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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 401 433
Rank change year-on-year +35 +32 +78
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 178 93 116
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.56% 0.34% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.38% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 48 63
10th Percentile £188 £129 £180
25th Percentile £263 £209 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £365 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -23.16% +11.76%
75th Percentile £634 £506 £619
90th Percentile £716 £602 £715
UK median daily rate £400 £400 £500
% change year-on-year - -20.00% +20.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 5 3
10th Percentile £15.81 - £16.78
25th Percentile £16.30 £21.05 £17.13
Median hourly rate £22.10 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -8.62% +36.46% +7.39%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £18.96
90th Percentile - £28.57 £19.70
UK median hourly rate £19.23 £24.18 £16.71
% change year-on-year -20.47% +44.75% +14.91%

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 27,971 24,304 31,711
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.38% 88.87% 87.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,863 14,942 21,444
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £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 1,750 794 1,430
10th Percentile £15.21 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +21.43%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -17 51 £550 +62.96% 14
South East +5 38 £463 +21.71% 16
Midlands -11 32 £365 -14.12% 8
North of England -40 28 £703 +92.47% 10
West Midlands -16 23 £378 -11.18% 7
South West +13 17 £225 - 7
North West -21 16 £703 - 5
East Midlands - 9 £250 - 1
East of England -18 7 £350 +66.67% 3
Yorkshire -50 6 £500 +36.99% 3
North East - 6 - - 2
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 (6.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (5.62%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.69%) Confluence
4 2 (1.12%) SAS
5 1 (0.56%) Apache
5 1 (0.56%) IIS
5 1 (0.56%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (7.30%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 28 (15.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (10.67%) SAP MM
3 12 (6.74%) Oracle EBS
3 12 (6.74%) Oracle EBS R12
4 8 (4.49%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (2.25%) SAP EWM
6 3 (1.69%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (1.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (1.69%) Oracle SCM
7 2 (1.12%) Oracle AGIS
7 2 (1.12%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (1.12%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (1.12%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (1.12%) SAP ERP
7 2 (1.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (1.12%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.56%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.56%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (16.85%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (15.73%) Azure
3 15 (8.43%) OneDrive
4 11 (6.18%) OCI
5 5 (2.81%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.25%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.12%) AWS
8 2 (1.12%) Slack
8 2 (1.12%) 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 22 (12.36%) VPN
2 16 (8.99%) Firewall
3 14 (7.87%) Wireless
4 13 (7.30%) DNS
5 12 (6.74%) WAN
6 11 (6.18%) Cisco IPT
6 11 (6.18%) DMVPN
6 11 (6.18%) IPsec
6 11 (6.18%) SSL
7 9 (5.06%) Network Security
8 5 (2.81%) LAN
9 3 (1.69%) TCP/IP
10 2 (1.12%) DHCP
10 2 (1.12%) SSH
10 2 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.56%) 4G
11 1 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.81%) Power BI
2 3 (1.69%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.12%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.56%) EDRMS
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 (2.25%) JIRA
2 1 (0.56%) Git
2 1 (0.56%) QADirector
2 1 (0.56%) Vite
2 1 (0.56%) webpack
General
1 80 (44.94%) Social Skills
2 41 (23.03%) Finance
3 22 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.30%) Public Sector
5 12 (6.74%) Manufacturing
5 12 (6.74%) Telecoms
6 10 (5.62%) Retail
7 7 (3.93%) Banking
7 7 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.25%) General Ledger
9 4 (2.25%) Legal
9 4 (2.25%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.69%) Back Office
11 2 (1.12%) Electronics
11 2 (1.12%) Marketing
11 2 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.56%) French Language
12 1 (0.56%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (20.22%) Consultant
2 19 (10.67%) Analyst
3 18 (10.11%) Senior
4 16 (8.99%) Desktop Support
4 16 (8.99%) Support Engineer
5 15 (8.43%) SAP Consultant
6 14 (7.87%) Oracle Consultant
7 12 (6.74%) Functional Consultant
7 12 (6.74%) Support Specialist
8 10 (5.62%) Desktop Specialist
8 10 (5.62%) Desktop Support Specialist
8 10 (5.62%) IT Support
8 10 (5.62%) SAP MM Consultant
8 10 (5.62%) Senior Consultant
9 9 (5.06%) Desktop Engineer
9 9 (5.06%) Oracle Functional Consultant
9 9 (5.06%) Project Manager
9 9 (5.06%) Security Engineer
10 8 (4.49%) Management Consultant
11 7 (3.93%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.18%) 802.1X
2 7 (3.93%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.12%) 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 (8.99%) Data Centre
2 14 (7.87%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.49%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.93%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (3.93%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.37%) iPad
5 6 (3.37%) iPhone
6 4 (2.25%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.69%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.69%) Life Science
7 3 (1.69%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.69%) Replication
8 2 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.12%) CMDB
8 2 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
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 46 (25.84%) Windows
2 22 (12.36%) Windows 10
3 9 (5.06%) Linux
4 7 (3.93%) Mac OS
4 7 (3.93%) Windows Server
5 6 (3.37%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.69%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (20.22%) Logistics
2 25 (14.04%) Customer Service
3 22 (12.36%) Asset Management
3 22 (12.36%) ERP
3 22 (12.36%) Migration
4 20 (11.24%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (9.55%) Workflow
6 16 (8.99%) Knowledge Transfer
7 14 (7.87%) Change Management
7 14 (7.87%) Order Management
7 14 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (7.30%) Service Management
8 13 (7.30%) Supply Chain Planning
9 12 (6.74%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (6.74%) Data Governance
9 12 (6.74%) Patch Management
9 12 (6.74%) Process Improvement
9 12 (6.74%) Workflow Management
10 11 (6.18%) Master Data Management
10 11 (6.18%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.55%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.69%) Python
2 3 (1.69%) SQL
3 2 (1.12%) Shell Script
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 55 (30.90%) Security Cleared
2 51 (28.65%) SC Cleared
3 15 (8.43%) Degree
4 5 (2.81%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (2.25%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.69%) CCNA
6 3 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.69%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.12%) CCNP
7 2 (1.12%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.12%) HNC
7 2 (1.12%) HND
7 2 (1.12%) PMP
8 1 (0.56%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.56%) MBA
8 1 (0.56%) MCP
8 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.74%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.93%) QA
3 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.12%) 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%) ISO 19650
4 1 (0.56%) NIST
4 1 (0.56%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (20.79%) Active Directory
2 13 (7.30%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (2.25%) Docker
4 3 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (7.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (6.18%) SCCM
3 7 (3.93%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.69%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (1.12%) Ansible
5 2 (1.12%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.56%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 37 (20.79%) SAP
2 36 (20.22%) Microsoft
3 32 (17.98%) Oracle
4 14 (7.87%) Cisco
5 12 (6.74%) CheckPoint
5 12 (6.74%) F5
5 12 (6.74%) Juniper
5 12 (6.74%) ServiceNow
6 11 (6.18%) Blue Coat
7 5 (2.81%) McAfee
7 5 (2.81%) Starlink
8 3 (1.69%) Apple
8 3 (1.69%) Ariba
8 3 (1.69%) Veeam
8 3 (1.69%) VMware
9 2 (1.12%) Anaplan
9 2 (1.12%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.12%) Hyperion
9 2 (1.12%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.56%) Commvault