Procure-to-Pay Contracts in England

Procure-to-Pay (including Purchase-to-Pay, P2P)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Procure-to-Pay skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Procure-to-Pay over the 6 months to 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 411 464 579
Rank change year-on-year +53 +115 -87
Contract jobs citing Procure-to-Pay 142 180 190
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.38% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.42% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 96 145
10th Percentile £423 £403 £379
25th Percentile £488 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +3.04%
75th Percentile £645 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £913 £725
UK median daily rate £594 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +3.26% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Median hourly rate £30.00 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year -60.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Procure-to-Pay 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,896 42,584 64,608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.63% 89.97% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,753 29,899 46,066
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £444 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,340 1,520 1,731
10th Percentile £12.82 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +44.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.90 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.67% +39.80% +10.64%

Procure-to-Pay
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Procure-to-Pay as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Procure-to-Pay in England

Procure-to-Pay
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Procure-to-Pay in England.

Daily rate trend for Procure-to-Pay in England

Procure-to-Pay
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Procure-to-Pay in England over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Procure-to-Pay in England

Procure-to-Pay
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Procure-to-Pay in England.

Hourly rate trend for Procure-to-Pay in England

Procure-to-Pay
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Procure-to-Pay within the England region over the 6 months to 6 June 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
London +38 54 £550 -4.35% 22
South East +26 38 £625 +4.17% 13
North of England +28 22 £550 +15.49% 9
East of England +14 15 £513 -36.92% 10
North West +13 11 £623 +38.33% 5
Yorkshire +19 10 £540 -1.82% 3
Midlands +16 7 £575 -17.86% 3
West Midlands +8 6 £575 -17.86% 3
South West - 4 £391 - 2
East Midlands - 1 - -
Procure-to-Pay
UK

Procure-to-Pay
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (3.52%) SAS
1 5 (3.52%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.41%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (7.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 47 (33.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 34 (23.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (9.15%) Oracle EBS
4 12 (8.45%) Oracle EBS R12
5 9 (6.34%) SAP MM
6 8 (5.63%) Oracle General Ledger
7 7 (4.93%) Oracle Payables
7 7 (4.93%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (4.93%) SAP FI
8 6 (4.23%) Oracle Cash Management
8 6 (4.23%) SAP CO
8 6 (4.23%) SAP FI/CO
9 5 (3.52%) Endur
9 5 (3.52%) OpenLink RightAngle
9 5 (3.52%) Oracle Assets
9 5 (3.52%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (2.11%) NetSuite
11 2 (1.41%) Oracle FAH
11 2 (1.41%) SAP BPC
11 2 (1.41%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 24 (16.90%) Azure
2 18 (12.68%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (4.23%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (4.23%) SaaS
4 5 (3.52%) AWS
4 5 (3.52%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (2.82%) OCI
5 4 (2.82%) WhatsApp
6 3 (2.11%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.11%) Snowflake
6 3 (2.11%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.41%) PaaS
7 2 (1.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 2 (1.41%) Tricentis Tosca
8 1 (0.70%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.70%) Oracle CX
8 1 (0.70%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.70%) BGP
1 1 (0.70%) HSRP
1 1 (0.70%) Internet
1 1 (0.70%) Intranet
1 1 (0.70%) LAN
1 1 (0.70%) MPLS
1 1 (0.70%) OSPF
1 1 (0.70%) VRRP
1 1 (0.70%) WAN
1 1 (0.70%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.23%) SAP BW
1 6 (4.23%) SAP HANA
2 5 (3.52%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (2.82%) SAP Data Services
4 3 (2.11%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (1.41%) Power BI
5 2 (1.41%) Tableau
6 1 (0.70%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (7.75%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (2.82%) LSMW
3 3 (2.11%) JIRA
4 1 (0.70%) Toad
General
1 80 (56.34%) Finance
2 52 (36.62%) Social Skills
3 22 (15.49%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (8.45%) Pharmaceutical
5 9 (6.34%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (6.34%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.63%) Banking
7 7 (4.93%) Telecoms
8 6 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (4.23%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.23%) Retail
9 5 (3.52%) Legal
10 4 (2.82%) Billing
10 4 (2.82%) General Ledger
10 4 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.70%) French Language
12 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.70%) Local Government
12 1 (0.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 56 (39.44%) Analyst
2 29 (20.42%) Lead
3 28 (19.72%) Consultant
4 19 (13.38%) Functional Consultant
5 16 (11.27%) Oracle Consultant
6 14 (9.86%) Business Analyst
6 14 (9.86%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 13 (9.15%) Financial Analyst
7 13 (9.15%) Senior
8 11 (7.75%) Test Analyst
9 10 (7.04%) Oracle Analyst
9 10 (7.04%) Oracle P2P Consultant
9 10 (7.04%) SAP Analyst
10 9 (6.34%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (5.63%) QA Analyst
11 8 (5.63%) QA Test Analyst
11 8 (5.63%) SAP Consultant
12 7 (4.93%) Data Analyst
12 7 (4.93%) Developer
13 6 (4.23%) Functional Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.86%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (4.93%) IDoc
2 7 (4.93%) XML
3 6 (4.23%) Middleware
4 5 (3.52%) HTML
5 4 (2.82%) BAPI
6 3 (2.11%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.70%) EDI
7 1 (0.70%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.82%) Data Structures
1 4 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
1 4 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (2.11%) FMCG
2 3 (2.11%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.41%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.41%) Public Cloud
3 2 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (0.70%) CMDB
4 1 (0.70%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.70%) Life Science
4 1 (0.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.70%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (30.28%) Order to Cash
2 39 (27.46%) ERP
3 27 (19.01%) Agile
4 25 (17.61%) Migration
5 24 (16.90%) Stakeholder Management
6 23 (16.20%) Record to Report
7 21 (14.79%) Analytics
7 21 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (12.68%) DevOps
8 18 (12.68%) Project Management
9 17 (11.97%) Change Management
10 16 (11.27%) Data Migration
11 14 (9.86%) Translating Business Requirements
12 13 (9.15%) GAP Analysis
13 12 (8.45%) Business Analysis
13 12 (8.45%) Data Analytics
13 12 (8.45%) Logistics
14 11 (7.75%) Risk Management
14 11 (7.75%) User Acceptance Testing
15 9 (6.34%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.27%) SQL
2 6 (4.23%) ABAP
3 5 (3.52%) C
3 5 (3.52%) C#
4 2 (1.41%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.41%) ProC
Qualifications
1 15 (10.56%) Degree
2 10 (7.04%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.34%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.82%) CIMA
5 3 (2.11%) ACCA
6 2 (1.41%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.70%) OCP
7 1 (0.70%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.70%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.34%) QA
2 7 (4.93%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.82%) GDPR
4 3 (2.11%) GxP
5 2 (1.41%) PMO
5 2 (1.41%) SLA
6 1 (0.70%) GRC
6 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (0.70%) Ansible
1 1 (0.70%) Puppet
Vendors
1 59 (41.55%) SAP
2 47 (33.10%) Oracle
3 11 (7.75%) Microsoft
4 8 (5.63%) Ariba
5 5 (3.52%) IFS
5 5 (3.52%) OpenLink
5 5 (3.52%) Triple Point
6 4 (2.82%) FIS
7 3 (2.11%) Concur
7 3 (2.11%) MuleSoft
7 3 (2.11%) webMethods
8 2 (1.41%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.41%) Hyperion
8 2 (1.41%) OneTrust
8 2 (1.41%) Sage
8 2 (1.41%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.70%) OpenText
9 1 (0.70%) Remedy
9 1 (0.70%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.70%) Workday