Procurement Manager Contracts in England

Procurement Manager
UK > England

The median Procurement Manager daily rate in England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 466 507 563
Rank change year-on-year +41 +56 +175
Contract jobs requiring a Procurement Manager 38 50 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.15% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 31 66
10th Percentile £283 £415 £475
25th Percentile £489 £444 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £593
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -11.39% +12.86%
75th Percentile £656 £688 £647
90th Percentile £820 £775 £869
UK median daily rate £600 £525 £598
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.13% +13.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £7.79
25th Percentile - £22.50 £13.99
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £24.33
Median % change year-on-year - +2.77% -
75th Percentile - £27.50 £34.66
90th Percentile - - £40.87
UK median hourly rate - £25.00 £24.33
% change year-on-year - +2.77% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,013 33,557 44,673
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 92.97% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,276 22,044 31,607
10th Percentile £290 £300 £312
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £628 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £752
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,236 2,309 1,397
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £14.93
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.00 £19.49
Median hourly rate £27.59 £40.33 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.59% -6.22% +70.01%
75th Percentile £57.31 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.28 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -36.81% -5.88% +65.50%

Procurement Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Procurement Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Procurement Manager in England

Procurement Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Procurement Manager in England

Procurement Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Procurement Manager in England over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Procurement Manager in England

Procurement Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Procurement Manager in England

Procurement Manager
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 Procurement Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 18 July 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 +38 27 £619 +15.44% 45
North of England +3 6 £300 -42.86% 11
North West +9 4 £260 -56.67% 5
South West +41 3 £217 -50.60% 3
South East +24 2 £625 +13.64% 16
Yorkshire -8 2 £600 +29.73% 6
Procurement Manager
UK

Procurement Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 July 2025, Procurement Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Procurement Manager in the job title.

1 20 (52.63%) Legal
2 13 (34.21%) Finance
3 12 (31.58%) Project Management
3 12 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (31.58%) Contract Negotiation
3 12 (31.58%) Public Sector
4 11 (28.95%) Social Skills
5 8 (21.05%) SC Cleared
5 8 (21.05%) Security Cleared
6 7 (18.42%) Degree
6 7 (18.42%) Contract Management
6 7 (18.42%) SAP
6 7 (18.42%) ERP
6 7 (18.42%) Risk Management
7 6 (15.79%) Agile
7 6 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (13.16%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (13.16%) Process Improvement
8 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (13.16%) Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (13.16%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Excel
8 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
8 5 (13.16%) Cost Reduction
9 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (10.53%) SaaS
9 4 (10.53%) Due Diligence
9 4 (10.53%) Matrix Organization
9 4 (10.53%) User Experience
10 3 (7.89%) Resource Allocation

Procurement Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) SAP EWM
1 1 (2.63%) SAP GTS
1 1 (2.63%) SAP IBP
1 1 (2.63%) SAP MM
1 1 (2.63%) SAP PP
1 1 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.63%) SAP SCM
1 1 (2.63%) SAP SRM
1 1 (2.63%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.53%) SaaS
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.63%) AWS
3 1 (2.63%) Google Workspace
3 1 (2.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) Power BI
2 1 (2.63%) SAP HANA
General
1 20 (52.63%) Legal
2 13 (34.21%) Finance
3 12 (31.58%) Public Sector
4 11 (28.95%) Social Skills
5 5 (13.16%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (13.16%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (7.89%) Law
6 3 (7.89%) Marketing
7 2 (5.26%) Local Government
7 2 (5.26%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.63%) IoT
2 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.63%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (31.58%) Contract Negotiation
1 12 (31.58%) Project Management
1 12 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (18.42%) Contract Management
2 7 (18.42%) ERP
2 7 (18.42%) Risk Management
3 6 (15.79%) Agile
3 6 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (13.16%) Cost Reduction
4 5 (13.16%) Process Improvement
4 5 (13.16%) Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (10.53%) Due Diligence
5 4 (10.53%) Matrix Organization
5 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (10.53%) User Experience
6 3 (7.89%) Data Analysis
6 3 (7.89%) E-Procurement
6 3 (7.89%) Performance Metrics
6 3 (7.89%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 8 (21.05%) SC Cleared
1 8 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 7 (18.42%) Degree
3 2 (5.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.89%) SLA
2 2 (5.26%) PMO
3 1 (2.63%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 7 (18.42%) SAP
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.89%) Ariba
4 2 (5.26%) Salesforce
4 2 (5.26%) Workday
5 1 (2.63%) Axway
5 1 (2.63%) Dell
5 1 (2.63%) Google
5 1 (2.63%) webMethods