Vendor Manager Contracts

Vendor Manager
UK

The median Vendor Manager daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 568 697 841
Rank change year-on-year +129 +144 -164
Contract jobs requiring a Vendor Manager 19 18 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.043% 0.030% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.031% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 13 10
10th Percentile £375 £382 £427
25th Percentile £500 £500 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +12.75% +7.37%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £588 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £575 £475
% change year-on-year -4.35% +21.05% -

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 40,554 57,501 85,863
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.56% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,500 40,089 60,302
10th Percentile £275 £310 £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 £745 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,611 1,615 2,125
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.25 £15.38
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.88
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +96.68% -0.52%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.65 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.27 £42.26 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.17% +116.72% +2.63%

Vendor Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Vendor Manager in the UK

Vendor Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Vendor Manager in the UK

Vendor Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vendor Manager over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Vendor Manager in the UK

Vendor Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Vendor Manager in the UK

Vendor Manager
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vendor Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 18 April 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 +127 17 £550 -4.35% 9
UK excluding London +54 16 £550 -4.35% 7
Work from Home +138 11 £550 -21.43% 5
Midlands +43 11 £550 -4.35% 1
West Midlands +40 11 £550 -4.35% 1
South East +23 2 £493 - 2
South West - 2 £325 - 2
London +105 1 £475 -32.14% 2
East of England +14 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Vendor 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 Vendor Manager in the job title.

1 9 (47.37%) Cost Reduction
2 8 (42.11%) Finance
3 7 (36.84%) Data Centre
4 6 (31.58%) Law
5 4 (21.05%) Onboarding
6 3 (15.79%) Contract Management
6 3 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (15.79%) Due Diligence
6 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (15.79%) Degree
7 2 (10.53%) Spanish Language
7 2 (10.53%) Performance Management
7 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (10.53%) Process Improvement
7 2 (10.53%) Change Control
7 2 (10.53%) Billing
7 2 (10.53%) Document Management
7 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
7 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
7 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
7 2 (10.53%) Contract Negotiation
7 2 (10.53%) Business Case
7 2 (10.53%) Spend Analysis
7 2 (10.53%) Escalation Management
7 2 (10.53%) Marketing
7 2 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (5.26%) Budget Management
8 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
8 1 (5.26%) Contingency Planning
8 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management

Vendor 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Big Data
General
1 8 (42.11%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Law
3 3 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.53%) Billing
4 2 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Marketing
4 2 (10.53%) Spanish Language
5 1 (5.26%) Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Private Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Data Centre
2 4 (21.05%) Onboarding
3 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Cost Reduction
2 3 (15.79%) Contract Management
2 3 (15.79%) Due Diligence
2 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (10.53%) Business Case
3 2 (10.53%) Change Control
3 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (10.53%) Contract Negotiation
3 2 (10.53%) Document Management
3 2 (10.53%) Escalation Management
3 2 (10.53%) Performance Management
3 2 (10.53%) Process Improvement
3 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
3 2 (10.53%) Spend Analysis
4 1 (5.26%) Budget Management
4 1 (5.26%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (5.26%) Contingency Planning
4 1 (5.26%) Project Delivery
4 1 (5.26%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.26%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) EMC
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft