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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 221 232 211
Rank change year-on-year +11 -21 +76
Permanent jobs citing Contract Management 14 18 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.27% 0.23% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.30% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 10 6 7
10th Percentile - £36,500 £30,805
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,188 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.48% -19.23% +18.18%
75th Percentile £50,000 £58,750 £78,425
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,875 £89,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,614
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.17% +13.84%

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 4,591 6,019 4,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 89.30% 77.90% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,186 3,446 3,186
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,886
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% -8.99% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.26% +3.33%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Contract Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Contract Management 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +37 11 £33,000 -42.61% 14
Lancashire - 2 - - 5
Merseyside -8 1 £80,000 - 1
Contract Management
England

Contract Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) Wireless
General
1 14 (100.00%) Finance
2 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
3 7 (50.00%) Telecoms
4 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (21.43%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (14.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Support Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Vendor Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Commercial Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Head of Procurement
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (21.43%) Social Media
1 3 (21.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Supplier Management
2 7 (50.00%) Data Management
3 5 (35.71%) Budgeting
3 5 (35.71%) Contract Negotiation
3 5 (35.71%) Decision-Making
3 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (21.43%) Contingency Planning
5 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (21.43%) Cost Control
5 3 (21.43%) Financial Analysis
5 3 (21.43%) Market Research
5 3 (21.43%) Order Management
5 3 (21.43%) Performance Metrics
5 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
5 3 (21.43%) Supply Chain Management
5 3 (21.43%) Time Management
6 2 (14.29%) Defect Management
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) DBS Check
2 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 3 (21.43%) Master's Degree
3 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Data Quality
1 2 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft