IT Buyer Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Buyer
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Buyer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 387 462 -
Rank change year-on-year +75 - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Buyer 8 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.038% 0.012% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.013% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £569 - -
25th Percentile £575 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £625 £575 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £600 £550 £650
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +94.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £50.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 19,271 22,924 30,056
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 94.05% 95.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,866 16,072 21,068
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £390 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £599 £594 £573
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,189 1,202 1,498
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.01
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.10 £14.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.12% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £41.94
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -

IT Buyer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Buyer in the UK excluding London

IT Buyer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Buyer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IT Buyer in the UK excluding London

IT Buyer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Buyer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Buyer in the UK excluding London

IT Buyer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
Midlands - 6 £600 -
West Midlands - 5 £600 -
South East +14 1 £575 +4.55%
Scotland - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
IT Buyer
UK

IT Buyer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring IT Buyer in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Cost Reduction
2 5 (62.50%) Data Centre
2 5 (62.50%) Law
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Demand Management
4 1 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
4 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (12.50%) Contract Management
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery Management
4 1 (12.50%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Supply Chain Management
4 1 (12.50%) Business Development

IT Buyer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 5 (62.50%) Law
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (12.50%) Business Development
2 1 (12.50%) Contract Management
2 1 (12.50%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 1 (12.50%) Demand Management
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (12.50%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
2 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery Management
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) DBS Check