Buyer Jobs in England

Buyer
UK > England

The median Buyer salary in England is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary 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 798 939 1095
Rank change year-on-year +141 +156 -251
Permanent jobs requiring a Buyer 39 8 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.046% 0.009% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.009% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 19 3 0
10th Percentile £38,375 £31,750 -
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £38,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.38% - -
75th Percentile £50,125 £40,125 -
90th Percentile £53,250 £40,200 -
UK median annual salary £47,500 £38,500 -
% change year-on-year +23.38% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,250 85,781 125,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,143 54,189 75,436
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,375 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

Buyer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Buyer in England

Buyer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Buyer in England.

Salary trend for Buyer in England

Buyer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Buyer in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Buyer in England

Buyer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Buyer within the England 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +22 16 £50,000 +51.52% 12
East Midlands - 16 £50,000 - 2
North of England - 9 £38,125 - 14
North West - 7 £46,250 - 8
South West - 6 £40,000 - 3
London +128 4 - - 8
South East +23 4 - - 9
Yorkshire - 2 £33,750 - 5
Buyer
UK

Buyer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

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

1 19 (48.72%) Cost Reduction
2 18 (46.15%) Social Skills
3 13 (33.33%) Management Information System
4 12 (30.77%) ISO 9001
4 12 (30.77%) SLA
4 12 (30.77%) Apple
4 12 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (30.77%) Mathematics
4 12 (30.77%) Customer Requirements
4 12 (30.77%) Time Management
4 12 (30.77%) Customer Service
5 11 (28.21%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
7 8 (20.51%) Project Management
7 8 (20.51%) Business Development
8 7 (17.95%) Degree
8 7 (17.95%) Finance
9 5 (12.82%) Supply Chain Management
9 5 (12.82%) Risk Management
9 5 (12.82%) Procure-to-Pay
9 5 (12.82%) DBS Check
9 5 (12.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
10 4 (10.26%) Supplier Management
11 3 (7.69%) Marketing
11 3 (7.69%) Document Management
11 3 (7.69%) Data Analysis
11 3 (7.69%) CRM
11 3 (7.69%) Telecoms
11 3 (7.69%) Digital Marketing

Buyer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.56%) SaaS
General
1 18 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Finance
3 3 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (7.69%) Marketing
3 3 (7.69%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.56%) Back Office
4 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.56%) Law
4 1 (2.56%) Legal
4 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 13 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (48.72%) Cost Reduction
2 12 (30.77%) Customer Requirements
2 12 (30.77%) Customer Service
2 12 (30.77%) Mathematics
2 12 (30.77%) Time Management
3 11 (28.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (20.51%) Business Development
4 8 (20.51%) Project Management
5 5 (12.82%) Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (12.82%) Risk Management
5 5 (12.82%) Supply Chain Management
6 4 (10.26%) Supplier Management
7 3 (7.69%) Contract Management
7 3 (7.69%) CRM
7 3 (7.69%) Data Analysis
7 3 (7.69%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (7.69%) Document Management
7 3 (7.69%) Marketing Strategy
7 3 (7.69%) Matrix Organization
7 3 (7.69%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) Degree
2 5 (12.82%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (12.82%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (30.77%) ISO 9001
1 12 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (30.77%) SLA
Vendors
1 12 (30.77%) Apple
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft