Indirect Procurement Contract Job Trends

Indirect Procurement
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Indirect Procurement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 560 555 625
Rank change year-on-year -5 +70 +176
Contract jobs citing Indirect Procurement 5 1 14
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.003% 0.030%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.016% 0.003% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £510 - -
25th Percentile £520 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £750 £605
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +23.97% -15.97%
75th Percentile £593 - -
90th Percentile £614 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £605
% change year-on-year - - -6.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £48.62
Median hourly rate - - £52.21
75th Percentile - - £55.81
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £52.21

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 31,960 31,635 41,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.93% 86.21% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,027 19,055 27,781
10th Percentile £295 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,098 1,126 1,593
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.10 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.12 £18.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -19.54% +24.29%
75th Percentile £44.40 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £73.53 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £33.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -31.42% -24.83% +48.81%

Indirect Procurement
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Indirect Procurement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Indirect Procurement job vacancy trend in the UK

Indirect Procurement
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Indirect Procurement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Indirect Procurement

Indirect Procurement
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Indirect Procurement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Indirect Procurement

Indirect Procurement
Top 3 Contract Job 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 14 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
London +21 4 £550 -26.67% 5
England -23 4 £550 -26.67% 12
Work from Home - 3 £550 -

Indirect Procurement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (20.00%) SAP PS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Legal
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Business Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Business Process Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Procurement Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (40.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 2 (40.00%) Cost Reduction
1 2 (40.00%) Data Enrichment
1 2 (40.00%) ERP
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (40.00%) Use Case
2 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (20.00%) Logistics
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Ariba
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft