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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 345 411
Rank change year-on-year -75 +66 +62
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 220 168 125
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.49% 0.61% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.67% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 107 58
10th Percentile £200 £150 £162
25th Percentile £226 £185 £237
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £300 £475
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -36.84% -5.94%
75th Percentile £541 £566 £569
90th Percentile £675 £635 £725
UK median daily rate £425 £300 £475
% change year-on-year +41.67% -36.84% -11.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 18 15
10th Percentile £15.00 £24.66 £12.00
25th Percentile £19.50 - £15.40
Median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% +19.76% +23.06%
75th Percentile £50.50 - £21.50
90th Percentile £178.75 £39.93 £27.85
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £21.00
% change year-on-year +3.38% +19.76% +23.06%

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 38,641 24,977 29,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.26% 90.76% 85.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,154 16,016 19,101
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,462 1,371 1,780
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.25 £13.87
25th Percentile £20.92 £17.98 £17.72
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -39.40% -2.35%
75th Percentile £68.75 £52.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

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 31 July 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 31 July 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 31 July 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 -39 84 £480 -7.47% 35
South East -58 42 £275 +44.74% 32
North of England -52 35 £365 -37.07% 22
Midlands -50 27 £465 +86.00% 22
Yorkshire -35 20 £365 -8.75% 9
East of England -28 19 £225 +12.50% 9
East Midlands -12 14 £500 +100.00% 9
West Midlands -57 13 £375 +5.63% 13
North West -54 12 £400 -31.03% 11
South West -35 8 £525 +31.25% 11
North East - 3 - - 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 7 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.36%) Confluence
2 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.91%) Apache
4 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.45%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.45%) Smallworld
Applications
1 13 (5.91%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.36%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.45%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (0.45%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 23 (10.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (5.00%) SAP MM
3 10 (4.55%) SAP EWM
4 5 (2.27%) SAP SD
5 4 (1.82%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.91%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.91%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.91%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.91%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.45%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.45%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 27 (12.27%) Azure
2 23 (10.45%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (5.91%) Entra ID
4 11 (5.00%) AWS
5 6 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (2.73%) GCP
5 6 (2.73%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.82%) GitHub
7 3 (1.36%) AWS Control Tower
7 3 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.36%) Google Ads
7 3 (1.36%) SaaS
8 2 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.91%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.91%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.45%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.45%) Azure AI
9 1 (0.45%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 21 (9.55%) VPN
2 13 (5.91%) Firewall
3 12 (5.45%) WebEx
4 11 (5.00%) DNS
4 11 (5.00%) WAN
4 11 (5.00%) Wireless
5 9 (4.09%) Network Security
6 8 (3.64%) Internet
6 8 (3.64%) SAN
7 7 (3.18%) TCP/IP
8 6 (2.73%) DHCP
9 5 (2.27%) DMVPN
9 5 (2.27%) IPsec
9 5 (2.27%) SSL
10 4 (1.82%) Cisco IPT
10 4 (1.82%) LAN
11 2 (0.91%) 4G
11 2 (0.91%) MPLS
11 2 (0.91%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.73%) Power BI
2 3 (1.36%) Flink
2 3 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.91%) Apache Ignite
3 2 (0.91%) GIS
3 2 (0.91%) Metadata
3 2 (0.91%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.45%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (0.45%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.45%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.45%) MySQL
4 1 (0.45%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.45%) OLTP
4 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.45%) Tableau
4 1 (0.45%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 16 (7.27%) JIRA
2 2 (0.91%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.91%) Flyway
2 2 (0.91%) Git
2 2 (0.91%) git-flow
2 2 (0.91%) Hudson
2 2 (0.91%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.91%) JUnit
2 2 (0.91%) Liquibase
2 2 (0.91%) Mockito
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.45%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.45%) Toad
General
1 87 (39.55%) Social Skills
2 53 (24.09%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (23.64%) Finance
4 30 (13.64%) Manufacturing
5 23 (10.45%) Retail
6 21 (9.55%) Telecoms
7 17 (7.73%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (4.09%) Aerospace
9 8 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.73%) Banking
11 6 (2.73%) Billing
12 5 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.82%) Law
13 4 (1.82%) Legal
13 4 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.36%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.91%) Front Office
15 2 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.91%) Police
Job Titles
1 34 (15.45%) Analyst
2 20 (9.09%) Consultant
3 18 (8.18%) IT Support
3 18 (8.18%) Lead
3 18 (8.18%) Senior
4 16 (7.27%) Support Engineer
5 15 (6.82%) Business Analyst
6 14 (6.36%) Architect
7 13 (5.91%) IT Engineer
7 13 (5.91%) SAP Consultant
7 13 (5.91%) Technical Support
8 10 (4.55%) Data Centre Engineer
8 10 (4.55%) IT Support Engineer
8 10 (4.55%) Support Analyst
8 10 (4.55%) Support Technician
9 8 (3.64%) IT Manager
10 7 (3.18%) Desktop Support
10 7 (3.18%) Developer
11 6 (2.73%) Project Manager
11 6 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.55%) Redfish
2 5 (2.27%) REST
3 4 (1.82%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.82%) Middleware
3 4 (1.82%) Spring
4 3 (1.36%) Azure Blueprints
4 3 (1.36%) Kafka
4 3 (1.36%) OpenAPI
4 3 (1.36%) OpenTelemetry
4 3 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.36%) Swagger
5 2 (0.91%) Gherkin
5 2 (0.91%) IDoc
5 2 (0.91%) JWT
5 2 (0.91%) RESTful
5 2 (0.91%) SAP Core Interface
5 2 (0.91%) Spring Batch
5 2 (0.91%) Spring Cloud
5 2 (0.91%) Spring MVC
5 2 (0.91%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.45%) Data Centre
1 23 (10.45%) Onboarding
2 22 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.45%) Video Conferencing
4 11 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (4.55%) CMDB
5 10 (4.55%) Web Conferencing
6 9 (4.09%) FMCG
7 8 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (3.18%) iPad
9 6 (2.73%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.73%) iPhone
9 6 (2.73%) Operational Technology
10 5 (2.27%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.82%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.82%) Product Ownership
12 3 (1.36%) Security Posture
12 3 (1.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 60 (27.27%) Windows
2 19 (8.64%) Linux
3 16 (7.27%) Windows 10
4 14 (6.36%) Mac OS
5 13 (5.91%) Android
6 11 (5.00%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.82%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.82%) Windows Server
8 3 (1.36%) Alpine Linux
9 1 (0.45%) CentOS
9 1 (0.45%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (23.64%) Asset Management
2 49 (22.27%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (21.82%) Logistics
4 42 (19.09%) ERP
5 39 (17.73%) ITSM
6 37 (16.82%) Migration
7 30 (13.64%) Customer Service
7 30 (13.64%) ITIL
8 28 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (12.73%) Service Management
9 26 (11.82%) Inventory Control
10 24 (10.91%) Roadmaps
11 23 (10.45%) Data Migration
12 22 (10.00%) Project Delivery
13 21 (9.55%) User Acceptance Testing
14 20 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (7.73%) Test Automation
15 17 (7.73%) Validation
16 16 (7.27%) GAP Analysis
16 16 (7.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.18%) Python
2 6 (2.73%) Java
3 5 (2.27%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.82%) Bicep
4 4 (1.82%) Shell Script
4 4 (1.82%) SQL
5 2 (0.91%) ABAP
5 2 (0.91%) PromQL
6 1 (0.45%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.45%) C++
6 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.45%) SOQL
6 1 (0.45%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 41 (18.64%) Security Cleared
2 22 (10.00%) Degree
3 21 (9.55%) SC Cleared
4 20 (9.09%) A+ Certification
5 14 (6.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (5.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.73%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (2.27%) CISSP
10 4 (1.82%) CISM
10 4 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (1.82%) SAP Certification
11 3 (1.36%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.36%) CCNA
11 3 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.36%) PMP
12 2 (0.91%) CCNP
12 2 (0.91%) CISA
12 2 (0.91%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.55%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.64%) QA
3 6 (2.73%) NIST
4 5 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.27%) SLA
5 2 (0.91%) GDPR
5 2 (0.91%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.91%) NCSC
5 2 (0.91%) NIST 800
5 2 (0.91%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.45%) COSHH
6 1 (0.45%) GRC
6 1 (0.45%) ISA99
6 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 27 (12.27%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.55%) Firmware
3 4 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.36%) Docker
5 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (4.55%) Dell DRAC
2 8 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.73%) Terraform
4 5 (2.27%) Ansible
5 3 (1.36%) Grafana
5 3 (1.36%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.36%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.36%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.91%) Amdocs OSS
6 2 (0.91%) Consul
6 2 (0.91%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.91%) Zipkin
7 1 (0.45%) SCCM
7 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (29.09%) Microsoft
2 36 (16.36%) SAP
3 28 (12.73%) ServiceNow
4 12 (5.45%) Oracle
5 10 (4.55%) Apple
6 9 (4.09%) Juniper
7 8 (3.64%) Cisco
8 6 (2.73%) Google
9 5 (2.27%) CheckPoint
9 5 (2.27%) F5
9 5 (2.27%) Qualys
9 5 (2.27%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.82%) Blue Coat
10 4 (1.82%) Samsung
10 4 (1.82%) VMware
11 3 (1.36%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (1.36%) Okta
11 3 (1.36%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.36%) Tenable
11 3 (1.36%) TOWER Software