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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 449 527 594
Rank change year-on-year +78 +67 -9
Permanent jobs citing Supplier Management 520 537 771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.51% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.53% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 369 238 486
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,063 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,325 £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 £73,438 £74,503
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,725 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,965 £59,526 £55,500
% change year-on-year -2.62% +7.25% +5.71%

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 84,343 100,922 147,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.11% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,769 59,097 83,311
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,488
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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 24 April 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 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +84 464 £65,000 +8.33% 144
UK excluding London +48 404 £57,965 -2.62% 94
Work from Home +101 220 £73,805 +23.01% 50
North of England +43 142 £73,805 +30.63% 21
Midlands +72 133 £56,000 -12.50% 16
West Midlands +77 109 £57,965 -9.43% 12
London +78 74 £80,000 +23.08% 47
North West +29 66 £73,152 +33.00% 12
South East -3 62 £47,500 -17.21% 36
Yorkshire +46 53 £73,805 +23.99% 5
South West +4 36 £65,050 +26.93% 12
East Midlands +4 24 £50,000 -4.76% 4
North East +21 23 £73,805 +47.61% 4
East of England +19 16 £55,000 -8.33% 5
Wales +12 7 £27,000 -36.47% 1
Scotland -58 5 £22,000 -32.31% 4
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 (10.19%) Confluence
2 2 (0.38%) Moodle
3 1 (0.19%) CMS
3 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 33 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.54%) AutoCAD
4 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.38%) Simulink
7 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.38%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.19%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 39 (7.50%) Power Platform
2 27 (5.19%) Azure
3 18 (3.46%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (1.92%) AWS
4 10 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (0.96%) Google Analytics
6 4 (0.77%) Contentful
6 4 (0.77%) SaaS
7 3 (0.58%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.38%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.38%) PaaS
9 1 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.19%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.19%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.19%) SAP Fieldglass
9 1 (0.19%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.19%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.85%) WAN
2 13 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (2.50%) Wireless
3 12 (2.31%) Firewall
4 11 (2.12%) LAN
5 8 (1.54%) 5G
6 6 (1.15%) Internet
6 6 (1.15%) Network Security
7 5 (0.96%) Software-Defined Networking
8 4 (0.77%) 4G
8 4 (0.77%) Ethernet
8 4 (0.77%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.77%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.77%) VPN
9 2 (0.38%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.38%) DHCP
9 2 (0.38%) DNS
9 2 (0.38%) VLAN
10 1 (0.19%) MPLS
10 1 (0.19%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.50%) Power BI
1 39 (7.50%) Tableau
2 6 (1.15%) Data Lake
2 6 (1.15%) Data Mining
3 4 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (0.77%) Electronic Patient Records
3 4 (0.77%) NoSQL
3 4 (0.77%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.19%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 66 (12.69%) JIRA
2 2 (0.38%) CANoe
3 1 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
General
1 201 (38.65%) Finance
2 149 (28.65%) Social Skills
3 116 (22.31%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (20.58%) Public Sector
5 70 (13.46%) Manufacturing
6 54 (10.38%) Legal
7 40 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
8 30 (5.77%) Retail
9 25 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
11 23 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
11 23 (4.42%) Telecoms
12 22 (4.23%) Law
13 17 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (3.08%) Marketing
15 15 (2.88%) Automotive
16 6 (1.15%) Games
17 5 (0.96%) Police
18 4 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
18 4 (0.77%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 154 (29.62%) Lead
2 69 (13.27%) IT Manager
3 55 (10.58%) Senior
4 51 (9.81%) Programme Manager
5 46 (8.85%) Project Manager
6 39 (7.50%) Supplier Manager
7 28 (5.38%) Category Manager
8 27 (5.19%) Analyst
9 25 (4.81%) QA Specialist
9 25 (4.81%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 24 (4.62%) Service Manager
11 16 (3.08%) Architect
12 15 (2.88%) Procurement Manager
12 15 (2.88%) Senior Manager
13 14 (2.69%) Operations Manager
14 13 (2.50%) Head of IT
14 13 (2.50%) Technical Manager
15 12 (2.31%) Consultant
15 12 (2.31%) Senior Project Manager
16 11 (2.12%) QA Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.35%) .NET
1 7 (1.35%) Middleware
2 4 (0.77%) ASP.NET
2 4 (0.77%) EDI
2 4 (0.77%) Node.js
2 4 (0.77%) React
2 4 (0.77%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 4 (0.77%) YAML
3 3 (0.58%) HTML
3 3 (0.58%) XML
4 1 (0.19%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.08%) Management Information System
2 18 (3.46%) Data Centre
3 16 (3.08%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.31%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (1.92%) Algorithms
6 9 (1.73%) PropTech
7 7 (1.35%) NHS
8 6 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.15%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.15%) FMCG
9 5 (0.96%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (0.77%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.77%) IoT
10 4 (0.77%) Operational Technology
10 4 (0.77%) Robotics
11 3 (0.58%) Client/Server
12 2 (0.38%) EPoS
12 2 (0.38%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.42%) Windows
2 10 (1.92%) Linux
3 3 (0.58%) Unix
3 3 (0.58%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.38%) Android
4 2 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (31.73%) Coaching
2 152 (29.23%) Mentoring
3 146 (28.08%) Agile
4 130 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 116 (22.31%) Stakeholder Management
6 105 (20.19%) Problem-Solving
7 91 (17.50%) Project Management
8 73 (14.04%) ITIL
9 65 (12.50%) Budget Management
10 62 (11.92%) Data Analysis
10 62 (11.92%) Service Delivery
11 59 (11.35%) Risk Management
12 56 (10.77%) Contract Management
13 52 (10.00%) Line Management
14 51 (9.81%) Co-Creation
14 51 (9.81%) Performance Management
15 47 (9.04%) Decision-Making
16 46 (8.85%) Requirements Gathering
17 45 (8.65%) Roadmaps
18 41 (7.88%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 48 (9.23%) SQL
2 7 (1.35%) Python
3 4 (0.77%) C#
3 4 (0.77%) JavaScript
3 4 (0.77%) VB
4 3 (0.58%) Java
5 2 (0.38%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.19%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 122 (23.46%) Degree
2 17 (3.27%) Master's Degree
3 16 (3.08%) MBA
4 12 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (1.54%) ISEB
5 8 (1.54%) ISEB Practitioner
5 8 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.35%) CCIE
6 7 (1.35%) CCNA
6 7 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 6 (1.15%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.96%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.96%) Security Cleared
9 4 (0.77%) CISSP
9 4 (0.77%) EMC Certification
9 4 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.77%) PMP
10 3 (0.58%) CISM
10 3 (0.58%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.38%) CASP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (13.08%) QA
2 36 (6.92%) GMP
3 21 (4.04%) PMO
4 20 (3.85%) SLA
5 17 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (2.12%) GDPR
6 11 (2.12%) ISO 13485
7 9 (1.73%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.77%) ISO 22301
8 4 (0.77%) ISO 26262
8 4 (0.77%) NIST
9 3 (0.58%) AUTOSAR
9 3 (0.58%) GRC
10 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.38%) NCSC
11 1 (0.19%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (2.12%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.15%) Firmware
3 4 (0.77%) Docker
4 3 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (0.77%) Functional Safety
1 4 (0.77%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.58%) Progress Chef
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.19%) QRadar
4 1 (0.19%) SCCM
4 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 43 (8.27%) Atlassian
3 16 (3.08%) SAP
4 11 (2.12%) Cisco
5 7 (1.35%) IBM
5 7 (1.35%) ServiceNow
5 7 (1.35%) VMware
6 6 (1.15%) Google
6 6 (1.15%) Meraki
6 6 (1.15%) Minitab
7 5 (0.96%) Ariba
7 5 (0.96%) EMC
7 5 (0.96%) Palo Alto
8 4 (0.77%) Adyen
9 3 (0.58%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.58%) OneTrust
9 3 (0.58%) Xero
10 2 (0.38%) Apple
10 2 (0.38%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.38%) Salesforce