Order Management Contract Job Trends in the South East

Order Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Order Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 143 186
Rank change year-on-year -5 +43 +13
Contract jobs citing Order Management 34 21 12
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.78% 0.63% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 0.71% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 6 8
10th Percentile £193 £223 £189
25th Percentile £379 £275 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £380
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +25.00% -23.62%
75th Percentile £556 £500 £396
90th Percentile £591 £538 £513
England median daily rate £500 £650 £618
% change year-on-year -23.08% +5.26% -11.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £16.90
25th Percentile - - £22.75
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £35.00
75th Percentile - - £63.88
90th Percentile - - £79.70
England median hourly rate £27.50 £15.75 £26.66
% change year-on-year +74.60% -40.92% +29.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Order 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,660 2,963 4,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.25% 89.01% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,403 1,830 2,833
10th Percentile £230 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £517
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -1.35% +2.99%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £615
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 112 259
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.37 £17.80
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.56 £26.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.53% -22.73% +22.22%
75th Percentile £54.38 £62.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.63 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

Order Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Order Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Order Management job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Order Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Order Management

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Order Management in the South East over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Order Management in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Order Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Order Management

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Order Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Thames Valley -1 26 £473 -5.50% 9
Berkshire -3 17 £550 +10.00% 6
Buckinghamshire +2 7 £275 -45.00% 2
Hampshire -14 5 £500 +121.48% 4
Surrey - 3 £380 - 1
Oxfordshire - 2 - - 1
Kent - 1 £500 - 1
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.94%) Confluence
1 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (20.59%) Oracle EBS
1 7 (20.59%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (11.76%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (8.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (2.94%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (2.94%) SAP MM
4 1 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.94%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) WAN
2 1 (2.94%) LAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 16 (47.06%) Finance
2 10 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 8 (23.53%) Billing
4 4 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (11.76%) Retail
5 2 (5.88%) Aviation
5 2 (5.88%) Legal
5 2 (5.88%) Marketing
5 2 (5.88%) Military
6 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (26.47%) Architect
2 7 (20.59%) Consultant
2 7 (20.59%) Functional Consultant
2 7 (20.59%) Project Manager
2 7 (20.59%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (17.65%) Oracle Consultant
3 6 (17.65%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 4 (11.76%) Administrator
5 3 (8.82%) Coordinator
5 3 (8.82%) DV Cleared Project Manager
5 3 (8.82%) Procurement Consultant
5 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 2 (5.88%) BSS Architect
6 2 (5.88%) BSS Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Data Entry Administrator
6 2 (5.88%) Logistics Coordinator
6 2 (5.88%) OSS Architect
6 2 (5.88%) OSS Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Sales Administrator
6 2 (5.88%) Supply Chain Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) EDI
1 1 (2.94%) JSON
1 1 (2.94%) OpenAPI
1 1 (2.94%) RESTful
1 1 (2.94%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) TM Forum
2 2 (5.88%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.88%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.94%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.94%) EPoS
3 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Inventory Management
2 8 (23.53%) Cost Management
2 8 (23.53%) CRM
2 8 (23.53%) Logistics
3 6 (17.65%) Business Transformation
4 5 (14.71%) Project Management
4 5 (14.71%) Requirements Analysis
4 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (11.76%) Accounts Receivable
5 4 (11.76%) PRINCE2
5 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (8.82%) Agile
6 3 (8.82%) Asset Management
6 3 (8.82%) Change Management
6 3 (8.82%) Inventory Control
6 3 (8.82%) Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (8.82%) Project Delivery
6 3 (8.82%) Regression Testing
6 3 (8.82%) User Stories
7 2 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.94%) PHP
1 1 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) Degree
1 5 (14.71%) SC Cleared
1 5 (14.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.76%) PMP
3 3 (8.82%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (2.94%) PCI DSS
1 1 (2.94%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) Oracle
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
3 4 (11.76%) Salesforce
4 2 (5.88%) SAP
5 1 (2.94%) Ariba
5 1 (2.94%) Cisco
5 1 (2.94%) Juniper