Procurement Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Procurement Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Procurement Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 334 398
Rank change year-on-year -40 +64 +88
Contract jobs requiring a Procurement Manager 15 35 21
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.094% 0.20% 0.100%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.22% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 20 14
10th Percentile £423 £413 £440
25th Percentile £466 £479 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £581 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +5.68% +15.79%
75th Percentile £628 £600 £600
90th Percentile £678 £688 -
UK median daily rate £550 £591 £600
% change year-on-year -6.98% -1.46% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £45.68
25th Percentile - £22.50 £46.70
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £51.78
Median % change year-on-year - -51.71% -15.85%
75th Percentile - £27.50 £55.48
90th Percentile - - £55.67
UK median hourly rate - £25.00 £51.78
% change year-on-year - -51.71% -15.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 14,338 15,955 19,850
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.63% 92.23% 94.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,800 9,086 13,230
10th Percentile £208 £220 £220
25th Percentile £363 £371 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £670 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,363 1,199 1,255
10th Percentile £13.57 £14.73 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £41.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.76% -6.74% +97.78%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.47 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.92 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -38.66% -8.89% +69.81%

Procurement Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Procurement Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Procurement Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Procurement Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Procurement Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Procurement Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Procurement Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Procurement Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Procurement Manager in the UK excluding London

Procurement Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Procurement Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Procurement Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Procurement Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Procurement Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
South West +14 5 £450 - 9
West Midlands -16 4 £525 -24.73% 2
Midlands -20 4 £525 -24.73% 9
North of England -28 3 £600 +7.87% 18
South East +4 2 £513 -24.07% 106
North West -18 2 £550 -7.37% 10
Scotland -5 1 £525 +5.00%
Yorkshire -30 1 £600 +23.08% 8
Procurement Manager
UK

Procurement Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, Procurement Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Procurement Manager in the job title.

1 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (20.00%) SLA
4 2 (13.33%) Cost Reduction
4 2 (13.33%) Data Security
4 2 (13.33%) ERP
4 2 (13.33%) GDPR
4 2 (13.33%) SAP
4 2 (13.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (13.33%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (13.33%) Supplier Management
4 2 (13.33%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (13.33%) Workday
5 1 (6.67%) Agile
5 1 (6.67%) AI
5 1 (6.67%) Ariba
5 1 (6.67%) Axway
5 1 (6.67%) Business Case
5 1 (6.67%) Change Control
5 1 (6.67%) Change Management
5 1 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) Contract Negotiation
5 1 (6.67%) Digital Strategy
5 1 (6.67%) E-Procurement
5 1 (6.67%) IT Strategy

Procurement Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 7 (46.67%) Legal
2 4 (26.67%) Finance
2 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (20.00%) Law
4 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (33.33%) Contract Management
3 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (13.33%) Cost Reduction
4 2 (13.33%) Data Security
4 2 (13.33%) ERP
4 2 (13.33%) Supplier Management
4 2 (13.33%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (6.67%) Change Control
5 1 (6.67%) Change Management
5 1 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) IT Strategy
5 1 (6.67%) Market Research
5 1 (6.67%) Performance Management
5 1 (6.67%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (6.67%) Project Management
5 1 (6.67%) Scorecard
5 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) SLA
2 2 (13.33%) GDPR
2 2 (13.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) SAP
1 2 (13.33%) Workday
2 1 (6.67%) Ariba
2 1 (6.67%) Axway
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle
2 1 (6.67%) webMethods