Supplier Management Contract Job Trends

Supplier Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Supplier Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 342 347
Rank change year-on-year -78 +5 +57
Contract jobs citing Supplier Management 155 204 264
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.62% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.70% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 125 179
10th Percentile £286 £421 £393
25th Percentile £413 £463 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% +1.42%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £800 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 5
10th Percentile - £25.81 £18.41
25th Percentile - £29.31 £22.00
Median hourly rate - £32.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year - +32.65% -17.56%
75th Percentile - £34.56 £55.15
90th Percentile - £36.03 £55.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £32.50 £51.78
% change year-on-year - -37.23% +74.21%

All Process & 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 32,669 29,037 38,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.09% 88.41% 87.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,654 17,656 25,324
10th Percentile £304 £306 £306
25th Percentile £406 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £722 £738 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,016 941 1,546
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.79
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.79% +25.12%
75th Percentile £53.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.40 £74.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.79 £30.78 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.72% -31.60% +43.91%

Supplier Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Supplier Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Supplier Management over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Supplier Management in the UK

Supplier Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Supplier Management
Top 16 Contract Job 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 2 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
England -90 139 £513 -6.82% 55
UK excluding London -82 82 £500 -6.54% 42
London -40 58 £550 - 18
Work from Home 0 46 £500 -13.04% 28
North of England -46 31 £481 -12.50% 14
Midlands -38 22 £481 -31.25% 9
South East -14 21 £530 +6.00% 10
West Midlands -39 15 £550 -24.14% 8
Yorkshire -40 13 £481 -3.75% 5
North West -51 12 £500 -13.04% 9
North East -2 8 £280 -51.30%
East Midlands -19 7 £225 -47.06% 1
South West -20 4 £550 +12.82% 3
Scotland -1 3 £419 -6.94% 2
Wales - 2 £700 -
East of England -21 1 £650 +18.18% 3

Supplier Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 9 (5.81%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.29%) Confluence
2 2 (1.29%) Oracle Coherence
3 1 (0.65%) HCL Notes
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.29%) BambooHR
2 2 (1.29%) NEC Housing
2 2 (1.29%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.29%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.29%) SAP MM
2 2 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.65%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.65%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 25 (16.13%) Azure
2 13 (8.39%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (7.74%) AWS
4 9 (5.81%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.52%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.87%) SaaS
7 5 (3.23%) GCP
8 4 (2.58%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (2.58%) OpenShift
8 4 (2.58%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.94%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.29%) Azure API Management
10 2 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.29%) IaaS
10 2 (1.29%) OCI
10 2 (1.29%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.65%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.65%) GitHub
11 1 (0.65%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.58%) LAN
1 4 (2.58%) WAN
2 3 (1.94%) IPsec
2 3 (1.94%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.29%) DNS
3 2 (1.29%) DWDM
3 2 (1.29%) Network Security
3 2 (1.29%) Unified Communications
3 2 (1.29%) VPN
3 2 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.65%) Broadband
4 1 (0.65%) Internet
4 1 (0.65%) MQTT
4 1 (0.65%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.52%) Power BI
2 5 (3.23%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (1.29%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.65%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.65%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.65%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (2.58%) JIRA
2 2 (1.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 72 (46.45%) Social Skills
2 31 (20.00%) Finance
3 22 (14.19%) Public Sector
4 14 (9.03%) Retail
5 9 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (5.16%) Manufacturing
7 7 (4.52%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (4.52%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.87%) Legal
9 5 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.29%) Banking
11 2 (1.29%) Local Government
11 2 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.65%) Back Office
12 1 (0.65%) Electronics
12 1 (0.65%) French Language
12 1 (0.65%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 36 (23.23%) Project Manager
2 21 (13.55%) Senior
3 18 (11.61%) IT Manager
4 15 (9.68%) Architect
5 14 (9.03%) Lead
6 11 (7.10%) Programme Manager
6 11 (7.10%) Senior Manager
7 9 (5.81%) Analyst
7 9 (5.81%) Delivery Manager
7 9 (5.81%) IT Project Manager
7 9 (5.81%) Senior Project Manager
8 8 (5.16%) Service Manager
9 7 (4.52%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (3.23%) Desktop Support
10 5 (3.23%) Desktop Support Technician
10 5 (3.23%) Infrastructure Manager
10 5 (3.23%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 5 (3.23%) Programme Director
10 5 (3.23%) Support Technician
10 5 (3.23%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.58%) Middleware
2 2 (1.29%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.29%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (1.29%) Web Services
3 1 (0.65%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.16%) Onboarding
2 7 (4.52%) NHS
3 5 (3.23%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (3.23%) Smartphone
4 4 (2.58%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.94%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.94%) LIMS
5 3 (1.94%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.94%) PACS
5 3 (1.94%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.29%) CMDB
6 2 (1.29%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.29%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.29%) SCADA
7 1 (0.65%) FMCG
7 1 (0.65%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.65%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.65%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.45%) Windows
2 5 (3.23%) Apple iOS
2 5 (3.23%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.65%) VMS
3 1 (0.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (50.97%) Stakeholder Management
2 43 (27.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 40 (25.81%) Agile
4 35 (22.58%) Project Management
5 31 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 29 (18.71%) ITIL
7 27 (17.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (15.48%) Migration
9 18 (11.61%) Waterfall
10 17 (10.97%) PRINCE2
10 17 (10.97%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (10.32%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (9.68%) Roadmaps
13 14 (9.03%) Customer Service
14 13 (8.39%) Business Continuity
14 13 (8.39%) Risk Management
14 13 (8.39%) Service Delivery
15 12 (7.74%) Contract Management
15 12 (7.74%) Logistics
16 11 (7.10%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (0.65%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (8.39%) Security Cleared
2 10 (6.45%) Degree
2 10 (6.45%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.58%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.94%) CISM
5 3 (1.94%) CISSP
5 3 (1.94%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.94%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.94%) PMP
6 1 (0.65%) ACCA
6 1 (0.65%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.65%) CIMA
6 1 (0.65%) CISA
6 1 (0.65%) ISEB
6 1 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.10%) SLA
2 6 (3.87%) PMO
2 6 (3.87%) QA
3 5 (3.23%) NIST
4 4 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.58%) NCSC
4 4 (2.58%) NIST 800
5 3 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.94%) IASME
5 3 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (1.29%) COBIT
6 2 (1.29%) GDPR
7 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.65%) GRC
7 1 (0.65%) HL7
7 1 (0.65%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.65%) PMBOK
System Software
1 10 (6.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (3.87%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (3.87%) SCCM
2 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (18.06%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.39%) SAP
3 10 (6.45%) Oracle
4 8 (5.16%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.23%) Workday
6 4 (2.58%) IBM
7 3 (1.94%) Ariba
8 2 (1.29%) Northgate
8 2 (1.29%) VMware
9 1 (0.65%) BiZZdesign
9 1 (0.65%) BMC
9 1 (0.65%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.65%) Google
9 1 (0.65%) Lotus
9 1 (0.65%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.65%) NEC
9 1 (0.65%) OneLogin
9 1 (0.65%) Progress
9 1 (0.65%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.65%) Yardi