16 6 £565 -13.15% 18
East of England +10 6 £450 -18.18% 17
Scotland +31 4 £450 +50.00% 10
North East - 2 £600 - 6
Wales +18 1 - - 1
Yorkshire +14 1 - - 16
South West +9 1 - - 24

Contract Negotiation
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 1 (1.15%) Apache
1 1 (1.15%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (8.05%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.45%) AutoCAD
2 3 (3.45%) Revit
3 2 (2.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.05%) Azure
2 3 (3.45%) SaaS
3 2 (2.30%) IaaS
3 2 (2.30%) PaaS
4 1 (1.15%) Apple Pay
4 1 (1.15%) AWS
4 1 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (1.15%) BigCommerce
4 1 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.15%) GCP
4 1 (1.15%) Google Pay
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.45%) Internet
1 3 (3.45%) RTP
2 1 (1.15%) LAN
2 1 (1.15%) NAS
2 1 (1.15%) SAN
2 1 (1.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.15%) Big Data
1 1 (1.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.15%) JIRA
General
1 36 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 30 (34.48%) Finance
3 22 (25.29%) Legal
4 14 (16.09%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (12.64%) Banking
5 11 (12.64%) Retail
6 10 (11.49%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (11.49%) Public Sector
7 5 (5.75%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (4.60%) Marketing
9 2 (2.30%) Billing
9 2 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.30%) Law
9 2 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.30%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.15%) Electronics
10 1 (1.15%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.15%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.15%) Local Government
10 1 (1.15%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (17.24%) Project Manager
2 8 (9.20%) Procurement Manager
3 7 (8.05%) Contracts Manager
4 6 (6.90%) IT Manager
4 6 (6.90%) Sourcing Manager
5 5 (5.75%) Bid Manager
5 5 (5.75%) Commercial Manager
5 5 (5.75%) Senior
5 5 (5.75%) Senior Manager
6 4 (4.60%) Analyst
6 4 (4.60%) Lead
6 4 (4.60%) Network Manager
6 4 (4.60%) Scrum Master
7 3 (3.45%) Banking Project Manager
7 3 (3.45%) Category Manager
7 3 (3.45%) Commercial Officer
7 3 (3.45%) Consultant
7 3 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (3.45%) Senior Bid Manager
8 2 (2.30%) Technology Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.15%) Middleware
1 1 (1.15%) PySpark
1 1 (1.15%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.75%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.60%) Mobile Banking
3 3 (3.45%) NHS
3 3 (3.45%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.30%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Licensing
5 1 (1.15%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.15%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.15%) Smartcard
5 1 (1.15%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (28.74%) Project Management
2 20 (22.99%) Contract Management
3 17 (19.54%) Agile
3 17 (19.54%) PRINCE2
4 16 (18.39%) Decision-Making
5 13 (14.94%) Risk Management
5 13 (14.94%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (11.49%) Project Delivery
8 9 (10.34%) Change Management
8 9 (10.34%) Due Diligence
8 9 (10.34%) Performance Management
8 9 (10.34%) Process Improvement
9 8 (9.20%) Business Case
10 7 (8.05%) Business Strategy
10 7 (8.05%) Roadmaps
10 7 (8.05%) Scrum
11 6 (6.90%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.45%) SQL
2 1 (1.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (27.59%) Degree
2 9 (10.34%) PMI Certification
2 9 (10.34%) PMP
2 9 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 5 (5.75%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.45%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.30%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.30%) Data Quality
1 2 (2.30%) QA
2 1 (1.15%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.15%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.15%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.15%) Nessus
Vendors
1 14 (16.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.30%) Oracle
2 2 (2.30%) SAP
3 1 (1.15%) Adobe
3 1 (1.15%) Apple
3 1 (1.15%) Ariba
3 1 (1.15%) Databricks
3 1 (1.15%) Fujitsu
3 1 (1.15%) Google
3 1 (1.15%) IBM
3 1 (1.15%) NEC
3 1 (1.15%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.15%) Sitecore
3 1 (1.15%) VMware