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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 339 413
Rank change year-on-year -52 +74 +54
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 261 181 118
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.57% 0.65% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.71% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 88 58
10th Percentile £191 £197 £139
25th Percentile £225 £250 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £410 £383
Median % change year-on-year +8.23% +7.19% -23.50%
75th Percentile £578 £627 £523
90th Percentile £675 £720 £663
UK median daily rate £438 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +9.38% -5.88% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 29 4
10th Percentile £14.90 £16.30 £21.99
25th Percentile £17.45 £20.79 £23.40
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.15 £27.59
Median % change year-on-year -16.50% -8.84% +77.63%
75th Percentile £40.00 - £32.06
90th Percentile £178.75 £35.45 £33.08
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £25.15 £27.59
% change year-on-year -16.50% -8.84% +77.63%

All Process & 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 39,045 25,398 28,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 90.94% 86.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,601 16,100 17,122
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £643
90th Percentile £738 £730 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,948 1,574 1,187
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.42 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.75 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +52.09% -39.40% -2.35%

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 5 October 2026.

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 5 October 2026.

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 5 October 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
London -48 100 £525 -8.70% 137
North of England -50 45 £395 -43.77% 37
South East -49 39 £360 -10.00% 65
Midlands -36 37 £500 +42.86% 39
East of England -9 24 £250 - 24
North West -35 24 £566 -20.14% 21
Yorkshire -19 19 £365 -8.75% 12
West Midlands -46 19 £500 +32.45% 22
East Midlands -4 18 £500 +100.00% 17
South West -42 10 £315 +40.00% 21
North East -42 2 - - 4
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 5 (1.92%) Confluence
1 5 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.53%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (9.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (13.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (5.36%) SAP MM
3 5 (1.92%) SAP ERP
4 3 (1.15%) SAP EWM
4 3 (1.15%) SAP QM
4 3 (1.15%) SAP WM
4 3 (1.15%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.77%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.77%) Oracle SCM
5 2 (0.77%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.77%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.77%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.77%) SAP Travel Management
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.38%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.38%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.38%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.38%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 35 (13.41%) Azure
2 34 (13.03%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (7.28%) Entra ID
4 17 (6.51%) AWS
4 17 (6.51%) Power Platform
5 11 (4.21%) Microsoft Copilot
6 10 (3.83%) GCP
7 7 (2.68%) GitHub
8 6 (2.30%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.53%) SaaS
11 3 (1.15%) AWS Control Tower
11 3 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.77%) OCI
12 2 (0.77%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.77%) Smartsheet
13 1 (0.38%) Collibra
13 1 (0.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.05%) VPN
2 16 (6.13%) DNS
2 16 (6.13%) Firewall
3 15 (5.75%) Wireless
4 12 (4.60%) WebEx
5 10 (3.83%) WAN
6 9 (3.45%) DHCP
6 9 (3.45%) Network Security
7 8 (3.07%) Internet
7 8 (3.07%) TCP/IP
8 7 (2.68%) SAN
8 7 (2.68%) SSL
9 6 (2.30%) Cisco IPT
9 6 (2.30%) DMVPN
9 6 (2.30%) IPsec
9 6 (2.30%) LAN
10 4 (1.53%) 4G
10 4 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.15%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.77%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.21%) Power BI
2 2 (0.77%) Metadata
2 2 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.77%) Power Query
3 1 (0.38%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.38%) GIS
3 1 (0.38%) OLTP
3 1 (0.38%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.38%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (6.51%) JIRA
2 4 (1.53%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (1.15%) Git
4 2 (0.77%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.77%) Flyway
4 2 (0.77%) git-flow
4 2 (0.77%) GitLab
4 2 (0.77%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.77%) JUnit
4 2 (0.77%) Liquibase
4 2 (0.77%) LSMW
4 2 (0.77%) Mockito
5 1 (0.38%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.38%) Hudson
5 1 (0.38%) Toad
General
1 103 (39.46%) Social Skills
2 60 (22.99%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (16.86%) Finance
3 44 (16.86%) Manufacturing
4 37 (14.18%) Retail
5 18 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (5.36%) Telecoms
7 11 (4.21%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.07%) Billing
10 7 (2.68%) Back Office
10 7 (2.68%) Banking
11 6 (2.30%) Aviation
11 6 (2.30%) Legal
12 5 (1.92%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.53%) Law
13 4 (1.53%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.15%) Automotive
14 3 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.77%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 43 (16.48%) Analyst
2 26 (9.96%) Architect
2 26 (9.96%) Support Engineer
3 23 (8.81%) Senior
4 22 (8.43%) IT Support
5 18 (6.90%) Consultant
6 17 (6.51%) Business Analyst
6 17 (6.51%) IT Engineer
7 14 (5.36%) IT Support Engineer
8 13 (4.98%) Lead
8 13 (4.98%) Technical Support
9 10 (3.83%) Senior Analyst
9 10 (3.83%) Senior Business Analyst
10 9 (3.45%) SAP Consultant
10 9 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (3.45%) Support Analyst
11 8 (3.07%) Administrator
11 8 (3.07%) Support Specialist
11 8 (3.07%) Support Technician
12 7 (2.68%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.45%) Terraform
2 7 (2.68%) 802.1X
3 6 (2.30%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (1.92%) Middleware
4 5 (1.92%) Redfish
4 5 (1.92%) REST
5 3 (1.15%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (0.77%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.77%) HATEOAS
6 2 (0.77%) IDoc
6 2 (0.77%) Jasypt
6 2 (0.77%) JWT
6 2 (0.77%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.77%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.77%) OpenAPI
6 2 (0.77%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (0.77%) Spring Batch
6 2 (0.77%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.77%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.73%) Onboarding
2 23 (8.81%) Data Centre
3 19 (7.28%) CMDB
3 19 (7.28%) Management Information System
4 12 (4.60%) Video Conferencing
5 11 (4.21%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (4.21%) FMCG
6 10 (3.83%) Web Conferencing
7 9 (3.45%) Driving Licence
8 6 (2.30%) Enterprise Storage
8 6 (2.30%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.92%) iPad
10 4 (1.53%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.53%) iPhone
10 4 (1.53%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.53%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.15%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.15%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 67 (25.67%) Windows
2 17 (6.51%) Windows 10
3 15 (5.75%) Mac OS
4 13 (4.98%) Android
4 13 (4.98%) Linux
5 10 (3.83%) Apple iOS
6 6 (2.30%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.15%) Alpine Linux
7 3 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.15%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.38%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (27.59%) Logistics
2 70 (26.82%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (21.84%) ERP
4 51 (19.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 49 (18.77%) Asset Management
6 46 (17.62%) Inventory Control
7 44 (16.86%) Customer Service
8 36 (13.79%) Process Improvement
9 35 (13.41%) ITSM
10 32 (12.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 30 (11.49%) ITIL
12 28 (10.73%) Migration
12 28 (10.73%) Service Management
13 23 (8.81%) User Acceptance Testing
14 21 (8.05%) Change Management
14 21 (8.05%) Validation
15 20 (7.66%) Agile
15 20 (7.66%) Roadmaps
15 20 (7.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 18 (6.90%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.60%) PowerShell
2 10 (3.83%) Python
3 7 (2.68%) Shell Script
3 7 (2.68%) SQL
4 4 (1.53%) Bicep
5 3 (1.15%) ABAP
5 3 (1.15%) Java
6 2 (0.77%) Apex Code
6 2 (0.77%) PromQL
6 2 (0.77%) SOQL
6 2 (0.77%) SOSL
7 1 (0.38%) Bash
7 1 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (18.01%) Security Cleared
2 28 (10.73%) SC Cleared
3 26 (9.96%) Degree
4 19 (7.28%) A+ Certification
5 13 (4.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.21%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.92%) CCNA
8 5 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (1.53%) CCNP
9 4 (1.53%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (1.15%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.15%) CISM
10 3 (1.15%) CISSP
10 3 (1.15%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.77%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.77%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.28%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.45%) QA
3 8 (3.07%) SLA
4 6 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.92%) NIST
6 3 (1.15%) NCSC
7 2 (0.77%) COSHH
7 2 (0.77%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.77%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.38%) GDPR
8 1 (0.38%) GRC
8 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 30 (11.49%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.30%) Firmware
2 6 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.92%) Docker
4 2 (0.77%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.38%) zsh
Systems Management
1 16 (6.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.07%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.68%) Ansible
3 7 (2.68%) SCCM
4 5 (1.92%) Dell DRAC
5 4 (1.53%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.77%) Consul
6 2 (0.77%) Grafana
6 2 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.77%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.77%) Zipkin
7 1 (0.38%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 103 (39.46%) Microsoft
2 61 (23.37%) SAP
3 26 (9.96%) ServiceNow
4 19 (7.28%) Oracle
5 12 (4.60%) Apple
5 12 (4.60%) Google
6 11 (4.21%) Cisco
7 10 (3.83%) Juniper
8 7 (2.68%) JD Edwards
8 7 (2.68%) Samsung
9 6 (2.30%) Blue Coat
9 6 (2.30%) CheckPoint
9 6 (2.30%) F5
9 6 (2.30%) Palo Alto
9 6 (2.30%) VMware
9 6 (2.30%) Zscaler
10 5 (1.92%) Ariba
10 5 (1.92%) IBM
10 5 (1.92%) Qualys
11 4 (1.53%) Salesforce