Procurement Specialist Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Procurement Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Procurement Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 370 354 409
Rank change year-on-year -16 +55 +103
Contract jobs requiring a Procurement Specialist 13 12 13
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.081% 0.070% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.076% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 8
10th Percentile £320 £436 £444
25th Percentile £338 £475 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £473
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +5.82% -17.83%
75th Percentile £447 £538 £525
90th Percentile £625 £605 £533
UK median daily rate £375 £525 £480
% change year-on-year -28.57% +9.38% -6.80%

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 14,355 15,788 20,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.61% 92.09% 94.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,825 8,984 13,396
10th Percentile £208 £220 £219
25th Percentile £363 £373 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £674 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,368 1,170 1,270
10th Percentile £13.56 £14.73 £14.24
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £24.42 £40.33 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.44% -9.38% +97.78%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.16 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.38% -10.75% +68.35%

Procurement Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Procurement Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Procurement Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Procurement Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Procurement Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Procurement Specialist in the UK excluding London

Procurement Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Procurement Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
East of England - 5 £329 - 2
South East +16 4 £500 -23.08% 2
Scotland -3 1 £350 -30.00% 1
West Midlands -13 1 £413 -1.79%
Midlands -18 1 £413 -1.79%
Yorkshire - 1 £450 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
North of England - 1 £450 - 4
Procurement Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, Procurement Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Contract Management
2 5 (38.46%) Contract Negotiation
2 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (23.08%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (23.08%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (23.08%) E-Procurement
3 3 (23.08%) SAP
4 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (15.38%) Degree
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 2 (15.38%) Oracle
4 2 (15.38%) Performance Management
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Azure
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (7.69%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (7.69%) Data Governance
5 1 (7.69%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (7.69%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (7.69%) E-business
5 1 (7.69%) ERP
5 1 (7.69%) Financial Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) IT Governance
5 1 (7.69%) Logistics
5 1 (7.69%) Master Data Management
5 1 (7.69%) Migration
5 1 (7.69%) NEC

Procurement Specialist 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Digital Health
2 5 (38.46%) Public Sector
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Finance
4 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Legal
5 1 (7.69%) Digital Healthcare
5 1 (7.69%) Electronics
5 1 (7.69%) Health Technology
5 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.69%) Marketing
5 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) NHS
2 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Contract Management
2 5 (38.46%) Contract Negotiation
2 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (23.08%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (23.08%) E-Procurement
4 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (15.38%) Performance Management
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (7.69%) Data Governance
5 1 (7.69%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (7.69%) E-business
5 1 (7.69%) IT Governance
5 1 (7.69%) Master Data Management
5 1 (7.69%) Migration
5 1 (7.69%) Performance Monitoring
5 1 (7.69%) Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) SAP
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle
3 1 (7.69%) NEC
3 1 (7.69%) Workday