Vendor Relationship Management Job Trends in England

Vendor Relationship Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Vendor Relationship Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 671 665
Rank change year-on-year +62 -6 +267
Permanent jobs citing Vendor Relationship Management 8 8 15
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.015% 0.017% 0.030%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.019% 0.018% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 11
10th Percentile £41,700 £31,561 £30,059
25th Percentile £50,250 £44,530 £38,405
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,375 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% +9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £76,719 £62,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,688 £77,000 -
UK median annual salary £62,375 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.96% +9.09% +10.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Vendor Relationship Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,913 43,729 44,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.21% 90.84% 89.77%
Number of salaries quoted 25,804 21,413 34,236
10th Percentile £28,742 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Vendor Relationship Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Vendor Relationship Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Vendor Relationship Management job vacancy trend in England

Vendor Relationship Management
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Vendor Relationship Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Vendor Relationship Management

Vendor Relationship Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vendor Relationship Management in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Vendor Relationship Management in England

Vendor Relationship Management
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vendor Relationship Management within the England region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England - 5 £55,000 -
Yorkshire - 4 £55,000 -
London +51 2 £79,875 +33.13% 1
North West - 1 - -
South West - 1 £37,000 -
Vendor Relationship Management
UK

Vendor Relationship Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (12.50%) IaaS
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) IT Manager
2 2 (25.00%) IT Relationships Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Relationships Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Supplier Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Supplier Relationship Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Information Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Operational Security Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Operations Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Product Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 4 (50.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
3 4 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 2 (25.00%) Information Security
5 1 (12.50%) Change Control
5 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
5 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Data Security
5 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 1 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (12.50%) Logistics
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Product Operations
5 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Zero Trust
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (12.50%) Nessus
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Clearswift
1 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
1 1 (12.50%) Sophos
1 1 (12.50%) Tenable
1 1 (12.50%) VMware