Supplier Management Contract Job Trends in Central London

Supplier Management
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Supplier Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 118 144
Rank change year-on-year -1 +26 +40
Contract jobs citing Supplier Management 11 9 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.55% 0.39% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.42% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 13
10th Percentile £348 £348 £501
25th Percentile £438 £363 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% -2.27% -11.29%
75th Percentile £577 £700 £650
90th Percentile £647 £754 £680
London median daily rate £538 £563 £625
% change year-on-year -4.44% -10.00% +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Supplier Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,867 2,119 3,084
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.91% 91.81% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,244 1,418 2,128
10th Percentile £317 £375 £350
25th Percentile £418 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £595
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.28% +3.39%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £788 £804
London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 21 17
10th Percentile £19.05 £16.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.75 £20.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -22.86% -17.65%
75th Percentile £50.75 £61.25 £42.32
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £59.30
London median hourly rate £31.50 £35.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -11.27% -11.25% +6.67%

Supplier Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Supplier Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Supplier Management in Central London

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Supplier Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Supplier Management

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Supplier Management in Central London over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Supplier Management in Central London

Supplier Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Supplier Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Supplier Management

Supplier Management
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Supplier Management within the Central London region over the 6 months to 29 August 2025. 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
City of London +3 11 £491 -8.60% 10
Supplier Management
London

Supplier Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) DNS
1 1 (9.09%) LAN
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
1 1 (9.09%) VPN
1 1 (9.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Finance
3 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Legal
5 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (9.09%) Law
5 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) IT Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Lead
2 2 (18.18%) SAP Manager
2 2 (18.18%) SAP Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Supplier Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Audit Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Category Manager
3 1 (9.09%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (9.09%) ITIL Manager
3 1 (9.09%) ITIL Service Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Network Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Project Leader
3 1 (9.09%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (9.09%) Risk Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Risk Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (36.36%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) Contract Negotiation
4 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (18.18%) Logistics
5 2 (18.18%) Order Management
5 2 (18.18%) People Management
5 2 (18.18%) Project Management
5 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
6 1 (9.09%) Facilities Management
6 1 (9.09%) ITIL
6 1 (9.09%) ITSM
6 1 (9.09%) Migration
6 1 (9.09%) Project Planning
6 1 (9.09%) Requirements Management
6 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
6 1 (9.09%) Scrum
6 1 (9.09%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) SAP
1 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
2 1 (9.09%) Alteryx
2 1 (9.09%) HP
2 1 (9.09%) IBM
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft