Procurement Officer Contract Job Trends in Reading

Procurement Officer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Procurement Officer daily rate in Reading is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 September 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 86 90
Rank change year-on-year +21 +4 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Procurement Officer 2 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.34% 0.54% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.61% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - £475 £480
25th Percentile £513 £484 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year - +0.96% -3.26%
75th Percentile £538 £552 £551
90th Percentile - £578 £557
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £525 £520
% change year-on-year - +0.96% -3.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 535 981 1,071
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 88.70% 94.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 537 710
10th Percentile £350 £346 £312
25th Percentile £425 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £582 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.90% +5.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £610 £650 £638
90th Percentile £650 £715 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £508 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 40 18
10th Percentile - £48.92 £38.80
25th Percentile £14.75 £58.24 £54.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £70.27 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.87% +6.47% +89.17%
75th Percentile £55.00 £87.47 £74.59
90th Percentile £69.00 £100.00 £75.77
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.18 £61.80 £56.89
% change year-on-year -47.92% +8.63% +63.04%

Procurement Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Procurement Officer in Reading

Procurement Officer
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Procurement Officer job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Procurement Officer job vacancies in Reading

Procurement Officer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Procurement Officer 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 Reading region featuring Procurement Officer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation

Procurement Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft