Inventory Management Contracts in the East Midlands

Inventory Management
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands requiring Inventory Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Inventory Management over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 64 78
Rank change year-on-year +20 +14 +17
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 8 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.49% 0.26% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 0.33% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 2
10th Percentile £171 - £156
25th Percentile £185 - £199
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £160 £303
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -47.11% -
75th Percentile £250 - £436
90th Percentile - - £497
England median daily rate £211 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -55.53% +11.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.75
Median hourly rate - - £16.50
75th Percentile - - £17.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £17.29 £17.07
% change year-on-year +304.98% +1.29% -14.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 462 607 926
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 86.19% 78.42% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 409 704
10th Percentile £200 £200 £213
25th Percentile £322 £270 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.93% -8.89% +2.86%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £575
90th Percentile £600 £625 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 56 73
10th Percentile - £11.33 £11.98
25th Percentile £13.81 £12.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.64 £17.00 £18.37
Median % change year-on-year +9.63% -7.43% -4.60%
75th Percentile £24.30 £26.15 £30.00
90th Percentile £32.76 £38.75 £54.30
England median hourly rate £29.15 £36.33 £36.40
% change year-on-year -19.76% -0.18% +49.47%

Inventory Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Inventory Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Inventory Management in the East Midlands

Inventory Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Inventory Management in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Inventory Management in the East Midlands

Inventory Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Inventory Management in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Inventory Management in the East Midlands

Inventory Management
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Leicestershire +14 4 £250 +56.25% 5
Northamptonshire - 3 £190 - 1
Lincolnshire +2 1 - -
Inventory Management
England

Inventory Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) EPoS
2 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
2 3 (37.50%) Process Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (37.50%) Workflow
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 1 (12.50%) Demand Forecasting
3 1 (12.50%) Logistics
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft