Supply Chain Management Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Supply Chain Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Supply Chain Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 77 88
Rank change year-on-year -29 +11 +21
Contract jobs citing Supply Chain Management 3 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.18% 0.45% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.50% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £483
25th Percentile £419 £208 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £215 £525
Median % change year-on-year +103.49% -59.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £456 £223 £556
90th Percentile - - £568
North West median daily rate £438 £550 £585
% change year-on-year -20.45% -5.98% +13.59%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,433 799 1,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.95% 89.67% 86.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 902 559 860
10th Percentile £304 £300 £325
25th Percentile £381 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £473 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% -5.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £598
90th Percentile £650 £675 £694
North West median daily rate £463 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 28 77
10th Percentile £21.00 £15.64 £12.46
25th Percentile £38.25 £24.25 £13.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £54.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% +109.62% -28.08%
75th Percentile £77.50 £72.81 £60.00
90th Percentile £91.00 £80.48 £73.30
North West median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £24.15
% change year-on-year +69.23% +34.60% -34.12%

Supply Chain Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Supply Chain Management job vacancy trend in Manchester

Supply Chain Management
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Supply Chain Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Supply Chain Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (33.33%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (33.33%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365 Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI Developer
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) SAP SCM Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Support
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Support Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
1 1 (33.33%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Architecture Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) SAP