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Title: Procurement Manager rate in the United Kingdom | Deftridge
Summary: Procurement & Vendor Manager pay in the United Kingdom: median wage £23 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate £35. Free for professionals.

United Kingdom · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# Procurement & Vendor Manager hourly rate in United Kingdom

The market median wage for a Procurement & Vendor Manager in the United Kingdom is **£22.99 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **£35 an hour** on Deftridge.

**£35/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**£22.99/hr** median wage

**£17-31** middle half of wages

**£760** a month at 5 hours a week

## Procurement & Vendor Manager wage percentiles in United Kingdom

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | £12.77 | £280 | £26,600 |
| 25th | £17.33 | £380 | £36,000 |
| Median | £22.99 | £500 | £47,800 |
| 75th | £30.82 | £670 | £64,100 |
| 90th | £47.98 | £1,040 | £99,800 |

Source: Office for National Statistics, 2026p; aged to October 2026; about 60,000 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## United Kingdom in numbers

What sets the United Kingdom apart for a Procurement & Vendor Manager, from the same sources as the table above.

- **£34.20** highest median wage, London

- **£18.74** lowest median wage, Wales

- **60,000** people employed in the role

- **£23** country floor: no United Kingdom rate is published below it

- For tax year 2026 to 2027, self-employed Class 4 National Insurance is 6% on profits over £12,570 up to £50,270 and 2% on profits over £50,270. [Source](https://www.gov.uk/self-employed-national-insurance-rates)

- Class 2 National Insurance does not have to be paid: with profits of £7,105 or more it is treated as paid; below that, voluntary Class 2 is £3.65 a week for 2026 to 2027. [Source](https://www.gov.uk/self-employed-national-insurance-rates)

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Procurement & Vendor Manager in the United Kingdom by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | £35 | £760 |
| Manager | £40 | £870 |
| Director | £50 | £1,080 |

- Regular role **£35**

- One-off task **£40**

- Task bundle **£35**

## Procurement & Vendor Manager pay by region in United Kingdom

Typical contractor rate for a senior Procurement & Vendor Manager, highest first; 9 of 12 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| London | £34.20 | £50 |
| South East | £22.03 | £30 |
| Scotland | £22.01 | £30 |
| East of England | £21.55 | £30 |
| North West | £21.38 | £30 |
| West Midlands | £21.09 | £30 |
| South West | £20.79 | £30 |
| Northern Ireland | £20.77 | £30 |
| East Midlands | £20.49 | £30 |

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Procurement & Vendor Manager rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/procurement-and-vendor-manager/) · [Procurement & Vendor Manager jobs in United Kingdom](https://deftridge.com/jobs/procurement-and-vendor-manager/united-kingdom/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
