Supplier Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Supplier Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 249 283 265
Rank change year-on-year +34 -18 -15
Contract jobs citing Supplier Management 87 117 206
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.68% 0.56% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.66% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 62 131
10th Percentile £305 £364 £356
25th Percentile £438 £448 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -1.72%
75th Percentile £600 £597 £600
90th Percentile £663 £746 £650
UK median daily rate £531 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +1.19% -4.55% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 2
10th Percentile £25.03 £13.86 £17.73
25th Percentile £27.37 £14.27 £18.47
Median hourly rate £32.50 £15.68 £19.70
Median % change year-on-year +107.34% -20.43% -32.65%
75th Percentile £33.75 £15.85 £20.93
90th Percentile - £32.90 £21.67
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £15.85 £22.16
% change year-on-year +105.05% -28.47% -22.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Supplier Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Supplier Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Supplier Management in the UK excluding London

Supplier Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Supplier Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Supplier Management in the UK excluding London

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Supplier Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Supplier Management in the UK excluding London

Supplier Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Supplier Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Supplier Management in the UK excluding London

Supplier Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
North of England +34 33 £550 +7.32% 48
North West +32 21 £600 +14.29% 33
Midlands +22 19 £450 -40.00% 36
East Midlands +20 14 £447 - 14
South West +46 13 £600 +23.08% 18
South East +21 13 £463 -11.06% 61
Yorkshire +6 10 £500 - 14
Scotland +2 7 £450 -10.00% 7
West Midlands +4 5 £725 -3.33% 20
East of England +22 2 £525 +7.69% 20
North East - 2 £575 - 1
Wales +1 1 £306 -25.82% 7
Supplier Management
UK

Supplier Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.75%) Confluence
2 1 (1.15%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.15%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (1.15%) Oracle Retail
1 1 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.05%) Azure
2 4 (4.60%) SaaS
3 3 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.30%) AWS
4 2 (2.30%) GCP
4 2 (2.30%) IaaS
4 2 (2.30%) PaaS
5 1 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.05%) Firewall
2 4 (4.60%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (4.60%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (3.45%) WAN
4 2 (2.30%) BGP
4 2 (2.30%) MPLS
4 2 (2.30%) OSPF
4 2 (2.30%) SD-WAN
4 2 (2.30%) VLAN
4 2 (2.30%) VPN
5 1 (1.15%) DHCP
5 1 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.15%) LAN
5 1 (1.15%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.15%) VoIP
5 1 (1.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.60%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 6 (6.90%) JIRA
General
1 32 (36.78%) Finance
2 31 (35.63%) Social Skills
3 19 (21.84%) Influencing Skills
4 14 (16.09%) Public Sector
5 8 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (9.20%) Retail
5 8 (9.20%) Telecoms
6 6 (6.90%) Manufacturing
7 5 (5.75%) Automotive
8 4 (4.60%) Marketing
9 3 (3.45%) Electronics
10 2 (2.30%) Aviation
10 2 (2.30%) Banking
10 2 (2.30%) Legal
10 2 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.30%) Retail Banking
11 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.15%) Health Technology
11 1 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 14 (16.09%) Lead
3 11 (12.64%) IT Manager
4 8 (9.20%) Delivery Manager
4 8 (9.20%) Infrastructure Manager
4 8 (9.20%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 8 (9.20%) Senior
4 8 (9.20%) Technical Manager
5 7 (8.05%) IT Project Manager
6 5 (5.75%) Analyst
7 4 (4.60%) Consultant
7 4 (4.60%) Network Delivery Manager
7 4 (4.60%) Senior Manager
7 4 (4.60%) Systems Analyst
7 4 (4.60%) Technical Delivery Manager
7 4 (4.60%) Technical Project Manager
8 3 (3.45%) Network Manager
8 3 (3.45%) Senior Project Manager
8 3 (3.45%) Service Manager
9 2 (2.30%) Procurement Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.90%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.75%) Augmented Reality
2 5 (5.75%) e-Learning
2 5 (5.75%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (5.75%) Podcast
2 5 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (5.75%) Virtual Reality
3 4 (4.60%) NHS
3 4 (4.60%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.30%) CCTV
4 2 (2.30%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.30%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.30%) Digital Signage
4 2 (2.30%) PMI
5 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.15%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (40.23%) Project Management
2 31 (35.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 24 (27.59%) Agile
4 19 (21.84%) Risk Management
5 18 (20.69%) Project Delivery
6 17 (19.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 16 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (17.24%) Contract Management
9 14 (16.09%) Business Case
10 12 (13.79%) Change Management
11 11 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (12.64%) Contract Negotiation
12 10 (11.49%) ITIL
13 9 (10.34%) Budget Management
13 9 (10.34%) Roadmaps
13 9 (10.34%) Service Delivery
14 8 (9.20%) Migration
14 8 (9.20%) PRINCE2
14 8 (9.20%) Regulatory Compliance
14 8 (9.20%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 13 (14.94%) Security Cleared
2 12 (13.79%) SC Cleared
3 6 (6.90%) Degree
4 5 (5.75%) PMI Certification
5 4 (4.60%) APMP
5 4 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.45%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.45%) PMP
6 3 (3.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (2.30%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.30%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.30%) CCIE
7 2 (2.30%) CCNP
7 2 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.30%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.30%) JNCIE
7 2 (2.30%) JNCIP
8 1 (1.15%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.90%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (5.75%) SLA
3 4 (4.60%) PMO
4 2 (2.30%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (2.30%) ISO 14001
4 2 (2.30%) QA
5 1 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.15%) ISO 22301
5 1 (1.15%) ISO 31000
5 1 (1.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (1.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (5.75%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.15%) SCSM
Vendors
1 9 (10.34%) Oracle
2 8 (9.20%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.90%) Cisco
3 6 (6.90%) Fortinet
4 5 (5.75%) CheckPoint
4 5 (5.75%) SAP
5 2 (2.30%) Google
5 2 (2.30%) Juniper
5 2 (2.30%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.30%) TOWER Software
6 1 (1.15%) Ariba
6 1 (1.15%) Brio
6 1 (1.15%) HP
6 1 (1.15%) Marketo
6 1 (1.15%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.15%) Remedy
6 1 (1.15%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.15%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.15%) SolarWinds