Supplier Management Contracts in England

Supplier Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Supplier Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Supplier Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 380 360 334
Rank change year-on-year -20 -26 +51
Contract jobs citing Supplier Management 128 180 313
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.46% 0.53% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.62% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 139 245
10th Percentile £323 £404 £400
25th Percentile £450 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% - -
75th Percentile £600 £706 £700
90th Percentile £738 £745 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £13.86 £35.00
Median hourly rate - £15.50 £55.43
Median % change year-on-year - -72.04% +131.92%
75th Percentile - £32.90 £81.27
90th Percentile - £35.24 £91.01
UK median hourly rate - £15.50 £55.43
% change year-on-year - -72.04% +147.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25,048 28,963 40,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.72% 85.80% 89.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,045 18,958 28,434
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £405 £419 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £650 £666
90th Percentile £738 £756 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,383 1,751 1,419
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.80 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.03 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.16% -1.11% +63.46%
75th Percentile £51.65 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +60.38%

Supplier Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Supplier Management in England

Supplier Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Supplier Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Supplier Management in England

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Supplier Management in England over the 6 months to 1 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Supplier Management in England

Supplier Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Supplier Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Supplier Management in England

Supplier Management
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London -7 52 £506 -7.95% 73
North of England +5 31 £525 +0.96% 18
Midlands -16 19 £500 -31.03% 16
North West +7 16 £575 +10.05% 9
Yorkshire -5 14 £500 - 9
West Midlands -11 11 £575 -20.69% 11
South East -5 10 £350 -37.50% 40
South West +23 8 £610 +23.23% 13
East Midlands +7 8 £447 - 5
East of England +11 4 £650 +50.72% 10
North East - 1 - - 1
Supplier Management
UK

Supplier Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (3.91%) Confluence
2 3 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.78%) CMS
4 1 (0.78%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.78%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.91%) Azure
1 5 (3.91%) SaaS
2 4 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
3 3 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.56%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.78%) AWS
5 1 (0.78%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.78%) GCP
5 1 (0.78%) Google Docs
5 1 (0.78%) Google Sheets
5 1 (0.78%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.78%) Salsify
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.47%) Firewall
2 3 (2.34%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (1.56%) Internet
3 2 (1.56%) RTP
3 2 (1.56%) WAN
3 2 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.78%) BGP
4 1 (0.78%) DHCP
4 1 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.78%) LAN
4 1 (0.78%) MPLS
4 1 (0.78%) OSPF
4 1 (0.78%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.78%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.78%) VLAN
4 1 (0.78%) VoIP
4 1 (0.78%) VPN
4 1 (0.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.91%) Metadata
2 4 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.34%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.78%) MS Access
4 1 (0.78%) MySQL
4 1 (0.78%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 64 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 35 (27.34%) Finance
3 22 (17.19%) Retail
4 20 (15.63%) Public Sector
5 10 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (6.25%) Legal
7 7 (5.47%) Manufacturing
7 7 (5.47%) Marketing
8 6 (4.69%) Telecoms
9 5 (3.91%) Banking
9 5 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (3.91%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.34%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.56%) Electronics
12 2 (1.56%) Law
12 2 (1.56%) Local Government
12 2 (1.56%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.78%) Military
Job Titles
1 34 (26.56%) Project Manager
2 19 (14.84%) Senior
3 17 (13.28%) IT Manager
4 12 (9.38%) Lead
4 12 (9.38%) Senior Manager
5 11 (8.59%) Analyst
6 10 (7.81%) Delivery Manager
7 9 (7.03%) Senior Project Manager
8 7 (5.47%) Business Analyst
8 7 (5.47%) Implementation Manager
9 6 (4.69%) Programme Manager
10 5 (3.91%) Consultant
10 5 (3.91%) Implementation Project Manager
10 5 (3.91%) IT Project Manager
10 5 (3.91%) Project Implementation Manager
10 5 (3.91%) Software Project Manager
10 5 (3.91%) Supplier Manager
10 5 (3.91%) Technical Manager
11 4 (3.13%) SAP Manager
11 4 (3.13%) Technical Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.56%) Middleware
2 1 (0.78%) .NET
2 1 (0.78%) ADO
2 1 (0.78%) Node.js
2 1 (0.78%) React
2 1 (0.78%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.47%) EPoS
2 6 (4.69%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.91%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (3.91%) NHS
3 5 (3.91%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.13%) FMCG
4 4 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.56%) Digital Signage
5 2 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.78%) CCTV
6 1 (0.78%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.78%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.78%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (0.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.91%) Windows
2 2 (1.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 47 (36.72%) Agile
3 35 (27.34%) Project Management
4 25 (19.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 20 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (12.50%) Contract Management
6 16 (12.50%) Waterfall
7 15 (11.72%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (11.72%) ITIL
8 14 (10.94%) Project Delivery
9 13 (10.16%) Business Case
9 13 (10.16%) PRINCE2
9 13 (10.16%) Roadmaps
10 12 (9.38%) Budget Management
10 12 (9.38%) Risk Management
10 12 (9.38%) Service Delivery
11 11 (8.59%) Migration
12 10 (7.81%) Logistics
12 10 (7.81%) Project Governance
12 10 (7.81%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.34%) SQL
2 2 (1.56%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (7.81%) Degree
1 10 (7.81%) Security Cleared
2 9 (7.03%) PMI Certification
2 9 (7.03%) PMP
3 6 (4.69%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.91%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.13%) APMP
6 3 (2.34%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (2.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.56%) ACCA
7 2 (1.56%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.78%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.78%) CCIE
8 1 (0.78%) CCNP
8 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.78%) CISSP
8 1 (0.78%) JNCIE
8 1 (0.78%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.47%) PMO
2 4 (3.13%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.13%) SLA
3 2 (1.56%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.56%) QA
4 1 (0.78%) GRC
4 1 (0.78%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.78%) ISO 31000
4 1 (0.78%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (2.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (3.91%) FortiGate
2 4 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.56%) SCCM
4 1 (0.78%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.78%) SCSM
Vendors
1 13 (10.16%) SAP
2 10 (7.81%) Microsoft
3 8 (6.25%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.91%) Cisco
4 5 (3.91%) Fortinet
4 5 (3.91%) Oracle
5 4 (3.13%) CheckPoint
6 3 (2.34%) Ariba
6 3 (2.34%) Marketo
6 3 (2.34%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.34%) Workday
7 2 (1.56%) Apple
7 2 (1.56%) Google
7 2 (1.56%) HP
8 1 (0.78%) Brio
8 1 (0.78%) Juniper
8 1 (0.78%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.78%) NEC
8 1 (0.78%) Remedy
8 1 (0.78%) VMware