IT Buyer Contracts

IT Buyer
UK

The median IT Buyer daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 719 829
Rank change year-on-year +140 +110 -151
Contract jobs requiring an IT Buyer 7 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.005% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.005% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 £525 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +94.03%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £725
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £550 -
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £50.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

IT Buyer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured IT Buyer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IT Buyer in the UK

IT Buyer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Buyer.

Daily rate trend for IT Buyer in the UK

IT Buyer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Buyer.

Hourly rate trend for IT Buyer in the UK

IT Buyer
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Buyer within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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
UK excluding London +74 7 £600 +9.09%
England +123 6 £600 +9.09%
Midlands - 6 £600 -
West Midlands - 5 £600 -
Scotland - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -

IT Buyer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, IT Buyer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring IT Buyer in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Cost Reduction
2 5 (71.43%) Law
2 5 (71.43%) Data Centre
3 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
3 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery Management
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (14.29%) Business Development
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Procure-to-Pay

IT Buyer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 5 (71.43%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (14.29%) Business Development
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery Management
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared