Supply Chain Planning Contracts in the North West

Supply Chain Planning
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Supply Chain Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Supply Chain Planning over the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 116 151
Rank change year-on-year -7 +35 -
Contract jobs citing Supply Chain Planning 5 9 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.23% 0.38% 0.100%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.45% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £471 -
25th Percentile £625 £484 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £513 £650
Median % change year-on-year +26.83% -21.15% -
75th Percentile £675 £534 -
90th Percentile - £544 -
England median daily rate £713 £550 £578
% change year-on-year +29.55% -4.76% -5.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,957 1,997 2,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.59% 84.23% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,265 1,211 1,826
10th Percentile £279 £310 £288
25th Percentile £375 £405 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £664 £675 £674
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 169 171
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.06 £19.08
Median hourly rate £27.90 £34.21 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.44% -2.26% +60.70%
75th Percentile £57.57 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.38 £70.90 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% +2.63% +58.11%

Supply Chain Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Supply Chain Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Supply Chain Planning in the North West

Supply Chain Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Supply Chain Planning in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Supply Chain Planning in the North West

Supply Chain Planning
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Manchester -3 4 £650 - 2
Cheshire -19 1 - -
Supply Chain Planning
England

Supply Chain Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) SAP APO
1 3 (60.00%) SAP IBP
1 3 (60.00%) SAP MM
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle ASCP
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (20.00%) SAP LE
2 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Consultant
2 3 (60.00%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (40.00%) SAP APO Consultant
3 2 (40.00%) Supply Chain Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle Supply Chain Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) SAP APO Expert
4 1 (20.00%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) SAP WM Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) Senior
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) Senior SAP Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) Senior SAP Supply Chain Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) Senior SAP WM Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Supply Chain Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) SAP Core Interface
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Logistics
2 3 (60.00%) Supply Chain Model
3 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
3 1 (20.00%) Planning and Forecasting
3 1 (20.00%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
3 1 (20.00%) Use Case
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Certification
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) SAP
2 3 (60.00%) TOWER Software
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle