Contract Negotiation Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Contract Negotiation
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Contract Negotiation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 49 61
Rank change year-on-year -29 +12 +26
Contract jobs citing Contract Negotiation 2 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.22% 0.88% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 1.01% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £448
25th Percentile £513 - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.50%
75th Percentile £538 - £681
90th Percentile - - £723
England median daily rate £575 £540 £560
% change year-on-year +6.48% -3.57% +6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Contract Negotiation 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 in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 766 495 590
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 85.02% 86.84% 82.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 471 300 416
10th Percentile £189 £248 £209
25th Percentile £351 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -2.70%
75th Percentile £525 £545 £567
90th Percentile £625 £626 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 23 43
10th Percentile £15.60 £15.48 £12.40
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.95 £22.50 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year -20.24% +9.70% +21.87%
75th Percentile £24.62 £27.65 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.15 £38.49 £54.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%

Contract Negotiation
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Contract Negotiation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Contract Negotiation job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Contract Negotiation
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Contract Negotiation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Contract Negotiation

Contract Negotiation
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Contract Negotiation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Contract Negotiation

Contract Negotiation
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 January 2026. 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
Nottinghamshire - 2 £525 - 5
Contract Negotiation
England

Contract Negotiation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Category Manager
1 2 (100.00%) IT Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Contract Management