Procurement Specialist Contracts in Scotland

Procurement Specialist
UK > Scotland

The median Procurement Specialist daily rate in Scotland is £508 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 156 174
Rank change year-on-year +32 +18 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Procurement Specialist 6 7 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.27% 0.24% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.26% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £428 - -
25th Percentile £447 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% -0.10% +33.47%
75th Percentile £625 £525 £501
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £395
% change year-on-year - +39.24% +23.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,112 2,720 3,382
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.67% 95.17% 96.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,289 1,953 2,401
10th Percentile £204 £233 £211
25th Percentile £369 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year - +3.83% +7.65%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 46 54
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.94 £12.24
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.34 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £23.18 £25.55
Median % change year-on-year +50.99% -9.26% -36.14%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.17 £47.99
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.50 £54.14
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

Procurement Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Procurement Specialist in Scotland

Procurement Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Procurement Specialist in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Procurement Specialist in Scotland

Procurement Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Procurement Specialist in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Procurement Specialist in Scotland

Procurement Specialist
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 Procurement Specialist within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Edinburgh +38 5 £465 - 2
Glasgow +6 1 £550 +10.00%
Procurement Specialist
UK

Procurement Specialist Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Procurement Specialist 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 Scotland region featuring Procurement Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Information Management
2 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 2 (33.33%) Contract Management
3 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Legal

Procurement Specialist Skill Set
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 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 1 (16.67%) Legal
1 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 2 (33.33%) Information Management
2 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft