Supplier Management Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Supplier Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Supplier Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 230 262
Rank change year-on-year -91 +32 +10
Contract jobs citing Supplier Management 80 113 141
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.44% 0.79% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.90% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 64 95
10th Percentile £260 £425 £375
25th Percentile £368 £459 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £640 £604
90th Percentile £650 £746 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - £25.81 £27.28
25th Percentile - £29.31 £35.20
Median hourly rate - £32.50 £51.78
Median % change year-on-year - -37.23% +74.21%
75th Percentile - £34.56 £55.48
90th Percentile - £36.03 £55.67
UK median hourly rate - £32.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year - +32.65% -17.56%

All Process & 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 15,623 12,503 17,062
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.46% 87.48% 87.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,595 7,311 10,961
10th Percentile £222 £239 £250
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,714 719 1,242
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.71
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.78 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.60% -31.60% +50.70%
75th Percentile £53.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%

Supplier Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Supplier Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Supplier Management job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Supplier Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Supplier Management

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 3 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Supplier Management in the UK excluding London

Supplier Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Supplier Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Supplier Management

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 3 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
North of England -64 31 £481 -12.50% 15
Midlands -43 22 £481 -31.25% 7
South East -15 19 £530 +6.00% 11
West Midlands -38 15 £550 -24.14% 6
Yorkshire -36 13 £481 -3.75% 5
North West -47 12 £500 -13.04% 10
North East -2 8 £280 -51.30%
East Midlands -22 7 £225 -47.06% 1
South West -21 4 £550 +12.82% 3
Scotland -9 3 £419 -6.94% 1
Wales - 2 £700 -
East of England -21 1 £650 +18.18% 2
Supplier Management
UK

Supplier Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (8.75%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.50%) Confluence
3 1 (1.25%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.50%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.25%) BambooHR
2 1 (1.25%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.25%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.25%) SAP MM
2 1 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (20.00%) Azure
2 11 (13.75%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (10.00%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.00%) SaaS
5 3 (3.75%) AWS
5 3 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (2.50%) Azure API Management
6 2 (2.50%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.50%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.25%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.25%) GCP
7 1 (1.25%) GitHub
7 1 (1.25%) IaaS
7 1 (1.25%) PaaS
7 1 (1.25%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.75%) IPsec
1 3 (3.75%) SD-WAN
2 2 (2.50%) DWDM
2 2 (2.50%) LAN
2 2 (2.50%) Unified Communications
2 2 (2.50%) WAN
3 1 (1.25%) Broadband
3 1 (1.25%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.25%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (2.50%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.50%) Power BI
3 1 (1.25%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (2.50%) JIRA
2 1 (1.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 37 (46.25%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.75%) Finance
3 9 (11.25%) Retail
4 7 (8.75%) Telecoms
5 6 (7.50%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (5.00%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.75%) Legal
8 2 (2.50%) Banking
8 2 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.25%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.25%) Automotive
9 1 (1.25%) Back Office
9 1 (1.25%) Electronics
9 1 (1.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (28.75%) Project Manager
2 12 (15.00%) Senior
3 8 (10.00%) Architect
3 8 (10.00%) IT Manager
4 7 (8.75%) Senior Manager
5 6 (7.50%) Delivery Manager
5 6 (7.50%) Senior Project Manager
5 6 (7.50%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (6.25%) Analyst
6 5 (6.25%) Desktop Support
6 5 (6.25%) Desktop Support Technician
6 5 (6.25%) Desktop Technician
6 5 (6.25%) Lead
6 5 (6.25%) Security Manager
6 5 (6.25%) Senior Desktop Support
6 5 (6.25%) Senior Desktop Support Technician
6 5 (6.25%) Senior Support Technician
6 5 (6.25%) Senior Technician
6 5 (6.25%) Support Technician
7 4 (5.00%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.25%) ADO
1 1 (1.25%) Middleware
1 1 (1.25%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.50%) NHS
2 5 (6.25%) Smartphone
3 3 (3.75%) LIMS
3 3 (3.75%) Operational Technology
3 3 (3.75%) PACS
3 3 (3.75%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.75%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.50%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.50%) SCADA
5 1 (1.25%) CMDB
5 1 (1.25%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.25%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.25%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.25%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.00%) Windows
2 5 (6.25%) Apple iOS
2 5 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (48.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 25 (31.25%) Agile
3 24 (30.00%) Project Management
4 23 (28.75%) Project Delivery
5 17 (21.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (16.25%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (16.25%) Migration
7 12 (15.00%) ITIL
8 11 (13.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (13.75%) Waterfall
9 10 (12.50%) Customer Service
9 10 (12.50%) PRINCE2
10 9 (11.25%) Business Continuity
11 8 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
12 7 (8.75%) BCP
12 7 (8.75%) Business Continuity Planning
12 7 (8.75%) Change Management
12 7 (8.75%) Logistics
12 7 (8.75%) Project Governance
12 7 (8.75%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 6 (7.50%) Degree
2 3 (3.75%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.25%) ACCA
3 1 (1.25%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.25%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.25%) CIMA
3 1 (1.25%) CISA
3 1 (1.25%) CISM
3 1 (1.25%) CISSP
3 1 (1.25%) ISEB
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.25%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.25%) NIST
2 4 (5.00%) NCSC
2 4 (5.00%) NIST 800
2 4 (5.00%) PMO
2 4 (5.00%) SLA
3 3 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (3.75%) IASME
3 3 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (2.50%) COBIT
5 1 (1.25%) GDPR
5 1 (1.25%) GRC
5 1 (1.25%) HL7
5 1 (1.25%) PMBOK
5 1 (1.25%) QA
System Software
1 9 (11.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (6.25%) SCCM
2 1 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (23.75%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.25%) SAP
3 2 (2.50%) Ariba
3 2 (2.50%) Northgate
3 2 (2.50%) Oracle
3 2 (2.50%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.50%) VMware
3 2 (2.50%) Workday
4 1 (1.25%) Avaya
4 1 (1.25%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (1.25%) BMC
4 1 (1.25%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.25%) Concur
4 1 (1.25%) Genesys
4 1 (1.25%) Lotus
4 1 (1.25%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.25%) Salesforce