Contracts Manager Contracts

Contract Manager
UK

The median Contract Manager daily rate in the UK is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 497 565 689
Rank change year-on-year +68 +124 -38
Contract jobs requiring a Contracts Manager 97 132 176
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.24% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.25% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 98 132
10th Percentile £315 £350 £382
25th Percentile £406 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +10.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £745 £650 £606
90th Percentile - £745 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.00% +16.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £62.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,533 52,506 83,140
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 94.52% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,086 36,648 58,637
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £407 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,938 1,481 1,935
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.18 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.71 £65.75 £49.92
90th Percentile £74.00 £76.50 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.76% +110.00% +7.82%

Contracts Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Contracts Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Contracts Manager in the UK

Contracts Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Contracts Manager.

Daily rate trend for Contracts Manager in the UK

Contracts Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contracts Manager over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Contracts Manager in the UK

Contracts Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Contracts Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Contracts Manager in the UK

Contracts Manager
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Contracts Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 11 June 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 +76 94 £538 -2.27% 65
London +87 62 £675 +20.00% 16
UK excluding London +14 30 £438 -16.67% 44
Work from Home +54 22 £481 -14.44% 15
South West +4 11 £375 -34.78% 6
North of England +18 7 £494 -14.13% 10
South East +8 6 £450 - 10
East of England +6 6 £388 - 10
Yorkshire +6 3 £538 -12.24% 3
North West +1 3 £406 -29.35% 7
North East - 1 - - 1

Contracts Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, Contracts Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Contracts Manager in the job title.

1 33 (34.02%) Public Sector
2 30 (30.93%) PRINCE2
3 24 (24.74%) Agile
4 23 (23.71%) Project Management
4 23 (23.71%) Collaborative Working
5 22 (22.68%) Finance
5 22 (22.68%) Supplier Management
6 18 (18.56%) Social Skills
7 11 (11.34%) Contract Management
8 9 (9.28%) NHS
8 9 (9.28%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (9.28%) Programme Management
8 9 (9.28%) Degree
9 8 (8.25%) Change Management
10 7 (7.22%) Banking
10 7 (7.22%) SC Cleared
10 7 (7.22%) Security Cleared
10 7 (7.22%) Contract Negotiation
11 6 (6.19%) Static Application Security Testing
11 6 (6.19%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
11 6 (6.19%) Project Delivery
11 6 (6.19%) Vulnerability Management
11 6 (6.19%) Retail
11 6 (6.19%) Risk Management
12 5 (5.15%) Telecoms
12 5 (5.15%) Manufacturing
12 5 (5.15%) Microsoft
12 5 (5.15%) Business Intelligence
12 5 (5.15%) SAP
12 5 (5.15%) Marketing

Contracts Manager Skill Set
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 (1.03%) CMS
1 1 (1.03%) EPiServer
Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.12%) AWS
2 3 (3.09%) Azure
3 2 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.03%) Azure AKS
4 1 (1.03%) Azure App Service
4 1 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.03%) Azure Event Grid
4 1 (1.03%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.03%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (1.03%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.06%) JIRA
General
1 33 (34.02%) Public Sector
2 22 (22.68%) Finance
3 18 (18.56%) Social Skills
4 7 (7.22%) Banking
5 6 (6.19%) Retail
6 5 (5.15%) Manufacturing
6 5 (5.15%) Marketing
6 5 (5.15%) Telecoms
7 4 (4.12%) Electronics
8 3 (3.09%) Billing
8 3 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.09%) Legal
9 2 (2.06%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.06%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.03%) Law
10 1 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.03%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.12%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (3.09%) .NET
3 1 (1.03%) CSS
3 1 (1.03%) HTML
3 1 (1.03%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.28%) NHS
2 4 (4.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 3 (3.09%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.09%) PMI
4 2 (2.06%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.03%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.03%) Linux
1 1 (1.03%) Unix
1 1 (1.03%) Windows
1 1 (1.03%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (30.93%) PRINCE2
2 24 (24.74%) Agile
3 23 (23.71%) Collaborative Working
3 23 (23.71%) Project Management
4 22 (22.68%) Supplier Management
5 11 (11.34%) Contract Management
6 9 (9.28%) Programme Management
6 9 (9.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (8.25%) Change Management
8 7 (7.22%) Contract Negotiation
9 6 (6.19%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
9 6 (6.19%) Project Delivery
9 6 (6.19%) Risk Management
9 6 (6.19%) Static Application Security Testing
9 6 (6.19%) Vulnerability Management
10 5 (5.15%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (5.15%) Due Diligence
10 5 (5.15%) Kanban
10 5 (5.15%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (4.12%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.12%) SQL
2 1 (1.03%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.03%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (9.28%) Degree
2 7 (7.22%) SC Cleared
2 7 (7.22%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.09%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (2.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.03%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.09%) Data Quality
1 3 (3.09%) PMO
1 3 (3.09%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (4.12%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.06%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (5.15%) Microsoft
1 5 (5.15%) SAP
2 4 (4.12%) BT
3 3 (3.09%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.06%) Cadence
5 1 (1.03%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.03%) Informatica
5 1 (1.03%) NEC
5 1 (1.03%) Optimizely
5 1 (1.03%) Salesforce