Procure-to-Pay Contracts in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 95 109 132
Rank change year-on-year +14 +23 +3
Contract jobs citing Procure-to-Pay 7 36 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.46% 1.34% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 1.54% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 24 13
10th Percentile £458 £474 £433
25th Percentile £525 £506 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £598 £688 £643
90th Percentile £599 £901 £689
South East median daily rate £563 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Procure-to-Pay
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Procure-to-Pay in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Procure-to-Pay in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Procure-to-Pay in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Procure-to-Pay in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +2 7 £575 -8.00% 4
Procure-to-Pay
South East

Procure-to-Pay
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (14.29%) SAP MM
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Automotive
3 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
1 2 (28.57%) QA Tester
1 2 (28.57%) SAP Manager
1 2 (28.57%) SAP Project Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Commercial Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Data Migration Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Finance Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Logistics Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Data Migration Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Principal SAP Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Financial Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SAP MM Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) SAP P2P Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Transformation Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Transformation Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Logistics
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Contract Management
3 1 (14.29%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) Escalation Management
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Order Management
3 1 (14.29%) Order to Cash
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
1 1 (14.29%) PMP
1 1 (14.29%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle