Contract Management Job Trends in the North West

Contract Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Contract Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 211 215 197
Rank change year-on-year +4 -18 +91
Permanent jobs citing Contract Management 12 18 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.25% 0.26% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.32% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 7
10th Percentile £48,225 £32,114 £35,000
25th Percentile £49,113 £36,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £68,100
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -30.25% +23.82%
75th Percentile - £58,750 £80,080
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,000 £89,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £58,750 £62,614
% change year-on-year -14.89% -6.17% +19.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,106 5,607 3,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 86.10% 80.85% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,250 2,832 2,956
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Contract Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Contract Management job vacancy trend in the North West

Contract Management
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Contract Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Contract Management

Contract Management
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Contract Management in the North West over the 6 months to 27 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Contract Management in the North West

Contract Management
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Contract Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 October 2025. 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
Manchester +17 6 £50,000 -13.04% 9
Merseyside 0 6 £50,000 - 2
Contract Management
England

Contract Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Law
3 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Bid Manager
1 6 (50.00%) Senior
1 6 (50.00%) Senior Bid Manager
1 6 (50.00%) Senior Manager
1 6 (50.00%) Senior Service Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Commercial Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Head of Procurement
4 1 (8.33%) IT Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Software Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Software Licensing Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
1 2 (16.67%) Budgeting
1 2 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 2 (16.67%) Co-Creation
1 2 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation
1 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (16.67%) IT Asset Management
1 2 (16.67%) ITIL
1 2 (16.67%) Line Management
1 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
1 2 (16.67%) Procure-to-Pay
1 2 (16.67%) Software Licensing
1 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Adobe
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle