Procurement Specialist Contracts

Procurement Specialist
UK

The median Procurement Specialist daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 699 837
Rank change year-on-year +123 +138 -167
Contract jobs requiring a Procurement Specialist 15 19 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.032% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.034% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 10
10th Percentile £400 £480 £258
25th Percentile £436 £506 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £408
Median % change year-on-year - +34.97% +25.38%
75th Percentile £638 £569 £497
90th Percentile £680 £650 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £475
% change year-on-year -2.33% +13.16% +46.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,021 55,966 84,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,056 39,104 59,482
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,666 1,571 2,084
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.29 £65.75 £49.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%

Procurement Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Procurement Specialist in the UK

Procurement Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Procurement Specialist in the UK

Procurement Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Procurement Specialist over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Procurement Specialist in the UK

Procurement Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Procurement Specialist in the UK

Procurement Specialist
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Procurement Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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 +65 11 £525 -2.33% 5
England +107 8 £575 +4.55% 8
Work from Home +125 7 £550 -4.35% 1
Scotland +39 6 £508 +1.50% 2
South East +22 5 £538 -2.27% 1
London +99 3 £680 +18.26% 5

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Procurement Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (26.67%) Contract Management
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (20.00%) Analytics
4 2 (13.33%) Information Management
4 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (13.33%) SAP
4 2 (13.33%) Project Management
4 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (13.33%) Legal
4 2 (13.33%) Degree
4 2 (13.33%) Performance Management
5 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
5 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) SaaS
5 1 (6.67%) Process Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) Marketing Strategy
5 1 (6.67%) Data Analytics
5 1 (6.67%) Business Analytics
5 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (6.67%) French Language
5 1 (6.67%) German Language
5 1 (6.67%) Polish Language
5 1 (6.67%) SAP ERP
5 1 (6.67%) Supplier Management
5 1 (6.67%) Local Government
5 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint

Procurement Specialist 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 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
1 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
General
1 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (13.33%) Legal
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) French Language
3 1 (6.67%) German Language
3 1 (6.67%) Local Government
3 1 (6.67%) Marketing
3 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Polish Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Licensing
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (26.67%) Contract Management
3 3 (20.00%) Analytics
4 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (13.33%) Information Management
4 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (13.33%) Performance Management
4 2 (13.33%) Project Management
5 1 (6.67%) Agile
5 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
5 1 (6.67%) DSDM
5 1 (6.67%) ERP
5 1 (6.67%) Logistics
5 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2
5 1 (6.67%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (6.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (6.67%) Scrum
5 1 (6.67%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) SAP
3 1 (6.67%) Citrix
3 1 (6.67%) HP
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle
3 1 (6.67%) Progress