Supplier Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Supplier Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Supplier Management over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 444 537 607
Rank change year-on-year +93 +70 -10
Permanent jobs citing Supplier Management 545 487 837
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.50% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.52% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 355 217 513
10th Percentile £41,825 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £52,325 £51,250 £48,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,985 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £53,238
% change year-on-year +5.26% +7.07% +1.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Supplier Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Supplier Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Supplier Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Supplier Management in the UK

Supplier Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Supplier Management.

Salary trend for Supplier Management in the UK

Supplier Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Supplier Management over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Supplier Management in the UK

Supplier Management
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Supplier Management within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
England +78 483 £65,000 +4.00% 133
UK excluding London +73 438 £60,000 +5.26% 102
Work from Home +96 220 £73,805 +18.09% 36
North of England +60 156 £73,805 +34.19% 19
Midlands +62 136 £57,100 -6.01% 38
West Midlands +57 110 £57,965 -9.43% 27
London +87 73 £76,250 +12.96% 27
North West +43 70 £73,805 +34.19% 9
Yorkshire +40 60 £73,805 +23.01% 8
South East -9 60 £55,000 -8.33% 23
South West -1 43 £65,050 +23.90% 9
North East +14 26 £73,805 +47.61% 2
East Midlands +7 26 £50,000 -4.76% 11
Scotland -46 16 £37,500 -17.13% 5
East of England -12 14 £55,000 -26.67% 9
Wales +4 7 £27,000 -53.04%
Northern Ireland - 5 - -
Channel Islands - 1 £85,000 -

Supplier Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 53 (9.72%) Confluence
2 2 (0.37%) Moodle
3 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.18%) CMS
3 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 34 (6.24%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.47%) AutoCAD
4 4 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.37%) Simulink
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.37%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.18%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 39 (7.16%) Power Platform
2 24 (4.40%) Azure
3 14 (2.57%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (1.65%) AWS
5 8 (1.47%) SaaS
6 6 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (0.92%) Google Analytics
8 4 (0.73%) Contentful
9 3 (0.55%) PaaS
10 2 (0.37%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.37%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.37%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.37%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.18%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.18%) dbt
11 1 (0.18%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.18%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.18%) Fivetran
11 1 (0.18%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.12%) WAN
2 11 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (2.02%) Wireless
3 10 (1.83%) LAN
4 9 (1.65%) Firewall
5 8 (1.47%) 5G
6 6 (1.10%) Internet
7 5 (0.92%) Software-Defined Networking
8 4 (0.73%) Ethernet
8 4 (0.73%) Network Security
9 2 (0.37%) 4G
9 2 (0.37%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.37%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.37%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.37%) VPN
10 1 (0.18%) RS-232
10 1 (0.18%) RS-485
10 1 (0.18%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.16%) Power BI
1 39 (7.16%) Tableau
2 6 (1.10%) Data Lake
2 6 (1.10%) Data Mining
3 4 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (0.73%) Electronic Patient Records
3 4 (0.73%) NoSQL
3 4 (0.73%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.18%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.18%) Data Hub
5 1 (0.18%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 69 (12.66%) JIRA
2 2 (0.37%) CANoe
3 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
General
1 210 (38.53%) Finance
2 152 (27.89%) Social Skills
3 106 (19.45%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (19.08%) Manufacturing
5 102 (18.72%) Public Sector
6 71 (13.03%) Pharmaceutical
7 57 (10.46%) Legal
8 33 (6.06%) Retail
9 28 (5.14%) Influencing Skills
10 27 (4.95%) Telecoms
11 24 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 20 (3.67%) Law
13 18 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
14 17 (3.12%) Marketing
15 15 (2.75%) Automotive
16 5 (0.92%) Police
17 4 (0.73%) Banking
17 4 (0.73%) Welsh Language
18 3 (0.55%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 157 (28.81%) Lead
2 86 (15.78%) Senior
3 60 (11.01%) IT Manager
4 56 (10.28%) QA Specialist
4 56 (10.28%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 50 (9.17%) Programme Manager
6 47 (8.62%) Project Manager
7 41 (7.52%) Supplier Manager
8 29 (5.32%) Analyst
9 21 (3.85%) Service Manager
10 18 (3.30%) Procurement Manager
11 17 (3.12%) Architect
11 17 (3.12%) Category Manager
12 15 (2.75%) Senior Manager
13 14 (2.57%) Head of IT
13 14 (2.57%) Operations Manager
14 12 (2.20%) Senior Project Manager
15 11 (2.02%) QA Officer
15 11 (2.02%) Technical Manager
16 10 (1.83%) Vendor Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.28%) .NET
2 4 (0.73%) ASP.NET
2 4 (0.73%) Middleware
2 4 (0.73%) Node.js
2 4 (0.73%) React
2 4 (0.73%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 4 (0.73%) YAML
3 3 (0.55%) EDI
4 2 (0.37%) JSON
4 2 (0.37%) XML
5 1 (0.18%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.97%) Management Information System
2 16 (2.94%) Data Centre
3 14 (2.57%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.02%) Onboarding
6 10 (1.83%) Algorithms
7 9 (1.65%) PropTech
8 8 (1.47%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.47%) FMCG
9 7 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.10%) NHS
11 5 (0.92%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (0.73%) IoT
12 4 (0.73%) Operational Technology
12 4 (0.73%) Robotics
13 3 (0.55%) Client/Server
13 3 (0.55%) Data Structures
14 2 (0.37%) EPoS
14 2 (0.37%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.12%) Windows
2 6 (1.10%) Linux
3 2 (0.37%) Android
3 2 (0.37%) Unix
3 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (35.96%) Coaching
2 185 (33.94%) Mentoring
3 138 (25.32%) Agile
4 124 (22.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 121 (22.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 105 (19.27%) Problem-Solving
7 96 (17.61%) Project Management
8 83 (15.23%) Line Management
9 71 (13.03%) CAPA
9 71 (13.03%) ITIL
10 67 (12.29%) QMS
11 66 (12.11%) Budget Management
12 63 (11.56%) Service Delivery
13 59 (10.83%) Data Analysis
13 59 (10.83%) Risk Management
14 54 (9.91%) Contract Management
15 51 (9.36%) Co-Creation
15 51 (9.36%) Performance Management
16 49 (8.99%) Roadmaps
17 47 (8.62%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 49 (8.99%) SQL
2 7 (1.28%) Python
3 4 (0.73%) C#
3 4 (0.73%) JavaScript
3 4 (0.73%) VB
4 3 (0.55%) Java
5 2 (0.37%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 151 (27.71%) Degree
2 11 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (1.65%) Master's Degree
4 8 (1.47%) ISEB
4 8 (1.47%) ISEB Practitioner
4 8 (1.47%) MBA
5 7 (1.28%) CCIE
5 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 6 (1.10%) CCNA
7 5 (0.92%) CISSP
7 5 (0.92%) ISTQB
7 5 (0.92%) Security Cleared
8 4 (0.73%) EMC Certification
8 4 (0.73%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.55%) CISM
9 3 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.55%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.37%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (17.80%) QA
2 67 (12.29%) GMP
3 23 (4.22%) PMO
4 17 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (3.12%) SLA
5 11 (2.02%) GDPR
5 11 (2.02%) ISO 13485
6 9 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (1.65%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.73%) ISO 26262
8 3 (0.55%) AUTOSAR
8 3 (0.55%) GRC
8 3 (0.55%) NIST
9 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.37%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.37%) ISO 31000
9 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.37%) ITGC
9 2 (0.37%) NCSC
9 2 (0.37%) SOX 404
System Software
1 7 (1.28%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.10%) Firmware
3 4 (0.73%) Docker
4 3 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (0.73%) Functional Safety
1 4 (0.73%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.18%) QRadar
2 1 (0.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (8.44%) Microsoft
2 43 (7.89%) Atlassian
3 16 (2.94%) SAP
4 10 (1.83%) Cisco
5 7 (1.28%) IBM
5 7 (1.28%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.10%) Minitab
7 5 (0.92%) Ariba
7 5 (0.92%) EMC
7 5 (0.92%) Google
7 5 (0.92%) Meraki
7 5 (0.92%) Oracle
7 5 (0.92%) Palo Alto
7 5 (0.92%) VMware
8 4 (0.73%) Adyen
9 3 (0.55%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.55%) OneTrust
9 3 (0.55%) Remedy
9 3 (0.55%) Xero
10 2 (0.37%) CheckPoint