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 26 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 359 | 414 | 482 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +55 | +68 | +109 |
| Contract jobs citing Procure-to-Pay | 196 | 167 | 201 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.59% | 0.41% | 0.37% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.66% | 0.48% | 0.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 88 | 93 | 101 |
| 10th Percentile | £412 | £425 | £356 |
| 25th Percentile | £476 | £488 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £570 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.64% | -4.35% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £681 | £675 | £690 |
| 90th Percentile | £784 | £845 | £850 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -7.95% |
| 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 | 29,819 | 34,547 | 48,726 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.42% | 85.51% | 89.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,706 | 22,222 | 33,482 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £308 | £320 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £413 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -4.50% | -0.05% |
| 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 | 1,610 | 2,049 | 1,610 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £13.50 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.30 | £17.50 | £18.59 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -37.13% | -5.88% | +60.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £50.00 | £63.75 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.75 | £73.75 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £23.00 | £40.00 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -42.50% | - | +83.65% |
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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 26 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 26 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 26 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 | +9 | 132 | £570 | +3.64% | 83 |
| UK excluding London | +53 | 105 | £550 | - | 43 |
| Work from Home | +34 | 88 | £573 | -4.58% | 35 |
| London | +6 | 66 | £581 | +5.55% | 48 |
| Scotland | +25 | 43 | £511 | -25.62% | 3 |
| South East | +31 | 22 | £625 | +23.46% | 7 |
| North of England | -6 | 15 | £492 | -8.89% | 9 |
| North West | +9 | 13 | £604 | +15.05% | 5 |
| East of England | +7 | 12 | £625 | +19.05% | 11 |
| Midlands | -3 | 9 | £403 | -32.92% | 8 |
| East Midlands | - | 5 | £363 | - | 4 |
| West Midlands | -8 | 4 | £650 | +8.33% | 4 |
| Wales | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| South West | +28 | 2 | £450 | -5.26% | 4 |
| Yorkshire | -10 | 2 | £450 | -18.18% | 4 |
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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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