Source to Pay Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Source to Pay (S2P)
England > North of England

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

	6 months to 6 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	256	180	164
Rank change year-on-year	-76	-16	+27
Contract jobs citing Source to Pay	3	18	1
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England	0.039%	0.40%	0.025%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.047%	0.45%	0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted	2	0	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£625	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£650	-	£600
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-14.29%
75^th Percentile	£675	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median daily rate	£670	£695	£625
% change year-on-year	-3.60%	+11.20%	+12.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£45.25	-	-
Median hourly rate	£45.50	-	-
75^th Percentile	£45.75	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median hourly rate	£45.50	-	£58.38
% change year-on-year	-	-	+325.16%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of 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 citing process or methodology skills in the North of England.

	6 months to 6 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	6,413	3,975	3,377
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England	84.13%	88.27%	84.51%
Number of daily rates quoted	3,724	2,630	1,841
10^th Percentile	£313	£220	£294
25^th Percentile	£409	£363	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£466	£475
Median % change year-on-year	+7.35%	-1.95%	-5.00%
75^th Percentile	£588	£556	£575
90^th Percentile	£675	£669	£653
England median daily rate	£525	£508	£525
% change year-on-year	+3.45%	-3.33%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	625	265	174
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£15.18	£14.56
25^th Percentile	£17.25	£18.87	£17.81
Median hourly rate	£40.00	£25.15	£32.50
Median % change year-on-year	+59.05%	-22.62%	+14.56%
75^th Percentile	£67.50	£45.46	£48.44
90^th Percentile	£77.00	£69.78	£69.93
England median hourly rate	£35.00	£25.15	£37.50
% change year-on-year	+39.17%	-32.93%	-15.73%

Source to Pay Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Source to Pay Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Source to Pay.

Source to Pay Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 6 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Yorkshire	-38	2	£650	-	2
North West	-52	1	-	-
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Source to Pay Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 6 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Source to Pay also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region citing Source to Pay.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Ariba	100.0%	3
1	SAP	100.0%	3
3	SAP S/4HANA	66.7%	2
3	Supply Chain Management	66.7%	2
5	Accounts Payable	33.3%	1
5	Analytics	33.3%	1
5	Big Data	33.3%	1
5	Budget Management	33.3%	1
5	Business Intelligence	33.3%	1
5	Cognitive Computing	33.3%	1
5	Collaborative Working	33.3%	1
5	Conflict Resolution	33.3%	1
5	Continuous Improvement	33.3%	1
5	Data Analysis	33.3%	1
5	Data Management	33.3%	1
5	Data Mining	33.3%	1
5	Data Modelling	33.3%	1
5	Data Strategy	33.3%	1
5	Data Validation	33.3%	1
5	Degree	33.3%	1
5	ERP	33.3%	1
5	Infor	33.3%	1
5	Inventory Management	33.3%	1
5	Machine Learning	33.3%	1
5	Master Data Management	33.3%	1
5	MATLAB	33.3%	1
5	MySQL	33.3%	1
5	Power BI	33.3%	1
5	Power Platform	33.3%	1
5	Problem-Solving	33.3%	1

Source to Pay Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Supply Chain Management	66.7%	2
2	Accounts Payable	33.3%	1
2	Analytics	33.3%	1
2	Budget Management	33.3%	1
2	Business Intelligence	33.3%	1
2	Cognitive Computing	33.3%	1
2	Collaborative Working	33.3%	1
2	Conflict Resolution	33.3%	1
2	Continuous Improvement	33.3%	1
2	Data Analysis	33.3%	1
2	Data Management	33.3%	1
2	Data Modelling	33.3%	1
2	Data Strategy	33.3%	1
2	Data Validation	33.3%	1
2	ERP	33.3%	1
2	Inventory Management	33.3%	1
2	Machine Learning	33.3%	1
2	Master Data Management	33.3%	1
2	Problem-Solving	33.3%	1
2	Procure-to-Pay	33.3%	1