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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 462 530 605
Rank change year-on-year +68 +75 -22
Permanent jobs citing Supplier Management 513 535 783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.51% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.54% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 362 238 493
10th Percentile £41,488 £41,063 £35,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £48,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,050 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,688 £74,750
90th Percentile £84,996 £86,725 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,300 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% +4.55% +6.20%

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 84,697 99,477 149,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.97% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,840 58,401 83,209
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,025 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,330
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 1 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 1 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 +54 458 £65,000 +8.33% 132
UK excluding London +36 400 £59,300 +3.13% 91
Work from Home +82 215 £73,805 +20.50% 55
North of England +32 140 £73,805 +34.19% 21
Midlands +67 132 £56,550 -6.91% 16
West Midlands +68 108 £57,965 -9.43% 14
London +47 72 £80,000 +21.21% 43
North West +28 64 £73,805 +34.19% 12
South East -12 61 £41,250 -30.96% 32
Yorkshire +40 53 £73,805 +23.50% 5
South West -1 36 £65,050 +26.93% 9
East Midlands +8 24 £50,000 -4.76% 2
North East +14 23 £73,805 +47.61% 4
East of England +1 16 £55,000 -8.33% 8
Wales +12 7 £27,000 -36.47%
Scotland -65 5 £22,000 -32.31% 6
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
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 (10.33%) Confluence
2 2 (0.39%) Moodle
3 1 (0.19%) CMS
3 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (6.24%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.56%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.39%) Simulink
6 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.39%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.19%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 39 (7.60%) Power Platform
2 25 (4.87%) Azure
3 15 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (1.95%) AWS
5 9 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (0.97%) Google Analytics
7 4 (0.78%) Contentful
7 4 (0.78%) SaaS
8 3 (0.58%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.39%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.39%) PaaS
10 1 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.19%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.19%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.19%) SAP Fieldglass
10 1 (0.19%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.19%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.31%) WAN
2 12 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (2.34%) Wireless
3 10 (1.95%) Firewall
3 10 (1.95%) LAN
4 8 (1.56%) 5G
5 6 (1.17%) Internet
5 6 (1.17%) Network Security
6 5 (0.97%) Software-Defined Networking
7 4 (0.78%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.58%) 4G
8 3 (0.58%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.58%) VPN
9 2 (0.39%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.39%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.39%) VLAN
10 1 (0.19%) DHCP
10 1 (0.19%) DNS
10 1 (0.19%) RS-232
10 1 (0.19%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.60%) Power BI
1 39 (7.60%) Tableau
2 6 (1.17%) Data Lake
2 6 (1.17%) Data Mining
3 4 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (0.78%) Electronic Patient Records
3 4 (0.78%) NoSQL
3 4 (0.78%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.19%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 65 (12.67%) JIRA
2 2 (0.39%) CANoe
3 1 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
General
1 199 (38.79%) Finance
2 148 (28.85%) Social Skills
3 114 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (20.47%) Public Sector
5 70 (13.65%) Manufacturing
6 54 (10.53%) Legal
7 40 (7.80%) Pharmaceutical
8 30 (5.85%) Retail
9 25 (4.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
11 23 (4.48%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (4.29%) Law
12 22 (4.29%) Telecoms
13 17 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (3.12%) Marketing
15 15 (2.92%) Automotive
16 6 (1.17%) Games
17 5 (0.97%) Police
18 4 (0.78%) Welsh Language
19 3 (0.58%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 153 (29.82%) Lead
2 67 (13.06%) IT Manager
3 55 (10.72%) Senior
4 50 (9.75%) Programme Manager
5 45 (8.77%) Project Manager
6 40 (7.80%) Supplier Manager
7 28 (5.46%) Category Manager
8 27 (5.26%) Analyst
9 25 (4.87%) QA Specialist
9 25 (4.87%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 24 (4.68%) Service Manager
11 16 (3.12%) Architect
12 15 (2.92%) Procurement Manager
12 15 (2.92%) Senior Manager
13 13 (2.53%) Head of IT
13 13 (2.53%) Operations Manager
14 12 (2.34%) Senior Project Manager
14 12 (2.34%) Technical Manager
15 11 (2.14%) Consultant
15 11 (2.14%) QA Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.36%) .NET
2 6 (1.17%) Middleware
3 4 (0.78%) ASP.NET
3 4 (0.78%) EDI
3 4 (0.78%) Node.js
3 4 (0.78%) React
3 4 (0.78%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 4 (0.78%) YAML
4 3 (0.58%) HTML
4 3 (0.58%) XML
5 1 (0.19%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.99%) Management Information System
2 16 (3.12%) Data Centre
2 16 (3.12%) Product Ownership
3 12 (2.34%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (1.95%) Algorithms
6 9 (1.75%) PropTech
7 7 (1.36%) NHS
8 6 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.17%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.17%) FMCG
9 5 (0.97%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (0.78%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.78%) IoT
10 4 (0.78%) Operational Technology
10 4 (0.78%) Robotics
11 3 (0.58%) Client/Server
12 2 (0.39%) EPoS
12 2 (0.39%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.09%) Windows
2 10 (1.95%) Linux
3 2 (0.39%) Android
3 2 (0.39%) Unix
3 2 (0.39%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (32.16%) Coaching
2 152 (29.63%) Mentoring
3 144 (28.07%) Agile
4 130 (25.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 116 (22.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 103 (20.08%) Problem-Solving
7 89 (17.35%) Project Management
8 71 (13.84%) ITIL
9 64 (12.48%) Budget Management
10 62 (12.09%) Data Analysis
10 62 (12.09%) Service Delivery
11 58 (11.31%) Risk Management
12 56 (10.92%) Contract Management
13 52 (10.14%) Line Management
14 51 (9.94%) Co-Creation
14 51 (9.94%) Performance Management
15 47 (9.16%) Decision-Making
16 46 (8.97%) Requirements Gathering
17 45 (8.77%) Roadmaps
18 41 (7.99%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 47 (9.16%) SQL
2 7 (1.36%) Python
3 4 (0.78%) C#
3 4 (0.78%) JavaScript
3 4 (0.78%) VB
4 3 (0.58%) Java
5 2 (0.39%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 120 (23.39%) Degree
2 17 (3.31%) Master's Degree
3 16 (3.12%) MBA
4 11 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (1.56%) ISEB
5 8 (1.56%) ISEB Practitioner
6 7 (1.36%) CCIE
6 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 6 (1.17%) CCNA
8 5 (0.97%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.97%) Security Cleared
9 4 (0.78%) CISSP
9 4 (0.78%) EMC Certification
9 4 (0.78%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.58%) CISM
10 3 (0.58%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.39%) CASP
11 2 (0.39%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (13.26%) QA
2 36 (7.02%) GMP
3 20 (3.90%) PMO
4 19 (3.70%) SLA
5 16 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (2.14%) GDPR
6 11 (2.14%) ISO 13485
7 10 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (1.75%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.78%) ISO 26262
10 3 (0.58%) AUTOSAR
10 3 (0.58%) GRC
10 3 (0.58%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.58%) NIST
11 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.39%) NCSC
12 1 (0.19%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (1.56%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.17%) Firmware
3 4 (0.78%) Docker
4 3 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (0.78%) Functional Safety
1 4 (0.78%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.58%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 48 (9.36%) Microsoft
2 43 (8.38%) Atlassian
3 16 (3.12%) SAP
4 10 (1.95%) Cisco
5 7 (1.36%) IBM
5 7 (1.36%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.17%) Google
6 6 (1.17%) Minitab
7 5 (0.97%) Ariba
7 5 (0.97%) EMC
7 5 (0.97%) Meraki
7 5 (0.97%) Palo Alto
7 5 (0.97%) VMware
8 4 (0.78%) Adyen
9 3 (0.58%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.58%) OneTrust
9 3 (0.58%) Xero
10 2 (0.39%) Apple
10 2 (0.39%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.39%) Salesforce