Supply Chain Management Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Supply Chain Management
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Supply Chain Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 65 66
Rank change year-on-year -8 +1 +7
Contract jobs citing Supply Chain Management 11 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.97% 0.14% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 0.16% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £565
25th Percentile - - £579
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £633
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile - - £709
90th Percentile - - £738
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Supply Chain 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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 874 618 683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 77.00% 87.66% 78.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 416 445
10th Percentile £208 £224 £206
25th Percentile £400 £333 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £410 £445
Median % change year-on-year +15.85% -7.87% -6.32%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £565
90th Percentile £650 £591 £623
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 52 61
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.89 £11.75
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.29 £12.75
Median hourly rate £18.00 £18.94 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +11.38% -35.80%
75th Percentile £25.75 £25.15 £26.15
90th Percentile £35.05 - £50.00
England median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +85.35% -34.02% +1.65%

Supply Chain Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Supply Chain Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Supply Chain Management job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Supply Chain Management
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Supply Chain Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Supply Chain Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Supply Chain Management within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 July 2026. 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
Leicestershire - 4 - -
Lincolnshire - 4 £500 -
Northamptonshire - 3 - - 1
Supply Chain Management
England

Supply Chain Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
1 4 (36.36%) Influencing Skills
1 4 (36.36%) Retail
2 3 (27.27%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) Business Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Retail Business Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Senior
2 4 (36.36%) Senior Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Senior Business Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Graduate
4 2 (18.18%) IT Manager
4 2 (18.18%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Inventory Management
2 7 (63.64%) Logistics
3 4 (36.36%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) Business Analysis
3 4 (36.36%) Change Control
3 4 (36.36%) ERP
3 4 (36.36%) Migration
3 4 (36.36%) Project Management
3 4 (36.36%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (36.36%) Test Scripting
3 4 (36.36%) Waterfall
4 2 (18.18%) GAP Analysis
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) JD Edwards