Contract Negotiation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Contract Negotiation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Contract Negotiation over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 373 612 808
Rank change year-on-year +239 +196 -64
Permanent jobs citing Contract Negotiation 696 407 446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.70% 0.40% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.42% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 287 115 208
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,231 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £50,376 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £55,955
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +7.23% +1.74%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £78,125
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.74% -4.09% +22.22%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Contract Negotiation in the UK

Contract Negotiation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Contract Negotiation over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Contract Negotiation in the UK

Contract Negotiation
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Contract Negotiation within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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 +225 600 £65,000 +8.33% 258
UK excluding London +77 390 £60,000 +13.74% 167
London +276 258 £63,000 -3.08% 90
Work from Home +166 255 £57,450 +3.89% 102
North of England +90 104 £65,000 +27.45% 42
South East -25 84 £71,250 +29.55% 45
Midlands +51 71 £58,400 +11.24% 34
North West +42 63 £70,000 +37.25% 21
South West +1 50 £68,750 +29.72% 29
West Midlands +43 45 £60,000 +14.29% 19
Scotland -44 32 £52,500 +7.96% 11
Yorkshire +82 30 £45,000 +23.29% 15
East Midlands +3 26 £45,000 -14.29% 15
East of England +30 21 £57,500 - 12
Wales +14 15 £57,450 +39.27% 1
Northern Ireland +29 12 - - 1
North East - 11 £41,500 - 8
Channel Islands - 1 £85,000 -

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 98 (14.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.29%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.14%) Site Server
Applications
1 41 (5.89%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (4.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (3.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.58%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (3.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.44%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 7 (1.01%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.43%) SAP SCM
5 2 (0.29%) iTrent
5 2 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.14%) Primavera
6 1 (0.14%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.14%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 123 (17.67%) SaaS
2 116 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (3.88%) Azure
4 21 (3.02%) Power Platform
5 14 (2.01%) AWS
6 11 (1.58%) OneDrive
6 11 (1.58%) Power Automate
6 11 (1.58%) PowerApps
6 11 (1.58%) ShareGate
7 6 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (0.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 6 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (0.86%) GCP
7 6 (0.86%) IaaS
7 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (0.86%) PaaS
7 6 (0.86%) WhatsApp
8 3 (0.43%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 106 (15.23%) WAN
2 100 (14.37%) Wireless
3 96 (13.79%) SD-WAN
4 93 (13.36%) Cisco IOS
4 93 (13.36%) WebEx
5 17 (2.44%) Network Security
6 14 (2.01%) Broadband
6 14 (2.01%) Firewall
7 13 (1.87%) LAN
8 11 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (1.44%) Internet
10 8 (1.15%) VPN
11 6 (0.86%) DNS
11 6 (0.86%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.72%) IPsec
12 5 (0.72%) MPLS
12 5 (0.72%) NGFW
12 5 (0.72%) OSPF
12 5 (0.72%) SSL
12 5 (0.72%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.87%) Power BI
2 9 (1.29%) Tableau
3 8 (1.15%) Electronic Patient Records
4 6 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (0.86%) Data Lake
4 6 (0.86%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.72%) CockroachDB
5 5 (0.72%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.14%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (0.72%) Jaeger
1 5 (0.72%) Jenkins
1 5 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
General
1 494 (70.98%) Social Skills
2 219 (31.47%) Finance
3 130 (18.68%) Law
4 118 (16.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 70 (10.06%) Legal
6 54 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
7 51 (7.33%) Retail
8 38 (5.46%) Telecoms
9 28 (4.02%) Marketing
10 24 (3.45%) Manufacturing
11 20 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
13 16 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.72%) Public Sector
15 11 (1.58%) Local Government
16 8 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (0.86%) Automotive
17 6 (0.86%) Financial Institution
17 6 (0.86%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 150 (21.55%) Architect
2 139 (19.97%) Solutions Architect
3 131 (18.82%) Delivery Manager
4 121 (17.39%) Service Manager
5 120 (17.24%) Senior
6 118 (16.95%) Service Delivery Manager
7 115 (16.52%) Presales Solution Architect
8 111 (15.95%) Senior Manager
9 105 (15.09%) Senior Delivery Manager
10 104 (14.94%) Senior Service Delivery Manager
10 104 (14.94%) Senior Service Manager
11 93 (13.36%) IT Support
11 93 (13.36%) IT Support Specialist
11 93 (13.36%) Support Specialist
12 64 (9.20%) IT Manager
13 36 (5.17%) Project Manager
14 33 (4.74%) Development Manager
15 31 (4.45%) Business Manager
16 28 (4.02%) Business Development Manager
17 21 (3.02%) Head of IT
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.72%) Kafka
1 5 (0.72%) Middleware
1 5 (0.72%) NETCONF
1 5 (0.72%) OpenTelemetry
1 5 (0.72%) Spring Boot
2 3 (0.43%) .NET
2 3 (0.43%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.29%) web3js
4 1 (0.14%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 99 (14.22%) Video Conferencing
2 93 (13.36%) Wiki
3 42 (6.03%) Management Information System
4 21 (3.02%) FMCG
5 18 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (2.16%) Data Centre
7 13 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
7 13 (1.87%) Renewable Energy
8 11 (1.58%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.58%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.29%) Taxonomies
10 6 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (0.86%) NHS
10 6 (0.86%) Security Posture
11 5 (0.72%) Algorithms
11 5 (0.72%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.57%) Learning Management System
13 3 (0.43%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 101 (14.51%) Windows
2 98 (14.08%) Android
3 93 (13.36%) Windows 10
4 11 (1.58%) Linux
5 6 (0.86%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.72%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
2 148 (21.26%) Service Delivery
3 144 (20.69%) Mentoring
4 140 (20.11%) IT Strategy
5 126 (18.10%) Analytics
6 125 (17.96%) Technology Strategy
7 124 (17.82%) Business Case
8 123 (17.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 123 (17.67%) Presales
8 123 (17.67%) Thought Leadership
9 122 (17.53%) Computer Science
10 121 (17.39%) Commercial Awareness
11 113 (16.24%) Data Analytics
12 106 (15.23%) Performance Management
13 104 (14.94%) Actionable Insight
14 101 (14.51%) Business Continuity
15 96 (13.79%) Project Management
16 93 (13.36%) Application Virtualisation
16 93 (13.36%) BCP
16 93 (13.36%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (3.59%) SQL
2 13 (1.87%) Java
2 13 (1.87%) Python
3 8 (1.15%) C#
4 3 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 211 (30.32%) Degree
2 145 (20.83%) Security Cleared
3 139 (19.97%) SC Cleared
4 122 (17.53%) Master's Degree
5 120 (17.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (3.59%) PMI Certification
6 25 (3.59%) PMP
7 20 (2.87%) CISSP
8 11 (1.58%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.29%) HNC
9 9 (1.29%) HND
9 9 (1.29%) MBA
9 9 (1.29%) PhD
10 6 (0.86%) CCIE
11 5 (0.72%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.72%) CISM
11 5 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (0.72%) JNCIE
12 4 (0.57%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (19.11%) SLA
2 28 (4.02%) GDPR
3 12 (1.72%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.72%) QA
4 11 (1.58%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (1.01%) HIPAA
7 6 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.86%) NIST
8 4 (0.57%) NEBOSH
8 4 (0.57%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.43%) HAZOP
10 2 (0.29%) COBIT
10 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.29%) FISMA
10 2 (0.29%) GLBA
10 2 (0.29%) PMO
10 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 104 (14.94%) Active Directory
2 93 (13.36%) Microsoft App-V
2 93 (13.36%) VMware ESXi
2 93 (13.36%) XenApp
2 93 (13.36%) XenDesktop
3 16 (2.30%) Docker
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 93 (13.36%) AirWatch
1 93 (13.36%) SCCM
2 16 (2.30%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.44%) Ansible
4 5 (0.72%) Kiali
4 5 (0.72%) Terraform
5 2 (0.29%) CASB
Vendors
1 250 (35.92%) Microsoft
2 103 (14.80%) ServiceNow
3 96 (13.79%) Cisco
4 95 (13.65%) Dell
5 93 (13.36%) Citrix
6 28 (4.02%) SAP
7 11 (1.58%) Google
7 11 (1.58%) Nintex
8 8 (1.15%) Oracle
9 7 (1.01%) Veeam
10 6 (0.86%) Databricks
10 6 (0.86%) NEC
10 6 (0.86%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.72%) AppDynamics
11 5 (0.72%) Splunk
12 4 (0.57%) Cadence
13 3 (0.43%) Meraki
13 3 (0.43%) OneTrust
14 2 (0.29%) Concur
14 2 (0.29%) Sparx