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 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 362 | 405 | 475 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +43 | +70 | +97 |
| Contract jobs citing Procure-to-Pay | 197 | 168 | 204 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.60% | 0.42% | 0.38% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.66% | 0.49% | 0.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 89 | 91 | 102 |
| 10th Percentile | £412 | £425 | £356 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £488 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £570 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.64% | -4.35% | +3.37% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £686 |
| 90th Percentile | £782 | £850 | £849 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £538 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.27% | - | -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 | 29,844 | 34,314 | 48,537 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.41% | 85.44% | 89.32% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,720 | 22,065 | 33,352 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £308 | £320 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £413 | £430 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £545 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -3.67% | -0.91% |
| 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 | 1,619 | 2,025 | 1,595 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £13.55 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.30 | £17.50 | £18.50 |
| 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 | £77.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £23.05 | £40.00 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -42.38% | - | +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 27 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 27 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 27 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 | +23 | 132 | £570 | +3.64% | 88 |
| UK excluding London | +67 | 106 | £538 | -2.27% | 44 |
| Work from Home | +42 | 89 | £570 | -5.00% | 36 |
| London | +7 | 66 | £581 | +5.55% | 52 |
| Scotland | +24 | 44 | £511 | -25.72% | 3 |
| South East | +30 | 22 | £625 | +23.46% | 7 |
| North of England | +3 | 15 | £492 | -8.89% | 10 |
| North West | -1 | 13 | £604 | +15.05% | 5 |
| East of England | +3 | 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 | +33 | 2 | £450 | -5.26% | 4 |
| Yorkshire | -12 | 2 | £450 | -18.18% | 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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