Procure-to-Pay Contracts in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Procure-to-Pay skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Procure-to-Pay over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 403 485
Rank change year-on-year +29 +82 +133
Contract jobs citing Procure-to-Pay 111 139 169
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.46% 0.37% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.43% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 87 91
10th Percentile £413 £423 £413
25th Percentile £463 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +1.82% -2.22%
75th Percentile £700 £650 £639
90th Percentile £775 £741 £913
UK median daily rate £571 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.79% +9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile £59.25 - £60.75
25th Percentile £69.38 - £67.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £75.00
75th Percentile £80.00 - -
90th Percentile £89.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 - £75.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Procure-to-Pay 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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
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 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

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 1 May 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Procure-to-Pay in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 1 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 +40 54 £575 - 87
East of England +43 18 £700 +33.33% 16
North of England +9 14 £225 -59.09% 27
South East +18 13 £563 -10.00% 44
North West +17 13 £225 -59.46% 16
Midlands +20 5 £438 -20.45% 33
West Midlands +14 5 £438 -20.45% 17
South West +46 4 £325 -16.93% 15
Yorkshire -1 1 - - 9
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 (4.50%) Mattermost
1 5 (4.50%) Skype for Business
2 3 (2.70%) NetWeaver
2 3 (2.70%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.90%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (7.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 30 (27.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (15.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 6 (5.41%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (5.41%) Oracle Financials
3 6 (5.41%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (5.41%) SAP LE
4 5 (4.50%) Oracle EBS R12
4 5 (4.50%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (3.60%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (2.70%) Oracle iProcurement
6 3 (2.70%) SAP CO
6 3 (2.70%) SAP FI
6 3 (2.70%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (2.70%) SAP MM
7 2 (1.80%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (1.80%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 2 (1.80%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (1.80%) SAP HCM
7 2 (1.80%) SAP MDG
7 2 (1.80%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.21%) Azure
2 7 (6.31%) Power Platform
3 6 (5.41%) OCI
4 5 (4.50%) AWS
4 5 (4.50%) PowerApps
5 4 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.60%) GCP
5 4 (3.60%) Power Automate
6 3 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.70%) SaaS
7 2 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.80%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.90%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.90%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.90%) Vertex AI
8 1 (0.90%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.50%) Skype
1 5 (4.50%) Softphone
1 5 (4.50%) Unified Communications
1 5 (4.50%) WebEx
2 1 (0.90%) 3GPP
2 1 (0.90%) 4G
2 1 (0.90%) 5G
2 1 (0.90%) BGP
2 1 (0.90%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (0.90%) HSRP
2 1 (0.90%) IGMP
2 1 (0.90%) IPsec
2 1 (0.90%) LTE
2 1 (0.90%) MIMO
2 1 (0.90%) Multicast
2 1 (0.90%) OSPF
2 1 (0.90%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.90%) Unicast
2 1 (0.90%) VLAN
2 1 (0.90%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.50%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (3.60%) Data Lake
3 3 (2.70%) Power BI
4 2 (1.80%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.80%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.90%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.90%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.90%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.90%) Metadata
5 1 (0.90%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (0.90%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.90%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.70%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.90%) GitLab
2 1 (0.90%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.90%) LSMW
General
1 72 (64.86%) Finance
2 47 (42.34%) Social Skills
3 14 (12.61%) Pharmaceutical
4 12 (10.81%) Legal
5 10 (9.01%) Manufacturing
6 9 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.50%) Retail
8 4 (3.60%) Aerospace
8 4 (3.60%) Banking
9 3 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.80%) Back Office
10 2 (1.80%) Billing
10 2 (1.80%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.80%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.80%) Marketing
10 2 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.80%) Polish Language
10 2 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.80%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 43 (38.74%) Consultant
2 23 (20.72%) SAP Consultant
3 18 (16.22%) Analyst
4 14 (12.61%) Senior
5 13 (11.71%) Functional Consultant
6 12 (10.81%) Lead
7 10 (9.01%) Project Manager
8 9 (8.11%) Oracle Consultant
8 9 (8.11%) Senior Consultant
9 7 (6.31%) Architect
10 6 (5.41%) Procurement Manager
10 6 (5.41%) SAP Functional Consultant
10 6 (5.41%) SAP P2P Consultant
10 6 (5.41%) Senior SAP Consultant
10 6 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (5.41%) Supply Chain Consultant
11 5 (4.50%) Messaging Support
11 5 (4.50%) SAP Manager
11 5 (4.50%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
11 5 (4.50%) Senior Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.50%) Oracle Fusion
1 5 (4.50%) XMPP
2 4 (3.60%) Middleware
2 4 (3.60%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (2.70%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.90%) BAPI
4 1 (0.90%) EDI
4 1 (0.90%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.90%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.61%) Life Science
2 7 (6.31%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.41%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.90%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.90%) EFT
5 1 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.90%) IoT
5 1 (0.90%) Oculus
5 1 (0.90%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (31.53%) ERP
2 34 (30.63%) Record to Report
3 23 (20.72%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (18.92%) Migration
4 21 (18.92%) Order to Cash
5 20 (18.02%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (13.51%) Accounts Payable
7 14 (12.61%) Agile
7 14 (12.61%) Data Migration
8 13 (11.71%) Process Improvement
8 13 (11.71%) Project Management
9 12 (10.81%) Logistics
10 10 (9.01%) Business Transformation
11 9 (8.11%) Analytics
11 9 (8.11%) B2B
11 9 (8.11%) DevOps
12 8 (7.21%) Change Management
13 7 (6.31%) Quality Management
13 7 (6.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 7 (6.31%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.81%) SQL
2 5 (4.50%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.70%) ABAP
4 2 (1.80%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.80%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (8.11%) Degree
2 5 (4.50%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (4.50%) PMP
3 4 (3.60%) SAP Certification
3 4 (3.60%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.60%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.60%) TOGAF Certification
4 3 (2.70%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.80%) AAT
5 2 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.80%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.90%) CISA
6 1 (0.90%) CISM
6 1 (0.90%) CISSP
6 1 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.90%) CRISC
6 1 (0.90%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (2.70%) QA
3 2 (1.80%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.80%) GxP
4 1 (0.90%) COBIT
4 1 (0.90%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.90%) NIST
4 1 (0.90%) SEPA
System Software
1 5 (4.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.50%) SCOM
2 1 (0.90%) Puppet
Vendors
1 54 (48.65%) SAP
2 17 (15.32%) Oracle
3 14 (12.61%) Microsoft
4 12 (10.81%) Ariba
5 8 (7.21%) Workday
6 6 (5.41%) Cisco
6 6 (5.41%) Salesforce
7 5 (4.50%) Red Hat
7 5 (4.50%) Splunk
8 2 (1.80%) Concur
8 2 (1.80%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.80%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.90%) Aderant
9 1 (0.90%) Google
9 1 (0.90%) Huawei
9 1 (0.90%) Instagram
9 1 (0.90%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.90%) Snow