Source to Pay Contract Job Trends in the South East

Source to Pay (S2P)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Source to Pay skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 176 202
Rank change year-on-year +8 +26 +67
Contract jobs citing Source to Pay 2 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.056% 0.046% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.063% 0.056% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £625
25th Percentile - - £653
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - £750
Median % change year-on-year - - +76.47%
75th Percentile - - £800
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £683 £588 £613
% change year-on-year +16.26% -4.08% +11.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £21.39 £58.38 -
Median % change year-on-year -63.36% - -
England median hourly rate £21.39 £58.38 £54.37
% change year-on-year -63.36% +7.38% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Source 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 3,162 3,585 4,961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 88.90% 82.97% 89.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,989 2,147 3,315
10th Percentile £212 £255 £246
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 194 254
10th Percentile £13.43 £16.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £22.87
Median hourly rate £22.50 £59.25 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.02% +11.78% +66.09%
75th Percentile £50.00 £70.36 £67.69
90th Percentile £69.65 £76.86 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +41.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Source to Pay relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Source to Pay job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

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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 Source to Pay within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 October 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
Hampshire - 2 £250 -
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Procurement Officer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Ariba
1 2 (100.00%) SAP