Procure-to-Pay Contracts in Scotland

Procure-to-Pay (including Purchase-to-Pay, P2P)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Procure-to-Pay skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Procure-to-Pay over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 108 154
Rank change year-on-year +27 +46 +17
Contract jobs citing Procure-to-Pay 44 12 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.53% 0.63% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.76% 0.72% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 4
10th Percentile £475 £416 £193
25th Percentile £494 £500 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £650 £400
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +62.50% +10.34%
75th Percentile £518 £738 £666
90th Percentile £519 £875 £806
UK median daily rate £570 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +3.64% -4.35% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Procure-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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,595 1,659 2,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 91.82% 86.95% 91.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 888 1,026 1,621
10th Percentile £263 £208 £250
25th Percentile £370 £357 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £600 £662 £626
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 59 56
10th Percentile £16.59 £12.30 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.25 £13.15
Median hourly rate £20.00 £19.59 £18.33
Median % change year-on-year +2.09% +6.90% -47.64%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.94 £55.00
90th Percentile £28.19 £54.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.90% -4.71% +62.40%

Procure-to-Pay
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Procure-to-Pay as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Procure-to-Pay in Scotland

Procure-to-Pay
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Procure-to-Pay in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Procure-to-Pay in Scotland

Procure-to-Pay
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Procure-to-Pay in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Procure-to-Pay in Scotland

Procure-to-Pay
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Procure-to-Pay within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
West Lothian - 18 - -
Edinburgh +6 5 £516 -20.67%
Stirling - 4 - -
Midlothian - 3 - - 1
Fife - 3 £475 - 2
Lanarkshire -1 1 - -
Glasgow -17 1 £510 -
East Lothian - 1 - -
Procure-to-Pay
UK

Procure-to-Pay
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (6.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (4.55%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (2.27%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.82%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 40 (90.91%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) Oracle Reports
General
1 44 (100.00%) Finance
2 40 (90.91%) General Ledger
2 40 (90.91%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.27%) Banking
3 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 42 (95.45%) Analyst
2 40 (90.91%) Financial Analyst
2 40 (90.91%) Senior
2 40 (90.91%) Senior Analyst
2 40 (90.91%) Senior Financial Analyst
3 1 (2.27%) Accountant
3 1 (2.27%) Consultant
3 1 (2.27%) Financial Accountant
3 1 (2.27%) Oracle Analyst
3 1 (2.27%) Oracle Consultant
3 1 (2.27%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (6.82%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 40 (90.91%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (97.73%) Accounts Payable
2 40 (90.91%) Root Cause Analysis
2 40 (90.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (9.09%) ERP
4 3 (6.82%) ITSM
4 3 (6.82%) Release Management
5 2 (4.55%) Knowledge Management
6 1 (2.27%) Business Case
6 1 (2.27%) Process Improvement
6 1 (2.27%) Project Delivery
6 1 (2.27%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.55%) ProC
Qualifications
1 41 (93.18%) ACCA
1 41 (93.18%) CIMA
2 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.27%) Degree
2 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 40 (90.91%) SAP
2 3 (6.82%) Oracle