Supplier Management Contracts

Supplier Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 375 363
Rank change year-on-year +18 -12 +31
Contract jobs citing Supplier Management 167 232 396
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.53% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.62% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 148 280
10th Percentile £359 £375 £363
25th Percentile £463 £466 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -4.55% +3.68%
75th Percentile £633 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £745 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -1.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 14 3
10th Percentile £25.03 £13.86 £18.22
25th Percentile £27.37 £15.50 £19.70
Median hourly rate £32.50 £15.85 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year +105.05% -28.47% -22.25%
75th Percentile £33.75 £22.89 £37.96
90th Percentile - £32.90 £47.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £15.68 £19.70
% change year-on-year +107.34% -20.43% -32.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

Supplier Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Supplier Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Supplier Management in the UK

Supplier Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Supplier Management.

Daily rate trend for Supplier Management in the UK

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Supplier Management over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Supplier Management in the UK

Supplier Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Supplier Management.

Hourly rate trend for Supplier Management in the UK

Supplier Management
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +16 155 £539 +2.62% 249
UK excluding London +24 86 £500 -2.44% 191
London -1 70 £540 -1.82% 71
Work from Home +23 43 £538 +4.88% 88
North of England +43 33 £550 +7.32% 45
North West +26 21 £600 +14.29% 29
Midlands +24 19 £450 -40.00% 36
East Midlands +20 14 £447 - 13
South East +17 13 £463 -11.06% 51
South West +46 12 £600 +20.00% 19
Yorkshire +13 10 £500 - 14
Scotland -2 7 £450 -10.00% 7
West Midlands +6 5 £725 -3.33% 21
East of England +25 2 £525 +7.69% 31
North East - 2 £575 - 2
Wales +5 1 £306 -25.82% 7

Supplier Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.99%) CMS
1 5 (2.99%) Confluence
2 1 (0.60%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (7.19%) Azure
2 7 (4.19%) SaaS
3 5 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.80%) AWS
5 2 (1.20%) GCP
5 2 (1.20%) IaaS
5 2 (1.20%) PaaS
6 1 (0.60%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.60%) dbt
6 1 (0.60%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.60%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.79%) Firewall
2 5 (2.99%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (2.40%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.80%) Unified Communications
4 3 (1.80%) WAN
5 2 (1.20%) BGP
5 2 (1.20%) MPLS
5 2 (1.20%) OSPF
5 2 (1.20%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.20%) VLAN
5 2 (1.20%) VPN
6 1 (0.60%) DHCP
6 1 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.60%) LAN
6 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.60%) VoIP
6 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.40%) Metadata
2 2 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.60%) MS Access
3 1 (0.60%) MySQL
3 1 (0.60%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (3.59%) JIRA
General
1 61 (36.53%) Social Skills
2 56 (33.53%) Finance
3 31 (18.56%) Public Sector
4 20 (11.98%) Influencing Skills
5 16 (9.58%) Telecoms
6 14 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (6.59%) Manufacturing
8 10 (5.99%) Marketing
8 10 (5.99%) Retail
9 9 (5.39%) Banking
10 8 (4.79%) Legal
11 7 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (3.59%) Electronics
12 6 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (2.99%) Automotive
14 4 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (1.80%) Law
15 3 (1.80%) Retail Banking
16 2 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (1.20%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 43 (25.75%) Project Manager
2 21 (12.57%) Lead
3 15 (8.98%) IT Manager
4 14 (8.38%) Delivery Manager
4 14 (8.38%) Senior
5 13 (7.78%) Infrastructure Manager
6 10 (5.99%) Consultant
6 10 (5.99%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 9 (5.39%) Analyst
7 9 (5.39%) Architect
7 9 (5.39%) Technical Manager
8 8 (4.79%) Senior Manager
9 7 (4.19%) IT Project Manager
9 7 (4.19%) Supplier Manager
10 5 (2.99%) Relationships Manager
10 5 (2.99%) Supplier Relationship Manager
10 5 (2.99%) Systems Analyst
10 5 (2.99%) Technical Project Manager
11 4 (2.40%) IT Director
11 4 (2.40%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.80%) Middleware
3 1 (0.60%) .NET
3 1 (0.60%) ADO
3 1 (0.60%) Node.js
3 1 (0.60%) React
3 1 (0.60%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.79%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.59%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.59%) NHS
4 5 (2.99%) Augmented Reality
4 5 (2.99%) e-Learning
4 5 (2.99%) Operational Technology
4 5 (2.99%) Podcast
4 5 (2.99%) Virtual Reality
5 4 (2.40%) CCTV
5 4 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.80%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (1.80%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.20%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.20%) Digital Signage
7 2 (1.20%) FMCG
7 2 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.20%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.20%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.60%) Linux
1 1 (0.60%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (33.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 51 (30.54%) Project Management
3 43 (25.75%) Agile
4 33 (19.76%) Risk Management
5 27 (16.17%) Contract Management
5 27 (16.17%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (15.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 25 (14.97%) Change Management
8 24 (14.37%) PRINCE2
8 24 (14.37%) Project Delivery
9 21 (12.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (12.57%) Roadmaps
10 20 (11.98%) Migration
11 19 (11.38%) Business Case
12 18 (10.78%) Service Delivery
13 16 (9.58%) ITIL
14 15 (8.98%) Budget Management
14 15 (8.98%) Collaborative Working
14 15 (8.98%) Contract Negotiation
15 14 (8.38%) Supplier Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.80%) SQL
2 1 (0.60%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.60%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (11.38%) Security Cleared
2 15 (8.98%) Degree
3 14 (8.38%) SC Cleared
4 12 (7.19%) PMI Certification
5 10 (5.99%) PMP
6 6 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.40%) APMP
7 4 (2.40%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (1.20%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.20%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.20%) CCIE
9 2 (1.20%) CCNP
9 2 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.20%) JNCIE
9 2 (1.20%) JNCIP
10 1 (0.60%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.99%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (4.79%) QA
3 6 (3.59%) PMO
4 5 (2.99%) SLA
5 2 (1.20%) GDPR
5 2 (1.20%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (1.20%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.60%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.60%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.60%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.60%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.60%) ISO 31000
6 1 (0.60%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.20%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.99%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.60%) SCSM
Vendors
1 15 (8.98%) SAP
2 14 (8.38%) Oracle
3 12 (7.19%) Microsoft
4 7 (4.19%) Cisco
5 6 (3.59%) Fortinet
5 6 (3.59%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.99%) Ariba
6 5 (2.99%) CheckPoint
7 3 (1.80%) Marketo
7 3 (1.80%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.20%) Google
8 2 (1.20%) Juniper
8 2 (1.20%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.20%) TOWER Software
9 1 (0.60%) Brio
9 1 (0.60%) HP
9 1 (0.60%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.60%) NEC
9 1 (0.60%) Remedy
9 1 (0.60%) SolarWinds