Procure-to-Pay Contracts

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 419 507 628
Rank change year-on-year +88 +121 -121
Contract jobs citing Procure-to-Pay 176 209 229
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.35% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.39% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 107 153
10th Percentile £429 £413 £375
25th Percentile £500 £472 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +7.32%
75th Percentile £688 £639 £650
90th Percentile £875 £905 £699
UK excluding London median daily rate £560 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% +35.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £75.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,383 53,667 80,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.90% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,097 37,244 56,431
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% +8.25%
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% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,426 1,746 1,925
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.13% +80.00% -8.51%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Procure-to-Pay in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Procure-to-Pay in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Procure-to-Pay over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Procure-to-Pay in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Procure-to-Pay in the UK

Procure-to-Pay
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 28 April 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 +88 139 £560 +1.82% 46
UK excluding London +96 90 £560 -2.61% 27
Work from Home +119 75 £600 +4.35% 23
London +56 52 £575 +4.55% 20
South East +33 41 £625 +4.17% 6
North of England +43 24 £550 +10.00% 9
North West +26 13 £555 +16.84% 6
Scotland +36 11 £688 +19.57% 3
Yorkshire +31 10 £540 -8.09% 3
Midlands +32 7 £550 - 4
West Midlands +35 5 £550 - 3
East of England +7 5 £525 -22.22% 4
South West - 4 £391 - 2
East Midlands +19 1 - - 1

Procure-to-Pay
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 5 (2.84%) SAS
1 5 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 60 (34.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 42 (23.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (7.39%) Oracle EBS
3 13 (7.39%) Oracle EBS R12
4 11 (6.25%) SAP MM
5 9 (5.11%) Oracle Financials
6 6 (3.41%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (3.41%) SAP FI
7 5 (2.84%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 5 (2.84%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (2.84%) SAP CO
7 5 (2.84%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (2.27%) Oracle Cash Management
8 4 (2.27%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (2.27%) SAP PS
9 3 (1.70%) Endur
9 3 (1.70%) OpenLink RightAngle
9 3 (1.70%) Oracle Assets
9 3 (1.70%) SAP BPC
10 2 (1.14%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 22 (12.50%) Azure
2 18 (10.23%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (6.25%) OCI
4 7 (3.98%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (2.27%) SaaS
5 4 (2.27%) WhatsApp
6 3 (1.70%) AWS
6 3 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.70%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.70%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.14%) PaaS
7 2 (1.14%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.57%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.57%) Oracle CX
8 1 (0.57%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 1 (0.57%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.70%) WAN
2 2 (1.14%) Firewall
2 2 (1.14%) Wireless
3 1 (0.57%) BGP
3 1 (0.57%) GSM
3 1 (0.57%) HSRP
3 1 (0.57%) Internet
3 1 (0.57%) Intranet
3 1 (0.57%) LAN
3 1 (0.57%) MPLS
3 1 (0.57%) OSPF
3 1 (0.57%) VRRP
3 1 (0.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.41%) SAP BW
1 6 (3.41%) SAP HANA
2 5 (2.84%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (1.70%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (1.70%) SAP Data Services
4 2 (1.14%) Power BI
4 2 (1.14%) Tableau
5 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (5.68%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (2.84%) JIRA
3 3 (1.70%) LSMW
4 1 (0.57%) Toad
General
1 101 (57.39%) Finance
2 62 (35.23%) Social Skills
3 26 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (7.95%) Pharmaceutical
5 12 (6.82%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.11%) Manufacturing
6 9 (5.11%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (4.55%) Retail
8 7 (3.98%) Banking
8 7 (3.98%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.84%) Billing
10 5 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.27%) Automotive
12 3 (1.70%) Legal
13 2 (1.14%) French Language
13 2 (1.14%) General Ledger
13 2 (1.14%) German Language
13 2 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (31.82%) Analyst
2 47 (26.70%) Consultant
3 29 (16.48%) Lead
4 22 (12.50%) SAP Consultant
5 20 (11.36%) Functional Consultant
6 17 (9.66%) Oracle Consultant
7 15 (8.52%) Business Analyst
8 14 (7.95%) SAP Analyst
8 14 (7.95%) Senior
9 13 (7.39%) Oracle Functional Consultant
10 12 (6.82%) Financial Analyst
10 12 (6.82%) Oracle P2P Consultant
11 10 (5.68%) Finance Manager
11 10 (5.68%) Test Analyst
12 9 (5.11%) Data Analyst
12 9 (5.11%) Oracle Analyst
12 9 (5.11%) Senior Analyst
13 8 (4.55%) QA Analyst
13 8 (4.55%) QA Test Analyst
13 8 (4.55%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.70%) BAPI
2 3 (1.70%) HTML
2 3 (1.70%) Middleware
2 3 (1.70%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.14%) IDoc
3 2 (1.14%) XML
4 1 (0.57%) EDI
4 1 (0.57%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.98%) Data Structures
1 7 (3.98%) FMCG
1 7 (3.98%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (3.41%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (3.41%) Life Science
2 6 (3.41%) Onboarding
3 3 (1.70%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.14%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (1.14%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.57%) CMDB
5 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.57%) Online Banking
5 1 (0.57%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.57%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (27.27%) Order to Cash
2 39 (22.16%) ERP
3 32 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (18.18%) Record to Report
4 28 (15.91%) Migration
5 26 (14.77%) Agile
5 26 (14.77%) Project Management
6 24 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
7 22 (12.50%) Data Migration
8 20 (11.36%) Analytics
9 19 (10.80%) DevOps
10 18 (10.23%) Logistics
11 17 (9.66%) Change Management
12 13 (7.39%) Data Analysis
12 13 (7.39%) User Acceptance Testing
13 11 (6.25%) Test Scripting
13 11 (6.25%) Validation
14 10 (5.68%) Data Analytics
14 10 (5.68%) Requirements Gathering
14 10 (5.68%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.25%) SQL
2 6 (3.41%) ABAP
3 3 (1.70%) C
3 3 (1.70%) C#
4 1 (0.57%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.57%) ProC
Qualifications
1 24 (13.64%) Degree
2 12 (6.82%) Security Cleared
3 11 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.70%) CIMA
5 3 (1.70%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.14%) ACCA
6 2 (1.14%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.57%) MBA
7 1 (0.57%) OCP
7 1 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.57%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.57%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 9 (5.11%) QA
3 5 (2.84%) GDPR
4 3 (1.70%) GxP
4 3 (1.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.14%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.14%) SLA
6 1 (0.57%) GRC
6 1 (0.57%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (1.14%) Grafana
2 1 (0.57%) Ansible
2 1 (0.57%) Puppet
Vendors
1 81 (46.02%) SAP
2 60 (34.09%) Oracle
3 13 (7.39%) Microsoft
4 12 (6.82%) Ariba
5 5 (2.84%) IFS
6 4 (2.27%) Hyperion
6 4 (2.27%) Workday
7 3 (1.70%) Blue Prism
7 3 (1.70%) CA
7 3 (1.70%) OpenLink
7 3 (1.70%) Triple Point
8 2 (1.14%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.14%) Concur
8 2 (1.14%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.14%) Okta
8 2 (1.14%) webMethods
9 1 (0.57%) Cognos
9 1 (0.57%) Maconomy
9 1 (0.57%) OpenText
9 1 (0.57%) Remedy