Supplier Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Supplier Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Supplier Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 296 337 468
Rank change year-on-year +41 +131 +154
Contract jobs requiring a Supplier Manager 8 8 9
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.081% 0.052% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.056% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 3
10th Percentile £468 £417 -
25th Percentile - £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £488 £300
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +62.50% -36.84%
75th Percentile £600 £501 £400
90th Percentile - £512 £460
UK median daily rate £540 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +20.00% -7.69% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Supplier Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Supplier Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Supplier Manager
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 Manager.

Supplier Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Supplier Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Supplier Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Supplier Manager Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Supplier 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Supplier Manager in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Supplier Relationship Management
2 6 (75.00%) Finance
3 4 (50.00%) Contract Management
4 3 (37.50%) Banking
4 3 (37.50%) Supplier Management
4 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
4 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
4 3 (37.50%) Change Management
5 2 (25.00%) Electronics
5 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (25.00%) Cisco
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (25.00%) SAP
5 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (25.00%) Marketing
5 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (12.50%) Demand Management
6 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
6 1 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
6 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
6 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (12.50%) SLA
6 1 (12.50%) Legal

Supplier Manager Skill Set
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:

General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Banking
2 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (25.00%) Electronics
3 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (25.00%) Marketing
3 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Supplier Relationship Management
2 4 (50.00%) Contract Management
3 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
3 3 (37.50%) Supplier Management
4 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
5 1 (12.50%) Demand Management
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
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