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Procurement manager jobs
Buying what the business runs on: supplier selection, negotiation, contracts and the cost base that follows from them.
£58,005 median full-time pay, UK, ONS 2025
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What procurement manager jobs pay
Median full-time pay for purchasing managers and directors was £58,005 across the UK in 2025. Full-time work of every kind had a median of £39,039, so this occupation sits about 1.5 times that. It is a median, so half of those jobs paid less, and it describes the occupation nationally rather than any advert on this page.
That figure is the reason this role is on the board. Every role here has a published ONS median full-time salary at or above £50,000, and it is checked against the ONS table each time the site is built rather than asserted in the copy. A role that stopped clearing it would stop the build.
Pay varies more by region than most people expect. ONS publishes it for groups of related occupations rather than single job titles, so the table beside this covers finance, marketing, human resources, purchasing and IT directors, and functional directors generally, not procurement manager jobs alone.
Median full-time pay by region, 2025
| Region | Median full-time pay |
|---|---|
| London | £100,000 |
| South East | £75,583 |
| East of England | £69,109 |
| South West | £64,004 |
| West Midlands | £63,647 |
| East Midlands | £60,708 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £63,655 |
| North West | £69,738 |
| North East | £57,675 |
| Wales | £52,760 |
| Scotland | £63,374 |
Why there are no area pages for this role
The census is the only source that publishes occupation down to local authority level, and it publishes it in groups of related jobs rather than one job at a time. Procurement manager jobs sit in group 113, alongside sales and marketing director jobs, finance manager jobs, it director jobs, hr manager jobs.
So there is one number for all of them in any given area. Building a page per role per area would mean the same figure appearing under several different headings, in 175 places each, which is the doorway pattern this site is built to avoid. One role carries the local pages for the group and the rest say so plainly.
For local figures on this group, see finance manager jobs. The pay figures above are specific to procurement manager jobs and are not shared with the rest of the group.
Procurement manager: the full picture
Category work, and what it actually involves
A category manager owns everything the business buys in one area, and the job is to understand that market better than the people selling into it. Where the supply base is concentrated, what drives cost, who the credible alternatives are and what switching would really take.
The savings number is how the role is measured and it is the least interesting part. Avoided cost, contract terms that hold up and suppliers who are still solvent in three years matter more and are harder to put on a slide.
Public sector and private sector are different jobs
Public procurement runs on a legal framework with prescribed processes and real consequences for getting them wrong. It is more structured, slower, and the skill is running a defensible process. Private sector procurement is faster and more commercial, and the skill is leverage.
CIPS qualification is asked for more often in public sector adverts. In the private sector it helps and category experience usually matters more.
Before you apply
- Procurement or category management experience; CIPS is common and not always required
- Right to work in the UK
Procurement manager jobs: common questions
Does procurement manager work pay more than £50,000 a year?
On the national figures, yes, and that is why the role is on this board at all. Median full-time pay for purchasing managers and directors was £58,005 across the UK in 2025, against £39,039 for full-time work of every kind. It is a median, so half of those jobs paid less, and it says nothing about what any individual advert pays.
What qualifications do I need to work as a procurement manager?
Procurement or category management experience; CIPS is common and not always required. Right to work in the UK.
Where does AboveMedian have local figures for procurement manager jobs?
Nowhere, and the reason is worth stating. The census publishes occupation in groups of related jobs, and procurement manager jobs share a group with sales and marketing director jobs, finance manager jobs, it director jobs, hr manager jobs. Local pages for each of them would show the same figure under different headings, so only one role carries them. For local figures on this group, see finance manager jobs. Adverts themselves are UK wide.
Do you decide who gets sent to an employer?
No. You read the adverts, you choose one, and you apply to that employer yourself. Nothing on this site forwards a person to a job they did not apply to, and no employer is given a list of people.
What does it cost to use?
Nothing, ever. It is always free for job seekers, and employers pay to advertise. There is no premium account, no paid profile and no fee of any kind on the job seeker side.