Logistics Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Logistics
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Logistics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 46 58
Rank change year-on-year +7 +12 +11
Contract jobs citing Logistics 36 9 6
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 4.00% 1.61% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.69% 1.84% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 8 1
10th Percentile £212 £430 -
25th Percentile £370 £443 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £460
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% +14.13% -10.24%
75th Percentile £550 £575 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £536 £558 £530
% change year-on-year -3.94% +5.28% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £16.31 - -
25th Percentile £20.51 - -
Median hourly rate £23.63 - £56.00
75th Percentile £25.00 - -
90th Percentile £25.75 - -
England median hourly rate £22.00 £29.00 £28.42
% change year-on-year -24.14% +2.04% +190.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 767 488 603
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 85.32% 87.14% 82.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 296 429
10th Percentile £188 £240 £211
25th Percentile £350 £324 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -2.70%
75th Percentile £525 £545 £565
90th Percentile £625 £631 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 23 43
10th Percentile £15.56 £15.48 £11.86
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.44 £22.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.07% +12.50% +18.84%
75th Percentile £24.49 £27.65 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.15 £38.49 £54.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Logistics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Logistics job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Logistics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Logistics

Logistics
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Logistics in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Logistics in the East Midlands

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Logistics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Logistics

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Logistics in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Logistics in the East Midlands

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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 Logistics within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
Northamptonshire -12 16 £550 - 9
Derbyshire +4 8 £363 -20.98% 10
Leicestershire - 5 £425 - 7
Nottinghamshire - 4 £200 - 10
Lincolnshire - 3 - - 5
Logistics
England

Logistics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (2.78%) Power Query
General
1 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 7 (19.44%) Automotive
3 7 (19.44%) Finance
4 6 (16.67%) Retail
5 5 (13.89%) Public Sector
6 3 (8.33%) Electronics
6 3 (8.33%) Marketing
6 3 (8.33%) Telecoms
7 2 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (27.78%) Project Manager
2 9 (25.00%) Senior
2 9 (25.00%) Senior Manager
3 6 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
4 3 (8.33%) Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Senior Service Assurance Manager
4 3 (8.33%) Senior Service Manager
4 3 (8.33%) Service Assurance Manager
4 3 (8.33%) Service Manager
4 3 (8.33%) Support Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) Technical Support
4 3 (8.33%) Technical Support Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 2 (5.56%) Deskside Support
5 2 (5.56%) Desktop Support
5 2 (5.56%) Developer
5 2 (5.56%) IT Support
5 2 (5.56%) Power BI Developer
5 2 (5.56%) Service Management Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) Robotics
2 6 (16.67%) Operational Technology
3 2 (5.56%) SCADA
4 1 (2.78%) CCTV
4 1 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.11%) Windows
2 2 (5.56%) Windows 10
2 2 (5.56%) Windows 7
2 2 (5.56%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.22%) AI
1 8 (22.22%) Process Improvement
2 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (19.44%) Project Governance
3 6 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (16.67%) Coaching
3 6 (16.67%) Cost Reduction
3 6 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (11.11%) Change Management
4 4 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (11.11%) Project Management
4 4 (11.11%) Workflow
5 3 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (8.33%) DevOps
5 3 (8.33%) Hardware Maintenance
5 3 (8.33%) Operational Stability
5 3 (8.33%) Security Operations
5 3 (8.33%) Storage Management
5 3 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.56%) PMI Certification
3 2 (5.56%) PMP
4 1 (2.78%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.78%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.78%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) SAP
2 2 (5.56%) HP
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.56%) Sage