Spend Analysis Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Spend Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Spend Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 458 367 371
Rank change year-on-year -91 +4 +55
Contract jobs citing Spend Analysis 7 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.025% 0.026% 0.017%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.031% 0.029% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £174 - -
25th Percentile £207 £256 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £263 £525
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -50.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £576 £300 £538
90th Percentile £579 £319 -
UK median daily rate £578 £263 £551
% change year-on-year +120.00% -52.32% +7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56.69
Median hourly rate - - £58.38
75th Percentile - - £60.06
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £58.38

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Spend Analysis 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,480 13,743 14,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.13% 89.11% 82.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,067 8,259 8,815
10th Percentile £300 £240 £250
25th Percentile £406 £368 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £599 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £653 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,502 1,399 1,350
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.00 £13.87
25th Percentile £17.50 £16.95 £16.50
Median hourly rate £43.11 £22.63 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +90.48% -47.37% +14.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.03
% change year-on-year +63.02% -40.16% +0.31%

Spend Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Spend Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Spend Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Spend Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Spend Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Spend Analysis

Spend Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spend Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Spend Analysis in the UK excluding London

Spend Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Spend Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Spend Analysis

Spend Analysis
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 Spend Analysis within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 August 2026. 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
Midlands -45 3 £250 - 6
South East -66 3 £575 +119.05% 4
West Midlands -37 2 £366 - 4
East of England - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £250 - 2
Spend Analysis
UK

Spend Analysis
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Legal
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Procurement Officer
1 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
1 2 (28.57%) SAP Manager
1 2 (28.57%) SAP Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Commercial Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Commercial Data Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Relationships Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Procurement Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Relationships Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Vendor Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Vendor Relationship Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (28.57%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Cost Optimisation
1 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
2 3 (42.86%) Contract Management
2 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Supplier Management
3 2 (28.57%) AI
3 2 (28.57%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Data Integration
3 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) ERP
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
3 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 2 (28.57%) Source to Pay
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
1 1 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Ariba
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Concur
2 1 (14.29%) DocuSign
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow