Buyer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Buyer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Buyer salary in the UK excluding London is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 736 753 834
Rank change year-on-year +17 +81 -149
Permanent jobs requiring a Buyer 35 9 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.050% 0.015% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.016% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 19 4 1
10th Percentile £38,375 £30,725 -
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,063 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £35,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.87% -10.63% -
75th Percentile £50,125 £40,063 -
90th Percentile £53,250 £40,175 -
UK median annual salary £47,500 £35,750 £36,250
% change year-on-year +32.87% -1.38% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,718 54,726 68,124
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,226 31,089 43,036
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Buyer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Buyer in the UK excluding London

Buyer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Buyer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Buyer in the UK excluding London

Buyer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Buyer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Buyer in the UK excluding London

Buyer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Buyer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 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 +31 16 £50,000 +51.52% 15
East Midlands - 16 £50,000 - 4
North of England +51 9 £38,125 +17.31% 16
North West +18 7 £46,250 - 7
South West - 6 £40,000 - 4
South East +27 4 - - 9
Yorkshire +86 2 £33,750 +3.85% 3
Buyer
UK

Buyer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Buyer in the job title.

1 19 (54.29%) Cost Reduction
2 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 13 (37.14%) Management Information System
4 12 (34.29%) ISO 9001
4 12 (34.29%) SLA
4 12 (34.29%) Apple
4 12 (34.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (34.29%) Mathematics
4 12 (34.29%) Customer Service
4 12 (34.29%) Customer Requirements
4 12 (34.29%) Time Management
5 9 (25.71%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (22.86%) Project Management
6 8 (22.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (20.00%) Degree
7 7 (20.00%) Finance
8 5 (14.29%) Supply Chain Management
8 5 (14.29%) Business Development
8 5 (14.29%) Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (14.29%) DBS Check
8 5 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
10 3 (8.57%) Telecoms
10 3 (8.57%) Supplier Management
10 3 (8.57%) Document Management
10 3 (8.57%) Data Analysis
10 3 (8.57%) Process Improvement
10 3 (8.57%) Contract Management
10 3 (8.57%) Contract Negotiation
10 3 (8.57%) Onboarding

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 9 (25.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.71%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.86%) SaaS
General
1 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.00%) Finance
3 3 (8.57%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.86%) Back Office
4 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.86%) Law
4 1 (2.86%) Legal
4 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 13 (37.14%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.57%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (54.29%) Cost Reduction
2 12 (34.29%) Customer Requirements
2 12 (34.29%) Customer Service
2 12 (34.29%) Mathematics
2 12 (34.29%) Time Management
3 8 (22.86%) Project Management
3 8 (22.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (14.29%) Business Development
4 5 (14.29%) Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (14.29%) Supply Chain Management
5 3 (8.57%) Contract Management
5 3 (8.57%) Contract Negotiation
5 3 (8.57%) Data Analysis
5 3 (8.57%) Document Management
5 3 (8.57%) Process Improvement
5 3 (8.57%) Supplier Management
6 2 (5.71%) Decision-Making
6 2 (5.71%) PQQ
6 2 (5.71%) Process Management
6 2 (5.71%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) Degree
2 5 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (14.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (34.29%) ISO 9001
1 12 (34.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (34.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 12 (34.29%) Apple
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft