Indirect Procurement Job Trends in the North West

Indirect Procurement
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Indirect Procurement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 182 278
Rank change year-on-year -40 +96 -
Permanent jobs citing Indirect Procurement 9 26 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.086% 0.60% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.63% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £67,500
75th Percentile £52,500 - £68,750
90th Percentile £56,250 - -
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -22.22% +3.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Indirect Procurement 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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,736 4,139 7,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 73.56% 95.41% 82.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,608 2,189 6,046
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,603
90th Percentile £89,500 £83,850 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

Indirect Procurement
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Indirect Procurement relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Indirect Procurement job vacancy trend in the North West

Indirect Procurement
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Indirect Procurement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Indirect Procurement

Indirect Procurement
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Indirect Procurement in the North West over the 6 months to 6 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Indirect Procurement in the North West

Indirect Procurement
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Indirect Procurement within the North West region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Lancashire - 6 £50,000 -
Manchester -34 3 £50,000 - 1
Indirect Procurement
England

Indirect Procurement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 6 (66.67%) Aerospace
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Lead
2 3 (33.33%) Buyer
2 3 (33.33%) IT Buyer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Buyer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior IT Buyer
3 2 (22.22%) Procurement Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Project Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
1 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 6 (66.67%) Technology Roadmap
3 4 (44.44%) Project Delivery
3 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 4 (44.44%) Supply Chain Management
4 2 (22.22%) Coaching
4 2 (22.22%) Contract Management
4 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 2 (22.22%) DevOps
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
4 2 (22.22%) Platform Engineering
4 2 (22.22%) Supplier Management
4 2 (22.22%) Supplier Relationship Management
4 2 (22.22%) Workload Management
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared