Inventory Management Contract Job Trends in England

Inventory Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Inventory Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
17 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 407 430
Rank change year-on-year +46 +23 +101
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 192 104 127
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.36% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.40% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 57 68
10th Percentile £199 £129 £180
25th Percentile £263 £210 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £365 £425
Median % change year-on-year +32.47% -14.12% -10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £525 £588
90th Percentile £717 £665 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 5 3
10th Percentile £16.28 - £16.78
25th Percentile £17.75 £21.05 £17.13
Median hourly rate £23.63 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +36.46% +7.39%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £18.96
90th Percentile - £28.57 £19.70
UK median hourly rate £22.10 £24.18 £16.71
% change year-on-year -8.62% +44.70% +14.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,925 25,808 32,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.90% 88.45% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,780 15,959 22,396
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,812 863 1,395
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.97 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

Inventory Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Inventory Management job vacancy trend in England

Inventory Management
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Inventory Management

Inventory Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inventory Management in England over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Inventory Management in England

Inventory Management
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Inventory Management

Inventory Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Inventory Management in England over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Inventory Management in England

Inventory Management
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
London -5 59 £550 +57.48% 20
South East +12 40 £525 +45.83% 21
Midlands -2 31 £350 -17.65% 15
North of England -32 31 £703 +92.47% 19
West Midlands -16 20 £375 -11.76% 11
North West -19 18 £703 - 6
South West +12 15 £225 - 7
East Midlands - 11 £250 - 3
East of England -13 7 £238 -13.24% 10
Yorkshire -43 7 £500 +36.99% 9
North East - 6 - - 5
Inventory Management
UK

Inventory Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (5.73%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.56%) Confluence
4 2 (1.04%) SAS
5 1 (0.52%) Apache
5 1 (0.52%) IIS
5 1 (0.52%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 28 (14.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (9.90%) SAP MM
3 12 (6.25%) Oracle EBS
3 12 (6.25%) Oracle EBS R12
4 8 (4.17%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (2.08%) SAP EWM
6 3 (1.56%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (1.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (1.56%) Oracle SCM
7 2 (1.04%) Endur
7 2 (1.04%) Oracle AGIS
7 2 (1.04%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (1.04%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (1.04%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (1.04%) SAP ERP
7 2 (1.04%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (1.04%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.52%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.52%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 30 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (15.10%) Azure
3 15 (7.81%) OneDrive
4 11 (5.73%) OCI
5 5 (2.60%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.08%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.04%) AWS
8 2 (1.04%) GCP
8 2 (1.04%) Slack
8 2 (1.04%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.52%) Dialogflow
9 1 (0.52%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.52%) SaaS
9 1 (0.52%) Vertex AI
9 1 (0.52%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 23 (11.98%) VPN
2 15 (7.81%) Firewall
3 14 (7.29%) Wireless
4 13 (6.77%) DNS
5 12 (6.25%) WAN
6 11 (5.73%) Cisco IPT
6 11 (5.73%) DMVPN
6 11 (5.73%) IPsec
6 11 (5.73%) SSL
7 9 (4.69%) Network Security
8 5 (2.60%) LAN
9 3 (1.56%) TCP/IP
10 2 (1.04%) DHCP
10 2 (1.04%) SSH
10 2 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.52%) 4G
11 1 (0.52%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.60%) Power BI
2 3 (1.56%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.04%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.52%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.52%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (2.60%) JIRA
2 1 (0.52%) Git
2 1 (0.52%) QADirector
2 1 (0.52%) Vite
2 1 (0.52%) webpack
General
1 90 (46.88%) Social Skills
2 43 (22.40%) Finance
3 25 (13.02%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.77%) Manufacturing
4 13 (6.77%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.73%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.69%) Retail
7 8 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.65%) Banking
9 6 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (3.13%) Legal
10 4 (2.08%) Back Office
10 4 (2.08%) General Ledger
10 4 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.04%) Electronics
11 2 (1.04%) Marketing
11 2 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.52%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.52%) Law
12 1 (0.52%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 40 (20.83%) Consultant
2 20 (10.42%) Desktop Support
2 20 (10.42%) Senior
3 19 (9.90%) Analyst
4 18 (9.38%) SAP Consultant
5 17 (8.85%) Support Engineer
6 14 (7.29%) Oracle Consultant
7 12 (6.25%) Functional Consultant
7 12 (6.25%) Senior Consultant
7 12 (6.25%) Support Specialist
8 11 (5.73%) Desktop Engineer
9 10 (5.21%) Desktop Specialist
9 10 (5.21%) Desktop Support Specialist
9 10 (5.21%) IT Support
9 10 (5.21%) SAP MM Consultant
10 9 (4.69%) Oracle Functional Consultant
10 9 (4.69%) Project Manager
11 8 (4.17%) Management Consultant
11 8 (4.17%) Security Engineer
11 8 (4.17%) Senior SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.73%) 802.1X
2 7 (3.65%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.04%) REST
4 1 (0.52%) Blazor
4 1 (0.52%) CSS
4 1 (0.52%) Faiss
4 1 (0.52%) Hugging Face
4 1 (0.52%) Jest
4 1 (0.52%) Middleware
4 1 (0.52%) OpenAPI
4 1 (0.52%) Parceljs
4 1 (0.52%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.52%) React
4 1 (0.52%) RESTful
4 1 (0.52%) Sass
4 1 (0.52%) SignalR
4 1 (0.52%) SOAP
4 1 (0.52%) Swagger
4 1 (0.52%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.52%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.81%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (7.29%) Data Centre
3 10 (5.21%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.65%) iPad
4 7 (3.65%) iPhone
5 6 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.60%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.08%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.56%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.56%) CMDB
8 3 (1.56%) Life Science
8 3 (1.56%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.56%) Replication
9 2 (1.04%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.04%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.52%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 46 (23.96%) Windows
2 24 (12.50%) Windows 10
3 7 (3.65%) Linux
3 7 (3.65%) Mac OS
3 7 (3.65%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.13%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.56%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (22.40%) Logistics
2 30 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (15.10%) Migration
4 26 (13.54%) Customer Service
5 23 (11.98%) ERP
5 23 (11.98%) Workflow
6 22 (11.46%) Asset Management
7 21 (10.94%) Knowledge Transfer
8 18 (9.38%) Workflow Management
9 16 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (7.81%) Process Improvement
11 13 (6.77%) Change Management
11 13 (6.77%) Cybersecurity
11 13 (6.77%) Procure-to-Pay
11 13 (6.77%) Service Management
11 13 (6.77%) Supply Chain Planning
12 12 (6.25%) Data Governance
12 12 (6.25%) ITIL
12 12 (6.25%) Patch Management
12 12 (6.25%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.85%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.08%) Python
3 3 (1.56%) SQL
4 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.52%) R
4 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.52%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 67 (34.90%) Security Cleared
2 63 (32.81%) SC Cleared
3 21 (10.94%) Degree
4 6 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.08%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.56%) CCNA
6 3 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.56%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.04%) CCNP
7 2 (1.04%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.04%) HNC
7 2 (1.04%) HND
7 2 (1.04%) PMP
8 1 (0.52%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.52%) CISSP
8 1 (0.52%) GIAC
8 1 (0.52%) MBA
8 1 (0.52%) MCP
8 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.17%) QA
3 2 (1.04%) GDPR
3 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.04%) NIST
3 2 (1.04%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.52%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.52%) IFRS
4 1 (0.52%) IFRS 9
4 1 (0.52%) ISO 19650
4 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.52%) SLA
4 1 (0.52%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (19.79%) Active Directory
2 13 (6.77%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (2.08%) Docker
4 3 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (7.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (6.25%) SCCM
3 7 (3.65%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (1.04%) Ansible
5 2 (1.04%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.52%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.52%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.52%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 42 (21.88%) SAP
2 38 (19.79%) Microsoft
3 31 (16.15%) Oracle
4 14 (7.29%) Cisco
5 13 (6.77%) ServiceNow
6 11 (5.73%) Blue Coat
6 11 (5.73%) CheckPoint
6 11 (5.73%) F5
6 11 (5.73%) Juniper
7 6 (3.13%) McAfee
7 6 (3.13%) Starlink
8 3 (1.56%) Apple
8 3 (1.56%) Ariba
8 3 (1.56%) Veeam
8 3 (1.56%) VMware
9 2 (1.04%) Anaplan
9 2 (1.04%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.04%) Hyperion
9 2 (1.04%) OpenLink
9 2 (1.04%) Rapid7
84 Inventory Management jobs in England