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 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 382 469
Rank change year-on-year +13 +87 +24
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 177 95 101
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.54% 0.36% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.40% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 55 53
10th Percentile £166 £144 £180
25th Percentile £263 £210 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 £365 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -14.12% +2.41%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £600
90th Percentile £717 £630 £725
UK median daily rate £380 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 8
10th Percentile £15.56 £21.05 £11.00
25th Percentile £16.30 £21.83 £11.05
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £15.52
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% +55.85% -7.55%
75th Percentile £24.55 £26.48 £17.43
90th Percentile £25.15 £29.38 £18.86
UK median hourly rate £19.23 £24.18 £16.00
% change year-on-year -20.47% +51.13% -3.03%

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 28,613 23,512 33,042
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.89% 89.45% 87.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,292 14,362 22,132
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £642 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,780 759 1,832
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.99
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.92%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -9.72% +12.50%

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 27 January 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 27 January 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 27 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
London -19 46 £525 +40.00% 10
South East -5 38 £400 - 16
North of England -44 31 £595 +40.00% 11
Midlands -27 29 £380 -10.59% 10
West Midlands -12 24 £378 -11.18% 6
North West -24 19 £703 +27.73% 9
South West -7 17 £225 +2.27% 6
East of England -8 11 £350 +62.79% 3
Yorkshire -46 6 £500 +36.99% 2
North East - 6 - -
East Midlands - 5 £500 - 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 12 (6.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (5.65%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.69%) Confluence
4 2 (1.13%) SAS
5 1 (0.56%) Apache
5 1 (0.56%) IIS
5 1 (0.56%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (9.04%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 30 (16.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (11.86%) SAP MM
3 12 (6.78%) Oracle EBS
3 12 (6.78%) Oracle EBS R12
4 8 (4.52%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (2.26%) SAP EWM
6 3 (1.69%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (1.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (1.69%) Oracle SCM
6 3 (1.69%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (1.13%) Oracle AGIS
7 2 (1.13%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (1.13%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (1.13%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (1.13%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.56%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.56%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.56%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.56%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 33 (18.64%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (15.82%) Azure
3 15 (8.47%) OneDrive
4 11 (6.21%) OCI
5 5 (2.82%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.26%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.13%) AWS
8 2 (1.13%) Slack
8 2 (1.13%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.56%) GCP
9 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.56%) SaaS
9 1 (0.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 21 (11.86%) VPN
2 15 (8.47%) Firewall
3 13 (7.34%) Wireless
4 12 (6.78%) DNS
5 11 (6.21%) Cisco IPT
5 11 (6.21%) DMVPN
5 11 (6.21%) IPsec
5 11 (6.21%) SSL
5 11 (6.21%) WAN
6 8 (4.52%) Network Security
7 4 (2.26%) LAN
8 2 (1.13%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.56%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.82%) Power BI
2 3 (1.69%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.13%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.26%) JIRA
2 1 (0.56%) Git
2 1 (0.56%) QADirector
2 1 (0.56%) Vite
2 1 (0.56%) webpack
General
1 78 (44.07%) Social Skills
2 41 (23.16%) Finance
3 24 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (8.47%) Telecoms
5 13 (7.34%) Public Sector
6 12 (6.78%) Manufacturing
6 12 (6.78%) Retail
7 7 (3.95%) Banking
8 6 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.26%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.69%) Back Office
11 3 (1.69%) Legal
11 3 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.13%) Electronics
12 2 (1.13%) Marketing
13 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.56%) Billing
13 1 (0.56%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (20.90%) Consultant
2 23 (12.99%) Analyst
3 17 (9.60%) Desktop Support
3 17 (9.60%) Senior
3 17 (9.60%) Support Engineer
4 16 (9.04%) SAP Consultant
5 14 (7.91%) IT Support
5 14 (7.91%) Oracle Consultant
6 12 (6.78%) Functional Consultant
6 12 (6.78%) Support Specialist
7 10 (5.65%) Desktop Specialist
7 10 (5.65%) Desktop Support Specialist
7 10 (5.65%) SAP MM Consultant
7 10 (5.65%) Senior Consultant
8 9 (5.08%) Desktop Engineer
8 9 (5.08%) Management Consultant
8 9 (5.08%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 9 (5.08%) Project Manager
8 9 (5.08%) Security Engineer
8 9 (5.08%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.21%) 802.1X
2 7 (3.95%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.13%) REST
4 1 (0.56%) Blazor
4 1 (0.56%) CSS
4 1 (0.56%) Jest
4 1 (0.56%) Middleware
4 1 (0.56%) OpenAPI
4 1 (0.56%) Parceljs
4 1 (0.56%) React
4 1 (0.56%) RESTful
4 1 (0.56%) Sass
4 1 (0.56%) SignalR
4 1 (0.56%) SOAP
4 1 (0.56%) Swagger
4 1 (0.56%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.04%) Data Centre
2 14 (7.91%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (6.21%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.52%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.95%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.95%) iPad
5 7 (3.95%) iPhone
6 4 (2.26%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.69%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.69%) Life Science
7 3 (1.69%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.69%) Replication
8 2 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.13%) CMDB
9 1 (0.56%) DTCC
9 1 (0.56%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.56%) FMCG
9 1 (0.56%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.56%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 50 (28.25%) Windows
2 26 (14.69%) Windows 10
3 8 (4.52%) Linux
4 7 (3.95%) Windows Server
5 6 (3.39%) Apple iOS
5 6 (3.39%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.69%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (20.90%) Logistics
2 32 (18.08%) Customer Service
3 24 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (12.99%) Asset Management
5 22 (12.43%) ERP
6 19 (10.73%) Migration
7 16 (9.04%) Knowledge Transfer
7 16 (9.04%) Order Management
8 15 (8.47%) Service Management
9 14 (7.91%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (7.34%) Change Management
10 13 (7.34%) ITIL
10 13 (7.34%) Supply Chain Planning
11 12 (6.78%) Cybersecurity
12 11 (6.21%) Data Governance
12 11 (6.21%) Master Data Management
12 11 (6.21%) Mobile Device Management
12 11 (6.21%) Workflow
13 10 (5.65%) Patch Management
13 10 (5.65%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.60%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.26%) Shell Script
3 3 (1.69%) Python
3 3 (1.69%) SQL
4 1 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.56%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.56%) R
4 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 51 (28.81%) Security Cleared
2 48 (27.12%) SC Cleared
3 16 (9.04%) Degree
4 6 (3.39%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (2.82%) DBS Check
6 4 (2.26%) A+ Certification
6 4 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.69%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (1.13%) CCNA
8 2 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.13%) HNC
8 2 (1.13%) HND
8 2 (1.13%) PMP
9 1 (0.56%) CCNP
9 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.56%) MBA
9 1 (0.56%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.91%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.82%) QA
3 2 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.13%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.56%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (0.56%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.56%) GDPR
4 1 (0.56%) IFRS
4 1 (0.56%) IFRS 9
4 1 (0.56%) NIST
4 1 (0.56%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 40 (22.60%) Active Directory
2 13 (7.34%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (2.26%) Docker
4 3 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (8.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (6.21%) SCCM
3 7 (3.95%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.69%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.56%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.56%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 40 (22.60%) Microsoft
1 40 (22.60%) SAP
2 33 (18.64%) Oracle
3 14 (7.91%) Cisco
4 12 (6.78%) CheckPoint
4 12 (6.78%) F5
4 12 (6.78%) Juniper
5 11 (6.21%) Blue Coat
5 11 (6.21%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.39%) Starlink
7 5 (2.82%) McAfee
8 3 (1.69%) Apple
8 3 (1.69%) Ariba
8 3 (1.69%) Veeam
8 3 (1.69%) VMware
9 2 (1.13%) Anaplan
9 2 (1.13%) Hyperion
9 2 (1.13%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.56%) Commvault
10 1 (0.56%) Salesforce