Procure-to-Pay Contracts in the South East

Procure-to-Pay (including Purchase-to-Pay, P2P)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 164 194
Rank change year-on-year +18 +30 +33
Contract jobs citing Procure-to-Pay 13 41 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.43% 0.74% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.87% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 27 16
10th Percentile £438 £485 £463
25th Percentile £478 £508 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £595 £688 £643
90th Percentile £599 £853 £700
England median daily rate £575 £560 £550
% change year-on-year +2.68% +1.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - £60.75
25th Percentile - - £67.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £75.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 - £75.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Procure-to-Pay
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Procure-to-Pay in the South East

Procure-to-Pay
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Procure-to-Pay in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Procure-to-Pay in the South East

Procure-to-Pay
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Procure-to-Pay in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Procure-to-Pay in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Procure-to-Pay in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Procure-to-Pay in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Thames Valley +14 7 £575 -8.00% 10
Berkshire +2 7 £575 -8.00% 5
Hampshire +26 4 - - 6
East Sussex - 1 £475 - 1
Procure-to-Pay
England

Procure-to-Pay
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 3 (23.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (7.69%) SAP MM
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
1 3 (23.08%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.69%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Database
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Forms
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Legal
2 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Automotive
4 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Law
4 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Consultant
2 3 (23.08%) ERP Implementation Manager
2 3 (23.08%) ERP Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Implementation Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Data Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Data Migration Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Migration Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Data Migration Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) QA Tester
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Manager
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Tester
4 1 (7.69%) Finance Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Principal SAP Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) SAP Financial Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) ERP
1 5 (38.46%) Order to Cash
1 5 (38.46%) Project Management
2 4 (30.77%) PRINCE2
2 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (23.08%) Agile
3 3 (23.08%) Coaching
3 3 (23.08%) DevOps
3 3 (23.08%) Impact Analysis
3 3 (23.08%) Logistics
3 3 (23.08%) People Management
3 3 (23.08%) Record to Report
3 3 (23.08%) Time Management
4 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (15.38%) Contract Management
4 2 (15.38%) Data Migration
4 2 (15.38%) Migration
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (15.38%) Test Scripting
5 1 (7.69%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) PL/SQL
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) PMP
2 3 (23.08%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle
1 3 (23.08%) SAP