Supply Chain Architect Contracts

Supply Chain Architect
UK

The median Supply Chain Architect daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 575 700
Rank change year-on-year +64 +125 +87
Contract jobs requiring a Supply Chain Architect 9 7 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.016% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.017% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 14
10th Percentile £475 £515 £515
25th Percentile - £556 £619
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £713
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -8.77% +14.00%
75th Percentile £650 £738 £738
90th Percentile - £775 £801
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £650 £725
% change year-on-year -7.69% -10.34% +16.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Supply Chain Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Supply Chain Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Supply Chain Architect in the UK

Supply Chain Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Supply Chain Architect.

Daily rate trend for Supply Chain Architect in the UK

Supply Chain Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Supply Chain Architect over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Supply Chain Architect in the UK

Supply Chain Architect
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Supply Chain Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +57 7 £550 -15.38% 6
UK excluding London +64 6 £600 -7.69%
Work from Home +41 3 £450 -10.00% 3
East of England +31 3 £650 +30.00%
North West +18 2 £550 -
North of England +18 2 £550 -31.25%
London +37 1 £450 -30.77% 6
South West - 1 - -

Supply Chain Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Supply Chain Architect 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 featuring Supply Chain Architect in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (33.33%) SAP
3 3 (33.33%) Supply Chain Management
3 3 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Deployment Automation
4 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (22.22%) Power Automate
4 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
4 2 (22.22%) PowerApps
4 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 2 (22.22%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (22.22%) Performance Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) DevOps
4 2 (22.22%) Power BI
4 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
4 2 (22.22%) Azure
4 2 (22.22%) ERP
4 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 2 (22.22%) Middleware
4 2 (22.22%) Retail
4 2 (22.22%) Migration
5 1 (11.11%) PLM

Supply Chain Architect Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (22.22%) Power Automate
1 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
1 2 (22.22%) PowerApps
2 1 (11.11%) iPaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (22.22%) Retail
5 1 (11.11%) Automotive
5 1 (11.11%) Electronics
5 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
5 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Middleware
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
1 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (11.11%) FMCG
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (33.33%) Supply Chain Management
1 3 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Deployment Automation
2 2 (22.22%) DevOps
2 2 (22.22%) ERP
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Performance Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
2 2 (22.22%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (11.11%) Dependency Management
3 1 (11.11%) IT Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 1 (11.11%) Planning and Forecasting
3 1 (11.11%) Procure-to-Pay
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle