Source to Pay Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Source to Pay (S2P)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Source to Pay skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 - 134
Rank change year-on-year - - +43
Contract jobs citing Source to Pay 11 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.29% - 0.072%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% - 0.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £408 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 - -
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 £625 £610
% change year-on-year -24.00% +2.46% -15.28%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,225 1,700 2,290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 84.27% 89.33% 82.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,039 1,119 1,519
10th Percentile £280 £202 £234
25th Percentile £400 £356 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% -3.65%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £678 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 76 187
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.62 £11.60
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.70 £14.14
Median hourly rate £21.36 £18.88 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year +13.09% -15.23% +32.35%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.75 £37.50
90th Percentile £30.40 £35.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -8.84%

Source to Pay
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Source to Pay relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Source to Pay job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Source to Pay.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Source to Pay

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Source to Pay in the Midlands over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Source to Pay in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 March 2026. 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
West Midlands - 11 £420 - 1
Source to Pay
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Lead
2 1 (9.09%) Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) SAP Consultant
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Data Conversion
2 1 (9.09%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (9.09%) Invoice Processing
2 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (9.09%) Validation
2 1 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) SAP