Supply Chain Planning Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Supply Chain Planning
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Supply Chain Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Supply Chain Planning 12 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.24% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £603 - -
25th Percentile £606 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £706 - -
90th Percentile £748 - -
England median daily rate £613 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +22.50% -2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £26.85 - -
25th Percentile £26.86 - -
Median hourly rate £27.55 - -
75th Percentile £28.88 - -
90th Percentile £29.28 - -
England median hourly rate £26.90 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Supply Chain Planning 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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,036 2,334 2,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.25% 87.88% 82.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,311 1,515 1,433
10th Percentile £306 £235 £263
25th Percentile £406 £360 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £612
90th Percentile £671 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 387 179 73
10th Percentile £13.07 £13.60 £12.90
25th Percentile £14.56 £17.87 £15.13
Median hourly rate £20.62 £21.39 £21.59
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -0.93% -21.49%
75th Percentile £38.75 £26.51 £42.25
90th Percentile £67.84 £45.20 £55.00
England median hourly rate £42.41 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.61% -41.51% -3.37%

Supply Chain Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Supply Chain Planning job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Supply Chain Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Supply Chain Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Supply Chain Planning in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Supply Chain Planning in the Midlands

Supply Chain Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Supply Chain Planning
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Supply Chain Planning within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
East Midlands - 9 - - 3
West Midlands - 2 £688 - 6
Supply Chain Planning
England

Supply Chain Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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:

Applications
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (8.33%) SAP ERP
2 1 (8.33%) SAP IBP
2 1 (8.33%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Power BI
1 3 (25.00%) Power Query
2 1 (8.33%) SAP BW
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Retail
3 5 (41.67%) Manufacturing
4 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Automotive
5 1 (8.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Consultant
1 2 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (8.33%) Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Analytics Consultant
2 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Consultant
2 1 (8.33%) Data Scientist
2 1 (8.33%) SAP Business Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
2 1 (8.33%) SAP SCM Business Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Supply Chain Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) SAP Core Interface
1 1 (8.33%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Structures
1 1 (8.33%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (50.00%) Logistics
2 6 (50.00%) Production Planning
3 5 (41.67%) Customer Service
3 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (41.67%) Trend Analysis
4 4 (33.33%) ERP
5 3 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (25.00%) Data Science
5 3 (25.00%) Process Improvement
5 3 (25.00%) Visualisation
6 2 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
6 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
6 2 (16.67%) Migration
7 1 (8.33%) Agile
7 1 (8.33%) AI
7 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Python
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) SAP Certification
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) Ariba