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 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 213 231
Rank change year-on-year -27 +18 -22
Permanent jobs citing Contract Management 11 24 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.090% 0.46% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.52% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 7 18 6
10th Percentile - £31,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £48,350 £33,625 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,772 £50,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.54% -6.98% -17.31%
75th Percentile £57,558 - £58,750
90th Percentile £60,869 £59,750 £77,875
England median annual salary £63,923 £55,000 £56,575
% change year-on-year +16.22% -2.78% -8.77%

All Process & 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 8,852 4,651 6,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 72.35% 89.68% 77.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,725 2,263 3,976
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% -7.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,413
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 2 September 2026.

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 2 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -45 5 £48,350 -3.30% 16
Lancashire +10 4 £58,386 - 3
Merseyside -11 2 - - 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Aerospace
4 2 (18.18%) Legal
4 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
5 1 (9.09%) Local Government
5 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (9.09%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Category Manager
1 3 (27.27%) IT Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Procurement Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Coordinator
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Coordinator
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Coordinator
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
1 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (27.27%) Contract Negotiation
3 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (27.27%) Performance Metrics
3 3 (27.27%) Supplier Management
3 3 (27.27%) Supply Chain Management
4 2 (18.18%) Budget Management
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 2 (18.18%) Emotional Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) Ergonomics
4 2 (18.18%) Human Factors
4 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (18.18%) Platform Engineering
4 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
4 2 (18.18%) Software Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (18.18%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
2 1 (9.09%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
2 1 (9.09%) Meraki
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft