Inventory Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Inventory Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Inventory Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Inventory Management over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 304 370 434
Rank change year-on-year +66 +64 -52
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 84 83 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.35% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.39% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 49 38
10th Percentile £143 £200 £157
25th Percentile £178 £206 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £355 £425
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -16.47% +6.25%
75th Percentile £631 £540 £500
90th Percentile £725 £626 £600
UK median daily rate £475 £410 £435
% change year-on-year +15.85% -5.75% +8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 2 7
10th Percentile £11.06 £12.97 £15.35
25th Percentile £12.00 £14.06 £17.42
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -18.76% +2.56%
75th Percentile £16.71 £18.56 -
90th Percentile £17.72 £19.72 -
UK median hourly rate £16.70 £17.07 £20.00
% change year-on-year -2.14% -14.68% -5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Inventory Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,300 21,032 27,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.50% 89.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,314 14,532 18,929
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £653
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,056 1,281 1,348
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.44 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.26 £65.00 £47.05
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.92
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

Inventory Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Inventory Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Inventory Management in the UK excluding London

Inventory Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Inventory Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Inventory Management in the UK excluding London

Inventory Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inventory Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Inventory Management in the UK excluding London

Inventory Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Inventory Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Inventory Management in the UK excluding London

Inventory Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Inventory Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +23 23 £450 -16.67% 25
South East +15 15 £525 +28.05% 23
East of England +20 14 £195 -7.14% 14
Scotland +49 13 £381 +79.41% 3
North West +19 12 £450 -16.67% 16
South West +12 12 £600 +118.18% 9
Midlands +20 8 £180 -62.11% 29
Yorkshire +19 7 £400 -40.74% 4
West Midlands +10 5 £180 -63.08% 24
East Midlands +18 2 £160 -66.32% 5
North East - 1 - - 5
Inventory Management
UK

Inventory Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.19%) CMS
2 1 (1.19%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (17.86%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (13.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (5.95%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.19%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.19%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.19%) SAP EWM
3 1 (1.19%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
3 1 (1.19%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.19%) SAP LE
3 1 (1.19%) SAP PP
3 1 (1.19%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.90%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (10.71%) Azure
3 8 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (7.14%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.38%) AWS
6 1 (1.19%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.19%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.57%) BGP
1 3 (3.57%) Cisco IOS
1 3 (3.57%) DHCP
1 3 (3.57%) Firewall
1 3 (3.57%) IOS XR
1 3 (3.57%) Network Security
1 3 (3.57%) VPN
1 3 (3.57%) WAN
1 3 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (2.38%) LAN
2 2 (2.38%) SAN
2 2 (2.38%) SNMP
2 2 (2.38%) VLAN
3 1 (1.19%) DWDM
3 1 (1.19%) Internet
3 1 (1.19%) PBX
3 1 (1.19%) PSTN
3 1 (1.19%) SDH
3 1 (1.19%) SONET
3 1 (1.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.76%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.57%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.19%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.19%) InterSystems Cache
3 1 (1.19%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.19%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.19%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Hudson
2 1 (1.19%) JIRA
General
1 51 (60.71%) Social Skills
2 13 (15.48%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (13.10%) Retail
4 10 (11.90%) Finance
5 8 (9.52%) Manufacturing
6 7 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (4.76%) French Language
8 4 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (4.76%) Public Sector
8 4 (4.76%) Telecoms
9 3 (3.57%) Marketing
10 2 (2.38%) Automotive
10 2 (2.38%) Cantonese Language
10 2 (2.38%) Mandarin Language
10 2 (2.38%) Portuguese Language
10 2 (2.38%) Spanish Language
11 1 (1.19%) Electronics
11 1 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (15.48%) Consultant
1 13 (15.48%) Support Engineer
2 11 (13.10%) Lead
3 10 (11.90%) IT Engineer
4 7 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
4 7 (8.33%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 6 (7.14%) Desktop Support
5 6 (7.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 6 (7.14%) Senior
6 5 (5.95%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 5 (5.95%) Analyst
6 5 (5.95%) Project Manager
7 4 (4.76%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 4 (4.76%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Architect
7 4 (4.76%) IT Support
7 4 (4.76%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.57%) Django
1 3 (3.57%) JSON
1 3 (3.57%) REST
1 3 (3.57%) RESTful
1 3 (3.57%) YANG
2 1 (1.19%) .NET
2 1 (1.19%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.19%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.19%) IDoc
2 1 (1.19%) Kafka
2 1 (1.19%) NgRx
2 1 (1.19%) Node.js
2 1 (1.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (5.95%) CMDB
2 5 (5.95%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.76%) iPad
3 4 (4.76%) iPhone
4 3 (3.57%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.57%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (3.57%) Operational Technology
4 3 (3.57%) Public Cloud
4 3 (3.57%) Smartphone
5 2 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.38%) NHS
5 2 (2.38%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.19%) BYOD
6 1 (1.19%) EPoS
6 1 (1.19%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.19%) PDA
6 1 (1.19%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.19%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (17.86%) Windows
2 12 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 10 (11.90%) Apple iOS
4 6 (7.14%) Linux
4 6 (7.14%) Mac OS
5 3 (3.57%) Android
6 1 (1.19%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.19%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (19.05%) Asset Management
1 16 (19.05%) Customer Service
1 16 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (17.86%) Service Management
3 12 (14.29%) Supply Chain Management
4 10 (11.90%) Logistics
5 9 (10.71%) Break/Fix
5 9 (10.71%) Data Migration
5 9 (10.71%) Migration
5 9 (10.71%) Time Management
6 8 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (8.33%) Agile
7 7 (8.33%) Analytics
7 7 (8.33%) GAP Analysis
7 7 (8.33%) ITSM
7 7 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (7.14%) Customer Experience
8 6 (7.14%) Customer Requirements
8 6 (7.14%) Software Deployment
8 6 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.95%) SQL
2 4 (4.76%) Python
3 3 (3.57%) Bash
3 3 (3.57%) Java
3 3 (3.57%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.57%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.19%) C#
4 1 (1.19%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.19%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (17.86%) Degree
2 11 (13.10%) Security Cleared
3 9 (10.71%) SC Cleared
4 7 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.38%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.38%) PMP
7 1 (1.19%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.19%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.19%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.19%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.19%) MCDST
7 1 (1.19%) MCSE
7 1 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.33%) SLA
2 3 (3.57%) GDPR
3 2 (2.38%) QA
4 1 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (17.86%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.38%) KVM
3 1 (1.19%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 9 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (9.52%) SCCM
3 6 (7.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (3.57%) Ansible
Vendors
1 33 (39.29%) Microsoft
2 16 (19.05%) SAP
3 15 (17.86%) ServiceNow
4 8 (9.52%) Apple
5 3 (3.57%) Ariba
5 3 (3.57%) Cisco
5 3 (3.57%) McAfee
5 3 (3.57%) TOWER Software
6 2 (2.38%) Dell
7 1 (1.19%) Canon
7 1 (1.19%) Citrix
7 1 (1.19%) HP
7 1 (1.19%) Intel
7 1 (1.19%) Oracle
7 1 (1.19%) Peregrine
7 1 (1.19%) Remedy
7 1 (1.19%) Sage
7 1 (1.19%) Salesforce