Supplier Management Contracts in the South East

Supplier Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Supplier Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Supplier Management over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 154 167
Rank change year-on-year 0 +13 +34
Contract jobs citing Supplier Management 10 34 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.29% 0.69% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.83% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 24 26
10th Percentile £280 £374 £406
25th Percentile £325 £487 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £560 £520
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +7.69% +4.52%
75th Percentile £400 £653 £608
90th Percentile £420 £675 £655
England median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £75.86
England median hourly rate - £14.79 £55.43
% change year-on-year - -73.32% +131.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,151 4,093 5,042
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 90.05% 82.84% 89.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,966 2,486 3,415
10th Percentile £250 £255 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £518
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +0.31% +3.68%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £623
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 284 328 237
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.00 £15.40
25th Percentile £15.13 £26.02 £21.22
Median hourly rate £21.67 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.22% +14.70% +105.25%
75th Percentile £50.25 £70.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.63 £76.90 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +62.40%

Supplier Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Supplier Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Supplier Management in the South East

Supplier Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Supplier Management in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Supplier Management in the South East

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Supplier Management in the South East over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Supplier Management in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Supplier Management in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Supplier Management in the South East

Supplier Management
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 Supplier Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Thames Valley +3 6 £400 -28.57% 10
Berkshire +7 4 £375 -34.78% 6
Hampshire +19 2 £333 -42.09% 7
West Sussex -1 2 £288 -36.81% 3
Buckinghamshire +1 1 £400 -28.57% 3
Oxfordshire - 1 £450 - 1
Supplier Management
England

Supplier Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Automotive
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Commercial Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Commercial Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Contract Management Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Procurement Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Procurement Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Procurement Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Digital Signage
1 2 (20.00%) NHS
2 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (30.00%) Business Case
2 3 (30.00%) Contract Management
2 3 (30.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (20.00%) Budget Control
3 2 (20.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
4 1 (10.00%) Feasibility Study
4 1 (10.00%) Information Governance
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (10.00%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (10.00%) Service Design
4 1 (10.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (20.00%) PMP
2 1 (10.00%) CISSP
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (10.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (10.00%) PMO
2 1 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle