Procurement Project Manager Contracts

Procurement Project Manager
UK

The median Procurement Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £663, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 570 712
Rank change year-on-year +61 +142 +121
Contract jobs requiring a Procurement Project Manager 11 12 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.028% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.030% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 3
10th Percentile £433 £416 £435
25th Percentile £525 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +39.47% -5.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £820 £588 £550
90th Percentile - £678 £565
UK excluding London median daily rate £217 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -51.70% -5.26% -7.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £3.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £3.65

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
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 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +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 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Procurement Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Procurement Project Manager in the UK

Procurement Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Procurement Project Manager in the UK

Procurement Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Procurement Project Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Procurement Project Manager in the UK

Procurement Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Procurement Project Manager in the UK

Procurement Project Manager
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 Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +55 10 £663 +39.47%
London +38 8 £725 +38.10%
UK excluding London +61 2 £217 -51.70%
South West +47 2 £217 -49.46%
Work from Home +40 2 £600 +26.32%

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Procurement Project 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) Project Management
2 7 (63.64%) SAP
2 7 (63.64%) Finance
3 6 (54.55%) ERP
4 5 (45.45%) Process Improvement
4 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
5 4 (36.36%) Resource Allocation
5 4 (36.36%) Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (36.36%) Agile
5 4 (36.36%) Ariba
5 4 (36.36%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (36.36%) Legal
6 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
6 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (27.27%) User Experience
6 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (27.27%) Performance Metrics
6 3 (27.27%) Matrix Organization
6 3 (27.27%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
6 3 (27.27%) Due Diligence
7 2 (18.18%) PMO
7 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
7 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (18.18%) Spend Analysis
7 2 (18.18%) Source to Pay

Procurement Project 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 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) SAP EWM
1 1 (9.09%) SAP GTS
1 1 (9.09%) SAP IBP
1 1 (9.09%) SAP MM
1 1 (9.09%) SAP PP
1 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (9.09%) SAP SCM
1 1 (9.09%) SAP SRM
1 1 (9.09%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
2 1 (9.09%) SAP HANA
General
1 7 (63.64%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Legal
3 4 (36.36%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (18.18%) Local Government
5 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (9.09%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) IoT
1 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Project Management
2 6 (54.55%) ERP
3 5 (45.45%) Process Improvement
4 4 (36.36%) Agile
4 4 (36.36%) Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (36.36%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (27.27%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (27.27%) Due Diligence
5 3 (27.27%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (27.27%) Performance Metrics
5 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
5 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
5 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (27.27%) User Experience
6 2 (18.18%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (18.18%) Change Control
6 2 (18.18%) Data Governance
6 2 (18.18%) Portfolio Management
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) PMO
2 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
2 1 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) SAP
2 4 (36.36%) Ariba
3 1 (9.09%) Salesforce
3 1 (9.09%) Workday