Procure-to-Pay Job Trends in the North of England

Procure-to-Pay (including Purchase-to-Pay, P2P)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Procure-to-Pay skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 255 262
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 +145
Permanent jobs citing Procure-to-Pay 7 30 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.067% 0.32% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.082% 0.36% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 7 14 14
10th Percentile £69,300 - £38,475
25th Percentile £77,500 £35,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £43,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +82.86% -32.69% +21.81%
75th Percentile £82,500 £56,563 £70,000
90th Percentile - £58,750 -
England median annual salary £80,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +45.45% -15.38% -7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Procure-to-Pay falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,559 8,368 7,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.49% 90.10% 90.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,524 3,765 5,537
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -1.43% -1.87%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Procure-to-Pay
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Procure-to-Pay relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Procure-to-Pay job vacancy trend in the North of England

Procure-to-Pay
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Procure-to-Pay.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Procure-to-Pay

Procure-to-Pay
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Procure-to-Pay in the North of England over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Procure-to-Pay in the North of England

Procure-to-Pay
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Procure-to-Pay within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +13 3 £80,000 +128.57% 6
Yorkshire -13 3 £80,000 +45.45% 2
North East - 1 £80,000 -
Procure-to-Pay
England

Procure-to-Pay
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (85.71%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Head of Procurement
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Financial Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Budgeting
1 6 (85.71%) Co-Creation
1 6 (85.71%) Contract Management
1 6 (85.71%) Contract Negotiation
1 6 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (85.71%) Line Management
1 6 (85.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Data Collection
2 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
2 1 (14.29%) ERP
2 1 (14.29%) Record to Report
2 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) ACCA
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (14.29%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) SAP