Supplier Management Contract Job Trends in Kent

Supplier Management
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Supplier Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Supplier Management 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.78% - 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% - 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £656 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 - £600
75th Percentile £669 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £525 £528 £560
% change year-on-year -0.47% -5.80% +0.90%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 168 104 143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 65.37% 83.20% 73.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 83 62
10th Percentile £192 £178 £155
25th Percentile £200 £256 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £375 £491
Median % change year-on-year +36.67% -23.66% -1.75%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £587
90th Percentile £650 £629 £636
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 6 12
10th Percentile £13.60 £15.06 -
25th Percentile £16.62 £17.37 £15.00
Median hourly rate £24.87 £20.40 £31.39
Median % change year-on-year +21.91% -35.01% -42.93%
75th Percentile £43.05 - £54.09
90th Percentile £54.78 - £57.22
South East median hourly rate £47.54 £22.19 £58.38
% change year-on-year +114.24% -61.99% +9.11%

Supplier Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Supplier Management job vacancy trend in Kent

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Supplier Management
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 3 October 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
West Malling - 1 £663 -
Margate - 1 - - 2
Supplier Management
South East

Supplier Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 1 (50.00%) SAP MM
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Buyer
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Services Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Services Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Inventory Control
1 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (50.00%) Order Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Facebook
1 1 (50.00%) Instagram
1 1 (50.00%) SAP