Vendor Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Vendor Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Vendor Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 394 356 409
Rank change year-on-year -38 +53 +100
Contract jobs requiring a Vendor Manager 3 6 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.018% 0.036% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.039% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 7
10th Percentile £481 £334 £479
25th Percentile £528 £335 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £406 £563
Median % change year-on-year +50.77% -27.78% +10.29%
75th Percentile £703 £456 £588
90th Percentile £754 £497 £589
UK median daily rate £468 £438 £563
% change year-on-year +6.86% -22.22% +16.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
UK median hourly rate - - £35.00

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 15,109 15,404 19,312
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.67% 92.12% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,358 8,834 12,797
10th Percentile £207 £217 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,462 1,065 1,257
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £19.30 £18.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +85.42%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.96 £73.68 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.39 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.74% -16.91% +55.71%

Vendor Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Vendor Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Vendor Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Vendor Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Vendor Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Vendor Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Vendor Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vendor Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Vendor Manager in the UK excluding London

Vendor Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Vendor Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Vendor Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Vendor 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 Vendor Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 November 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 West - 2 £450 - 2
North of England - 2 £450 - 2
East of England - 1 £775 -
Vendor Manager
UK

Vendor Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Vendor Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Vendor Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

Vendor Manager Skill Set
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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aviation
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management