Indirect Procurement Contracts

Indirect Procurement
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Indirect Procurement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Indirect Procurement over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 689 837
Rank change year-on-year +112 +148 -131
Contract jobs citing Indirect Procurement 7 7 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.012% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.019% 0.014% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £576
25th Percentile £463 £606 £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £613 £675
Median % change year-on-year -22.45% -9.26% +62.65%
75th Percentile £488 £619 £753
90th Percentile - - £790
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £613 £560
% change year-on-year -22.45% +9.38% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Indirect Procurement is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,644 51,414 79,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.11% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,629 35,622 55,798
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,441 1,693 1,893
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.99 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -5.27%

Indirect Procurement
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Indirect Procurement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Indirect Procurement in the UK

Indirect Procurement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Indirect Procurement in the UK

Indirect Procurement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Indirect Procurement.

Hourly rate trend for Indirect Procurement in the UK

Indirect Procurement
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Indirect Procurement within the UK over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +108 7 £475 -22.45% 19
UK excluding London +54 6 £475 -22.45% 13
North of England +33 4 - - 3
Yorkshire - 4 - - 1
South West - 2 £475 - 1
Work from Home +113 1 - - 7
London - 1 - - 4

Indirect Procurement
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:

Business Applications
1 5 (71.43%) SAP MM
2 4 (57.14%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Lead
2 3 (42.86%) Workstream Lead
3 2 (28.57%) Security Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Business Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Business Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Analytics
1 4 (57.14%) Inventory Management
1 4 (57.14%) Procure-to-Pay
1 4 (57.14%) Supplier Management
2 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (28.57%) ERP
2 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
2 2 (28.57%) Thought Leadership
2 2 (28.57%) Workflow
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Business Case
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Ariba