Indirect Procurement Contracts in England

Indirect Procurement
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Indirect Procurement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Indirect Procurement over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 455 529 644
Rank change year-on-year +74 +115 +133
Contract jobs citing Indirect Procurement 13 7 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.053% 0.019% 0.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.058% 0.022% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 1
10th Percentile £500 - -
25th Percentile £571 £463 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £475 £613
Median % change year-on-year +22.32% -22.45% +9.38%
75th Percentile £624 £488 £619
90th Percentile £675 - -
UK median daily rate £581 £475 £613
% change year-on-year +22.32% -22.45% -9.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Indirect Procurement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,228 32,110 45,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.15% 86.56% 90.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,553 21,055 31,791
10th Percentile £309 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 924 2,255 1,587
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.95 £10.94
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -3.59% +53.69%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

Indirect Procurement
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Indirect Procurement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Indirect Procurement in England

Indirect Procurement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Indirect Procurement in England.

Daily rate trend for Indirect Procurement in England

Indirect Procurement
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Indirect Procurement in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Indirect Procurement in England

Indirect Procurement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Indirect Procurement in England.

Hourly rate trend for Indirect Procurement in England

Indirect Procurement
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 Indirect Procurement within the England region over the 6 months to 3 May 2025. 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 +54 10 £582 - 8
East Midlands - 2 £500 - 2
Midlands - 2 £500 - 6
North of England +8 1 - - 6
North West - 1 - - 5
Indirect Procurement
UK

Indirect Procurement
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 3 (23.08%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (15.38%) SAP PS
3 1 (7.69%) SAP EWM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Tableau
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Retail
4 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
4 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Consultant
1 9 (69.23%) SAP Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) SAP P2P Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Business Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Business Process Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Buyer
4 1 (7.69%) Process Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) SAP EWM Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) SAP MM Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) SAPUI5 Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Buyer
4 1 (7.69%) UI Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) SAP Fiori
1 3 (23.08%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Accounts Payable
3 4 (30.77%) Data Migration
3 4 (30.77%) Migration
4 3 (23.08%) Performance Analysis
4 3 (23.08%) Workflow
5 2 (15.38%) Use Case
5 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (7.69%) Analytics
6 1 (7.69%) Data Analytics
6 1 (7.69%) Demand Management
6 1 (7.69%) ERP
6 1 (7.69%) Logistics
6 1 (7.69%) Process Improvement
6 1 (7.69%) Requirements Workshops
6 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (7.69%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) SAP
2 5 (38.46%) Ariba
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow