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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Procure-to-Pay skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Procure-to-Pay over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 773 788 905
Rank change year-on-year +15 +117 -112
Permanent jobs citing Procure-to-Pay 131 205 327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.21% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 78 140 185
10th Percentile £42,125 £49,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,750 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,250 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% +18.18% +10.00%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,746 99,225 149,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,834 58,281 83,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,750 £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%

Procure-to-Pay
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

Procure-to-Pay
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Procure-to-Pay in the UK

Procure-to-Pay
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Procure-to-Pay over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Procure-to-Pay in the UK

Procure-to-Pay
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Procure-to-Pay within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 +18 115 £58,250 -10.38% 57
UK excluding London -12 84 £58,250 -10.38% 37
Work from Home +120 68 £65,000 +18.18% 27
South East +25 36 £58,250 -10.38% 10
London +85 33 £70,000 - 20
Midlands -4 23 £50,000 -31.03% 5
West Midlands -5 16 £50,000 -31.03% 3
North of England +32 13 £60,000 +2.13% 8
East of England +17 9 £65,000 +4.00% 6
Yorkshire +66 6 - - 2
North West 0 6 £65,000 - 6
East Midlands -2 6 £50,000 +26.58% 2
Scotland -70 2 £59,500 - 4
North East - 1 £55,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 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 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (3.82%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 13 (9.92%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (8.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.53%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 22 (16.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (12.98%) NetSuite
3 15 (11.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 8 (6.11%) SAP MM
5 7 (5.34%) SAP CO
5 7 (5.34%) SAP FI
5 7 (5.34%) SAP FI/CO
6 6 (4.58%) SAP SCM
7 5 (3.82%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
8 4 (3.05%) SAP FSCM
8 4 (3.05%) SAP PP
9 3 (2.29%) SAP SD
10 2 (1.53%) SAP WM
11 1 (0.76%) Sage 200
11 1 (0.76%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.69%) Dynamics 365
2 13 (9.92%) Azure
3 6 (4.58%) OCI
3 6 (4.58%) Power Platform
4 5 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.82%) WhatsApp
5 4 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.05%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.29%) AWS
6 3 (2.29%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (2.29%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.53%) Dropbox
7 2 (1.53%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.53%) Google Drive
7 2 (1.53%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.53%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.76%) IBM Cloud
8 1 (0.76%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.34%) Firewall
1 7 (5.34%) VPN
2 6 (4.58%) LAN
3 5 (3.82%) Broadband
3 5 (3.82%) OSPF
3 5 (3.82%) Skype
4 4 (3.05%) BGP
4 4 (3.05%) WAN
5 3 (2.29%) 5G
5 3 (2.29%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (2.29%) EIGRP
5 3 (2.29%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (2.29%) MPLS
5 3 (2.29%) Network Security
5 3 (2.29%) SD-WAN
5 3 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.29%) Wireless
6 2 (1.53%) Internet
7 1 (0.76%) DNS
7 1 (0.76%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.58%) Power BI
2 4 (3.05%) DTS
3 3 (2.29%) Data Lake
3 3 (2.29%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.76%) SAP BW
General
1 84 (64.12%) Finance
2 52 (39.69%) Social Skills
3 26 (19.85%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (19.08%) Legal
5 16 (12.21%) Manufacturing
6 11 (8.40%) Public Sector
7 9 (6.87%) Law
7 9 (6.87%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (6.11%) Back Office
9 7 (5.34%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (3.05%) Aerospace
11 4 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (3.05%) Retail
12 3 (2.29%) Automotive
12 3 (2.29%) Aviation
12 3 (2.29%) General Ledger
12 3 (2.29%) Marketing
12 3 (2.29%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (1.53%) Games
Job Titles
1 32 (24.43%) Consultant
2 30 (22.90%) Analyst
3 24 (18.32%) Senior
4 19 (14.50%) Senior Consultant
5 17 (12.98%) Lead
6 16 (12.21%) Functional Consultant
7 15 (11.45%) Senior Functional Consultant
8 13 (9.92%) NetSuite Consultant
9 11 (8.40%) Project Manager
10 10 (7.63%) SAP Consultant
11 8 (6.11%) Architect
12 7 (5.34%) Business Analyst
12 7 (5.34%) Procurement Advisor
12 7 (5.34%) SAP Analyst
13 6 (4.58%) Administrator
13 6 (4.58%) SAP Business Analyst
14 5 (3.82%) Buyer
14 5 (3.82%) Financial Analyst
14 5 (3.82%) P2P Business Analyst
14 5 (3.82%) SAP P2P Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.58%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.53%) IDoc
2 2 (1.53%) SAPUI5
3 1 (0.76%) EDI
3 1 (0.76%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.92%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (6.11%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (3.82%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.05%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.29%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.53%) IoT
6 2 (1.53%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.53%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.76%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.76%) FMCG
7 1 (0.76%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.76%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.53%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.53%) Mac OS
1 2 (1.53%) Windows
1 2 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (1.53%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (0.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (32.82%) Agile
2 37 (28.24%) ERP
3 34 (25.95%) Order to Cash
4 33 (25.19%) Project Management
5 30 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (22.90%) Project Delivery
5 30 (22.90%) Supply Chain Management
6 28 (21.37%) Record to Report
7 21 (16.03%) Accounts Payable
7 21 (16.03%) Stakeholder Management
8 20 (15.27%) Contract Management
8 20 (15.27%) Migration
9 19 (14.50%) Collaborative Working
9 19 (14.50%) Process Improvement
10 17 (12.98%) Change Management
10 17 (12.98%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (12.98%) Workshop Facilitation
11 16 (12.21%) Data Migration
11 16 (12.21%) Line Management
11 16 (12.21%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.05%) SQL
2 2 (1.53%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.76%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 23 (17.56%) Degree
2 8 (6.11%) PMI Certification
2 8 (6.11%) PMP
3 5 (3.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (3.82%) DBS Check
3 5 (3.82%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.05%) ACCA
5 3 (2.29%) CIMA
6 2 (1.53%) CISA
6 2 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.53%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.76%) CCNA
7 1 (0.76%) CCNP
7 1 (0.76%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.76%) ICAEW
7 1 (0.76%) JNCIA
7 1 (0.76%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.16%) PMO
2 3 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.29%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.53%) QA
4 1 (0.76%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 3 (2.29%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.76%) Ansible
1 1 (0.76%) Puppet
1 1 (0.76%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 56 (42.75%) SAP
2 27 (20.61%) Microsoft
3 16 (12.21%) Oracle
4 9 (6.87%) Ariba
5 5 (3.82%) Cisco
5 5 (3.82%) Virgin Media
6 4 (3.05%) Fortinet
6 4 (3.05%) Juniper
6 4 (3.05%) Palo Alto
6 4 (3.05%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.29%) ConnectWise
7 3 (2.29%) SolarWinds
7 3 (2.29%) VMware
8 2 (1.53%) Apple
8 2 (1.53%) Draytek
8 2 (1.53%) Google
8 2 (1.53%) IFS
8 2 (1.53%) Webroot
9 1 (0.76%) Peregrine
9 1 (0.76%) Sage