Supplier Management Job Trends in the South East

Supplier Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Supplier Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 262 242
Rank change year-on-year +26 -20 +100
Permanent jobs citing Supplier Management 34 34 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.33% 0.37% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.42% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 23 8 25
10th Percentile £36,250 £48,250 £24,250
25th Percentile £49,375 £58,188 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.10% +20.83% -4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £90,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,250 £79,000
England median annual salary £58,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.77% - +8.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Supplier 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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,350 8,026 7,408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.40% 87.89% 88.67%
Number of salaries quoted 4,944 3,884 5,143
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,825 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,625 £45,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +9.43% -3.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,100
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Supplier Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Supplier Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Supplier Management job vacancy trend in the South East

Supplier Management
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Supplier Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Supplier Management

Supplier Management
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Supplier Management in the South East over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Supplier Management in the South East

Supplier Management
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Supplier Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 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
Thames Valley +23 21 £63,000 -13.10% 2
Berkshire +6 10 £63,000 -13.10% 1
Buckinghamshire +7 8 £37,500 -
Surrey -9 7 £58,000 -38.95% 1
Hampshire +38 4 £61,750 +3.78% 3
Oxfordshire - 3 £82,500 - 1
West Sussex - 2 £70,000 -
Supplier Management
England

Supplier Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.88%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (17.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.88%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (5.88%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 2 (5.88%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (5.88%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (5.88%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (5.88%) Q-Pulse
2 2 (5.88%) Sage 200
3 1 (2.94%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.94%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (5.88%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 2 (5.88%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (5.88%) Power BI
1 2 (5.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.94%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) JIRA
1 2 (5.88%) Oracle Forms
General
1 27 (79.41%) Finance
2 19 (55.88%) Social Skills
3 14 (41.18%) Influencing Skills
4 8 (23.53%) Legal
4 8 (23.53%) Manufacturing
5 4 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (8.82%) Marketing
7 2 (5.88%) Retail
8 1 (2.94%) Banking
8 1 (2.94%) Local Government
8 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (23.53%) Project Manager
2 6 (17.65%) Lead
3 5 (14.71%) Applications Support
4 3 (8.82%) Head of Procurement
5 2 (5.88%) Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Integration Specialist
5 2 (5.88%) IT Manager
5 2 (5.88%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Oracle Specialist
5 2 (5.88%) Supply Chain Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Technical Specialist
6 1 (2.94%) ERP Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) ERP Support
6 1 (2.94%) Finance Manager
6 1 (2.94%) ICT Manager
6 1 (2.94%) IT Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Senior
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Sourcing Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) EDI
1 2 (5.88%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Management Information System
1 6 (17.65%) Onboarding
1 6 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.88%) FMCG
2 2 (5.88%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Project Management
2 13 (38.24%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (38.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (26.47%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (23.53%) Analytics
4 8 (23.53%) Contract Management
4 8 (23.53%) Risk Management
4 8 (23.53%) Supply Chain Management
5 7 (20.59%) Contract Negotiation
5 7 (20.59%) Decision-Making
5 7 (20.59%) Regulatory Compliance
5 7 (20.59%) Workflow
6 6 (17.65%) Backlog Management
6 6 (17.65%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 6 (17.65%) Data Science
6 6 (17.65%) Data Strategy
6 6 (17.65%) Digital Analytics
6 6 (17.65%) Project Delivery
6 6 (17.65%) Source to Pay
6 6 (17.65%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) PL/SQL
1 2 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (38.24%) Degree
2 6 (17.65%) APMP
3 4 (11.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 4 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 4 (11.76%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.88%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.94%) ACCA
5 1 (2.94%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) SAP
2 4 (11.76%) NEC
3 2 (5.88%) IBM
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.88%) OpenText
3 2 (5.88%) Oracle
3 2 (5.88%) Sage
3 2 (5.88%) Salesforce