Supplier Management Contracts in the Thames Valley

Supplier Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 123 128
Rank change year-on-year +26 +5 -29
Contract jobs citing Supplier Management 5 22 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.33% 0.82% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.94% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 15
10th Percentile - £410 £406
25th Percentile - £448 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -6.25% +14.87%
75th Percentile £469 £560 £644
90th Percentile £480 £585 £650
South East median daily rate £463 £520 £560
% change year-on-year -11.06% -7.14% +14.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £15.85 -
South East median hourly rate - £15.85 £22.16
% change year-on-year - -28.47% +83.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Supplier Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Supplier Management in the Thames Valley

Supplier Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Supplier Management in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Supplier Management in the Thames Valley

Supplier Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Supplier Management in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Supplier Management in the Thames Valley

Supplier Management
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire +21 4 £450 -14.29% 7
Buckinghamshire +9 1 £475 +18.75% 6
Supplier Management
South East

Supplier Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (20.00%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (40.00%) Aviation
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) IT Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Management Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) CCTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Process Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) SIAM
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle