Supplier Management Contracts

Supplier Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Supplier Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Supplier Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 370 363 393
Rank change year-on-year -7 +30 +20
Contract jobs citing Supplier Management 235 395 584
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.54% 0.66% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.74% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 279 444
10th Percentile £378 £363 £391
25th Percentile £466 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £532
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.43% +6.35%
75th Percentile £681 £669 £625
90th Percentile £745 £745 £714
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £509
% change year-on-year +2.50% -1.72% +7.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 12
10th Percentile £13.86 £18.22 £12.64
25th Percentile £15.50 £19.70 £18.75
Median hourly rate £15.85 £22.16 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.47% -22.25% +35.71%
75th Percentile £22.89 £37.96 £38.68
90th Percentile £32.90 £47.43 £44.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.68 £19.70 £29.25
% change year-on-year -20.43% -32.65% +39.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Supplier Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,562 53,490 80,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 89.88% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,188 37,115 56,434
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,451 1,742 1,926
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.27
Median hourly rate £35.50 £36.42 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% +45.69% -
75th Percentile £59.95 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.00%

Supplier Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Supplier Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Supplier Management in the UK

Supplier Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Supplier Management.

Daily rate trend for Supplier Management in the UK

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Supplier Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Supplier Management in the UK

Supplier Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Supplier Management.

Hourly rate trend for Supplier Management in the UK

Supplier Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Supplier Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Supplier Management in the UK

Supplier Management
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Supplier Management within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. 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
England +22 208 £525 -4.55% 132
UK excluding London -31 117 £513 +2.50% 91
London +56 109 £550 -12.00% 43
Work from Home +21 71 £513 -10.48% 54
South East +10 38 £520 -7.14% 33
Scotland +30 18 £500 +11.11% 6
Midlands -3 18 £750 +50.00% 15
North of England -5 18 £513 -4.65% 20
South West +5 14 £488 -9.30% 10
West Midlands +2 14 £750 +62.16% 13
Yorkshire +17 12 £500 -4.76% 4
East of England +7 10 £488 +8.33% 8
North West +2 6 £525 -4.55% 12
East Midlands +14 4 - - 2
Wales +18 1 £413 -21.43%

Supplier Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.70%) Confluence
1 4 (1.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.43%) CMS
2 1 (0.43%) Drupal
2 1 (0.43%) Kentico
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.43%) Moodle
Applications
1 21 (8.94%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.70%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.85%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.85%) InDesign
5 2 (0.85%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.43%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 10 (4.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.70%) SAP MM
3 3 (1.28%) Maximo
3 3 (1.28%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (1.28%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.28%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.85%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.85%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.85%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.23%) Azure
2 10 (4.26%) SaaS
3 8 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (2.98%) Google Workspace
4 7 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.55%) AWS
6 5 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (2.13%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.70%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 4 (1.70%) AWS Direct Connect
7 4 (1.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (1.70%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.70%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (1.28%) MailChimp
8 3 (1.28%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.85%) SurveyMonkey
10 1 (0.43%) GCP
10 1 (0.43%) IaaS
10 1 (0.43%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.43%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.11%) WAN
2 9 (3.83%) BGP
2 9 (3.83%) LAN
2 9 (3.83%) OSPF
2 9 (3.83%) VLAN
3 6 (2.55%) Firewall
3 6 (2.55%) Network Security
4 5 (2.13%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (2.13%) DHCP
4 5 (2.13%) DNS
4 5 (2.13%) NAS
4 5 (2.13%) SAN
4 5 (2.13%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.13%) VPN
5 4 (1.70%) EIGRP
5 4 (1.70%) GLBP
5 4 (1.70%) HSRP
5 4 (1.70%) VRRP
5 4 (1.70%) VXLAN
5 4 (1.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (1.70%) Electronic Patient Records
2 3 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.28%) Power BI
3 1 (0.43%) DTS
3 1 (0.43%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 9 (3.83%) JIRA
2 2 (0.85%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.85%) Selenium
3 1 (0.43%) LabVIEW
General
1 61 (25.96%) Finance
2 57 (24.26%) Social Skills
3 54 (22.98%) Public Sector
4 31 (13.19%) Legal
5 22 (9.36%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (8.09%) Telecoms
7 12 (5.11%) Retail
8 11 (4.68%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (4.68%) Marketing
9 10 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (3.83%) Manufacturing
11 8 (3.40%) Mandarin Language
11 8 (3.40%) Police
11 8 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (2.55%) Banking
12 6 (2.55%) Law
13 4 (1.70%) Local Government
14 3 (1.28%) Advertising
14 3 (1.28%) Back Office
15 2 (0.85%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 53 (22.55%) Project Manager
2 28 (11.91%) Lead
3 22 (9.36%) Analyst
3 22 (9.36%) Contracts Manager
4 17 (7.23%) Senior
5 16 (6.81%) IT Manager
6 13 (5.53%) Programme Manager
7 11 (4.68%) Service Manager
8 9 (3.83%) Business Analyst
8 9 (3.83%) Development Manager
8 9 (3.83%) IT Project Manager
8 9 (3.83%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
9 8 (3.40%) Delivery Manager
9 8 (3.40%) Senior Manager
10 7 (2.98%) Commercial Manager
10 7 (2.98%) ICT Support
10 7 (2.98%) Senior Analyst
10 7 (2.98%) Senior Business Analyst
10 7 (2.98%) Service Analyst
11 6 (2.55%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (0.85%) REST
1 2 (0.85%) SOAP
2 1 (0.43%) EDI
2 1 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.43%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.23%) Data Centre
1 17 (7.23%) Management Information System
2 14 (5.96%) Onboarding
3 7 (2.98%) CMDB
3 7 (2.98%) PMI
4 6 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (2.55%) Photography
5 5 (2.13%) CCTV
5 5 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.28%) FMCG
6 3 (1.28%) NHS
6 3 (1.28%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.85%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.43%) CSOC
8 1 (0.43%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.43%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.43%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.11%) Windows
2 5 (2.13%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.43%) Linux
3 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (30.21%) Stakeholder Management
2 61 (25.96%) Project Management
3 43 (18.30%) PRINCE2
4 36 (15.32%) Agile
5 35 (14.89%) ITIL
6 30 (12.77%) Collaborative Working
7 28 (11.91%) Risk Management
8 24 (10.21%) Migration
8 24 (10.21%) Project Delivery
9 20 (8.51%) Service Management
10 19 (8.09%) Service Delivery
11 18 (7.66%) Programme Management
12 17 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (7.23%) Roadmaps
13 16 (6.81%) Asset Management
14 14 (5.96%) Problem-Solving
15 13 (5.53%) Analytics
15 13 (5.53%) Cybersecurity
16 12 (5.11%) ITSM
17 11 (4.68%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.70%) Python
2 1 (0.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 34 (14.47%) Degree
2 33 (14.04%) Security Cleared
3 22 (9.36%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (3.40%) PMI Certification
6 6 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.13%) CTC Cleared
8 4 (1.70%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (1.70%) CISM
8 4 (1.70%) CISSP
8 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.28%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.28%) MCP
9 3 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.85%) APMG
10 2 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.85%) PMP
11 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.26%) PMO
1 10 (4.26%) SLA
2 8 (3.40%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.85%) COBIT
3 2 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (0.85%) QA
4 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.43%) IASME
4 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.43%) NCSC
4 1 (0.43%) NEBOSH
4 1 (0.43%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (4.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.43%) Nagios
1 1 (0.43%) OpenView
1 1 (0.43%) SCCM
1 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (11.91%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.09%) SAP
3 10 (4.26%) Oracle
3 10 (4.26%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.55%) Cisco
5 5 (2.13%) Huawei
5 5 (2.13%) Juniper
6 4 (1.70%) Google
6 4 (1.70%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.28%) CheckPoint
8 2 (0.85%) Adobe
8 2 (0.85%) IFS
9 1 (0.43%) AlgoSec
9 1 (0.43%) AlienVault
9 1 (0.43%) HP
9 1 (0.43%) IBM
9 1 (0.43%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.43%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.43%) Splunk
9 1 (0.43%) Workday