Contract Management Contracts

Contract Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Contract Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Contract Management over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 408 459 604
Rank change year-on-year +51 +145 -56
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 179 248 247
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.45% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.50% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 154 165
10th Percentile £280 £355 £355
25th Percentile £425 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £768 £769 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -15.45% +4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 6
10th Percentile £35.00 £33.00 £22.13
25th Percentile £43.75 £35.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% +45.45% +12.24%
75th Percentile - £57.63 £29.13
90th Percentile - £61.50 £47.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +75.00% +45.45% +14.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Contract Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
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 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contract Management over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Contract Management over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Contract Management in the UK

Contract Management
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Contract Management within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +43 160 £500 -9.09% 201
UK excluding London 0 97 £465 -15.45% 144
London +53 66 £508 -7.73% 65
Work from Home +74 60 £523 -4.84% 70
South East +15 40 £500 -5.66% 33
South West +4 18 £465 -17.33% 23
North of England -11 13 £525 -4.55% 37
East of England +8 11 £235 -62.40% 12
Scotland +46 7 £550 +22.22% 8
West Midlands +12 7 £525 -8.70% 16
Midlands +2 7 £525 -14.29% 31
North West -11 7 £500 -9.09% 20
Yorkshire +10 4 £525 +10.53% 13
North East - 2 - - 4
Wales - 2 £813 - 2

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 6 (3.35%) SAS
2 4 (2.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (5.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.47%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.12%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.68%) Primavera
3 1 (0.56%) SAP CCM
3 1 (0.56%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.56%) SAP Retail
3 1 (0.56%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.23%) SaaS
2 3 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (1.68%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.12%) Azure
3 2 (1.12%) IaaS
3 2 (1.12%) PaaS
3 2 (1.12%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (0.56%) AWS
4 1 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.56%) Power Automate
4 1 (0.56%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.35%) 5G
2 3 (1.68%) RTP
3 2 (1.12%) Broadband
3 2 (1.12%) Intranet
3 2 (1.12%) ISDN
3 2 (1.12%) PSTN
4 1 (0.56%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.35%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (1.12%) Power BI
3 1 (0.56%) Big Data
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Hudson
2 1 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 69 (38.55%) Finance
2 67 (37.43%) Social Skills
3 48 (26.82%) Public Sector
4 30 (16.76%) Telecoms
5 22 (12.29%) Legal
6 21 (11.73%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (10.61%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (5.59%) Law
9 6 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.35%) Local Government
9 6 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.23%) Billing
10 4 (2.23%) Marketing
10 4 (2.23%) Retail
11 3 (1.68%) Banking
11 3 (1.68%) Electronics
11 3 (1.68%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.12%) Police
13 1 (0.56%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (20.67%) Project Manager
2 23 (12.85%) IT Manager
3 21 (11.73%) Senior
4 17 (9.50%) Senior Manager
5 15 (8.38%) Analyst
6 14 (7.82%) Lead
7 13 (7.26%) Procurement Manager
8 12 (6.70%) Commercial Manager
8 12 (6.70%) Senior Project Manager
9 11 (6.15%) Contracts Manager
10 10 (5.59%) Telecoms Manager
11 8 (4.47%) Delivery Manager
12 7 (3.91%) Consultant
12 7 (3.91%) Programme Manager
13 6 (3.35%) Coordinator
13 6 (3.35%) Network Manager
13 6 (3.35%) Project Coordinator
14 5 (2.79%) Procurement Specialist
14 5 (2.79%) Product Manager
14 5 (2.79%) Supplier Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.59%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.35%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (3.35%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.79%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.12%) CMDB
5 2 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.12%) FMCG
5 2 (1.12%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.56%) Animation
6 1 (0.56%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.56%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.56%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.56%) Life Science
6 1 (0.56%) Photovoltaics
6 1 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.56%) Solar Energy
6 1 (0.56%) Tandem
6 1 (0.56%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.56%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (26.26%) Stakeholder Management
2 44 (24.58%) Project Management
3 37 (20.67%) Change Management
4 36 (20.11%) Agile
5 26 (14.53%) PRINCE2
6 24 (13.41%) Performance Management
7 23 (12.85%) Project Delivery
8 19 (10.61%) Decision-Making
9 18 (10.06%) Contract Negotiation
10 17 (9.50%) Business Case
11 15 (8.38%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (8.38%) Project Governance
11 15 (8.38%) Risk Management
11 15 (8.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (7.82%) Budget Management
12 14 (7.82%) Service Delivery
12 14 (7.82%) Service Management
12 14 (7.82%) Supplier Management
13 13 (7.26%) Analytics
13 13 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.35%) SQL
2 1 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 47 (26.26%) Security Cleared
2 37 (20.67%) SC Cleared
3 23 (12.85%) Degree
4 11 (6.15%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.12%) CEH
6 2 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.12%) CISM
6 2 (1.12%) CISMP
6 2 (1.12%) CISSP
6 2 (1.12%) CSSLP
6 2 (1.12%) GCIH
6 2 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.12%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.12%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.12%) PMP
7 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.56%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.59%) PMO
2 7 (3.91%) QA
3 2 (1.12%) COBIT
3 2 (1.12%) Government Security Classifications
3 2 (1.12%) GRC
3 2 (1.12%) NIST
3 2 (1.12%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.56%) Autotask
Vendors
1 22 (12.29%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.82%) SAP
3 8 (4.47%) IFS
4 4 (2.23%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.68%) Ariba
6 2 (1.12%) BT
6 2 (1.12%) Computacenter
6 2 (1.12%) DocuSign
6 2 (1.12%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.12%) NEC
6 2 (1.12%) OneTrust
6 2 (1.12%) Openreach
6 2 (1.12%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.12%) Splunk
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle
7 1 (0.56%) Sage