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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 388 345 407
Rank change year-on-year -43 +62 +50
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 264 186 122
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.57% 0.67% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.73% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 92 58
10th Percentile £194 £185 £139
25th Percentile £238 £250 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £395 £383
Median % change year-on-year +13.92% +3.27% -23.50%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £523
90th Percentile £675 £722 £663
UK median daily rate £450 £390 £425
% change year-on-year +15.38% -8.24% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 29 4
10th Percentile £14.94 £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 39,431 25,424 27,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.70% 90.99% 86.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,955 16,149 17,033
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,897 1,546 1,199
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.42 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £46.55 £67.01
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +55.07% -40.82% -

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -48 101 £523 -9.13% 125
North of England -49 48 £425 -39.50% 39
Midlands -43 38 £500 +66.67% 33
South East -53 38 £360 -7.10% 60
North West -38 24 £566 -20.84% 24
East of England -16 23 £250 +17.65% 12
Yorkshire -23 21 £365 -8.75% 10
West Midlands -35 20 £463 +22.52% 20
East Midlands -10 18 £500 +100.00% 13
South West -40 10 £315 +40.00% 16
North East -40 3 - - 5
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 6 (2.27%) Confluence
2 5 (1.89%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.52%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 23 (8.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (13.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (4.92%) SAP MM
3 5 (1.89%) SAP ERP
4 3 (1.14%) SAP EWM
4 3 (1.14%) SAP QM
4 3 (1.14%) SAP WM
4 3 (1.14%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.76%) Oracle SCM
5 2 (0.76%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.76%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.76%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.76%) SAP Travel Management
6 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.38%) Endur
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.38%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.38%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 35 (13.26%) Azure
2 34 (12.88%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (7.20%) Entra ID
4 18 (6.82%) AWS
5 17 (6.44%) Power Platform
6 11 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
7 10 (3.79%) GCP
8 7 (2.65%) GitHub
9 6 (2.27%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.52%) SaaS
12 3 (1.14%) AWS Control Tower
12 3 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.14%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.76%) OCI
13 2 (0.76%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.76%) Smartsheet
14 1 (0.38%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 1 (0.38%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.33%) VPN
2 17 (6.44%) Firewall
3 16 (6.06%) DNS
4 15 (5.68%) Wireless
5 12 (4.55%) WebEx
6 11 (4.17%) WAN
7 10 (3.79%) Network Security
8 9 (3.41%) DHCP
9 8 (3.03%) Internet
9 8 (3.03%) SSL
9 8 (3.03%) TCP/IP
10 7 (2.65%) DMVPN
10 7 (2.65%) IPsec
10 7 (2.65%) SAN
11 6 (2.27%) Cisco IPT
11 6 (2.27%) LAN
12 4 (1.52%) 4G
12 4 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (1.14%) Ethernet
14 2 (0.76%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.17%) Power BI
2 2 (0.76%) Metadata
2 2 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.76%) 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 19 (7.20%) JIRA
2 4 (1.52%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (1.14%) Git
4 2 (0.76%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.76%) Flyway
4 2 (0.76%) git-flow
4 2 (0.76%) GitLab
4 2 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.76%) JUnit
4 2 (0.76%) Liquibase
4 2 (0.76%) LSMW
4 2 (0.76%) Mockito
5 1 (0.38%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.38%) Hudson
5 1 (0.38%) Toad
General
1 103 (39.02%) Social Skills
2 60 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (17.42%) Finance
4 42 (15.91%) Manufacturing
5 37 (14.02%) Retail
6 18 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (6.06%) Telecoms
8 13 (4.92%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (3.03%) Billing
11 7 (2.65%) Back Office
12 6 (2.27%) Aviation
12 6 (2.27%) Banking
12 6 (2.27%) Legal
13 5 (1.89%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.52%) Law
14 4 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.52%) Public Sector
15 3 (1.14%) Automotive
16 2 (0.76%) Police
Job Titles
1 43 (16.29%) Analyst
2 27 (10.23%) Architect
3 26 (9.85%) Support Engineer
4 25 (9.47%) Senior
5 22 (8.33%) IT Support
6 19 (7.20%) Consultant
7 17 (6.44%) Business Analyst
7 17 (6.44%) IT Engineer
8 14 (5.30%) IT Support Engineer
9 13 (4.92%) Lead
9 13 (4.92%) Technical Support
10 10 (3.79%) Senior Analyst
10 10 (3.79%) Senior Business Analyst
11 9 (3.41%) SAP Consultant
11 9 (3.41%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (3.41%) Support Analyst
12 8 (3.03%) Security Engineer
12 8 (3.03%) Support Specialist
12 8 (3.03%) Support Technician
13 7 (2.65%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.41%) Terraform
2 7 (2.65%) 802.1X
3 6 (2.27%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (1.89%) Middleware
4 5 (1.89%) Redfish
4 5 (1.89%) REST
5 3 (1.14%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (0.76%) IDoc
6 2 (0.76%) JDBC
6 2 (0.76%) JWT
6 2 (0.76%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.76%) Loki
6 2 (0.76%) OpenAPI
6 2 (0.76%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (0.76%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (0.76%) SOAP
6 2 (0.76%) Spring Cloud
6 2 (0.76%) Spring MVC
6 2 (0.76%) Spring Security
6 2 (0.76%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.98%) Onboarding
2 24 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 20 (7.58%) Management Information System
4 18 (6.82%) CMDB
5 12 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
6 11 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.79%) FMCG
7 10 (3.79%) Web Conferencing
8 9 (3.41%) Driving Licence
9 6 (2.27%) Enterprise Storage
9 6 (2.27%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.89%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.89%) iPad
10 5 (1.89%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.52%) iPhone
11 4 (1.52%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (1.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 67 (25.38%) Windows
2 17 (6.44%) Windows 10
3 15 (5.68%) Mac OS
4 13 (4.92%) Android
4 13 (4.92%) Linux
5 10 (3.79%) Apple iOS
6 6 (2.27%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.14%) Alpine Linux
7 3 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.14%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.38%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (26.52%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (26.14%) Logistics
3 58 (21.97%) ERP
4 49 (18.56%) Asset Management
4 49 (18.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 44 (16.67%) Customer Service
5 44 (16.67%) Inventory Control
6 37 (14.02%) ITSM
7 35 (13.26%) Process Improvement
8 32 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (11.74%) Migration
10 30 (11.36%) ITIL
11 29 (10.98%) Service Management
12 24 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
13 22 (8.33%) Change Management
14 21 (7.95%) Agile
14 21 (7.95%) Roadmaps
15 20 (7.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 20 (7.58%) Validation
16 19 (7.20%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.55%) PowerShell
2 10 (3.79%) Python
3 7 (2.65%) Shell Script
3 7 (2.65%) SQL
4 4 (1.52%) Bicep
5 3 (1.14%) ABAP
5 3 (1.14%) Java
6 2 (0.76%) Apex Code
6 2 (0.76%) PromQL
6 2 (0.76%) SOQL
6 2 (0.76%) SOSL
7 1 (0.38%) Bash
7 1 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 29 (10.98%) SC Cleared
3 26 (9.85%) Degree
4 19 (7.20%) A+ Certification
5 13 (4.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.89%) CCNA
8 5 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (1.52%) CCNP
9 4 (1.52%) CISM
9 4 (1.52%) CISSP
9 4 (1.52%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (1.14%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.14%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.14%) PMP
10 3 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.76%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.82%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.41%) QA
2 9 (3.41%) SLA
3 6 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.27%) NIST
4 3 (1.14%) NCSC
5 2 (0.76%) COSHH
5 2 (0.76%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.76%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.38%) GDPR
6 1 (0.38%) GRC
6 1 (0.38%) ISA99
6 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 19770
6 1 (0.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 30 (11.36%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.27%) Firmware
2 6 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.89%) Docker
4 2 (0.76%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.38%) zsh
Systems Management
1 16 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.03%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.65%) Ansible
3 7 (2.65%) SCCM
4 5 (1.89%) Dell DRAC
5 4 (1.52%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.76%) Consul
6 2 (0.76%) Grafana
6 2 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.76%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.76%) Zipkin
7 1 (0.38%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 101 (38.26%) Microsoft
2 60 (22.73%) SAP
3 25 (9.47%) ServiceNow
4 19 (7.20%) Oracle
5 12 (4.55%) Apple
5 12 (4.55%) Cisco
5 12 (4.55%) Google
6 11 (4.17%) Juniper
7 7 (2.65%) CheckPoint
7 7 (2.65%) F5
7 7 (2.65%) JD Edwards
7 7 (2.65%) Palo Alto
7 7 (2.65%) Samsung
8 6 (2.27%) Blue Coat
8 6 (2.27%) VMware
8 6 (2.27%) Zscaler
9 5 (1.89%) Ariba
9 5 (1.89%) IBM
9 5 (1.89%) Qualys
10 4 (1.52%) Salesforce