The first table below looks at the demand for Supplier Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Supplier Management over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Supplier Management
Rank 22 25 42
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +17
Contract jobs citing Supplier Management 6 11 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 3.209% 3.971% 0.340%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.000% 5.500% 0.463%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 0
Average daily rate £455 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.75% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £420 £413
% change year-on-year
+1.19% +1.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £48.75 £20.00 £84.50
% change year-on-year
+143.75% -76.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
150 200 216
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 80.21% 72.20% 73.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 106 110
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £238 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 8
Average hourly rate £32.75 £41.50 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.08% -12.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Supplier Management
East of England

Supplier Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Supplier Management across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedfordshire Supplier Management Jobs Demand Trend

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Supplier Management across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Supplier Management Daily Rate Trend

Supplier Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Supplier Management within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton -4 2 £425 +73.46%
Supplier Management
East of England

Supplier Management
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Supplier Management also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Supplier Management.

1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Marketing
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Retail
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
4 1 (12.50%) ISEB
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Workflow
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Document Management
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Local Government
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Use Case

Supplier Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Supplier Management also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Supplier Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 3 (37.50%) Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Programme Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Contracts Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Workflow
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Document Management
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ISEB
1 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Degree