Buyer Contracts in the Midlands

Buyer
England > Midlands

The median Buyer daily rate in the Midlands 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 131 162 -
Rank change year-on-year +31 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Buyer 6 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.22% 0.029% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.031% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -
75th Percentile £625 £538 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £600 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.74% +71.72%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,522 3,270 4,862
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 94.54% 95.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,704 2,299 3,556
10th Percentile £213 £224 £205
25th Percentile £325 £363 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +3.66% +14.56%
75th Percentile £588 £579 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 130 179
10th Percentile £11.84 £11.98 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.13 £13.74
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +16.92% +12.16%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.38 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.80 £60.50 £32.10
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

Buyer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Buyer in the Midlands

Buyer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Buyer in the Midlands

Buyer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Buyer in the Midlands

Buyer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Buyer within the Midlands region 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
West Midlands +32 5 £600 +14.29% 10
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
Buyer
England

Buyer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 across the Midlands region featuring Buyer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cost Reduction
2 5 (83.33%) Data Centre
2 5 (83.33%) Law
3 1 (16.67%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (16.67%) Business Development
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
3 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance

Buyer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 5 (83.33%) Law
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (16.67%) Business Development
2 1 (16.67%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
1 1 (16.67%) Degree