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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 518 570 731
Rank change year-on-year +52 +161 -65
Contract jobs citing Contract Negotiation 84 125 125
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.22% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.25% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 99 69
10th Percentile £318 £350 £356
25th Percentile £372 £438 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -4.35% +25.68%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £638
90th Percentile £696 £690 £734
UK excluding London median daily rate £534 £513 £464
% change year-on-year +4.20% +10.51% -14.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.33
25th Percentile - - £18.44
Median hourly rate £100.00 - £24.75
75th Percentile - - £30.94
90th Percentile - - £33.98
UK excluding London median hourly rate £100.00 - £24.75
% change year-on-year - - -38.13%

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 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

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 9 June 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 9 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 +72 77 £520 -5.45% 268
UK excluding London +23 44 £534 +4.20% 164
London +79 36 £413 -31.25% 96
Work from Home +89 25 £489 -15.00% 93
North of England +28 15 £506 -1.32% 31
Midlands +25 13 £534 -7.13% 46
North West +14 11 £478 -6.83% 18
South East -1 11 £570 +21.28% 46
West Midlands +13 7 £525 -8.70% 35
East Midlands +15 6 £565 -13.15% 11
Scotland +36 4 £450 +50.00% 7
East of England 0 4 £235 -57.27% 21
North East - 3 £600 - 3
Wales +19 1 - - 1
South West +11 1 - - 20
Yorkshire +11 1 - - 11

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:

Applications
1 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.19%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.95%) Azure
2 3 (3.57%) Apple Pay
2 3 (3.57%) Google Pay
2 3 (3.57%) SaaS
3 2 (2.38%) IaaS
3 2 (2.38%) PaaS
4 1 (1.19%) BigCommerce
4 1 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.57%) Internet
1 3 (3.57%) RTP
2 1 (1.19%) 5G
2 1 (1.19%) LAN
2 1 (1.19%) NAS
2 1 (1.19%) SAN
2 1 (1.19%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.19%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (1.19%) JIRA
General
1 34 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 29 (34.52%) Finance
3 20 (23.81%) Legal
4 13 (15.48%) Retail
5 12 (14.29%) Banking
6 11 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (13.10%) Public Sector
7 10 (11.90%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (5.95%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (4.76%) Marketing
10 3 (3.57%) Billing
10 3 (3.57%) Telecoms
11 2 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (1.19%) Advertising
12 1 (1.19%) Health Technology
12 1 (1.19%) Investment Banking
12 1 (1.19%) Local Government
12 1 (1.19%) Manufacturing
12 1 (1.19%) Military
Job Titles
1 18 (21.43%) Project Manager
2 7 (8.33%) Contracts Manager
2 7 (8.33%) IT Manager
2 7 (8.33%) Procurement Manager
2 7 (8.33%) Senior
2 7 (8.33%) Senior Manager
3 6 (7.14%) Sourcing Manager
4 5 (5.95%) Bid Manager
4 5 (5.95%) Commercial Manager
4 5 (5.95%) Consultant
5 4 (4.76%) Analyst
5 4 (4.76%) Lead
5 4 (4.76%) Network Manager
6 3 (3.57%) Agile Project Manager
6 3 (3.57%) Banking Project Manager
6 3 (3.57%) Category Manager
6 3 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (3.57%) Payments Project Manager
6 3 (3.57%) Scrum Master
6 3 (3.57%) Senior Bid Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.19%) Middleware
1 1 (1.19%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.57%) Mobile Banking
1 3 (3.57%) NHS
1 3 (3.57%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.38%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.38%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Licensing
3 1 (1.19%) Photovoltaics
3 1 (1.19%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.19%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.19%) Smartcard
3 1 (1.19%) Solar Energy
3 1 (1.19%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.00%) Project Management
2 18 (21.43%) Agile
2 18 (21.43%) Contract Management
2 18 (21.43%) PRINCE2
3 14 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 14 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 14 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (13.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (11.90%) Change Management
5 10 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (11.90%) Due Diligence
6 9 (10.71%) Business Case
6 9 (10.71%) Process Improvement
6 9 (10.71%) Project Delivery
7 8 (9.52%) Performance Management
7 8 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (7.14%) Budget Management
8 6 (7.14%) Business Strategy
8 6 (7.14%) Programme Management
9 5 (5.95%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (22.62%) Degree
2 10 (11.90%) PMI Certification
2 10 (11.90%) PMP
3 9 (10.71%) Security Cleared
4 5 (5.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 5 (5.95%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.57%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.38%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.38%) Data Quality
1 2 (2.38%) QA
2 1 (1.19%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.19%) SLA
Vendors
1 12 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.57%) Apple
2 3 (3.57%) Google
3 2 (2.38%) Oracle
3 2 (2.38%) SAP
4 1 (1.19%) Adobe
4 1 (1.19%) Ariba
4 1 (1.19%) Fujitsu
4 1 (1.19%) IBM
4 1 (1.19%) NEC
4 1 (1.19%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.19%) Sitecore