Supply Chain Planning Contracts

Supply Chain Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Supply Chain Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Supply Chain Planning over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 492 575 681
Rank change year-on-year +83 +106 +149
Contract jobs citing Supply Chain Planning 28 23 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.095% 0.053% 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.061% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 17
10th Percentile £550 £510 £425
25th Percentile £565 £588 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +18.18% -21.43%
75th Percentile £866 £775 £738
90th Percentile £880 £865 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £565 £750 £550
% change year-on-year -24.67% +36.36% -17.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.75
Median hourly rate - - £16.50
75th Percentile - - £17.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £16.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Supply Chain Planning 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 26,648 37,562 53,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.33% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,170 24,188 37,115
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,066 2,451 1,742
10th Percentile £14.35 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.26 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%
75th Percentile £61.50 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%

Supply Chain Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Supply Chain Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Supply Chain Planning in the UK

Supply Chain Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Supply Chain Planning in the UK

Supply Chain Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Supply Chain Planning over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Supply Chain Planning in the UK

Supply Chain Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Supply Chain Planning.

Hourly rate trend for Supply Chain Planning in the UK

Supply Chain Planning
Top 9 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 Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 +62 24 £700 - 32
UK excluding London +64 15 £565 -24.67% 18
North of England +30 11 £580 +5.45% 9
North West +21 11 £580 +5.45% 7
London +47 8 £880 +35.38% 16
Work from Home +46 7 £570 -11.35% 18
East of England +30 2 £675 - 1
South West - 2 - - 2
South East +41 1 £513 -35.94% 2

Supply Chain Planning
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:

Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (39.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (25.00%) SAP LE
3 5 (17.86%) SAP APO
4 2 (7.14%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (3.57%) Oracle ASCP
5 1 (3.57%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (3.57%) SAP ERP
5 1 (3.57%) SAP IBP
5 1 (3.57%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) iPaaS
1 1 (3.57%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Metadata
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle Reports
General
1 13 (46.43%) Manufacturing
2 9 (32.14%) Pharmaceutical
3 5 (17.86%) Aerospace
3 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
4 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (14.29%) Finance
5 1 (3.57%) Automotive
5 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Electronics
5 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Consultant
2 7 (25.00%) Lead
2 7 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
2 7 (25.00%) Supply Chain Consultant
3 6 (21.43%) Senior
3 6 (21.43%) Senior Consultant
4 5 (17.86%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
4 5 (17.86%) SAP WM Consultant
4 5 (17.86%) Senior SAP Consultant
4 5 (17.86%) Senior SAP Supply Chain Consultant
4 5 (17.86%) Senior SAP WM Consultant
4 5 (17.86%) Senior Supply Chain Consultant
5 4 (14.29%) Architect
6 2 (7.14%) SAP Architect
7 1 (3.57%) Cloud Consultant
7 1 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Architect
7 1 (3.57%) Oracle Consultant
7 1 (3.57%) SAP APO Consultant
7 1 (3.57%) Senior Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Life Science
2 2 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (7.14%) Data Structures
2 2 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (7.14%) Taxonomies
3 1 (3.57%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) Inventory Management
1 11 (39.29%) Logistics
2 9 (32.14%) Use Case
3 8 (28.57%) Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (25.00%) ERP
4 7 (25.00%) Quality Management
5 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (21.43%) Supply Chain Management
6 4 (14.29%) Migration
6 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (10.71%) Agile
7 3 (10.71%) Data Modelling
7 3 (10.71%) Decision Intelligence
7 3 (10.71%) Process Improvement
7 3 (10.71%) Regulatory Compliance
7 3 (10.71%) Technology Transformation
8 2 (7.14%) Business Process Analysis
8 2 (7.14%) Data Management
8 2 (7.14%) Decision-Making
8 2 (7.14%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.71%) Degree
3 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 19 (67.86%) SAP
2 3 (10.71%) Oracle
3 1 (3.57%) Ariba
3 1 (3.57%) JDA
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.57%) TOWER Software