Supplier Management Contracts in the West Midlands

Supplier Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Supplier Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Supplier Management over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 86 104
Rank change year-on-year -19 +18 +19
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Supplier Management 9 24 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.53% 1.27% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 1.55% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 22 20
10th Percentile £380 £464 £369
25th Percentile £444 £553 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £675 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +35.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £609 £794 £552
90th Percentile £673 £850 £651
England median daily rate £531 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.55% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Supplier 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 in the West Midlands.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,503 1,549 1,852
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.20% 81.83% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 953 1,044 1,258
10th Percentile £235 £263 £263
25th Percentile £385 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £575 £625 £605
90th Percentile £650 £725 £725
England median daily rate £510 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -3.77% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 58 41
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.13 £14.36
25th Percentile £14.47 £14.78 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.34 £21.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.91% -19.44% +54.29%
75th Percentile £35.14 £37.50 £30.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.38 £43.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.75 £40.85
% change year-on-year -41.17% +4.66% +51.39%

Supplier Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Supplier Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Supplier Management in the West Midlands

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Supplier Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Supplier Management

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Supplier Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Supplier Management in the West Midlands

Supplier Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Supplier Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Supplier Management

Supplier Management
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Supplier Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 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
Birmingham -2 5 £575 -4.17% 4
Warwickshire -17 3 £450 -38.98%
Coventry - 1 £620 - 1
Solihull - 1 £575 -
Supplier Management
England

Supplier Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Legal
4 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) IT Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Category Manager
2 2 (22.22%) IT Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Product Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Contracts Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Coordinator
3 1 (11.11%) IT Programme Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL
3 3 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 2 (22.22%) Architecture Roadmap
4 2 (22.22%) Change Control
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Contract Management
4 2 (22.22%) Contract Negotiation
4 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
4 2 (22.22%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (22.22%) Product Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
4 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery Management
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) PMO
2 1 (11.11%) GRC
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Apple
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) VMware