Procure-to-Pay Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Procure-to-Pay skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 112 126
Rank change year-on-year 0 +14 +22
Contract jobs citing Procure-to-Pay 13 17 15
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.70% 0.80% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.92% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 8
10th Percentile £518 £463 £228
25th Percentile £600 £506 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £637 £625 £688
Median % change year-on-year +1.84% -9.09% +25.00%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £853
90th Percentile £695 £650 £889
South East median daily rate £582 £613 £688
% change year-on-year -5.02% -10.91% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £56.69 £86.75
Median hourly rate - £58.38 £88.50
Median % change year-on-year - -34.04% -
75th Percentile - £60.06 £90.25
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £75.00 £58.38 £88.50
% change year-on-year +28.48% -34.04% +500.00%

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 1,649 1,851 2,392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 89.04% 86.94% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,044 1,063 1,559
10th Percentile £269 £300 £243
25th Percentile £406 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £623
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £523
% change year-on-year -2.01% -2.34% +2.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 68 101
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.74 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.91 £29.44 £24.34
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.77 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.47% +15.55% +163.16%
75th Percentile £38.42 £62.77 £66.44
90th Percentile £74.40 £71.24 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £52.30
% change year-on-year -64.48% +11.47% +39.47%

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

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Procure-to-Pay relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Procure-to-Pay job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Procure-to-Pay
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Procure-to-Pay.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Procure-to-Pay

Procure-to-Pay
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 4 November 2025.

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Procure-to-Pay.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Procure-to-Pay

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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 4 November 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 +6 13 £637 +3.92% 12
Procure-to-Pay
South East

Procure-to-Pay
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Business Applications
1 11 (84.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 10 (76.92%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (76.92%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (38.46%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (23.08%) Oracle iProcurement
4 3 (23.08%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (15.38%) Oracle AGIS
5 2 (15.38%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (15.38%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (15.38%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (7.69%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (7.69%) Oracle E-Business Tax
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle Reports
General
1 9 (69.23%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) General Ledger
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) Functional Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 3 (23.08%) OBIEE Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Oracle Specialist
5 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Developer
5 1 (7.69%) E-Business Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Finance Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Lead
5 1 (7.69%) OBIEE Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Oracle Financials Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Oracle Financials Specialist
5 1 (7.69%) Oracle P2P Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Product Owner
5 1 (7.69%) Programme Manager
5 1 (7.69%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Workday Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Logistics
2 4 (30.77%) Accounts Payable
2 4 (30.77%) Order Management
3 3 (23.08%) Accounts Receivable
3 3 (23.08%) Order to Cash
4 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (15.38%) Cash Management
4 2 (15.38%) Record to Report
4 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (7.69%) Agile
5 1 (7.69%) Analytics
5 1 (7.69%) Business Transformation
5 1 (7.69%) Data Extraction
5 1 (7.69%) ERP
5 1 (7.69%) ETL
5 1 (7.69%) Inventory Management
5 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Process Management
5 1 (7.69%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Java
1 1 (7.69%) Python
1 1 (7.69%) R
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Oracle
2 2 (15.38%) SAP
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft