Supplier Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Supplier Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 262 274 303
Rank change year-on-year +12 +29 +72
Contract jobs citing Supplier Management 42 71 178
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.42% 0.46% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.53% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 50 126
10th Percentile £314 £419 £413
25th Percentile £441 £467 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £513 £573
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% -10.48% +4.09%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £745
90th Percentile £642 £735 -
UK median daily rate £531 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +1.19% -4.55% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Median hourly rate - £15.85 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year - -28.47% +10.80%
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £15.85 £22.16
% change year-on-year +105.05% -28.47% -22.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Supplier Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Supplier Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Supplier Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Supplier Management.

Supplier Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Supplier Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Supplier Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Supplier Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Supplier Management.

Supplier Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Supplier Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (9.52%) CMS
2 1 (2.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.14%) Azure
2 2 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (4.76%) SaaS
3 1 (2.38%) IaaS
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 19 (45.24%) Social Skills
2 11 (26.19%) Finance
3 10 (23.81%) Public Sector
4 8 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (11.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.76%) Electronics
6 2 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.76%) Law
6 2 (4.76%) Legal
6 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.76%) Marketing
6 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.76%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.38%) Banking
7 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 6 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 6 (14.29%) Senior
3 5 (11.90%) Analyst
4 4 (9.52%) Consultant
4 4 (9.52%) Digital Director
4 4 (9.52%) IT Director
4 4 (9.52%) Lead
4 4 (9.52%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (7.14%) Senior Manager
5 3 (7.14%) Supplier Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Architect
6 2 (4.76%) Contracts Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (4.76%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Relationships Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Senior Relationships Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Supplier Relationship Manager
7 1 (2.38%) Implementation Project Manager
7 1 (2.38%) IT Procurement Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.52%) Operational Technology
3 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.38%) CMDB
4 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.38%) EPoS
4 1 (2.38%) NHS
4 1 (2.38%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.95%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (21.43%) Contract Management
3 8 (19.05%) Change Management
3 8 (19.05%) Project Management
3 8 (19.05%) Risk Management
4 7 (16.67%) Agile
4 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 6 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 6 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 6 (14.29%) Roadmaps
6 5 (11.90%) Collaborative Culture
6 5 (11.90%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (11.90%) CRM
6 5 (11.90%) Regulatory Compliance
6 5 (11.90%) Supplier Relationship Management
7 4 (9.52%) Budget Management
7 4 (9.52%) PRINCE2
7 4 (9.52%) Service Delivery
7 4 (9.52%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) Degree
2 5 (11.90%) Security Cleared
3 4 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (7.14%) PMI Certification
4 3 (7.14%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (4.76%) PMP
6 1 (2.38%) CISSP
6 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.76%) PMO
2 1 (2.38%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.38%) ISO 13485
2 1 (2.38%) ISO 22301
2 1 (2.38%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft
1 4 (9.52%) SAP
2 3 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.76%) Ariba
3 2 (4.76%) Oracle
4 1 (2.38%) Cisco
4 1 (2.38%) ConnectWise