Spend Analysis Contracts in England

Spend Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Spend Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Spend Analysis 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 476 538 645
Rank change year-on-year +62 +107 +135
Contract jobs citing Spend Analysis 9 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.037% 0.011% 0.016%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% 0.012% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £229 £483 £284
25th Percentile £247 £494 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £525 £390
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +34.62% -39.06%
75th Percentile £284 £538 £514
90th Percentile £313 - £577
UK median daily rate £263 £525 £390
% change year-on-year -50.00% +34.62% -39.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Spend Analysis 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%

Spend Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Spend Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Spend Analysis in England

Spend Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Spend Analysis in England.

Daily rate trend for Spend Analysis in England

Spend Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Spend Analysis in England.

Hourly rate trend for Spend Analysis in England

Spend Analysis
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 Spend Analysis 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
South East +48 3 £263 -47.50%
London +39 2 - - 10
South West - 2 £217 -
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Spend Analysis
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 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Legal
3 2 (22.22%) Local Government
3 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Procurement Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Procurement Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Procurement Project Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Risk Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Risk Business Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Data Analytics Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Data Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Lead Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Lead Data Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Project Supervisor
2 1 (11.11%) SAP Architect
2 1 (11.11%) SAP Data Architect
2 1 (11.11%) SAP Manager
2 1 (11.11%) SAP Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Middleware
2 1 (11.11%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Contract Management
1 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
2 4 (44.44%) Analytics
3 3 (33.33%) PDCA
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Source to Pay
3 3 (33.33%) Validation
4 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Data Governance
4 2 (22.22%) Due Diligence
4 2 (22.22%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (22.22%) Process Management
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (22.22%) Supplier Management
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Ariba
1 4 (44.44%) SAP