Indirect Procurement Contracts

Indirect Procurement
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Indirect Procurement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Indirect Procurement over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 505 590 701
Rank change year-on-year +85 +111 +146
Contract jobs citing Indirect Procurement 15 8 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.018% 0.018%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.056% 0.021% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 2 1
10th Percentile £500 - -
25th Percentile £546 £463 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £475 £613
Median % change year-on-year +22.32% -22.45% -9.26%
75th Percentile £622 £488 £619
90th Percentile £670 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £613
% change year-on-year +5.26% -22.45% +9.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Indirect Procurement 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,648 37,562 53,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.33% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,170 24,188 37,115
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,066 2,451 1,742
10th Percentile £14.35 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.26 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%
75th Percentile £61.50 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%

Indirect Procurement
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Indirect Procurement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Indirect Procurement in the UK

Indirect Procurement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Indirect Procurement.

Daily rate trend for Indirect Procurement in the UK

Indirect Procurement
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Indirect Procurement over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Indirect Procurement in the UK

Indirect Procurement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Indirect Procurement.

Hourly rate trend for Indirect Procurement in the UK

Indirect Procurement
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Indirect Procurement within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +60 12 £581 +22.32% 26
London +51 10 £582 - 8
Work from Home +52 7 £541 - 15
UK excluding London +56 2 £500 +5.26% 20
East Midlands - 2 £500 - 2
Midlands - 2 £500 - 6

Indirect Procurement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (20.00%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (13.33%) SAP PS
3 1 (6.67%) SAP EWM
3 1 (6.67%) SAP SD
General
1 6 (40.00%) Finance
2 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Retail
4 2 (13.33%) Aerospace
4 2 (13.33%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Consultant
1 10 (66.67%) SAP Consultant
2 4 (26.67%) SAP P2P Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Lead
3 2 (13.33%) SAP Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Business Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Business Process Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Process Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Procurement Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) SAP EWM Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) SAP MM Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) SAP SD Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) SAPUI5 Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) UI Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) SAP Fiori
1 3 (20.00%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (6.67%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (26.67%) Accounts Payable
3 4 (26.67%) Data Migration
3 4 (26.67%) Migration
4 3 (20.00%) Performance Analysis
4 3 (20.00%) Workflow
5 2 (13.33%) Inventory Management
5 2 (13.33%) Logistics
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (13.33%) Use Case
5 2 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (6.67%) Change Management
6 1 (6.67%) Content Development
6 1 (6.67%) Contract Management
6 1 (6.67%) ERP
6 1 (6.67%) Project Management
6 1 (6.67%) Supplier Relationship Management
6 1 (6.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) GRC
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) SAP
2 6 (40.00%) Ariba
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft