Procure-to-Pay Contracts

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Procure-to-Pay skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Procure-to-Pay 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 414 489 592
Rank change year-on-year +75 +103 -69
Contract jobs citing Procure-to-Pay 173 213 260
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.38% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.43% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 109 176
10th Percentile £426 £356 £369
25th Percentile £499 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £650
90th Percentile £838 £808 £719
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +41.94%
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 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% -

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

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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 12 June 2024.

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

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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 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 +58 143 £550 -4.35% 68
UK excluding London +59 96 £550 - 42
Work from Home +116 75 £600 +9.09% 362
London +32 52 £550 -4.35% 25
South East +32 40 £625 +4.17% 15
North of England +20 20 £623 +37.57% 9
East of England +14 15 £500 -37.50% 10
Yorkshire +20 10 £540 +0.47% 3
Scotland +44 9 £725 +38.10% 2
North West +12 9 £623 +38.33% 5
Midlands +18 7 £575 -17.86% 5
West Midlands +18 6 £575 -17.86% 5
South West - 5 £475 - 2
East Midlands - 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 7 (4.05%) Oracle Workflow
2 5 (2.89%) SAS
2 5 (2.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (8.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 57 (32.95%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 41 (23.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (9.83%) Oracle EBS
3 17 (9.83%) Oracle EBS R12
4 12 (6.94%) SAP MM
5 9 (5.20%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (5.20%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (4.62%) Oracle Financials
6 8 (4.62%) Oracle General Ledger
7 7 (4.05%) Oracle Cash Management
8 6 (3.47%) Oracle Assets
8 6 (3.47%) SAP FI
9 5 (2.89%) Endur
9 5 (2.89%) NetSuite
9 5 (2.89%) OpenLink RightAngle
9 5 (2.89%) SAP CO
9 5 (2.89%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (1.16%) Oracle iProcurement
10 2 (1.16%) SAP BPC
10 2 (1.16%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 28 (16.18%) Azure
2 22 (12.72%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (6.36%) OCI
4 6 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (3.47%) SaaS
5 5 (2.89%) AWS
5 5 (2.89%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (2.31%) WhatsApp
7 3 (1.73%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.73%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.73%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (1.16%) PaaS
8 2 (1.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (1.16%) Tricentis Tosca
9 1 (0.58%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.58%) Microsoft 365
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 7 (4.05%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 7 (4.05%) Oracle Reports
1 7 (4.05%) SAP HANA
2 6 (3.47%) SAP BW
3 5 (2.89%) Crystal Reports
3 5 (2.89%) Oracle Discoverer
4 4 (2.31%) SAP Data Services
4 4 (2.31%) SQLPlus
5 2 (1.16%) Power BI
5 2 (1.16%) Tableau
6 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (9.25%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (2.31%) JIRA
2 4 (2.31%) LSMW
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.58%) Toad
General
1 93 (53.76%) Finance
2 64 (36.99%) Social Skills
3 26 (15.03%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (10.40%) Pharmaceutical
5 13 (7.51%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.20%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (4.62%) Banking
8 7 (4.05%) Manufacturing
8 7 (4.05%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.47%) Legal
9 6 (3.47%) Retail
10 5 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.31%) Billing
11 4 (2.31%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.16%) Automotive
14 1 (0.58%) French Language
14 1 (0.58%) Local Government
14 1 (0.58%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 58 (33.53%) Analyst
2 38 (21.97%) Consultant
3 31 (17.92%) Lead
4 21 (12.14%) Functional Consultant
5 17 (9.83%) Oracle Consultant
6 16 (9.25%) SAP Consultant
7 15 (8.67%) Business Analyst
7 15 (8.67%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 14 (8.09%) Senior
9 13 (7.51%) Financial Analyst
10 11 (6.36%) Oracle P2P Consultant
10 11 (6.36%) Test Analyst
11 10 (5.78%) Oracle Analyst
11 10 (5.78%) SAP Analyst
12 9 (5.20%) Developer
12 9 (5.20%) Senior Analyst
13 8 (4.62%) Architect
13 8 (4.62%) QA Analyst
13 8 (4.62%) QA Test Analyst
14 7 (4.05%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.51%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (6.36%) XML
3 7 (4.05%) IDoc
4 6 (3.47%) Middleware
5 5 (2.89%) HTML
6 4 (2.31%) BAPI
6 4 (2.31%) REST
7 3 (1.73%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.58%) EDI
8 1 (0.58%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.94%) FMCG
2 7 (4.05%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.73%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.73%) Life Science
5 3 (1.73%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.16%) Data Structures
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%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.58%) PMI
7 1 (0.58%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (28.90%) Order to Cash
2 48 (27.75%) ERP
3 32 (18.50%) Agile
3 32 (18.50%) Record to Report
4 29 (16.76%) Migration
5 28 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (16.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (12.72%) DevOps
7 21 (12.14%) Analytics
8 20 (11.56%) Data Migration
9 19 (10.98%) Project Management
10 18 (10.40%) Change Management
11 17 (9.83%) User Acceptance Testing
12 16 (9.25%) GAP Analysis
13 14 (8.09%) Logistics
14 12 (6.94%) Business Analysis
14 12 (6.94%) Business Intelligence
14 12 (6.94%) Data Analytics
14 12 (6.94%) Translating Business Requirements
15 11 (6.36%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (12.14%) SQL
2 7 (4.05%) ABAP
2 7 (4.05%) PL/SQL
3 5 (2.89%) C
3 5 (2.89%) C#
4 2 (1.16%) ProC
Qualifications
1 22 (12.72%) Degree
2 9 (5.20%) Security Cleared
3 8 (4.62%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.31%) CIMA
4 4 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.73%) ACCA
6 2 (1.16%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.58%) OCP
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.58%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.78%) QA
2 5 (2.89%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.73%) GxP
3 3 (1.73%) SLA
4 2 (1.16%) GDPR
4 2 (1.16%) PMO
5 1 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.58%) GRC
5 1 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (1.16%) Grafana
2 1 (0.58%) Ansible
2 1 (0.58%) Puppet
Vendors
1 73 (42.20%) SAP
2 57 (32.95%) Oracle
3 13 (7.51%) Microsoft
4 11 (6.36%) Ariba
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%) Concur
7 3 (1.73%) MuleSoft
7 3 (1.73%) webMethods
8 2 (1.16%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.16%) Hyperion
8 2 (1.16%) Okta
8 2 (1.16%) OneTrust
8 2 (1.16%) Sage
8 2 (1.16%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.16%) Workday
9 1 (0.58%) ServiceNow