Senior Procurement Manager Contracts

Senior Procurement Manager
UK

The median Senior Procurement Manager daily rate in the UK is £725, 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 513 590 704
Rank change year-on-year +77 +114 +146
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Procurement Manager 7 8 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.018% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.020% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 6
10th Percentile £584 £445 £414
25th Percentile £673 £463 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £675 £560
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% +20.54% -2.61%
75th Percentile £820 £806 £565
90th Percentile - £825 £570
UK excluding London median daily rate - £800 £310
% change year-on-year - +158.06% -46.09%

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%

Senior Procurement Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Procurement Manager in the UK

Senior Procurement Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Procurement Manager in the UK

Senior Procurement Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Senior Procurement Manager in the UK

Senior Procurement 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 Senior Procurement Manager 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 +54 7 £725 +7.41% 7
London +42 5 £725 +26.09% 5
UK excluding London +58 1 - - 3
Work from Home +44 1 - - 4
South East - 1 - - 1

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

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

1 5 (71.43%) Finance
1 5 (71.43%) Legal
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (42.86%) Process Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (42.86%) User Experience
2 3 (42.86%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (28.57%) Supplier Relationship Management
3 2 (28.57%) Source to Pay
3 2 (28.57%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
4 1 (14.29%) SAP
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
4 1 (14.29%) NEC
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Due Diligence
4 1 (14.29%) Contract Negotiation

Senior 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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Unit4 Business World
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SAP HANA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
1 5 (71.43%) Legal
2 3 (42.86%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
1 3 (42.86%) Matrix Organization
1 3 (42.86%) Process Improvement
1 3 (42.86%) Procure-to-Pay
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
1 3 (42.86%) User Experience
2 2 (28.57%) ERP
2 2 (28.57%) Source to Pay
2 2 (28.57%) Supplier Relationship Management
3 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (14.29%) Due Diligence
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) NEC
1 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
1 1 (14.29%) SAP
1 1 (14.29%) Workday