Supplier Relationship Management Contracts

Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Supplier Relationship Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Supplier Relationship 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 480 581 655
Rank change year-on-year +101 +74 +145
Contract jobs citing Supplier Relationship Management 39 19 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.044% 0.097%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.051% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 7 38
10th Percentile £406 £354 £362
25th Percentile £410 £406 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £480 £513
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -6.34% +13.89%
75th Percentile £600 £525 £569
90th Percentile £623 £561 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £417 £453 £463
% change year-on-year -7.85% -2.16% +11.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile £29.42 - -
25th Percentile £29.70 £13.25 £12.50
Median hourly rate £30.74 £13.75 £20.49
Median % change year-on-year +123.55% -32.89% -
75th Percentile £32.33 £17.38 £33.49
90th Percentile £32.95 £23.45 £43.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.23 £13.75 £20.49
% change year-on-year +112.58% -32.89% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Supplier Relationship 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 Relationship Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Supplier Relationship Management in the UK

Supplier Relationship Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Supplier Relationship Management in the UK

Supplier Relationship Management
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Supplier Relationship Management in the UK

Supplier Relationship Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Supplier Relationship Management in the UK

Supplier Relationship Management
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Supplier Relationship 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 +84 35 £540 +8.00% 40
London +46 18 £600 +9.09% 14
UK excluding London +60 16 £417 -7.85% 33
Work from Home +55 16 £550 +14.58% 28
Midlands +26 5 - - 5
East Midlands - 5 - - 3
North of England - 4 £425 - 4
South West +47 3 £409 -18.20% 2
South East +45 3 £466 +9.71% 12
North West - 2 £215 - 3
Yorkshire - 2 £488 - 1
East of England +33 1 - - 5

Supplier Relationship 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 3 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (7.69%) SAP SRM
2 2 (5.13%) SAP MM
2 2 (5.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (2.56%) SAP EWM
3 1 (2.56%) SAP GTS
3 1 (2.56%) SAP IBP
3 1 (2.56%) SAP MDG
3 1 (2.56%) SAP PP
3 1 (2.56%) SAP QM
3 1 (2.56%) SAP SCM
3 1 (2.56%) Teamcenter
3 1 (2.56%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.56%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 20 (51.28%) Finance
2 10 (25.64%) Public Sector
2 10 (25.64%) Telecoms
3 7 (17.95%) Influencing Skills
3 7 (17.95%) Legal
3 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
4 6 (15.38%) Marketing
5 5 (12.82%) Electronics
5 5 (12.82%) Local Government
5 5 (12.82%) Manufacturing
6 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (10.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (7.69%) Banking
7 3 (7.69%) Retail
8 1 (2.56%) Law
8 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (25.64%) Supplier Manager
2 9 (23.08%) Lead
2 9 (23.08%) Relationships Manager
2 9 (23.08%) Senior
2 9 (23.08%) Senior Manager
3 8 (20.51%) Supplier Relationship Manager
4 6 (15.38%) IT Manager
4 6 (15.38%) Procurement Manager
5 5 (12.82%) Senior Relationships Manager
6 4 (10.26%) Commercial Manager
6 4 (10.26%) Project Manager
7 3 (7.69%) Analyst
7 3 (7.69%) Category Manager
7 3 (7.69%) Data Analyst
7 3 (7.69%) SAP Analyst
7 3 (7.69%) SAP Data Analyst
8 2 (5.13%) IT Procurement Manager
8 2 (5.13%) IT Relationships Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Senior Commercial Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Senior Procurement Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) FMCG
2 2 (5.13%) IoT
2 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.56%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.56%) LIMS
3 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.56%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (43.59%) Contract Management
2 14 (35.90%) Supplier Management
3 11 (28.21%) Contract Negotiation
4 10 (25.64%) Service Delivery
5 9 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (23.08%) Risk Management
6 8 (20.51%) ERP
6 8 (20.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (17.95%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (17.95%) ITIL
8 6 (15.38%) Proactive Management
9 5 (12.82%) Conflict Resolution
9 5 (12.82%) Programme Delivery
10 4 (10.26%) Change Management
10 4 (10.26%) Cost Optimisation
10 4 (10.26%) Cost Reduction
10 4 (10.26%) Digital Marketing
10 4 (10.26%) Programme Management
10 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (7.69%) Data Migration
Qualifications
1 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared
1 4 (10.26%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.13%) Degree
3 1 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.95%) SLA
2 4 (10.26%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.56%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (2.56%) GRC
3 1 (2.56%) ISO 13485
3 1 (2.56%) ISO 9001
3 1 (2.56%) PMO
3 1 (2.56%) QA
3 1 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 10 (25.64%) SAP
2 4 (10.26%) Ariba
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.69%) Cisco
4 2 (5.13%) NEC
4 2 (5.13%) Oracle
5 1 (2.56%) Siemens