Procurement Specialist Contracts in England

Procurement Specialist
UK > England

The median Procurement Specialist daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 533 663
Rank change year-on-year +58 +130 +109
Contract jobs requiring a Procurement Specialist 11 8 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.045% 0.022% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.023% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 8
10th Percentile £363 £400 £503
25th Percentile £508 £438 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +50.68%
75th Percentile - £665 -
90th Percentile - £680 £580
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +29.41%

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 22,595 34,453 47,601
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,023 22,865 33,797
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £640 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 899 2,434 1,402
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.30
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.95
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

Procurement Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Procurement Specialist in England

Procurement Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Procurement Specialist in England

Procurement Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Procurement Specialist in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Procurement Specialist in England

Procurement Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Procurement Specialist in England

Procurement Specialist
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 Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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 +45 6 £550 -19.12% 6
South East +43 2 £600 +11.63% 5
South West - 2 £458 -
East of England - 1 £550 -
Procurement Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Procurement Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Cost Reduction
4 2 (18.18%) SAP
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (18.18%) ERP
4 2 (18.18%) Finance
5 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Logistics
5 1 (9.09%) Business Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Local Government
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (9.09%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Marketing
5 1 (9.09%) Degree
5 1 (9.09%) Use Case
5 1 (9.09%) Data Integration
5 1 (9.09%) Financial Modelling
5 1 (9.09%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (9.09%) Azure
5 1 (9.09%) SaaS
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (9.09%) Data Governance
5 1 (9.09%) Ariba
5 1 (9.09%) Project Management
5 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (9.09%) Change Management
5 1 (9.09%) E-business

Procurement Specialist 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 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
General
1 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (36.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Local Government
4 1 (9.09%) Marketing
4 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (18.18%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (18.18%) ERP
3 1 (9.09%) Business Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Change Management
3 1 (9.09%) Contract Management
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Data Governance
3 1 (9.09%) Data Integration
3 1 (9.09%) E-business
3 1 (9.09%) Financial Modelling
3 1 (9.09%) Logistics
3 1 (9.09%) Project Management
3 1 (9.09%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
3 1 (9.09%) Source to Pay
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (9.09%) Use Case
3 1 (9.09%) Workflow
3 1 (9.09%) Workflow Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Ariba
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle