Procure-to-Pay Contracts

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Procure-to-Pay skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Procure-to-Pay over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 410 476 617
Rank change year-on-year +66 +141 -121
Contract jobs citing Procure-to-Pay 173 209 237
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.37% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.41% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 108 157
10th Percentile £418 £413 £375
25th Percentile £500 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £688 £644 £650
90th Percentile £875 £904 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +29.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Median hourly rate £30.00 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year -60.00% - -

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,679 51,168 79,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.19% 89.82% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,608 35,479 55,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £479
% change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,692 1,900
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.10 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
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% -6.21%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Procure-to-Pay in the UK

Procure-to-Pay
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Procure-to-Pay over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Procure-to-Pay in the UK

Procure-to-Pay
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Procure-to-Pay in the UK

Procure-to-Pay
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Procure-to-Pay within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 +82 137 £550 -3.93% 58
UK excluding London +83 92 £550 -4.35% 38
Work from Home +116 74 £600 +4.35% 320
London +56 53 £575 +0.88% 17
South East +26 40 £625 +4.17% 11
North of England +34 23 £550 +10.00% 10
Scotland +37 12 £688 +19.57% 1
North West +20 12 £560 +23.76% 9
East of England +14 11 £500 -25.93% 7
Yorkshire +21 10 £540 -1.82%
Midlands +26 4 £425 -32.00% 7
South West - 4 £391 - 1
West Midlands +25 3 £425 -32.00% 5
East Midlands +13 1 - - 2

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 5 (2.89%) SAS
1 5 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.16%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 60 (34.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 44 (25.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (7.51%) Oracle EBS
3 13 (7.51%) Oracle EBS R12
4 11 (6.36%) SAP MM
5 10 (5.78%) Oracle Financials
6 9 (5.20%) SAP FI
7 8 (4.62%) Oracle General Ledger
7 8 (4.62%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (4.62%) Oracle Receivables
7 8 (4.62%) SAP CO
7 8 (4.62%) SAP FI/CO
8 7 (4.05%) Oracle Cash Management
9 5 (2.89%) Endur
9 5 (2.89%) OpenLink RightAngle
9 5 (2.89%) Oracle Assets
10 4 (2.31%) SAP BPC
11 2 (1.16%) OpenText VIM for SAP
11 2 (1.16%) Oracle FAH
11 2 (1.16%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 24 (13.87%) Azure
2 18 (10.40%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (6.36%) OCI
4 7 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (3.47%) SaaS
6 5 (2.89%) AWS
6 5 (2.89%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (2.31%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.31%) WhatsApp
8 3 (1.73%) Snowflake
8 3 (1.73%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (1.16%) PaaS
9 2 (1.16%) Tricentis Tosca
10 1 (0.58%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.58%) Oracle CX
10 1 (0.58%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.73%) WAN
2 2 (1.16%) Firewall
2 2 (1.16%) Wireless
3 1 (0.58%) BGP
3 1 (0.58%) GSM
3 1 (0.58%) HSRP
3 1 (0.58%) Internet
3 1 (0.58%) Intranet
3 1 (0.58%) LAN
3 1 (0.58%) MPLS
3 1 (0.58%) OSPF
3 1 (0.58%) VRRP
3 1 (0.58%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.20%) SAP HANA
2 6 (3.47%) SAP BW
3 5 (2.89%) Crystal Reports
4 4 (2.31%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.73%) Power BI
5 3 (1.73%) SAP Data Services
6 2 (1.16%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (1.16%) Tableau
7 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (6.36%) Oracle Forms
2 6 (3.47%) JIRA
3 3 (1.73%) LSMW
4 1 (0.58%) Toad
General
1 101 (58.38%) Finance
2 59 (34.10%) Social Skills
3 27 (15.61%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (8.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 15 (8.67%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.78%) Banking
6 9 (5.20%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (4.05%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.47%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.47%) Retail
10 5 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.31%) Billing
12 3 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.73%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.73%) Legal
13 2 (1.16%) Automotive
13 2 (1.16%) French Language
13 2 (1.16%) German Language
13 2 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (35.26%) Analyst
2 43 (24.86%) Consultant
3 29 (16.76%) Lead
4 20 (11.56%) Functional Consultant
5 18 (10.40%) Oracle Consultant
5 18 (10.40%) SAP Consultant
6 17 (9.83%) Senior
7 14 (8.09%) Business Analyst
7 14 (8.09%) Financial Analyst
7 14 (8.09%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 11 (6.36%) Oracle P2P Consultant
8 11 (6.36%) SAP Analyst
8 11 (6.36%) Senior Analyst
8 11 (6.36%) Test Analyst
9 10 (5.78%) Oracle Analyst
10 9 (5.20%) Finance Manager
11 8 (4.62%) QA Analyst
11 8 (4.62%) QA Test Analyst
12 7 (4.05%) Developer
12 7 (4.05%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (10.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (4.05%) IDoc
2 7 (4.05%) XML
3 6 (3.47%) Middleware
4 5 (2.89%) HTML
5 3 (1.73%) BAPI
5 3 (1.73%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.58%) EDI
6 1 (0.58%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.20%) FMCG
2 6 (3.47%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (2.89%) Life Science
4 4 (2.31%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.73%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.16%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.16%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.16%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (1.16%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.58%) CMDB
7 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.58%) Online Banking
7 1 (0.58%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.58%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (31.21%) Order to Cash
2 48 (27.75%) ERP
3 35 (20.23%) Record to Report
4 30 (17.34%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (16.18%) Migration
6 24 (13.87%) Agile
7 23 (13.29%) Analytics
7 23 (13.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 22 (12.72%) Project Management
9 19 (10.98%) Data Migration
10 18 (10.40%) Change Management
10 18 (10.40%) DevOps
10 18 (10.40%) User Acceptance Testing
11 16 (9.25%) Logistics
12 12 (6.94%) Data Analytics
12 12 (6.94%) Validation
13 10 (5.78%) Business Analysis
13 10 (5.78%) Data Analysis
13 10 (5.78%) Roadmaps
14 9 (5.20%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.67%) SQL
2 7 (4.05%) ABAP
3 5 (2.89%) C
3 5 (2.89%) C#
4 2 (1.16%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.16%) ProC
Qualifications
1 22 (12.72%) Degree
2 12 (6.94%) Security Cleared
3 11 (6.36%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.73%) CIMA
5 3 (1.73%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.16%) ACCA
6 2 (1.16%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.58%) MBA
7 1 (0.58%) OCP
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.58%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.20%) QA
2 8 (4.62%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.31%) GDPR
4 3 (1.73%) GxP
4 3 (1.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.16%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.16%) SLA
6 1 (0.58%) GRC
6 1 (0.58%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (1.16%) Grafana
2 1 (0.58%) Ansible
2 1 (0.58%) Puppet
Vendors
1 78 (45.09%) SAP
2 60 (34.68%) Oracle
3 14 (8.09%) Microsoft
4 13 (7.51%) Ariba
5 5 (2.89%) Hyperion
5 5 (2.89%) IFS
5 5 (2.89%) OpenLink
5 5 (2.89%) Triple Point
6 4 (2.31%) FIS
7 3 (1.73%) Blue Prism
7 3 (1.73%) MuleSoft
7 3 (1.73%) webMethods
7 3 (1.73%) Workday
8 2 (1.16%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.16%) Concur
8 2 (1.16%) Okta
9 1 (0.58%) Anaplan
9 1 (0.58%) OpenText
9 1 (0.58%) Remedy
9 1 (0.58%) ServiceNow