Indirect Procurement Contracts

Indirect Procurement
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Indirect Procurement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Indirect Procurement over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 693 839
Rank change year-on-year +116 +146 -115
Contract jobs citing Indirect Procurement 7 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.007% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.019% 0.008% 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 falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

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 12 June 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 +90 7 £475 -22.45% 7
UK excluding London +33 6 £475 -22.45% 4
North of England +20 4 - - 1
Yorkshire - 4 - - 1
South West - 2 £475 - 1
Work from Home +115 1 - - 4
London - 1 - - 2

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