Vendor Manager Contracts

Vendor Manager
UK

The median Vendor Manager daily rate in the UK is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 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
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 545 550 651
Rank change year-on-year +5 +101 +193
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Vendor Manager 8 14 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.036% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.039% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 4
10th Percentile £437 £338 £289
25th Percentile £454 £412 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £491
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +6.87% +3.42%
75th Percentile £533 £588 £597
90th Percentile £626 £740 £621
UK excluding London median daily rate £494 £438 -
% change year-on-year +12.86% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £35.00

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 30,134 36,051 48,460
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.97% 94.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,011 23,015 33,428
10th Percentile £280 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -1.57%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,572 1,954 1,495
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.16 £14.57
25th Percentile £17.30 £19.52 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% - +67.45%
75th Percentile £53.89 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £39.58
% change year-on-year -41.51% +8.65% +86.24%

Vendor Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Vendor Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Vendor Manager in the UK

Vendor Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Vendor Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Vendor Manager job vacancies in the UK

Vendor Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vendor Manager over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Vendor Manager in the UK

Vendor Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Vendor Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Vendor Manager job vacancies in the UK

Vendor Manager
Top 7 DemandTrendContract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vendor Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +5 8 £488 -7.14% 13
London +13 4 £455 -39.33% 6
UK excluding London -6 4 £494 +12.86% 7
West Midlands -10 3 £488 -11.36%
Midlands -11 3 £488 -11.36%
Work from Home +5 2 £656 +19.32% 8
East of England - 1 £775 - 5

Vendor Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 August 2025, Vendor Manager 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 Vendor Manager in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Service Delivery
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) SLA
3 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
5 1 (12.50%) Performance Monitoring
5 1 (12.50%) Software Licensing
5 1 (12.50%) Bloomberg
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (12.50%) Legal
5 1 (12.50%) Validation
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) Data Management
5 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
5 1 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Contract Negotiation
5 1 (12.50%) Refinitiv
5 1 (12.50%) Inventory Management
5 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (12.50%) SDLC
5 1 (12.50%) Contract Management

Vendor Manager 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Service Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (12.50%) Contract Management
3 1 (12.50%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Data Management
3 1 (12.50%) Inventory Management
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) SDLC
3 1 (12.50%) Software Licensing
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Bloomberg
1 1 (12.50%) Refinitiv