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 5 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 524 538 636
Rank change year-on-year +14 +98 +208
Contract jobs citing Supply Chain Planning 25 34 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.076% 0.087% 0.047%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.084% 0.10% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 16
10th Percentile £555 £498 £488
25th Percentile £700 - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £716 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year +30.18% -15.38% +10.92%
75th Percentile £738 £700 £738
90th Percentile £880 £820 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £550 £650
% change year-on-year -6.82% -15.38% -14.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £22.84 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.84 - -

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 29,789 33,520 47,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.40% 85.51% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,650 21,482 32,791
10th Percentile £300 £310 £322
25th Percentile £404 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,662 1,872 1,553
10th Percentile £14.13 £14.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.14 £18.90
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.41 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.77% -4.91% +61.02%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.95 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.92 £40.94 £39.60
% change year-on-year -44.02% +3.38% +84.19%

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 5 August 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 10 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 5 August 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 +21 17 £725 +31.82% 30
UK excluding London +5 11 £513 -6.82% 14
Work from Home +25 7 £715 +50.53% 18
London 0 7 £725 - 14
North West -12 4 - - 3
North of England -21 4 - - 4
South East +27 2 £513 -26.79% 8
South West - 2 - -
Wales - 2 - - 1
East of England +4 1 - - 1

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 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Oracle ASCP
1 6 (24.00%) Oracle EBS
1 6 (24.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (20.00%) SAP IBP
3 4 (16.00%) SAP APO
4 3 (12.00%) SAP MM
5 2 (8.00%) Oracle SCM
5 2 (8.00%) SAP LE
6 1 (4.00%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.00%) iPaaS
2 1 (4.00%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Power BI
1 2 (8.00%) Spotfire
1 2 (8.00%) Tableau
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 11 (44.00%) Manufacturing
2 10 (40.00%) Finance
3 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (16.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (4.00%) Automotive
6 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Consultant
2 7 (28.00%) Supply Chain Consultant
3 6 (24.00%) Lead
3 6 (24.00%) Oracle Consultant
4 5 (20.00%) Oracle Supply Chain Consultant
5 4 (16.00%) SAP Consultant
5 4 (16.00%) Senior
6 3 (12.00%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (8.00%) Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) Architect
7 2 (8.00%) Data Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) SAP APO Consultant
7 2 (8.00%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
7 2 (8.00%) SAP WM Consultant
7 2 (8.00%) Senior SAP Consultant
7 2 (8.00%) Senior SAP Supply Chain Consultant
7 2 (8.00%) Senior SAP WM Consultant
7 2 (8.00%) Senior Supply Chain Consultant
8 1 (4.00%) SAP APO Expert
8 1 (4.00%) Supply Chain Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.00%) SAP Core Interface
2 1 (4.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.00%) FMCG
2 1 (4.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Logistics
2 4 (16.00%) Cost Management
2 4 (16.00%) ERP
2 4 (16.00%) Inventory Management
2 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (16.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (12.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 3 (12.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (12.00%) Dependency Management
3 3 (12.00%) Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (12.00%) Programme Delivery
3 3 (12.00%) Supply Chain Model
4 2 (8.00%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (8.00%) Mathematics
4 2 (8.00%) Operations Research
4 2 (8.00%) Predictive Analytics
4 2 (8.00%) Quality Management
4 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (8.00%) Statistics
4 2 (8.00%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) Python
1 2 (8.00%) R
1 2 (8.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Oracle Certification
2 3 (12.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (12.00%) Degree
3 2 (8.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.00%) PMP
4 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) GxP
1 1 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 14 (56.00%) SAP
2 7 (28.00%) Oracle
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.00%) TOWER Software
4 2 (8.00%) TIBCO
5 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow