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Contract Manager Career Market Report 2026

443 active jobs. 206 companies. Median salary $81K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

443
Active Job Openings
206
Companies Hiring
$81K
Median Salary (US)
66%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Contract Manager market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 66% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $81K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $64K to $112K.

Remote roles pay 45% below the US national median

Remote positions in this field tend to be at companies with lower average pay scales, or reflect geographic salary adjustments.

Project Management is the most-demanded skill at 24%

Contract Law demand rose +8.5pp — fastest-growing skill

Turnertownsend leads hiring with 28 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Junior → Senior (+$25K, +35%)

Salary increase: +$25K · Sample: Junior → Senior

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 8% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Manager27$72K$91K$129K
Senior7$74K$95K$126K
Mid-Level4$62K$65K$66K
Staff4$99K$99K$101K
Junior3$60K$70K$92K

What jumps out

Junior → Senior: +$25K (35%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States40$90KUSD
Remote3$50KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site1.4%
Remote5.2%
Hybrid2.0%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Project Management
24%
Contract Law
19%
Negotiation
14%
Commercial Real Estate
9%
AI/LLM
8%
Adobe Creative Suite
6%
Filing
6%
Program Management
6%
Vendor Management
5%

Skills on the Rise

Contract Law ↑+8.5ppAI/LLM ↑+7.6ppAdobe Creative Suite ↑+6.2ppFiling ↑+6.2ppProgram Management ↑+5.5pp

Declining in Demand

Procurement ↓-32.7ppJournalism ↓-25.2ppExcel ↓-15.9ppSupply Chain ↓-15.0ppAttention to Detail ↓-11.7pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Turnertownsend286.3%
Ngc265.9%
Prosidianconsulting143.2%
Integratedresources92.0%
Cityofnewyork81.8%
Hitachi71.6%
Gevernova71.6%
Parsons71.6%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States171
United Kingdom31
Remote17
Germany10
Netherlands9
Canada9
Australia8
France7

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree53.3%155
Bachelor's Degree19.6%57
Master's Degree12.4%36
MBA1.4%4
PhD / Doctorate0.7%2

Certifications

MBA (3%)PMP (2%)

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