Buyer Jobs in London

Buyer
England > London

The median Buyer salary in London is £25,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 404 473 520
Rank change year-on-year +69 +47 +380
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Buyer 4 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.031% 0.015% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.016% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24,875 - £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,250 - £29,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.77%
75th Percentile £25,625 - £29,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £52,500 £42,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +23.53% +30.77% -18.75%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,782 19,297 23,214
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 95.35% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,221 12,571 18,601
10th Percentile £38,500 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% -1.38% +3.57%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Buyer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Buyer in London

Buyer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Buyer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Buyer job vacancies in London

Buyer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 23 August 2025, 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 London region featuring Buyer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (75.00%) Marketing
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) Numerical Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Performance Management
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (75.00%) Demand Management
1 3 (75.00%) SAP
1 3 (75.00%) Ariba
1 3 (75.00%) Indirect Procurement
1 3 (75.00%) Spend Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Critical Thinking
1 3 (75.00%) Business Process Mapping
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity

Buyer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (75.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 3 (75.00%) Critical Thinking
1 3 (75.00%) Demand Management
1 3 (75.00%) Indirect Procurement
1 3 (75.00%) Numerical Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Performance Management
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (75.00%) Spend Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Ariba
1 3 (75.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft