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 22 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 355 | 413 | 484 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +58 | +71 | +106 |
| Contract jobs citing Procure-to-Pay | 194 | 166 | 207 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.59% | 0.40% | 0.37% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.66% | 0.47% | 0.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 86 | 91 | 103 |
| 10th Percentile | £411 | £425 | £356 |
| 25th Percentile | £483 | £493 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £571 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.86% | -4.35% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £693 | £688 | £683 |
| 90th Percentile | £789 | £875 | £848 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -8.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £57.00 | - | £61.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £63.75 | - | £69.38 |
| Median hourly rate | £75.00 | £30.00 | £75.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +150.00% | -60.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £86.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £75.00 | £30.00 | £75.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +150.00% | -60.00% | - |
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 | 29,526 | 35,285 | 49,545 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.34% | 85.41% | 89.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,520 | 22,637 | 34,052 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £306 | £323 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £413 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £548 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -4.11% | -0.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,575 | 2,186 | 1,631 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £13.06 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.33 | £16.85 | £18.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £38.12 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -34.02% | -10.31% | +60.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £50.75 | £62.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.75 | £73.63 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £24.00 | £40.00 | £40.80 |
| % change year-on-year | -40.00% | -1.95% | +89.74% |
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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 22 July 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 22 July 2025.
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Top 15 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 22 July 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 | +36 | 130 | £573 | +4.09% | 76 |
| UK excluding London | +54 | 104 | £550 | - | 40 |
| Work from Home | +44 | 87 | £570 | -4.00% | 26 |
| London | +24 | 65 | £580 | +5.45% | 43 |
| Scotland | +35 | 43 | £511 | -29.47% | 4 |
| South East | +39 | 22 | £625 | +23.46% | 7 |
| North of England | +10 | 15 | £580 | +5.45% | 8 |
| North West | +12 | 14 | £580 | -32.75% | 3 |
| East of England | +6 | 12 | £625 | +13.64% | 11 |
| Midlands | +1 | 8 | £402 | -32.96% | 5 |
| East Midlands | - | 5 | £363 | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | 0 | 3 | £750 | +25.00% | 4 |
| Wales | - | 3 | - | - | |
| South West | +37 | 2 | £450 | -5.26% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | -6 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
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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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