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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 401 491 623
Rank change year-on-year +90 +132 -133
Contract jobs citing Procure-to-Pay 135 169 165
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.33% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.37% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 93 125
10th Percentile £418 £413 £363
25th Percentile £497 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £640 £650
90th Percentile £738 £913 £713
UK median daily rate £600 £555 £550
% change year-on-year +8.11% +0.91% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £75.00 -

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 32,208 45,878 64,835
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.28% 90.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,179 32,145 45,991
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,233 1,631 1,786
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £38.35 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.74% +59.79% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.23
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.19
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

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 24 April 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 24 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
London +48 48 £550 -0.90% 31
South East +24 41 £625 +4.17% 8
North of England +53 24 £550 +15.79% 8
North West +22 13 £555 +16.84% 5
Yorkshire - 10 £540 - 3
Midlands +43 7 £550 - 3
West Midlands +36 5 £550 - 2
East of England +13 5 £525 -22.22% 4
South West - 4 £391 - 2
East Midlands +13 1 - - 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 (3.70%) SAS
1 5 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 44 (32.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 34 (25.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (9.63%) Oracle EBS
4 12 (8.89%) Oracle EBS R12
5 8 (5.93%) SAP MM
6 6 (4.44%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (4.44%) SAP FI
7 5 (3.70%) SAP CO
7 5 (3.70%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (2.96%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 4 (2.96%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (2.96%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (2.22%) Oracle Assets
9 3 (2.22%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (2.22%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (2.22%) SAP BPC
9 3 (2.22%) SAP PS
10 2 (1.48%) Oracle iProcurement
10 2 (1.48%) SAP IBP
10 2 (1.48%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 19 (14.07%) Azure
2 18 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (2.96%) SaaS
5 3 (2.22%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.22%) SuccessFactors
5 3 (2.22%) WhatsApp
6 2 (1.48%) OCI
6 2 (1.48%) PaaS
7 1 (0.74%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.74%) Oracle CX
7 1 (0.74%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 1 (0.74%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.74%) BGP
1 1 (0.74%) HSRP
1 1 (0.74%) Internet
1 1 (0.74%) Intranet
1 1 (0.74%) LAN
1 1 (0.74%) MPLS
1 1 (0.74%) OSPF
1 1 (0.74%) VRRP
1 1 (0.74%) WAN
1 1 (0.74%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.44%) SAP BW
2 5 (3.70%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (2.96%) SAP HANA
4 3 (2.22%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.48%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.48%) Power BI
5 2 (1.48%) Tableau
6 1 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (7.41%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (2.22%) LSMW
3 2 (1.48%) JIRA
4 1 (0.74%) Toad
General
1 79 (58.52%) Finance
2 52 (38.52%) Social Skills
3 23 (17.04%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
5 8 (5.93%) Retail
6 7 (5.19%) Manufacturing
6 7 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (5.19%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.44%) Banking
7 6 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.44%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.70%) Billing
8 5 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.22%) Legal
10 2 (1.48%) Automotive
10 2 (1.48%) French Language
10 2 (1.48%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.48%) German Language
11 1 (0.74%) Local Government
11 1 (0.74%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 45 (33.33%) Analyst
2 35 (25.93%) Consultant
3 25 (18.52%) Lead
4 20 (14.81%) Functional Consultant
5 16 (11.85%) Oracle Consultant
6 13 (9.63%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 13 (9.63%) SAP Consultant
7 12 (8.89%) Financial Analyst
8 11 (8.15%) Business Analyst
8 11 (8.15%) Oracle P2P Consultant
9 10 (7.41%) SAP Analyst
9 10 (7.41%) Senior
9 10 (7.41%) Test Analyst
10 9 (6.67%) Data Analyst
10 9 (6.67%) Oracle Analyst
11 8 (5.93%) QA Analyst
11 8 (5.93%) QA Test Analyst
11 8 (5.93%) SAP Manager
11 8 (5.93%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (5.19%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.15%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.22%) BAPI
2 3 (2.22%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.74%) EDI
3 1 (0.74%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.19%) Data Structures
2 6 (4.44%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.96%) Life Science
5 2 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.48%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (0.74%) CMDB
6 1 (0.74%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.74%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.74%) Online Banking
6 1 (0.74%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.74%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (23.70%) Order to Cash
2 26 (19.26%) Agile
2 26 (19.26%) ERP
3 24 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (17.78%) Project Management
4 23 (17.04%) Migration
5 19 (14.07%) DevOps
5 19 (14.07%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (12.59%) Analytics
6 17 (12.59%) Data Migration
6 17 (12.59%) Record to Report
7 13 (9.63%) Data Analysis
8 11 (8.15%) Change Management
8 11 (8.15%) Logistics
9 9 (6.67%) E-business
9 9 (6.67%) Roadmaps
9 9 (6.67%) Test Scripting
9 9 (6.67%) Validation
10 8 (5.93%) Project Delivery
10 8 (5.93%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.19%) SQL
2 3 (2.22%) ABAP
3 1 (0.74%) ProC
Qualifications
1 15 (11.11%) Degree
2 11 (8.15%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.41%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.22%) CIMA
5 2 (1.48%) ACCA
5 2 (1.48%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.74%) OCP
6 1 (0.74%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.74%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.74%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.15%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.67%) QA
3 5 (3.70%) GDPR
4 3 (2.22%) GxP
4 3 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.48%) SLA
6 1 (0.74%) GRC
6 1 (0.74%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (0.74%) Ansible
1 1 (0.74%) Puppet
Vendors
1 58 (42.96%) SAP
2 44 (32.59%) Oracle
3 8 (5.93%) Microsoft
4 7 (5.19%) Ariba
5 5 (3.70%) IFS
6 4 (2.96%) Hyperion
7 3 (2.22%) CA
8 2 (1.48%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.48%) Concur
8 2 (1.48%) Workday
9 1 (0.74%) Anaplan
9 1 (0.74%) Cognos
9 1 (0.74%) Maconomy
9 1 (0.74%) OpenText
9 1 (0.74%) Remedy
9 1 (0.74%) ServiceNow