Contract Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Contract Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Contract Management over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 531 735 838
Rank change year-on-year +204 +103 -75
Permanent jobs citing Contract Management 394 224 418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.23% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.24% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 211 82 224
10th Percentile £35,500 £35,050 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,266 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,450 £57,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% +5.00% +15.79%
75th Percentile £70,500 £74,235 £67,746
90th Percentile £79,077 £81,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,650 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.64% +4.76% +16.67%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,075 94,861 153,532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.25% 95.59% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 59,840 55,938 82,447
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,714
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Contract Management over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Contract Management within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +240 356 £57,500 +5.74% 212
UK excluding London +150 305 £54,650 -0.64% 147
Work from Home +148 166 £56,650 +8.99% 82
North of England +113 81 £61,638 +47.64% 52
South East +3 71 £55,500 +0.91% 33
London +112 69 £62,500 -3.85% 72
Midlands +42 68 £54,325 +35.81% 31
North West +45 53 £65,000 +1.96% 35
West Midlands +40 45 £54,650 +36.63% 20
East of England +48 37 £47,481 -36.69% 10
Yorkshire +89 24 £57,500 +40.24% 10
East Midlands - 23 £37,500 - 11
South West -1 18 £65,000 +62.50% 16
Scotland -50 18 £40,818 +73.70% 7
Northern Ireland - 8 £42,500 - 1
Wales +11 5 £57,450 -5.37% 3
North East -1 4 £35,000 -30.00% 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 21 (5.33%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.52%) IBM Notes
3 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.25%) CMS
4 1 (0.25%) Confluence
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 128 (32.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (13.45%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (11.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (3.30%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.02%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (1.02%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 3 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.25%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.25%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.25%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.25%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 22 (5.58%) Microsoft 365
1 22 (5.58%) Power Platform
2 15 (3.81%) Azure
3 13 (3.30%) AWS
4 11 (2.79%) OneDrive
4 11 (2.79%) Power Automate
4 11 (2.79%) PowerApps
4 11 (2.79%) SaaS
4 11 (2.79%) ShareGate
5 3 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.25%) Apigee
6 1 (0.25%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.25%) GCP
6 1 (0.25%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.57%) Broadband
1 18 (4.57%) Internet
2 4 (1.02%) LAN
3 3 (0.76%) Firewall
4 2 (0.51%) Intranet
4 2 (0.51%) VPN
4 2 (0.51%) WAN
4 2 (0.51%) WLAN
5 1 (0.25%) ADSL
5 1 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.08%) Power BI
2 6 (1.52%) Tableau
3 2 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.51%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.25%) GIS
4 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.25%) OLAP
4 1 (0.25%) OLTP
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle OLAP
4 1 (0.25%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (0.51%) JIRA
General
1 193 (48.98%) Social Skills
2 184 (46.70%) Finance
3 86 (21.83%) Legal
4 56 (14.21%) Retail
5 52 (13.20%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (11.42%) Billing
7 40 (10.15%) Law
8 32 (8.12%) Telecoms
9 26 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (6.60%) Pharmaceutical
10 24 (6.09%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (5.33%) Marketing
11 21 (5.33%) Public Sector
12 19 (4.82%) Aerospace
13 13 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.52%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.52%) Polish Language
16 5 (1.27%) Aviation
16 5 (1.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 53 (13.45%) Analyst
2 42 (10.66%) IT Manager
3 41 (10.41%) Quantity Surveyor
4 40 (10.15%) Project Manager
5 39 (9.90%) Contracts Manager
6 36 (9.14%) Senior
7 31 (7.87%) Lead
8 30 (7.61%) Commercial Manager
9 24 (6.09%) Procurement Manager
10 19 (4.82%) Category Manager
11 18 (4.57%) Financial Analyst
12 17 (4.31%) Senior Manager
13 14 (3.55%) Delivery Manager
13 14 (3.55%) IT Services Manager
13 14 (3.55%) Senior Project Manager
14 12 (3.05%) Infrastructure Manager
14 12 (3.05%) IT Procurement Manager
14 12 (3.05%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (3.05%) Senior Financial Analyst
14 12 (3.05%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.02%) EDI
2 1 (0.25%) Apache Camel
2 1 (0.25%) IBM Integration Bus
2 1 (0.25%) IDoc
2 1 (0.25%) J2EE
2 1 (0.25%) Kafka
2 1 (0.25%) OpenAPI
2 1 (0.25%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (0.25%) SAP ALE
2 1 (0.25%) SOAP
2 1 (0.25%) Spring
2 1 (0.25%) Spring Boot
2 1 (0.25%) Spring Integration
2 1 (0.25%) Swagger
2 1 (0.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 66 (16.75%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (7.11%) Management Information System
3 18 (4.57%) Renewable Energy
4 16 (4.06%) Driving Licence
4 16 (4.06%) Onboarding
5 13 (3.30%) NHS
6 10 (2.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.78%) Freedom of Information
8 6 (1.52%) Culture of Ownership
8 6 (1.52%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.52%) Housing Association
8 6 (1.52%) Life Science
9 5 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.27%) FMCG
9 5 (1.27%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.51%) e-Learning
11 2 (0.51%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.51%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (26.40%) Project Management
2 89 (22.59%) Contract Negotiation
3 74 (18.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 70 (17.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 63 (15.99%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (13.71%) Supplier Management
7 53 (13.45%) Decision-Making
8 49 (12.44%) Project Delivery
9 48 (12.18%) Data Management
10 43 (10.91%) Agile
10 43 (10.91%) ITIL
11 36 (9.14%) Customer Service
11 36 (9.14%) Risk Management
12 35 (8.88%) Service Delivery
13 32 (8.12%) Change Control
14 30 (7.61%) Roadmaps
15 29 (7.36%) Logistics
16 27 (6.85%) Business Intelligence
16 27 (6.85%) Cost Reduction
16 27 (6.85%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.76%) SQL
2 1 (0.25%) ABAP
2 1 (0.25%) Java
2 1 (0.25%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.25%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 106 (26.90%) Degree
2 43 (10.91%) ACCA
2 43 (10.91%) CIMA
3 23 (5.84%) Security Cleared
4 19 (4.82%) Master's Degree
4 19 (4.82%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.81%) ITIL Certification
6 11 (2.79%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.52%) APMP
7 6 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 5 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.02%) HNC
10 3 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.51%) CITP
11 2 (0.51%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.51%) MBA
11 2 (0.51%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.25%) CISM
12 1 (0.25%) CISSP
12 1 (0.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.55%) GDPR
2 13 (3.30%) SLA
3 7 (1.78%) ISO 9001
3 7 (1.78%) PMO
4 6 (1.52%) QA
5 4 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.51%) COBIT
6 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.51%) NEBOSH
6 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.25%) Data Quality
System Software
1 13 (3.30%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 82 (20.81%) Microsoft
2 50 (12.69%) SAP
3 48 (12.18%) NEC
4 41 (10.41%) Virgin Media
5 18 (4.57%) Openreach
6 12 (3.05%) Oracle
7 11 (2.79%) Nintex
8 8 (2.03%) VMware
9 7 (1.78%) Ariba
9 7 (1.78%) IBM
10 4 (1.02%) Computacenter
11 2 (0.51%) Cadence
11 2 (0.51%) OneTrust
12 1 (0.25%) Adobe
12 1 (0.25%) Cognos
12 1 (0.25%) Facebook
12 1 (0.25%) Google
12 1 (0.25%) Salesforce
12 1 (0.25%) Samsung
12 1 (0.25%) TSYS