Inventory Control Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Inventory Control
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Inventory Control skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Inventory Control 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.16% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £413 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Inventory Control falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,506 1,115 1,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.66% 91.02% 87.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 923 700 760
10th Percentile £350 £313 £325
25th Percentile £428 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £638
90th Percentile £725 £650 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 45 69
10th Percentile £16.38 £14.75 £19.36
25th Percentile £35.00 £17.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £37.28 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +114.59% -39.38% +2.49%
75th Percentile £91.31 £58.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £104.00 £87.40 £78.81
South East median hourly rate £47.54 £22.19 £58.38
% change year-on-year +114.24% -61.99% +9.11%

Inventory Control
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Inventory Control relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Inventory Control job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Inventory Control
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Inventory Control.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Inventory Control

Inventory Control
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Inventory Control within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 October 2026. 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
Reading - 2 - - 2
Inventory Control
South East

Inventory Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Teamcenter
2 1 (33.33%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) VoIP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Database Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Services Delivery Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Services Manager
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Inventory Management
2 2 (66.67%) Change Control
2 2 (66.67%) PLM
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Production Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft