Logistics Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Logistics
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Logistics skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 53 34
Rank change year-on-year -6 -19 +24
Contract jobs citing Logistics 17 4 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.54% 0.74% 4.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.82% 0.86% 4.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 1
10th Percentile £445 - -
25th Percentile £613 £610 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £687 £620 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% +30.53% +18.75%
75th Percentile £721 £630 £488
90th Percentile £757 - -
North West median daily rate £624 £563 £463
% change year-on-year +10.89% +21.62% -11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £15.37
25th Percentile - - £19.63
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £22.27
Median % change year-on-year - +57.20% -
75th Percentile - - £22.53
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £72.31 £35.00 £22.27
% change year-on-year +106.60% +57.20% -48.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Logistics 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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 602 467 348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 90.12% 85.85% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 282 201
10th Percentile £300 £341 £265
25th Percentile £358 £390 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £495 £495
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £520 £575 £586
90th Percentile £688 £650 £614
North West median daily rate £453 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -7.36% -2.20% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 16 30
10th Percentile - £16.00 £15.90
25th Percentile £12.82 £30.31 £18.14
Median hourly rate £17.13 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.07% +27.27% +52.48%
75th Percentile £34.69 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £47.50 £36.18
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -40.83% +21.43% +59.09%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Logistics in Cheshire

Logistics
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Logistics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Logistics

Logistics
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Logistics in Cheshire over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Logistics in Cheshire

Logistics
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Logistics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Logistics

Logistics
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Logistics within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 28 September 2025. 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
Chester -3 4 £604 - 3
Warrington -9 1 £155 -
Logistics
North West

Logistics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (76.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (41.18%) SAP EHS
3 6 (35.29%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (11.76%) Finance
1 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (76.47%) Consultant
2 11 (64.71%) Management Consultant
3 7 (41.18%) SAP Consultant
4 5 (29.41%) Senior
4 5 (29.41%) Senior Consultant
5 4 (23.53%) SAP MM Consultant
5 4 (23.53%) Senior Management Consultant
6 3 (17.65%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 3 (17.65%) Senior SAP MM Consultant
7 2 (11.76%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
8 1 (5.88%) Administrator
8 1 (5.88%) Logistics Administrator
8 1 (5.88%) Operations Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (41.18%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Inventory Management
2 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (41.18%) Analytics
4 6 (35.29%) Regulatory Compliance
4 6 (35.29%) Validation
5 2 (11.76%) Integration Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (11.76%) Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (11.76%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (11.76%) Unit Testing
5 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.88%) Customer Service
6 1 (5.88%) Data Protection
6 1 (5.88%) Decision-Making
6 1 (5.88%) Inventory Control
6 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
6 1 (5.88%) Production Planning
6 1 (5.88%) Service Delivery
6 1 (5.88%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 16 (94.12%) SC Cleared
1 16 (94.12%) Security Cleared
2 6 (35.29%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 15 (88.24%) SAP
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft