Procurement Manager Contracts

Procurement Manager
UK

The median Procurement Manager daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 July 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
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 506 534 595
Rank change year-on-year +28 +61 +207
Contract jobs requiring a Procurement Manager 42 59 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.15% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 33 69
10th Percentile £300 £413 £475
25th Percentile £494 £438 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £656 £688 £650
90th Percentile £820 £760 £858
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £525 £523
% change year-on-year -28.57% +0.48% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £7.79
25th Percentile - £22.50 £13.99
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £24.33
Median % change year-on-year - +2.77% -
75th Percentile - £27.50 £34.66
90th Percentile - - £40.87
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £25.00 £24.33
% change year-on-year - +2.77% -

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 30,069 39,775 53,295
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.85% 93.04% 94.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,151 25,566 36,972
10th Percentile £287 £288 £310
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.47%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,393 2,719 1,580
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.00 £14.41
25th Percentile £17.33 £17.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.50 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.75% -5.88% +66.67%
75th Percentile £56.25 £63.20 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% +6.67% +82.84%

Procurement Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Procurement Manager in the UK

Procurement Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Procurement Manager in the UK

Procurement Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Procurement Manager over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Procurement Manager in the UK

Procurement Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Procurement Manager in the UK

Procurement Manager
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Procurement Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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 +25 38 £600 +14.29% 87
London +45 27 £619 +15.44% 48
Work from Home +44 17 £550 +15.79% 39
UK excluding London -11 11 £375 -28.57% 36
North of England +6 6 £300 -42.86% 12
North West +9 4 £260 -56.67% 6
South West +37 2 £217 -50.60% 2
South East +35 2 £625 +13.64% 17
Yorkshire -1 2 £600 +29.73% 6
Wales +6 1 £600 +41.18%

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

For the 6 months to 13 July 2025, Procurement Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 22 (52.38%) Legal
2 16 (38.10%) Finance
3 14 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
4 13 (30.95%) Social Skills
4 13 (30.95%) Project Management
5 11 (26.19%) Public Sector
6 9 (21.43%) SAP
7 8 (19.05%) ERP
7 8 (19.05%) Degree
8 7 (16.67%) SC Cleared
8 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
8 7 (16.67%) Process Improvement
8 7 (16.67%) Contract Management
8 7 (16.67%) Risk Management
9 6 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (14.29%) Agile
9 6 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (14.29%) Procure-to-Pay
10 5 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (11.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Excel
10 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
10 5 (11.90%) Ariba
10 5 (11.90%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (11.90%) Cost Reduction
11 4 (9.52%) Technology Strategy
11 4 (9.52%) SaaS
11 4 (9.52%) User Experience
11 4 (9.52%) Analytical Skills

Procurement Manager 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 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) SAP EWM
1 1 (2.38%) SAP GTS
1 1 (2.38%) SAP IBP
1 1 (2.38%) SAP MM
1 1 (2.38%) SAP PP
1 1 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.38%) SAP SCM
1 1 (2.38%) SAP SRM
1 1 (2.38%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.52%) SaaS
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.38%) AWS
3 1 (2.38%) Google Workspace
3 1 (2.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Power BI
2 1 (2.38%) SAP HANA
General
1 22 (52.38%) Legal
2 16 (38.10%) Finance
3 13 (30.95%) Social Skills
4 11 (26.19%) Public Sector
5 6 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (11.90%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (7.14%) Marketing
9 2 (4.76%) Law
9 2 (4.76%) Local Government
9 2 (4.76%) Telecoms
10 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.38%) IoT
2 1 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.38%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
1 14 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (30.95%) Project Management
3 8 (19.05%) ERP
4 7 (16.67%) Contract Management
4 7 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 7 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 6 (14.29%) Agile
5 6 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (14.29%) Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (11.90%) Cost Reduction
6 5 (11.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (9.52%) Due Diligence
7 4 (9.52%) Matrix Organization
7 4 (9.52%) Resource Allocation
7 4 (9.52%) Technology Strategy
7 4 (9.52%) User Experience
8 3 (7.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 3 (7.14%) Supplier Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) Degree
2 7 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) PMO
1 3 (7.14%) SLA
2 1 (2.38%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 9 (21.43%) SAP
2 5 (11.90%) Ariba
2 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.76%) Workday
4 1 (2.38%) Axway
4 1 (2.38%) Concur
4 1 (2.38%) Dell
4 1 (2.38%) Google
4 1 (2.38%) webMethods