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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 397 471
Rank change year-on-year +61 +74 +116
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 178 122 130
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.65% 0.37% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.43% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 61 67
10th Percentile £185 £143 £217
25th Percentile £198 £205 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £365 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% -23.16% -
75th Percentile £543 £500 £600
90th Percentile £675 £663 £650
UK median daily rate £350 £425 £500
% change year-on-year -17.65% -15.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 5 4
10th Percentile £18.87 £21.10 -
25th Percentile £24.74 £22.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £28.50 £15.53
Median % change year-on-year -11.75% +83.49% -22.34%
75th Percentile - £31.75 £18.55
90th Percentile £26.10 £32.95 £19.53
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £28.50 £15.53
% change year-on-year -11.75% +83.49% -22.34%

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 25,047 28,227 38,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.89% 86.02% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,909 17,699 26,512
10th Percentile £300 £313 £319
25th Percentile £404 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £648 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,483 1,330 1,437
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.65 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.33
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -0.76% +48.85%
75th Percentile £48.73 £66.58 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +46.55%

Inventory Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Inventory Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Inventory Management 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 14 September 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 14 September 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 14 September 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 +28 64 £563 +18.42% 44
South East +27 32 £190 -47.22% 46
Midlands +13 29 £250 +56.25% 15
East of England +10 18 £195 -11.36% 10
North of England -11 18 £400 -8.57% 23
South West +30 14 £225 -50.00% 14
East Midlands +12 14 £250 +56.25% 6
West Midlands -6 13 £380 - 9
North West -10 9 £492 +9.33% 14
North East +4 5 - - 4
Yorkshire -16 4 £400 -5.88% 5
Inventory Management
UK

Inventory Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (6.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.06%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.25%) Confluence
4 3 (1.69%) CMS
4 3 (1.69%) Headless CMS
5 2 (1.12%) Camunda
Applications
1 13 (7.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (6.74%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.12%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (6.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.37%) SAP MM
3 4 (2.25%) Oracle SCM
4 3 (1.69%) SAP EWM
4 3 (1.69%) SAP SCM
5 2 (1.12%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (1.12%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (1.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (1.12%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.56%) Endur
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle ASCP
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.56%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.56%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.56%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 27 (15.17%) Azure
2 16 (8.99%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (6.74%) OneDrive
4 11 (6.18%) OCI
5 5 (2.81%) AWS
5 5 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.69%) Amazon Cognito
6 3 (1.69%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
6 3 (1.69%) Amazon S3
6 3 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (1.69%) Serverless
7 2 (1.12%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.12%) Slack
7 2 (1.12%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.56%) Dialogflow
8 1 (0.56%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.56%) Vertex AI
8 1 (0.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 23 (12.92%) VPN
2 18 (10.11%) Firewall
3 16 (8.99%) WAN
3 16 (8.99%) Wireless
4 15 (8.43%) DNS
5 13 (7.30%) Network Security
6 9 (5.06%) 4G
6 9 (5.06%) Cisco IPT
6 9 (5.06%) DMVPN
6 9 (5.06%) IPsec
6 9 (5.06%) SSL
7 8 (4.49%) LAN
8 7 (3.93%) TCP/IP
9 6 (3.37%) DHCP
10 5 (2.81%) VoIP
11 4 (2.25%) MPLS
12 3 (1.69%) DOCSIS
12 3 (1.69%) LTE
12 3 (1.69%) Radio Access Network
12 3 (1.69%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.69%) Data Lake
1 3 (1.69%) DynamoDB
2 2 (1.12%) Power BI
3 1 (0.56%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.56%) EDRMS
3 1 (0.56%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 5 (2.81%) JIRA
General
1 109 (61.24%) Social Skills
2 29 (16.29%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (14.04%) Finance
4 14 (7.87%) Manufacturing
5 12 (6.74%) Telecoms
6 10 (5.62%) Public Sector
7 9 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.93%) Legal
9 5 (2.81%) Banking
10 4 (2.25%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (2.25%) Retail
11 3 (1.69%) Automotive
11 3 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.12%) Back Office
12 2 (1.12%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.12%) Law
13 1 (0.56%) Electronics
13 1 (0.56%) French Language
13 1 (0.56%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 27 (15.17%) Consultant
2 22 (12.36%) Desktop Support
3 18 (10.11%) Analyst
4 15 (8.43%) Lead
5 12 (6.74%) SAP Consultant
6 11 (6.18%) Desktop Engineer
6 11 (6.18%) IT Support
6 11 (6.18%) Senior
6 11 (6.18%) Support Engineer
7 9 (5.06%) Desktop Specialist
7 9 (5.06%) Desktop Support Specialist
7 9 (5.06%) Support Specialist
8 8 (4.49%) Architect
8 8 (4.49%) Business Analyst
8 8 (4.49%) Team Leader
9 7 (3.93%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 6 (3.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (3.37%) Oracle Consultant
10 6 (3.37%) Security Engineer
10 6 (3.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.06%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.69%) OAuth
2 3 (1.69%) OAuth2
2 3 (1.69%) OpenID
2 3 (1.69%) SAML
3 2 (1.12%) EDI
3 2 (1.12%) IDoc
4 1 (0.56%) Faiss
4 1 (0.56%) Google JAX
4 1 (0.56%) Hugging Face
4 1 (0.56%) JAX
4 1 (0.56%) LangChain
4 1 (0.56%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.56%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.56%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.43%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (6.74%) EPoS
3 10 (5.62%) Data Centre
4 8 (4.49%) Driving Licence
5 7 (3.93%) iPad
5 7 (3.93%) iPhone
6 6 (3.37%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.37%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (2.25%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.25%) CMDB
8 3 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.69%) TM Forum
9 2 (1.12%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.12%) Life Science
9 2 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.12%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.12%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.12%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.56%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 37 (20.79%) Windows
2 22 (12.36%) Windows 10
3 7 (3.93%) Mac OS
4 6 (3.37%) Linux
5 5 (2.81%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (24.72%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (21.91%) Workflow
3 35 (19.66%) Migration
4 24 (13.48%) Logistics
4 24 (13.48%) Workflow Management
5 21 (11.80%) Mentoring
6 19 (10.67%) ERP
6 19 (10.67%) ITIL
6 19 (10.67%) Service Management
7 17 (9.55%) Technical Leadership
8 16 (8.99%) Knowledge Transfer
9 14 (7.87%) Asset Management
9 14 (7.87%) Supply Chain Planning
10 13 (7.30%) Data Governance
10 13 (7.30%) Service Delivery
11 12 (6.74%) Change Management
11 12 (6.74%) Customer Service
11 12 (6.74%) Process Improvement
12 11 (6.18%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (6.18%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.62%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.12%) SQL
3 1 (0.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 53 (29.78%) Security Cleared
2 49 (27.53%) SC Cleared
3 24 (13.48%) Degree
4 8 (4.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (3.37%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (2.81%) CCNA
6 5 (2.81%) CCNP
6 5 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.81%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.69%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.12%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.12%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.12%) PMP
8 2 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.56%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.56%) CISSP
9 1 (0.56%) CPIM
9 1 (0.56%) GIAC
9 1 (0.56%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.18%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.37%) QA
3 2 (1.12%) NIST
3 2 (1.12%) OASIS TOSCA
3 2 (1.12%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.56%) COSHH
4 1 (0.56%) GDPR
4 1 (0.56%) ISO 19650
4 1 (0.56%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (11.80%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.06%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.12%) Firmware
4 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.56%) vSphere
4 1 (0.56%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 10 (5.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.93%) FortiGate
2 7 (3.93%) SCCM
3 4 (2.25%) Ansible
4 3 (1.69%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.69%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (1.12%) Amdocs OSS
5 2 (1.12%) CASB
6 1 (0.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.56%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 34 (19.10%) Microsoft
2 23 (12.92%) SAP
3 16 (8.99%) Oracle
4 13 (7.30%) Cisco
5 10 (5.62%) F5
5 10 (5.62%) ServiceNow
6 9 (5.06%) Blue Coat
6 9 (5.06%) CheckPoint
6 9 (5.06%) Juniper
7 6 (3.37%) McAfee
7 6 (3.37%) Starlink
8 5 (2.81%) Google
9 4 (2.25%) Apple
10 3 (1.69%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.12%) Amdocs
11 2 (1.12%) Ericsson
11 2 (1.12%) Huawei
11 2 (1.12%) Hyperion
11 2 (1.12%) NetCracker
11 2 (1.12%) Nokia