Logistics Contracts

Logistics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Logistics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Logistics over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 236 230 294
Rank change year-on-year -6 +64 +13
Contract jobs citing Logistics 430 669 813
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.00% 1.15% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.28% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 297 482
10th Percentile £241 £312 £313
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £631 £606 £614
90th Percentile £831 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 198 27
10th Percentile £11.79 - £11.80
25th Percentile £13.05 £9.80 £18.64
Median hourly rate £18.00 £10.63 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.33% -61.35% -35.81%
75th Percentile £21.86 - £44.12
90th Percentile £28.42 £12.02 £49.33
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.50 £9.80 £27.50
% change year-on-year +58.16% -64.36% +48.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Logistics 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,956 52,182 79,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.29% 89.83% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,793 36,175 55,967
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,727 1,890
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Logistics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Logistics in the UK

Logistics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Logistics.

Daily rate trend for Logistics in the UK

Logistics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Logistics over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Logistics in the UK

Logistics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Logistics.

Hourly rate trend for Logistics in the UK

Logistics
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Logistics over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Logistics in the UK

Logistics
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Logistics within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England -17 363 £525 +5.00% 915
UK excluding London -22 204 £475 -5.00% 698
London +84 149 £550 +10.00% 216
Work from Home +49 145 £525 +5.00% 225
South East +48 88 £475 -5.00% 170
North of England -36 49 £510 -2.86% 155
North West +9 28 £525 +5.00% 99
Midlands +13 27 £461 +8.53% 204
East of England +9 21 £500 -2.44% 67
Yorkshire -29 20 £425 -26.09% 42
West Midlands +16 18 £463 -2.63% 122
Scotland +35 13 £360 -20.00% 30
East Midlands +8 8 £460 +11.52% 80
South West -60 5 £555 +5.71% 82
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 8

Logistics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 28 (6.51%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.16%) SAS
3 2 (0.47%) Confluence
4 1 (0.23%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 39 (9.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (7.91%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (6.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.40%) MS Visio
6 5 (1.16%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.47%) InDesign
8 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 50 (11.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (3.95%) SAP WM
3 15 (3.49%) SAP SD
4 13 (3.02%) SAP ERP
5 12 (2.79%) SAP MM
6 11 (2.56%) SAP EWM
7 9 (2.09%) SAP FI
7 9 (2.09%) SAP HR
7 9 (2.09%) SAP PM
8 6 (1.40%) Teamcenter
9 5 (1.16%) Endur
9 5 (1.16%) OpenLink RightAngle
9 5 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (1.16%) SAP CO
9 5 (1.16%) SAP FI/CO
9 5 (1.16%) SAP LE
9 5 (1.16%) SAP PS
10 4 (0.93%) Oracle EBS R12
10 4 (0.93%) SAP PP
10 4 (0.93%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 21 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
2 20 (4.65%) Azure
3 19 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (3.26%) Power Platform
5 13 (3.02%) AWS
6 12 (2.79%) SuccessFactors
7 9 (2.09%) Boomi
8 8 (1.86%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (1.63%) SaaS
9 7 (1.63%) Snowflake
10 6 (1.40%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.16%) GCP
11 5 (1.16%) Slack
11 5 (1.16%) Yammer
12 4 (0.93%) WhatsApp
13 3 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.70%) Canva
13 3 (0.70%) MailChimp
13 3 (0.70%) PaaS
14 2 (0.47%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.09%) LAN
1 9 (2.09%) WAN
2 3 (0.70%) Intranet
2 3 (0.70%) VLAN
3 2 (0.47%) DHCP
3 2 (0.47%) Firewall
3 2 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.23%) DSL
4 1 (0.23%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.23%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.23%) NAS
4 1 (0.23%) SAN
4 1 (0.23%) SMS
4 1 (0.23%) SSL
4 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.23%) VoIP
4 1 (0.23%) VPN
4 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.26%) Power BI
2 9 (2.09%) SAP HANA
3 8 (1.86%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.16%) Crystal Reports
5 4 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (0.93%) Tableau
6 3 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.47%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.47%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.23%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.23%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.23%) MS Access
8 1 (0.23%) Power Query
8 1 (0.23%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 10 (2.33%) JIRA
2 3 (0.70%) Selenium
2 3 (0.70%) Visual Studio Team System
3 2 (0.47%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.47%) JUnit
3 2 (0.47%) LSMW
3 2 (0.47%) REST Assured
3 2 (0.47%) TestNG
4 1 (0.23%) Git
4 1 (0.23%) GitLab
4 1 (0.23%) TestDirector
4 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 140 (32.56%) Social Skills
2 116 (26.98%) Finance
3 69 (16.05%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (14.88%) Manufacturing
5 34 (7.91%) Retail
6 25 (5.81%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (3.49%) Marketing
8 13 (3.02%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.33%) Automotive
12 9 (2.09%) Aerospace
12 9 (2.09%) Legal
13 8 (1.86%) Billing
13 8 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.63%) Banking
14 7 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.63%) French Language
14 7 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (1.40%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 74 (17.21%) Consultant
2 60 (13.95%) Analyst
3 47 (10.93%) SAP Consultant
4 32 (7.44%) Lead
5 29 (6.74%) Project Manager
5 29 (6.74%) Senior
6 28 (6.51%) Functional Consultant
7 27 (6.28%) Architect
8 26 (6.05%) Developer
9 20 (4.65%) Business Analyst
9 20 (4.65%) Solutions Architect
10 13 (3.02%) Administrator
11 12 (2.79%) SAP Functional Consultant
12 11 (2.56%) Senior Manager
13 10 (2.33%) Coordinator
13 10 (2.33%) Python Developer
13 10 (2.33%) SAP Architect
14 9 (2.09%) IT Manager
14 9 (2.09%) PMO Analyst
14 9 (2.09%) SAP SD Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.09%) EDI
2 7 (1.63%) HTML
2 7 (1.63%) Middleware
3 5 (1.16%) .NET
3 5 (1.16%) IDoc
3 5 (1.16%) XML
4 4 (0.93%) ADO
4 4 (0.93%) REST
4 4 (0.93%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (0.93%) SAP TM
5 3 (0.70%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.70%) BAPI
5 3 (0.70%) SAP ALE
6 2 (0.47%) CSS
6 2 (0.47%) Node.js
6 2 (0.47%) SAP Smart Forms
6 2 (0.47%) Web Services
7 1 (0.23%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.23%) EJB
7 1 (0.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.02%) Management Information System
2 9 (2.09%) FMCG
3 8 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (1.86%) Onboarding
3 8 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.16%) Social Media
6 4 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (0.93%) Robotics
7 3 (0.70%) CCTV
7 3 (0.70%) EPoS
7 3 (0.70%) iPhone
7 3 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (0.70%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (0.70%) Video Editing
7 3 (0.70%) Wiki
8 2 (0.47%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.47%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.02%) Windows
2 10 (2.33%) Linux
3 4 (0.93%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.70%) Android
4 3 (0.70%) Debian
4 3 (0.70%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.23%) Unix
5 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (17.21%) Project Management
2 63 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (13.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 56 (13.02%) ERP
5 52 (12.09%) Agile
6 47 (10.93%) Migration
7 44 (10.23%) Project Delivery
8 35 (8.14%) Change Management
9 28 (6.51%) Inventory Management
10 26 (6.05%) Continuous Improvement
11 25 (5.81%) Data Migration
12 24 (5.58%) Supply Chain Management
13 23 (5.35%) Analytics
14 22 (5.12%) Roadmaps
14 22 (5.12%) Waterfall
15 21 (4.88%) Business Intelligence
16 19 (4.42%) Business Analysis
16 19 (4.42%) E-Commerce
16 19 (4.42%) PRINCE2
16 19 (4.42%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 31 (7.21%) SQL
2 18 (4.19%) Python
3 12 (2.79%) C#
4 11 (2.56%) ABAP
5 8 (1.86%) Java
6 5 (1.16%) C
7 3 (0.70%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.70%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.70%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.47%) C++
8 2 (0.47%) SAPscript
9 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.23%) Julia
9 1 (0.23%) PL/1
9 1 (0.23%) R
9 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.23%) XPath
9 1 (0.23%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 38 (8.84%) Degree
2 35 (8.14%) Security Cleared
3 22 (5.12%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (3.02%) SAP Certification
6 8 (1.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (1.40%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.40%) ISEB
7 6 (1.40%) PMP
8 5 (1.16%) APMP
9 4 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.93%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.70%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.70%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.47%) CCNA
11 2 (0.47%) Chartered Engineer
11 2 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.47%) RIBA
12 1 (0.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.88%) PMO
2 8 (1.86%) GDPR
3 7 (1.63%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.63%) QA
4 6 (1.40%) NIST
5 4 (0.93%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (0.70%) GRC
7 2 (0.47%) SLA
8 1 (0.23%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.23%) GMP
8 1 (0.23%) HAZOP
8 1 (0.23%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.23%) P3O
System Software
1 8 (1.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.23%) Firmware
2 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (3.26%) Terraform
2 3 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.47%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.23%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 152 (35.35%) SAP
2 83 (19.30%) Microsoft
3 23 (5.35%) Oracle
4 12 (2.79%) Ariba
5 9 (2.09%) Dell
5 9 (2.09%) ServiceNow
6 7 (1.63%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.40%) Adobe
8 5 (1.16%) Google
8 5 (1.16%) IFS
8 5 (1.16%) OpenLink
8 5 (1.16%) Triple Point
9 4 (0.93%) Apple
9 4 (0.93%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.70%) Kofax
10 3 (0.70%) ReadSoft
10 3 (0.70%) Siemens
10 3 (0.70%) VMware
10 3 (0.70%) webMethods
11 2 (0.47%) NEC