Supplier Management Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Supplier Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Supplier Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 115 113
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 +46
Contract jobs citing Supplier Management 9 5 17
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.50% 0.26% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.28% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 9
10th Percentile - £479 £464
25th Percentile £513 £505 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £556 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% +1.14% -2.22%
75th Percentile £613 £628 £650
90th Percentile £697 £656 £825
Central London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,612 1,759 2,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.51% 92.00% 89.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,131 1,071 1,563
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% - -2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £765 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £570
% change year-on-year -6.09% +0.88% -0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 10
10th Percentile £19.94 £15.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £28.00 £42.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.12% +61.90% -30.46%
75th Percentile £42.30 £112.00 £44.56
90th Percentile £45.56 £132.40 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -25.40% +27.27% -21.43%

Supplier Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Supplier Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Supplier Management job vacancy trend in the City of London

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Supplier Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Supplier Management

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Supplier Management in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Supplier Management in the City of London

Supplier Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Supplier Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Supplier Management

Supplier Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) AWS
2 4 (44.44%) OpenShift
3 1 (11.11%) Azure
3 1 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (11.11%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
2 1 (11.11%) Network Security
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Architect
1 3 (33.33%) Network Architect
2 2 (22.22%) IT Manager
2 2 (22.22%) IT Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) SIAM Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Network Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Director
3 1 (11.11%) Service Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (44.44%) Compliance Audit
3 4 (44.44%) Customer Experience
3 4 (44.44%) ITIL
3 4 (44.44%) ITSM
3 4 (44.44%) Runbook
3 4 (44.44%) SIAM
3 4 (44.44%) Trend Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) AI
4 1 (11.11%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (11.11%) FinOps
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (11.11%) Supplier Relationship Management
4 1 (11.11%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) ServiceNow
2 3 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (11.11%) Ariba