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Executive education contracts

UK public sector · 51 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
51
Last 12 months
Median contract
£30k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£32.5m
51 of 51 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
25
Suppliers
36

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most executive education contracts took 39% of them (20 of 51).
  • The median contract, £30k, is 44% below the median across education & training contracts (£54k).
  • London had the most contracts: 14, or 28% of the total.

Who buys executive education

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Department for Work and Pensions11 contracts
  2. 2Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs5 contracts
  3. 3Ministry of Defence3 contracts
  4. 4NHS England3 contracts
  5. 5Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)3 contracts
  6. 6Ministry of Justice2 contracts
  7. 7Department for Education2 contracts
  8. 8Sellafield Ltd2 contracts
  9. 9Department for Transport2 contracts
  10. 10Defence Equipment and Support2 contracts

Top executive education contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1King's College London8 contracts
  2. 2University of Liverpool6 contracts
  3. 3London School of Economics and Political Science3 contracts
  4. 4University of Manchester2 contracts
  5. 5The Open University2 contracts
  6. 6AI Training Services Ltd2 contracts
  7. 7EY2 contracts
  8. 8Northumbria University2 contracts
  9. 9Staffordshire University1 contract
  10. 10University of Birmingham1 contract

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

9Q4 2025*9Q1 20269Q2 202623Q3 20261Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 47 · Wales 4

London14North East13South West8Wales3Yorkshire and The Humber2West Midlands2South East2North West1UK-wide or not stated6

What is included

University and business school education funded by a public employer for staff outside the health professions: undergraduate and master's places, executive master's and commissioned policy programmes, academic elements of leadership programmes, credit-bearing CPD modules, defence academic education and academic validation of in-house programmes.

  • Part-time undergraduate degree places
  • Master's places for specialist staff
  • Executive master's in public policy
  • Commissioned MSc programmes for civil service policy professionals
  • University academic element of government leadership programmes
  • University-delivered NHS executive leadership programmes
  • Undergraduate and postgraduate pathways for Army personnel
  • Postgraduate chaplain education
  • Credit-bearing CPD modules and PG certificates (not yet seen)
  • Defence Academy academic provision (not yet seen)
  • Academic validation of in-house programmes (not yet seen)

What is not included

  • Leadership programmes from training firms (edu.lead.leadership-development-programmes)
  • Health professional education (edu.he.post-registration-and-advanced-practice-education)
  • Degree apprenticeships (edu.appr.professional-degree-apprenticeships, edu.appr.leadership-management-apprenticeships)
  • Police initial entry programmes (edu.he.police-initial-entry-programmes)
  • Doctoral studentships (edu.he.doctoral-studentships)
  • Defence operational and technical training (edu.tech.defence-training-services)

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