Inventory Management Contract Job Trends in Central London

Inventory Management
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Inventory Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 119 135
Rank change year-on-year -12 +16 +51
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 4 7 5
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.20% 0.33% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.35% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 5
10th Percentile - £126 £232
25th Percentile - £194 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £494 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -17.71% +130.77%
75th Percentile - £588 £650
90th Percentile - £613 £770
London median daily rate £550 £338 £588
% change year-on-year +62.96% -42.55% +46.88%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Inventory Management 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,801 1,981 2,317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 89.65% 92.40% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,251 1,239 1,662
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £574
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +0.22% -0.22%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £688
90th Percentile £756 £782 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 22 19
10th Percentile £19.82 £18.41 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.98 £22.85 £20.72
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +27.27% -32.10%
75th Percentile £40.19 £38.94 £42.38
90th Percentile £42.65 £105.18 £66.75
London median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.33%

Inventory Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Inventory Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Inventory Management job vacancy trend in Central London

Inventory Management
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Inventory Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Inventory Management

Inventory Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Inventory Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Inventory Management

Inventory Management
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
City of London -4 4 - - 2
Inventory Management
London

Inventory Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 3 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (50.00%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) SAP EWM Trainer
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Trainer
1 2 (50.00%) Trainer
2 1 (25.00%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Logistics
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Process Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Order Management
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) DocuSign
2 1 (25.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow