Procurement Specialist Contracts

Procurement Specialist
UK

The median Procurement Specialist daily rate in the UK is £550, 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 508 583 694
Rank change year-on-year +75 +111 +141
Contract jobs requiring a Procurement Specialist 12 15 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.034% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.037% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 10
10th Percentile £374 £400 £480
25th Percentile £480 £436 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +29.41%
75th Percentile - £638 -
90th Percentile - £680 £655
UK excluding London median daily rate £545 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +3.81% -2.33% +13.16%

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 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 2 May 2025.

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 8 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 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
England +58 11 £550 -4.35% 16
UK excluding London +55 6 £545 +3.81% 10
London +45 6 £550 -19.12% 6
South East +43 2 £600 +11.63% 5
South West - 2 £458 -
Work from Home +41 1 £650 +18.18% 13
Scotland +8 1 £488 -3.94%
East of England - 1 £550 -

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, 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 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) ERP
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Oracle
4 2 (16.67%) SAP
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (16.67%) Cost Reduction
4 2 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Logistics
5 1 (8.33%) Business Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Local Government
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (8.33%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Marketing
5 1 (8.33%) Degree
5 1 (8.33%) Use Case
5 1 (8.33%) Data Integration
5 1 (8.33%) Financial Modelling
5 1 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (8.33%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (8.33%) Azure
5 1 (8.33%) SaaS
5 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (8.33%) Data Governance
5 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
5 1 (8.33%) Ariba

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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (8.33%) SaaS
General
1 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Local Government
4 1 (8.33%) Marketing
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) ERP
3 2 (16.67%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (8.33%) Business Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Business Case
4 1 (8.33%) Change Management
4 1 (8.33%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Data Design
4 1 (8.33%) Data Integration
4 1 (8.33%) E-business
4 1 (8.33%) Logistics
4 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
4 1 (8.33%) Project Management
4 1 (8.33%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Requirements Workshops
4 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
4 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (8.33%) Use Case
4 1 (8.33%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
1 2 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) Ariba
2 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (8.33%) Workday