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 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 167 193
Rank change year-on-year +18 +26 +28
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Procure-to-Pay 17 20 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.48% 0.42% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.51% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 8
10th Percentile £503 £443 £231
25th Percentile £525 £497 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £610
Median % change year-on-year - +2.46% +1.67%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £691
90th Percentile £690 - £771
England median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £60.75
25th Percentile - £56.69 £67.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 £58.38 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.48% -22.17% +408.47%
75th Percentile - £60.06 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £44.19 £75.00
% change year-on-year +47.10% -41.08% +408.47%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,181 3,923 4,976
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.58% 82.17% 89.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,987 2,368 3,373
10th Percentile £239 £260 £250
25th Percentile £394 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £518
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +0.31% +3.68%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £623
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 309 309 240
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £26.25 £21.18
Median hourly rate £24.00 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.15% +14.70% +80.31%
75th Percentile £53.50 £70.18 £65.06
90th Percentile £70.38 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +56.36%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Procure-to-Pay.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Procure-to-Pay

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 24 August 2025.

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

Procure-to-Pay
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Procure-to-Pay.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Procure-to-Pay

Procure-to-Pay
DemandTrendContract 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 24 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +18 15 £625 - 10
Thames Valley +7 15 £625 - 13
Hampshire - 6 £650 - 5
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 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (58.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 9 (52.94%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (52.94%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (23.53%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (17.65%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (5.88%) Oracle AGIS
5 1 (5.88%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (5.88%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (5.88%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (5.88%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (5.88%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (5.88%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (5.88%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (5.88%) SAP MM
5 1 (5.88%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle Reports
General
1 9 (52.94%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Legal
3 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) General Ledger
4 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Consultant
2 3 (17.65%) OBIEE Consultant
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) ERP Implementation Manager
3 2 (11.76%) ERP Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Functional Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Implementation Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle Specialist
3 2 (11.76%) QA Tester
3 2 (11.76%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Tester
4 1 (5.88%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Developer
4 1 (5.88%) E-Business Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) ERP Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Migration Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Principal Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.88%) SAP MM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Logistics
2 5 (29.41%) Order to Cash
3 4 (23.53%) ERP
3 4 (23.53%) Record to Report
4 3 (17.65%) Accounts Payable
4 3 (17.65%) Agile
4 3 (17.65%) Order Management
5 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (11.76%) Coaching
5 2 (11.76%) DevOps
5 2 (11.76%) Impact Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) People Management
5 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
5 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.76%) Project Management
5 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.76%) Test Scripting
5 2 (11.76%) Time Management
6 1 (5.88%) Process Management
6 1 (5.88%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Java
1 1 (5.88%) PL/SQL
1 1 (5.88%) Python
1 1 (5.88%) R
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
1 2 (11.76%) PMP
2 1 (5.88%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Oracle
2 3 (17.65%) SAP
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft