Procure-to-Pay (including Purchase-to-Pay, P2P)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Procure-to-Pay skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Procure-to-Pay over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 395 | 408 | 510 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +13 | +102 | +121 |
| Contract jobs citing Procure-to-Pay | 126 | 176 | 209 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.43% | 0.40% | 0.35% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.47% | 0.47% | 0.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 70 | 108 | 107 |
| 10th Percentile | £413 | £429 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £466 | £500 | £472 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £571 | £600 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.79% | +9.09% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £652 | £688 | £639 |
| 90th Percentile | £771 | £875 | £905 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £560 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.79% | -2.61% | +9.52% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £59.25 | - | £60.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £69.38 | - | £67.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £75.00 | - | £75.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £80.00 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £89.00 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £75.00 | - | £75.00 |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Procure-to-Pay 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 | 26,594 | 37,597 | 53,655 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.84% | 86.31% | 89.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,149 | 24,227 | 37,238 |
| 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 | £743 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £483 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.50% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,071 | 2,443 | 1,746 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.41 | £12.75 | £11.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.21 | £16.00 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £35.65 | £37.30 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.65% | -4.42% | +49.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.38 | £59.98 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.50 | £37.34 | £36.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.35% | +3.72% | +80.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Procure-to-Pay as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Procure-to-Pay.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Procure-to-Pay over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Procure-to-Pay.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Procure-to-Pay over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Top 13 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Procure-to-Pay within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 | +29 | 111 | £575 | +2.68% | 185 |
| UK excluding London | +28 | 55 | £550 | -1.79% | 138 |
| London | +40 | 54 | £575 | - | 63 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 34 | £550 | -8.33% | 63 |
| East of England | +43 | 18 | £700 | +33.33% | 16 |
| North of England | +9 | 14 | £225 | -59.09% | 24 |
| South East | +18 | 13 | £563 | -10.00% | 42 |
| North West | +17 | 13 | £225 | -59.46% | 13 |
| Midlands | +20 | 5 | £438 | -20.45% | 31 |
| West Midlands | +14 | 5 | £438 | -20.45% | 15 |
| South West | +46 | 4 | £325 | -16.93% | 16 |
| Scotland | +5 | 3 | £511 | -25.62% | 7 |
| Yorkshire | -1 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
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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:
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