Economy fuels pay rises for purchasing managers
28 August 2012
Purchasing salaries are rising because the economic recovery has made it possible for companies to reward their staff, according to the latest quarterly survey by recruitment consultancy Purcon (see chart below).
It found the average salary for all purchasers in the spring of 2004 was £36,679, a rise of £529 from £36,150 for the same period last year.
This was a quarterly rise of 0.6 per cent as salaries stood 1.5 per cent higher than at the same period last year.
The big winners were purchasing managers, who saw their salaries increase by 7.6 per cent to an...