vendor management jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, vendor management appears in 723 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Program Manager has the most postings mentioning vendor management, with demand down 21% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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Frequently asked questions about vendor management
+Is vendor management in demand in 2026?
Yes. vendor management appears in 723 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 21% vs the prior 4 weeks. Program Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning vendor management (16.2% of all postings mentioning vendor management).
+What jobs require vendor management?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning vendor management are Clinical Program Manager (17.2% of that role’s postings mention vendor management), AI Operations Manager (10.7% of that role’s postings mention vendor management), Design Program Manager (9.1% of that role’s postings mention vendor management).
+What skills are commonly paired with vendor management?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), vendor management most often appears alongside project management, program management, Risk Management, automation, Data analysis.
+Where is vendor management most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring vendor management are New York City, San Francisco, London, Toronto, Chicago, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring vendor management — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require vendor management
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical Program Manager | 5 | 17.2% |
| AI Operations Manager | 3 | 10.7% |
| Design Program Manager | 2 | 9.1% |
| Security Program Manager | 2 | 8.0% |
| Spacecraft Systems Engineer | 2 | 7.7% |
| IT Product Manager | 2 | 7.4% |
| Marketing Analytics Director | 2 | 7.4% |
| Business Operations Analyst | 2 | 6.2% |
| Operations Program Manager | 4 | 5.3% |
| Chief Information Security Officer | 3 | 5.2% |
Roles with the most vendor management postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Program Manager | 117 | 16.2% |
| Product Manager | 82 | 11.3% |
| Technical Program Manager | 58 | 8.0% |
| Business Analyst | 16 | 2.2% |
| Engineering Manager | 15 | 2.1% |
| Product Owner | 9 | 1.2% |
| Technical Product Manager | 9 | 1.2% |
| Benefits Program Manager | 7 | 1.0% |
| Engineering Director | 7 | 1.0% |
| Systems Engineer | 7 | 1.0% |
Top metros hiring for vendor management
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 37 | 5.1% |
| San Francisco | 34 | 4.7% |
| London | 15 | 2.1% |
| Toronto | 15 | 2.1% |
| Chicago | 11 | 1.5% |
| Boston | 10 | 1.4% |
| Sunnyvale | 9 | 1.2% |
| Atlanta | 8 | 1.1% |
| Bengaluru | 8 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with vendor management
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- Clinical Program Manager
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- Design Program Manager
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- Spacecraft Systems Engineer
- IT Product Manager
- Marketing Analytics Director
- Business Operations Analyst
- project management
- program management
- Risk Management
- automation
- Data analysis
- stakeholder management
- Change Management
- Agile
How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning vendor management by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s vendor management postings by all vendor management postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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