Procurement Consultant Contracts

Procurement Consultant
UK

The median Procurement Consultant daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 543 684
Rank change year-on-year +33 +141 +126
Contract jobs requiring a Procurement Consultant 12 26 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.061% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.066% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 21 8
10th Percentile £400 £400 £327
25th Percentile £438 £513 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £513
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +17.07% -6.82%
75th Percentile £594 £625 £650
90th Percentile £638 £638 £658
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +18.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 26,623 39,542 53,460
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 92.81% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,302 25,743 37,320
10th Percentile £289 £280 £313
25th Percentile £405 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,013 2,737 1,489
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.82 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.45% -18.89% +87.50%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.99
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.31 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -34.23% -5.88% +112.50%

Procurement Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Procurement Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Procurement Consultant in the UK

Procurement Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Procurement Consultant.

Daily rate trend for Procurement Consultant in the UK

Procurement Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Procurement Consultant over the 6 months to 25 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Procurement Consultant in the UK

Procurement Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Procurement Consultant.

Hourly rate trend for Procurement Consultant in the UK

Procurement Consultant
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Procurement Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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 +60 10 £525 -12.50% 144
South East +50 4 £625 +1.63% 34
UK excluding London +37 4 £625 +4.17% 148
London +41 3 £525 - 9
Work from Home +37 3 £625 +19.05% 7

Procurement Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 May 2025, Procurement Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Procurement Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (33.33%) Oracle
1 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (25.00%) Facilities Management
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 2 (16.67%) Contract Management
3 2 (16.67%) E-business
3 2 (16.67%) SAP
3 2 (16.67%) Logistics
3 2 (16.67%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (8.33%) Azure
4 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (8.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (8.33%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (8.33%) Software Licensing
4 1 (8.33%) Supplier Management
4 1 (8.33%) Maximo
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) ITIL
4 1 (8.33%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (8.33%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (8.33%) WAN
4 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft

Procurement Consultant Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (8.33%) Maximo
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle ASCP
3 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (8.33%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Forms
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (25.00%) Facilities Management
2 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Contract Management
3 2 (16.67%) E-business
3 2 (16.67%) Logistics
3 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Indirect Procurement
4 1 (8.33%) ITIL
4 1 (8.33%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (8.33%) Software Licensing
4 1 (8.33%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) PL/SQL
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) Adobe
3 1 (8.33%) Ariba
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) HP
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft