Inventory Control Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Inventory Control
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Inventory Control skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Inventory Control 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.17% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £195 - -
25th Percentile £198 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 - -
75th Percentile £228 - -
90th Percentile £234 - -
England median daily rate £250 £363 £481
% change year-on-year -31.03% -24.68% -1.28%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,809 1,157 1,238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.38% 89.48% 81.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 849 502 446
10th Percentile £190 £200 £213
25th Percentile £389 £376 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £442
Median % change year-on-year - +13.12% -11.60%
75th Percentile £594 £575 £550
90th Percentile £675 £675 £638
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.95% -2.87% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 428 302 398
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.80 £14.52
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.42 £15.62
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% +92.43%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £69.13
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%

Inventory Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Inventory Control job vacancy trend in the East of England

Inventory Control
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Inventory Control.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Inventory Control

Inventory Control
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Inventory Control.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Inventory Control

Inventory Control
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 10 September 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
Suffolk - 2 £210 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 - -
Norfolk - 1 - - 2
Inventory Control
England

Inventory Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) Google Workspace
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) CMDB
1 3 (75.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Android
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Inventory Management
2 3 (75.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (75.00%) Validation
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) Logistics
4 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (25.00%) ERP
4 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (25.00%) Revenue Recognition
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Service Management
4 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
4 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Ticket Management
4 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) IFS
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow