Source to Pay Contracts in England

Source to Pay (S2P)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Source to Pay skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Source 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 467 512 620
Rank change year-on-year +45 +108 +137
Contract jobs citing Source to Pay 18 30 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.074% 0.081% 0.065%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.081% 0.093% 0.072%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 16 14
10th Percentile £301 £406 £515
25th Percentile £331 £482 £573
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £663 £723
Median % change year-on-year -24.53% -8.30% +11.15%
75th Percentile £693 £925 £909
90th Percentile £820 £934 £913
UK median daily rate £500 £650 £665
% change year-on-year -23.08% -2.26% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £21.39 £79.17 -
Median % change year-on-year -72.98% - -
UK median hourly rate £21.39 £79.17 -
% change year-on-year -72.98% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Source 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%

Source to Pay
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Source to Pay as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Source to Pay in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Source to Pay in England.

Daily rate trend for Source to Pay in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Source to Pay in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Source to Pay in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Source to Pay in England.

Hourly rate trend for Source to Pay in England

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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 Source 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 +30 13 £525 -26.32% 18
South East +45 3 £419 -31.35% 5
North of England - 1 £325 - 2
North West - 1 £325 - 2
Source to Pay
UK

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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 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (5.56%) SAP MDG
2 1 (5.56%) SAP MM
2 1 (5.56%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) OCI
1 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
1 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (5.56%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
General
1 10 (55.56%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Legal
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.56%) Billing
4 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) General Ledger
4 1 (5.56%) Italian Language
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Consultant
2 3 (16.67%) Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Lead
2 3 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (11.11%) Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Data Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Digital Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Procurement Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Procurement Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Procurement Officer
3 2 (11.11%) Procurement Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Risk Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Risk Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Digital Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Procurement Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (5.56%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Project Management
2 5 (27.78%) Process Improvement
2 5 (27.78%) Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (22.22%) Data Analysis
3 4 (22.22%) ERP
4 3 (16.67%) Analytics
4 3 (16.67%) Contract Management
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) Spend Analysis
4 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.11%) Accounts Payable
5 2 (11.11%) Agile
5 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (11.11%) Change Management
5 2 (11.11%) Data Management
5 2 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
5 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
5 2 (11.11%) Record to Report
5 2 (11.11%) Supplier Management
5 2 (11.11%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
1 2 (11.11%) PMI Certification
1 2 (11.11%) PMP
2 1 (5.56%) CIMA
2 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.56%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) SAP
2 6 (33.33%) Ariba
3 3 (16.67%) Oracle
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.56%) DocuSign