Supply Chain Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Project Manager - Supply Chain
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Manager - Supply Chain daily rate in the UK excluding London is £506, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 September 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 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 374 397
Rank change year-on-year +8 +23 +100
Contract jobs requiring a Supply Chain Project Manager 4 5 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.026% 0.028% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.030% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 20
10th Percentile £501 £551 £486
25th Percentile £502 £551 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £555 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.78% -11.20% +19.05%
75th Percentile £514 £561 £656
90th Percentile £517 £564 £680
UK median daily rate £513 £570 £625
% change year-on-year -10.09% -8.80% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
UK median hourly rate - £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year - +50.00% -6.79%

All DemandTrendContract 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 13,731 16,517 20,412
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.05% 92.38% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,391 9,825 13,728
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,249 1,554 1,159
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.05 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.30 £18.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.95 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -42.78% +11.13% +79.77%
75th Percentile £54.01 £66.33 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £76.40
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

Supply Chain Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Supply Chain Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Supply Chain Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Supply Chain Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Supply Chain Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Supply Chain Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Supply Chain Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Supply Chain Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Supply Chain Project 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 Supply Chain Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 September 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
South East +24 2 £500 - 1
East Midlands -5 1 - -
Midlands -5 1 - -
North West -7 1 £513 -6.82%
North of England -22 1 £513 -6.82%
Supply Chain Project Manager
UK

Supply Chain Project Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 September 2025, Supply Chain Project 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 Supply Chain Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Supply Chain Management
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Retail
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Order Management
4 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (25.00%) Change Control
4 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) EDI
4 1 (25.00%) ERP
4 1 (25.00%) B2B
4 1 (25.00%) Primavera

Supply Chain Project 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Primavera
General
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) EDI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Supply Chain Management
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) B2B
4 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Change Control
4 1 (25.00%) ERP
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Order Management
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared