Supplier Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Supplier Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Supplier Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 386 432
Rank change year-on-year +45 +46 +60
Contract jobs requiring a Supplier Manager 6 12 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.046% 0.058% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.062% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 9
10th Percentile - £413 £300
25th Percentile £469 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £448 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.61% -5.68% -
75th Percentile £538 £475 £525
90th Percentile £680 £560 £573
UK median daily rate £504 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.94% -5.26% -6.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,856 19,265 21,603
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 92.41% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,519 11,619 15,030
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £504 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.10% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 863 2,432 1,082
10th Percentile £13.57 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.75 £18.01
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £60.06 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.33% -16.67% +80.00%

Supplier Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Supplier Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Supplier Manager in the UK excluding London

Supplier Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Supplier Manager in the UK excluding London

Supplier Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Supplier Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Supplier Manager in the UK excluding London

Supplier Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Supplier Manager in the UK excluding London

Supplier Manager
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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
Midlands - 3 £488 - 15
West Midlands - 3 £488 - 8
Scotland +11 2 £525 - 4
North of England - 1 £750 - 17
Yorkshire - 1 £750 - 8
Supplier Manager
UK

Supplier Manager Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 June 2025, Supplier Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Supplier Manager in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (50.00%) SLA
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
3 1 (16.67%) FMCG
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Relationship Management
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Reduction

Supplier Manager Skill Set
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:

General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Relationship Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) SLA