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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 394 478
Rank change year-on-year +20 +84 +125
Contract jobs citing Procure-to-Pay 115 137 168
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.47% 0.38% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.44% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 86 91
10th Percentile £413 £406 £413
25th Percentile £463 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £650
90th Percentile £774 £738 £913
UK median daily rate £574 £588 £575
% change year-on-year -2.34% +2.17% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile £57.00 - £61.88
25th Percentile £63.75 - £69.38
Median hourly rate £75.00 £30.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -60.00% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £86.25
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £30.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +150.00% -60.00% -

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 22,114 31,426 43,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.28% 86.34% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,436 20,611 30,630
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 2,247 1,533
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.00 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.41 £36.50 £36.54
Median % change year-on-year -22.16% -0.11% +46.16%
75th Percentile £62.24 £60.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.64 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -24.27% +1.39% +40.19%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 +41 55 £575 - 90
South East +23 20 £625 - 44
North of England +15 17 £225 -59.09% 10
North West +13 16 £225 -59.82% 9
East of England +26 11 £625 +21.95% 13
South West +38 4 £325 -16.93% 7
Midlands +16 4 £438 +2.94% 12
West Midlands +11 4 £438 +2.94% 6
Yorkshire +5 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 8 (6.96%) Mattermost
1 8 (6.96%) Skype for Business
2 3 (2.61%) NetWeaver
2 3 (2.61%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.87%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (6.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 25 (21.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 25 (21.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (12.17%) Oracle EBS
3 12 (10.43%) Oracle EBS R12
4 9 (7.83%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (5.22%) SAP LE
6 5 (4.35%) Oracle Financials
6 5 (4.35%) Oracle iProcurement
7 4 (3.48%) Oracle Assets
7 4 (3.48%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (2.61%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (2.61%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (2.61%) SAP CO
8 3 (2.61%) SAP FI
8 3 (2.61%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (2.61%) SAP MM
9 2 (1.74%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (1.74%) Oracle Internet Expenses
9 2 (1.74%) SAP MDG
9 2 (1.74%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.22%) Azure
1 6 (5.22%) Power Platform
2 5 (4.35%) OCI
2 5 (4.35%) SaaS
3 4 (3.48%) PowerApps
4 3 (2.61%) AWS
4 3 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (2.61%) GCP
4 3 (2.61%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.74%) IaaS
5 2 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.74%) PaaS
5 2 (1.74%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.87%) Google Sheets
6 1 (0.87%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.87%) Vertex AI
6 1 (0.87%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.96%) Skype
1 8 (6.96%) Softphone
1 8 (6.96%) Unified Communications
1 8 (6.96%) WebEx
2 1 (0.87%) BGP
2 1 (0.87%) Broadband
2 1 (0.87%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (0.87%) EIGRP
2 1 (0.87%) HSRP
2 1 (0.87%) IGMP
2 1 (0.87%) IPsec
2 1 (0.87%) Multicast
2 1 (0.87%) OSPF
2 1 (0.87%) Unicast
2 1 (0.87%) VLAN
2 1 (0.87%) VRRP
2 1 (0.87%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.09%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (3.48%) Oracle BI EE
3 3 (2.61%) Data Lake
3 3 (2.61%) Power BI
3 3 (2.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.74%) SAP HANA
4 2 (1.74%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.87%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.87%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.87%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.87%) Metadata
5 1 (0.87%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.87%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.61%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.87%) JIRA
2 1 (0.87%) LSMW
General
1 72 (62.61%) Finance
2 45 (39.13%) Social Skills
3 12 (10.43%) Legal
4 11 (9.57%) Manufacturing
4 11 (9.57%) Pharmaceutical
5 8 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.35%) Banking
6 5 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.35%) Retail
7 4 (3.48%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.48%) General Ledger
8 3 (2.61%) Billing
9 2 (1.74%) Advertising
9 2 (1.74%) Back Office
9 2 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.74%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.74%) Marketing
9 2 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.74%) Polish Language
9 2 (1.74%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 39 (33.91%) Consultant
2 22 (19.13%) Analyst
3 19 (16.52%) SAP Consultant
4 13 (11.30%) Senior
5 11 (9.57%) Project Manager
6 9 (7.83%) Lead
6 9 (7.83%) Oracle Consultant
7 8 (6.96%) Functional Consultant
7 8 (6.96%) Messaging Engineer
7 8 (6.96%) Messaging Support
7 8 (6.96%) Messaging Support Engineer
7 8 (6.96%) Operations Engineer
7 8 (6.96%) Operations Support Engineer
7 8 (6.96%) Support Engineer
8 7 (6.09%) Messaging Analyst
8 7 (6.09%) Messaging Support Analyst
8 7 (6.09%) Operational Support Analyst
8 7 (6.09%) Operations Analyst
8 7 (6.09%) Senior Consultant
8 7 (6.09%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.96%) XMPP
2 6 (5.22%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (4.35%) Middleware
3 5 (4.35%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (2.61%) SAPUI5
5 1 (0.87%) BAPI
5 1 (0.87%) EDI
5 1 (0.87%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.87%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.87%) XML
5 1 (0.87%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.83%) Management Information System
2 8 (6.96%) Life Science
3 6 (5.22%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.87%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.87%) IoT
5 1 (0.87%) Oculus
5 1 (0.87%) Reference Data
5 1 (0.87%) Social Media
5 1 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.83%) Linux
2 1 (0.87%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (30.43%) ERP
2 26 (22.61%) Record to Report
3 25 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (17.39%) Logistics
5 19 (16.52%) Accounts Payable
6 18 (15.65%) Migration
6 18 (15.65%) Order to Cash
7 16 (13.91%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (11.30%) Agile
8 13 (11.30%) Project Management
9 12 (10.43%) Data Migration
9 12 (10.43%) Process Improvement
10 11 (9.57%) B2B
11 8 (6.96%) Change Management
11 8 (6.96%) ITIL
11 8 (6.96%) Problem Management
11 8 (6.96%) User Acceptance Testing
12 7 (6.09%) Analytics
12 7 (6.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 7 (6.09%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.91%) SQL
2 8 (6.96%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.61%) ABAP
3 3 (2.61%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.74%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (8.70%) Degree
2 8 (6.96%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (4.35%) PMP
4 4 (3.48%) SAP Certification
4 4 (3.48%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.48%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.61%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.61%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.74%) AAT
6 2 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.74%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.87%) ACCA
7 1 (0.87%) CIMA
7 1 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.87%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.48%) QA
2 3 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.74%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.74%) GAAP
3 2 (1.74%) GxP
3 2 (1.74%) IFRS
4 1 (0.87%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (6.96%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (6.96%) SCOM
2 1 (0.87%) Control-M
Vendors
1 48 (41.74%) SAP
2 25 (21.74%) Oracle
3 16 (13.91%) Microsoft
4 10 (8.70%) Ariba
5 9 (7.83%) Cisco
6 8 (6.96%) Red Hat
6 8 (6.96%) Splunk
6 8 (6.96%) Workday
7 6 (5.22%) Salesforce
8 4 (3.48%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.74%) Concur
9 2 (1.74%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.87%) Aderant
10 1 (0.87%) Google
10 1 (0.87%) IBM
10 1 (0.87%) Informatica
10 1 (0.87%) Instagram
10 1 (0.87%) PeopleSoft
10 1 (0.87%) Snow