Buyer Contracts in the Midlands

Buyer
England > Midlands

The median Buyer daily rate in the Midlands is £215, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 - 212
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Contract jobs requiring a Buyer 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.075% - 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% - 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £428
25th Percentile £208 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +122.22%
75th Percentile £223 - £550
90th Percentile - - £573
England median daily rate £263 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -52.27% +10.00% +145.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 2,464 2,612 4,627
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.19% 95.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,534 1,824 3,265
10th Percentile £231 £213 £205
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +8.57%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £687 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 120 131
10th Percentile £12.64 £13.93 £11.80
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.63 £14.50
Median hourly rate £23.82 £20.00 £17.56
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% +13.90% +17.07%
75th Percentile £33.80 £31.91 £20.84
90th Percentile £50.00 £67.50 £38.55
England median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
% change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%

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 31 October 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 - 2 £215 - 2
Buyer
England

Buyer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 2 (100.00%) Budget Management

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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 2 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SAP