Procure-to-Pay (including Purchase-to-Pay, P2P)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Procure-to-Pay skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Procure-to-Pay over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 762 769 908
Rank change year-on-year +7 +139 -120
Permanent jobs citing Procure-to-Pay 134 202 328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.19% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.20% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 81 136 189
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,375 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £60,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +4.00% +0.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,313 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,625 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.88% +18.18% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Procure-to-Pay is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Procure-to-Pay
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Procure-to-Pay as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Procure-to-Pay in the UK

Procure-to-Pay
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Procure-to-Pay.

Salary trend for Procure-to-Pay in the UK

Procure-to-Pay
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Procure-to-Pay over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Procure-to-Pay in the UK

Procure-to-Pay
Top 15 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +53 119 £58,250 -13.70% 46
UK excluding London -9 85 £56,625 -12.88% 27
Work from Home +119 69 £65,000 +25.00% 23
London +98 35 £70,000 - 20
South East +45 35 £58,250 -10.38% 6
Midlands -7 24 £50,000 -31.03% 4
West Midlands +6 17 £50,000 -31.03% 3
North of England +35 14 £60,000 +17.65% 9
East of England +15 9 £65,000 +4.00% 4
Yorkshire +82 7 - - 3
North West +6 6 £65,000 - 6
East Midlands -10 6 £50,000 +62.60% 1
Scotland -70 2 £59,500 - 3
North East - 1 £55,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

Procure-to-Pay
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.48%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (4.48%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.49%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 15 (11.19%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (8.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.49%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 22 (16.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (13.43%) NetSuite
3 16 (11.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 8 (5.97%) SAP MM
5 6 (4.48%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (4.48%) SAP CO
5 6 (4.48%) SAP FI
5 6 (4.48%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (4.48%) SAP SCM
6 4 (2.99%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (2.99%) SAP PP
7 3 (2.24%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (2.24%) SAP SD
8 2 (1.49%) SAP WM
9 1 (0.75%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.75%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 15 (11.19%) Dynamics 365
2 14 (10.45%) Azure
3 7 (5.22%) OCI
3 7 (5.22%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.73%) WhatsApp
6 4 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.99%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (2.99%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (2.99%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.24%) AWS
8 2 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.49%) Dropbox
8 2 (1.49%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.49%) Google Drive
8 2 (1.49%) Google Sheets
8 2 (1.49%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.75%) IBM Cloud
9 1 (0.75%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.97%) Firewall
2 7 (5.22%) LAN
2 7 (5.22%) VPN
3 6 (4.48%) Broadband
3 6 (4.48%) Skype
4 5 (3.73%) OSPF
4 5 (3.73%) WAN
5 4 (2.99%) 5G
5 4 (2.99%) BGP
5 4 (2.99%) MPLS
5 4 (2.99%) Network Security
5 4 (2.99%) SD-WAN
5 4 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (2.24%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (2.24%) EIGRP
6 3 (2.24%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (2.24%) Wireless
7 2 (1.49%) Internet
8 1 (0.75%) DHCP
8 1 (0.75%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.22%) Power BI
2 4 (2.99%) Data Lake
2 4 (2.99%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.24%) DTS
4 2 (1.49%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.75%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.75%) SAP HANA
General
1 87 (64.93%) Finance
2 54 (40.30%) Social Skills
3 26 (19.40%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (19.40%) Legal
4 16 (11.94%) Manufacturing
5 11 (8.21%) Public Sector
6 10 (7.46%) Law
7 9 (6.72%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (5.97%) Back Office
9 7 (5.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (5.22%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.99%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.99%) General Ledger
10 4 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.99%) Retail
11 3 (2.24%) Automotive
11 3 (2.24%) Aviation
11 3 (2.24%) Marketing
11 3 (2.24%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.49%) Games
Job Titles
1 34 (25.37%) Consultant
2 30 (22.39%) Analyst
3 27 (20.15%) Senior
4 21 (15.67%) Senior Consultant
5 18 (13.43%) Functional Consultant
6 17 (12.69%) Senior Functional Consultant
7 16 (11.94%) Lead
8 14 (10.45%) NetSuite Consultant
9 11 (8.21%) Project Manager
10 10 (7.46%) SAP Consultant
11 8 (5.97%) Architect
12 7 (5.22%) Procurement Advisor
13 6 (4.48%) Administrator
13 6 (4.48%) Business Analyst
13 6 (4.48%) SAP Analyst
14 5 (3.73%) Buyer
14 5 (3.73%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
14 5 (3.73%) Financial Analyst
14 5 (3.73%) IT Buyer
14 5 (3.73%) SAP Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.49%) IDoc
2 2 (1.49%) SAPUI5
3 1 (0.75%) EDI
3 1 (0.75%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.45%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (5.97%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (3.73%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.99%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.24%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.49%) IoT
6 2 (1.49%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.49%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.75%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.75%) FMCG
7 1 (0.75%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.75%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.49%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.49%) Mac OS
1 2 (1.49%) Unix
1 2 (1.49%) Windows
1 2 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (32.09%) Agile
2 37 (27.61%) ERP
3 36 (26.87%) Order to Cash
4 34 (25.37%) Project Management
5 31 (23.13%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (22.39%) Supply Chain Management
7 29 (21.64%) Project Delivery
7 29 (21.64%) Record to Report
8 22 (16.42%) Accounts Payable
9 21 (15.67%) Migration
9 21 (15.67%) Process Improvement
9 21 (15.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (14.93%) Contract Management
11 18 (13.43%) Collaborative Working
11 18 (13.43%) User Acceptance Testing
11 18 (13.43%) Workshop Facilitation
12 17 (12.69%) Change Management
12 17 (12.69%) Data Migration
13 16 (11.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (11.94%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.48%) SQL
2 2 (1.49%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.75%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 23 (17.16%) Degree
2 8 (5.97%) PMI Certification
2 8 (5.97%) PMP
3 5 (3.73%) ACCA
3 5 (3.73%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (3.73%) DBS Check
3 5 (3.73%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.24%) CIMA
4 3 (2.24%) CISA
5 2 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.49%) SAP Certification
6 1 (0.75%) CCNA
6 1 (0.75%) CCNP
6 1 (0.75%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.75%) ICAEW
6 1 (0.75%) JNCIA
6 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.75%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.96%) PMO
2 3 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.24%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.49%) ISAE 3402
3 2 (1.49%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.99%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.75%) Ansible
1 1 (0.75%) Puppet
1 1 (0.75%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 55 (41.04%) SAP
2 28 (20.90%) Microsoft
3 17 (12.69%) Oracle
4 9 (6.72%) Ariba
5 6 (4.48%) Cisco
5 6 (4.48%) Virgin Media
6 4 (2.99%) Fortinet
6 4 (2.99%) Juniper
6 4 (2.99%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.24%) ConnectWise
7 3 (2.24%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.24%) SolarWinds
7 3 (2.24%) VMware
8 2 (1.49%) Apple
8 2 (1.49%) Draytek
8 2 (1.49%) Google
8 2 (1.49%) IFS
8 2 (1.49%) Peregrine
8 2 (1.49%) Webroot
9 1 (0.75%) Blue Prism