4.5 KiB
Market evidence report — public-procurement-specialist
Source: 48 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 32, gb 16), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-19. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 38 | 79 % |
| senior | 5 | 10 % |
| n/a | 2 | 4 % |
| lead | 2 | 4 % |
| junior | 1 | 2 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 4 | 8 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | procurement | 24 | 50 % |
| 2 | negotiation | 11 | 23 % |
| 3 | contract management | 10 | 21 % |
| 4 | bid evaluation | 9 | 19 % |
| 5 | contract administration | 8 | 17 % |
| 6 | contract negotiation | 8 | 17 % |
| 7 | vendor management | 6 | 12 % |
| 8 | stakeholder management | 5 | 10 % |
| 9 | public procurement | 4 | 8 % |
| 10 | sourcing | 4 | 8 % |
| 11 | supplier relationship management | 4 | 8 % |
| 12 | analytical skills | 3 | 6 % |
| 13 | compliance | 3 | 6 % |
| 14 | compliance monitoring | 3 | 6 % |
| 15 | data analysis | 3 | 6 % |
| 16 | procurement compliance | 3 | 6 % |
| 17 | purchasing | 3 | 6 % |
| 18 | regulatory compliance | 3 | 6 % |
| 19 | stakeholder engagement | 3 | 6 % |
| 20 | strategic sourcing | 3 | 6 % |
| 21 | supplier engagement | 3 | 6 % |
| 22 | tender management | 3 | 6 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | request for proposal (RFP) | 3 | 6 % |
| 2 | strategic sourcing | 3 | 6 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contract negotiation | 4 | 8 % |
| 2 | report preparation | 4 | 8 % |
| 3 | contract administration | 3 | 6 % |
| 4 | contract monitoring | 3 | 6 % |
| 5 | procurement process management | 3 | 6 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 48 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
32 ads.
Top hard skills:
- procurement — 38 % (12 ads)
- negotiation — 31 % (10 ads)
- bid evaluation — 28 % (9 ads)
- contract administration — 25 % (8 ads)
- contract negotiation — 22 % (7 ads)
- vendor management — 19 % (6 ads)
- contract management — 12 % (4 ads)
- data analysis — 9 % (3 ads)
- procurement compliance — 9 % (3 ads)
- public procurement — 9 % (3 ads)
Top tools:
- Microsoft Excel — 12 % (4 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 6 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 6 % (2 ads)
- Oracle P2P — 6 % (2 ads)
Seniority: mid 81 % · senior 9 % · n/a 6 % · lead 3 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 16 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST | 2 |
| Strategic Public Procurement Specialist | 2 |
| Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority Procurement Specialist | 1 |
| Consultant - Procurement | 1 |
| Contracts and Procurement Administrator, Senior (GT26040916) | 1 |
| Coordinator II of Purchasing (The position is open until filled.) | 1 |
| Government Contracts & Compliance Specialist | 1 |
| Highways Procurement Lead - Public Sector (Hybrid) | 1 |
| IT Category Procurement Specialist | 1 |
| Lead Public Procurement & Contract Negotiator | 1 |
| Oracle P2P Focused Procurement/Contract Specialist | 1 |
| Outcomes Procurement Director | 1 |
| P26/27 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT (FINANCE) | 1 |
| Procurement & Contracts Specialist | 1 |
| Procurement Consultant - Public Sector | 1 |
| Procurement Manager | 1 |
| Procurement Manager - Public Sector | £55,000 |
| Procurement Manager (Public Sector) | 1 |
| Procurement Specialist Contracts & Compliance (Public Sector) | 1 |
| Procurement Specialist II/III | 1 |
| Procurement Specialist Procurement Officer I | 1 |
| Public Procurement Contract Specialist | 1 |
| Public Procurement Officer — Contracting & Negotiation | 1 |
| Public Procurement Specialist II — Strategic Buyer | 1 |
| Public Sector Contract & Procurement Specialist | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.