Procurement Officer Contracts

Procurement Officer
UK

The median Procurement Officer daily rate in the UK is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 588 704
Rank change year-on-year +78 +116 +135
Contract jobs requiring a Procurement Officer 10 10 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.023% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.025% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 5
10th Percentile £229 £506 £425
25th Percentile £306 £523 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £594 £520
Median % change year-on-year -13.68% +14.18% +12.43%
75th Percentile £538 £611 £550
90th Percentile - £626 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £600 £535
% change year-on-year -14.58% +12.15% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £21.47 - -
25th Percentile £21.60 - -
Median hourly rate £22.29 - -
75th Percentile £24.68 - -
90th Percentile £27.87 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.70 - -

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 27,138 40,367 56,304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,714 26,265 39,350
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,034 2,668 1,565
10th Percentile £14.06 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.40
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
% change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%

Procurement Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Procurement Officer in the UK

Procurement Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Procurement Officer in the UK

Procurement Officer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Procurement Officer over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Procurement Officer in the UK

Procurement Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Procurement Officer in the UK

Procurement Officer
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 Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
UK excluding London +60 8 £513 -14.58% 3
England +58 8 £500 -9.09% 7
South East +48 5 £513 -14.58% 2
Work from Home +49 3 £500 -14.89% 4
London +42 1 - - 6
Scotland +9 1 £525 -16.07%
North of England - 1 £215 -
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 - - 1
North West - 1 £215 -

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Procurement Officer 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 Officer in the job title.

1 5 (50.00%) Oracle
2 4 (40.00%) E-business
2 4 (40.00%) Legal
2 4 (40.00%) Performance Management
3 3 (30.00%) Contract Management
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (30.00%) SAP
4 2 (20.00%) SAS
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) Ariba
4 2 (20.00%) NHS
4 2 (20.00%) Law
4 2 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
4 2 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
4 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Supply Chain Management
4 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Source to Pay
4 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
5 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Supplier Management
5 1 (10.00%) Local Government
5 1 (10.00%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (10.00%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills

Procurement Officer 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Receivables
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 4 (40.00%) Legal
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Law
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) NHS
1 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) PACS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) E-business
1 4 (40.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (30.00%) Contract Management
3 2 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
3 2 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
3 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Source to Pay
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (20.00%) Supply Chain Management
4 1 (10.00%) Accounts Payable
4 1 (10.00%) Accounts Receivable
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (10.00%) ERP
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) Supplier Management
4 1 (10.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) MOS
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle
2 3 (30.00%) SAP
3 2 (20.00%) Ariba
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft