Supplier Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Supplier Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Supplier Management over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 441 546 608
Rank change year-on-year +105 +62 +8
Permanent jobs citing Supplier Management 542 494 807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.55% 0.50% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.52% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 357 221 501
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,750 £48,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,050 £60,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.08% +1.25% +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,978 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% +4.76%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,815 95,319 153,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.51% 95.59% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 59,706 56,021 82,390
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Supplier Management in the UK

Supplier Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Supplier Management over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Supplier Management in the UK

Supplier Management
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Supplier Management within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +71 477 £65,050 +7.74% 128
UK excluding London +45 430 £60,000 +5.26% 97
Work from Home +73 216 £73,805 +18.09% 56
North of England +52 155 £73,805 +34.19% 20
Midlands +64 134 £57,125 -10.74% 23
West Midlands +64 109 £57,965 -10.13% 16
London +60 72 £77,500 +14.81% 33
North West +39 69 £73,805 +34.19% 7
Yorkshire +50 60 £73,805 +25.62% 9
South East -9 59 £55,000 -8.14% 32
South West 0 42 £65,050 +23.90% 10
North East +17 26 £73,805 +47.61% 4
East Midlands +5 25 £50,000 +17.65% 7
East of England -6 14 £55,000 -8.33% 8
Scotland -47 13 £37,500 -17.13% 5
Wales +14 7 £27,000 -36.47% 2
Northern Ireland - 5 - -
Channel Islands - 1 £85,000 -

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 53 (9.78%) Confluence
2 2 (0.37%) Moodle
3 1 (0.18%) CMS
3 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 33 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.48%) AutoCAD
4 4 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.37%) Simulink
7 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.37%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.18%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 39 (7.20%) Power Platform
2 24 (4.43%) Azure
3 14 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (1.66%) AWS
5 6 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (0.92%) Google Analytics
6 5 (0.92%) SaaS
7 4 (0.74%) Contentful
8 2 (0.37%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.37%) PaaS
8 2 (0.37%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.37%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.18%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.18%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.18%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.18%) SAP Fieldglass
9 1 (0.18%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.14%) WAN
2 12 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (2.03%) Wireless
4 10 (1.85%) LAN
5 9 (1.66%) Firewall
6 8 (1.48%) 5G
7 6 (1.11%) Internet
8 5 (0.92%) Network Security
8 5 (0.92%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (0.74%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.55%) 4G
10 3 (0.55%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.55%) VPN
11 2 (0.37%) Bluetooth
11 2 (0.37%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.18%) DHCP
12 1 (0.18%) DNS
12 1 (0.18%) RS-232
12 1 (0.18%) RS-485
12 1 (0.18%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.20%) Power BI
1 39 (7.20%) Tableau
2 6 (1.11%) Data Lake
2 6 (1.11%) Data Mining
3 4 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (0.74%) Electronic Patient Records
3 4 (0.74%) NoSQL
3 4 (0.74%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.18%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 69 (12.73%) JIRA
2 2 (0.37%) CANoe
3 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
General
1 204 (37.64%) Finance
2 153 (28.23%) Social Skills
3 111 (20.48%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (19.19%) Manufacturing
5 102 (18.82%) Public Sector
6 71 (13.10%) Pharmaceutical
7 54 (9.96%) Legal
8 32 (5.90%) Retail
9 25 (4.61%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (4.43%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (4.43%) Telecoms
11 20 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 20 (3.69%) Law
12 17 (3.14%) Marketing
12 17 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (2.77%) Automotive
14 5 (0.92%) Games
14 5 (0.92%) Police
15 4 (0.74%) Welsh Language
16 3 (0.55%) Banking
Job Titles
1 156 (28.78%) Lead
2 86 (15.87%) Senior
3 65 (11.99%) IT Manager
4 56 (10.33%) QA Specialist
4 56 (10.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 50 (9.23%) Programme Manager
6 47 (8.67%) Project Manager
7 40 (7.38%) Supplier Manager
8 26 (4.80%) Analyst
9 23 (4.24%) Category Manager
10 22 (4.06%) Service Manager
11 16 (2.95%) Architect
12 15 (2.77%) Procurement Manager
12 15 (2.77%) Senior Manager
13 13 (2.40%) Head of IT
13 13 (2.40%) Operations Manager
14 12 (2.21%) Senior Project Manager
14 12 (2.21%) Technical Manager
15 11 (2.03%) QA Officer
16 10 (1.85%) Vendor Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.29%) .NET
2 4 (0.74%) ASP.NET
2 4 (0.74%) Middleware
2 4 (0.74%) Node.js
2 4 (0.74%) React
2 4 (0.74%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 4 (0.74%) YAML
3 3 (0.55%) EDI
4 2 (0.37%) JSON
4 2 (0.37%) XML
5 1 (0.18%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.01%) Management Information System
2 16 (2.95%) Data Centre
3 15 (2.77%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.03%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (1.85%) Algorithms
6 9 (1.66%) PropTech
7 8 (1.48%) Driving Licence
7 8 (1.48%) FMCG
8 6 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.11%) NHS
9 5 (0.92%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (0.74%) IoT
10 4 (0.74%) Operational Technology
10 4 (0.74%) Robotics
11 3 (0.55%) Client/Server
11 3 (0.55%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.37%) EPoS
12 2 (0.37%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.14%) Windows
2 6 (1.11%) Linux
3 2 (0.37%) Android
3 2 (0.37%) Unix
3 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (36.16%) Coaching
2 183 (33.76%) Mentoring
3 142 (26.20%) Agile
4 127 (23.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 119 (21.96%) Stakeholder Management
6 104 (19.19%) Problem-Solving
7 92 (16.97%) Project Management
8 83 (15.31%) Line Management
9 71 (13.10%) CAPA
10 70 (12.92%) ITIL
11 67 (12.36%) QMS
12 66 (12.18%) Budget Management
13 62 (11.44%) Service Delivery
14 61 (11.25%) Data Analysis
15 58 (10.70%) Risk Management
16 54 (9.96%) Contract Management
17 51 (9.41%) Co-Creation
17 51 (9.41%) Performance Management
18 47 (8.67%) Roadmaps
19 46 (8.49%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 49 (9.04%) SQL
2 7 (1.29%) Python
3 4 (0.74%) C#
3 4 (0.74%) JavaScript
3 4 (0.74%) VB
4 3 (0.55%) Java
5 2 (0.37%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 152 (28.04%) Degree
2 15 (2.77%) Master's Degree
3 14 (2.58%) MBA
4 11 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (1.48%) ISEB
5 8 (1.48%) ISEB Practitioner
6 7 (1.29%) CCIE
6 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 6 (1.11%) CCNA
8 5 (0.92%) CISSP
8 5 (0.92%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.74%) EMC Certification
9 4 (0.74%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.74%) Security Cleared
10 3 (0.55%) CISM
10 3 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.55%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.37%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (17.71%) QA
2 67 (12.36%) GMP
3 22 (4.06%) PMO
4 17 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (2.95%) SLA
6 11 (2.03%) GDPR
6 11 (2.03%) ISO 13485
7 9 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.66%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.74%) ISO 26262
9 3 (0.55%) AUTOSAR
9 3 (0.55%) GRC
9 3 (0.55%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.55%) NIST
10 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.37%) NCSC
11 1 (0.18%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.18%) ITGC
11 1 (0.18%) SOX 404
System Software
1 7 (1.29%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.11%) Firmware
3 4 (0.74%) Docker
4 3 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (0.74%) Functional Safety
1 4 (0.74%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.37%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 46 (8.49%) Microsoft
2 43 (7.93%) Atlassian
3 16 (2.95%) SAP
4 10 (1.85%) Cisco
5 7 (1.29%) IBM
5 7 (1.29%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.11%) Minitab
7 5 (0.92%) Ariba
7 5 (0.92%) EMC
7 5 (0.92%) Google
7 5 (0.92%) Meraki
7 5 (0.92%) Palo Alto
7 5 (0.92%) VMware
8 4 (0.74%) Adyen
8 4 (0.74%) Oracle
9 3 (0.55%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.55%) OneTrust
9 3 (0.55%) Xero
10 2 (0.37%) Juniper
10 2 (0.37%) Nintex