2.7 KiB
Market evidence report — ict-buyer
Source: 18 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 18), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-12. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 13 | 72 % |
| senior | 4 | 22 % |
| lead | 1 | 6 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 3 | 17 % |
| 2 | SAP | 3 | 17 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contract negotiation | 7 | 39 % |
| 2 | procurement | 5 | 28 % |
| 3 | data analysis | 4 | 22 % |
| 4 | supplier management | 4 | 22 % |
| 5 | contract administration | 3 | 17 % |
| 6 | cost optimization | 3 | 17 % |
| 7 | negotiation | 3 | 17 % |
| 8 | rfp development | 3 | 17 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stakeholder management | 3 | 17 % |
| 2 | supplier management | 3 | 17 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 18 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
Insufficient evidence — 18 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Buyer | 1 |
| Buyer I | 1 |
| Future Opportunity - Senior Specialist/Specialist Procurement | 1 |
| Global Sourcing - IT Procurement | 1 |
| IT Procurement | 1 |
| IT Procurement Buyer | 1 |
| IT Procurement Specialist | 1 |
| IT Procurement Specialist I | 1 |
| IT Purchasing Specialist | 1 |
| NA ICT Purchasing Leader | 1 |
| NA ICT Purchasing Leader - Strategy & Value Delivery | 1 |
| NA ICT Purchasing Strategy Lead | 1 |
| Procurement Buyer | 1 |
| Procurement Operations Buyer | 1 |
| Procurement Professional ICT (alle) | 1 |
| Senior IT Procurement & Contract Management Lead | 1 |
| Senior Manager, ICT Purchasing - North America | 1 |
| Senior Manager, IT Procurement | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.