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 17 July 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
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 573 676
Rank change year-on-year +27 +103 +195
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Procurement Manager 7 7 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.017% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.018% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 8
10th Percentile £555 £439 £483
25th Percentile £600 £463 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £675 £565
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% +19.47% +13.00%
75th Percentile £820 £813 £638
90th Percentile - £825 £720
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £738 £310
% change year-on-year -18.64% +137.90% -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 29,869 39,249 52,928
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.68% 93.01% 94.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,996 25,329 36,728
10th Percentile £287 £288 £310
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,413 2,586 1,568
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £14.49
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.50 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.30 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.75% -5.88% +65.50%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £38.35
% change year-on-year -37.63% +5.15% +82.62%

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 17 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Procurement Manager in the UK

Senior Procurement Manager
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 Senior Procurement Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 17 July 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 +57 7 £725 +7.41% 22
London +35 5 £773 +62.63% 12
UK excluding London +21 2 £600 -18.64% 10
South East +33 1 - - 5
North of England - 1 £600 - 3
Yorkshire - 1 £600 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 17 July 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%) Legal
2 4 (57.14%) Finance
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Process Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (42.86%) User Experience
3 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (42.86%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) Source to Pay
4 2 (28.57%) Cost Reduction
4 2 (28.57%) ERP
4 2 (28.57%) E-Procurement
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
5 1 (14.29%) SAP HANA
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 1 (14.29%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
5 1 (14.29%) SAP
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (14.29%) Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Workday
5 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (14.29%) Due Diligence

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%) Legal
2 4 (57.14%) Finance
3 3 (42.86%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
4 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%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (28.57%) E-Procurement
2 2 (28.57%) ERP
2 2 (28.57%) Source to Pay
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
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%) Project Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
1 1 (14.29%) SAP
1 1 (14.29%) Workday