Supply Chain Management Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Supply Chain Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Supply Chain Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 110 106
Rank change year-on-year -20 -4 +56
Contract jobs citing Supply Chain Management 6 1 11
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.30% 0.053% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.064% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £443
25th Percentile - £465 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £480 £550
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -12.73% +144.44%
75th Percentile - £495 £650
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £563 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -6.25% +9.09% -15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Supply Chain 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,820 1,569 1,628
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 90.46% 83.10% 84.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,160 986 1,094
10th Percentile £263 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £624 £600
90th Percentile £675 £719 £725
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 41 56
10th Percentile £12.94 £14.70 £16.22
25th Percentile £16.45 £17.25 £19.44
Median hourly rate £24.34 £24.18 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.66% -12.07% +55.19%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.00 £48.13
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.07 £44.50
% change year-on-year -33.94% -14.45% +27.14%

Supply Chain Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Supply Chain Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Supply Chain Management job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Supply Chain Management
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Supply Chain Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Supply Chain Management
Contract 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 Supply Chain Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Warwickshire - 4 £600 - 1
Birmingham -3 2 - - 3
Supply Chain Management
England

Supply Chain Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 6 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Buyer
1 4 (66.67%) Senior
1 4 (66.67%) Senior Buyer
2 2 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Supply Chain Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
1 4 (66.67%) Contract Management
1 4 (66.67%) Market Research
1 4 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) CAFM
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Facilities Management
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery Management
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Ariba