Supplier Management Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Supplier Management
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Supplier Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 43 70
Rank change year-on-year -13 +27 -2
Contract jobs citing Supplier Management 6 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.83% 0.27% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 0.31% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 2
10th Percentile £425 - £406
25th Percentile £434 - £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £451
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +21.88% -9.75%
75th Percentile £641 - £478
90th Percentile £650 - £488
East of England median daily rate £525 £550 £451
% change year-on-year -4.55% +21.88% +10.06%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 604 324 663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 83.08% 86.63% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 145 325
10th Percentile £263 £265 £276
25th Percentile £413 £399 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +5.13% -11.36%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £683 £750
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 76 186
10th Percentile £16.46 £21.53 £37.91
25th Percentile £18.50 £45.98 £49.00
Median hourly rate £22.66 £66.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.67% +1.54% -
75th Percentile £67.50 £75.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £20.23 £40.00 £31.14
% change year-on-year -49.43% +28.46% +22.01%

Supplier Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Supplier Management job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Supplier Management

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Supplier Management in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 14 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Supplier Management in Hertfordshire

Supplier Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Supplier Management

Supplier Management
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 February 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
Stevenage - 5 £475 - 3
Hatfield - 1 £575 -
Supplier Management
East of England

Supplier Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) PaaS
2 2 (33.33%) OCI
3 1 (16.67%) IaaS
3 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) SpaceWire
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Avionics
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 2 (33.33%) Electronics
3 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (16.67%) ERP Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) RF Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Cloud Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) ASIC
1 2 (33.33%) CAN bus
1 2 (33.33%) FPGA
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) ERP
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (33.33%) Architectural Design
2 2 (33.33%) Data Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
2 2 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Kanban
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
1 1 (16.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 2 (33.33%) MIL-STD-1553
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) EMC
2 1 (16.67%) VMware