Supplier Manager Contracts

Supplier Manager
UK

The median Supplier Manager daily rate in the UK is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 570 680 832
Rank change year-on-year +110 +152 -137
Contract jobs requiring a Supplier Manager 20 23 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.039% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.041% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 16 24
10th Percentile £412 £331 £404
25th Percentile £425 £398 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £488
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +3.17%
75th Percentile £494 £656 £575
90th Percentile £512 £719 £619
UK excluding London median daily rate £448 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -8.10% +2.63% +24.59%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,241 56,070 84,738
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,194 39,189 59,507
10th Percentile £277 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,567 2,091
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.16 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%
75th Percentile £61.26 £65.75 £48.76
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.55 £42.37 £19.52
% change year-on-year -6.64% +117.03% +2.74%

Supplier Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Supplier Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Supplier Manager in the UK

Supplier Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Supplier Manager.

Daily rate trend for Supplier Manager in the UK

Supplier Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Supplier Manager over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Supplier Manager in the UK

Supplier Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Supplier Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Supplier Manager in the UK

Supplier Manager
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Supplier Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +121 14 £448 -10.40% 4
UK excluding London +54 12 £448 -8.10% 2
South East +25 10 £448 -33.63%
Work from Home +124 8 £488 +62.50% 3
London +88 3 £501 +22.07% 1
Scotland +34 1 - -
East of England - 1 - - 1

Supplier Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Supplier Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Supplier Manager in the job title.

1 11 (55.00%) Telecoms
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Finance
3 6 (30.00%) Legal
3 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (30.00%) Supplier Management
3 6 (30.00%) Contract Management
4 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 4 (20.00%) DevOps
5 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 4 (20.00%) Information Security
6 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (15.00%) QA
6 3 (15.00%) Business Case
6 3 (15.00%) GRC
6 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
6 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (15.00%) Due Diligence
6 3 (15.00%) NCSC
6 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
7 2 (10.00%) FinOps
7 2 (10.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
7 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 2 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (10.00%) Big Data
7 2 (10.00%) Client Onboarding
7 2 (10.00%) Migration
7 2 (10.00%) ITIL
7 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
8 1 (5.00%) Broadband

Supplier Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) SaaS
1 1 (5.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Big Data
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
1 11 (55.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (35.00%) Finance
3 6 (30.00%) Legal
4 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Contract Management
1 6 (30.00%) Supplier Management
2 4 (20.00%) DevOps
2 4 (20.00%) Information Security
2 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (15.00%) Business Case
3 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (15.00%) Due Diligence
3 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (10.00%) Client Onboarding
4 2 (10.00%) FinOps
4 2 (10.00%) ITIL
4 2 (10.00%) Migration
4 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 2 (10.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
5 1 (5.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (5.00%) Network Management
5 1 (5.00%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (5.00%) Scorecard
5 1 (5.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) GRC
1 3 (15.00%) NCSC
1 3 (15.00%) QA
2 2 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (5.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft