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 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 356 438
Rank change year-on-year -69 +82 +31
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 163 117 109
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.43% 0.48% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.53% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 79 56
10th Percentile £166 £145 £161
25th Percentile £263 £178 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £220 £456
Median % change year-on-year +70.45% -51.75% +7.29%
75th Percentile £588 £525 £614
90th Percentile £648 £600 £738
UK median daily rate £365 £300 £450
% change year-on-year +21.67% -33.33% +7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 23
10th Percentile £13.91 £21.05 £11.06
25th Percentile £18.06 £21.83 £12.00
Median hourly rate £23.66 £24.18 £17.29
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +39.89% +2.99%
75th Percentile £42.38 £26.48 £21.50
90th Percentile £143.38 £52.38 £21.51
UK median hourly rate £22.81 £24.18 £16.70
% change year-on-year -5.67% +44.79% +1.21%

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 32,731 22,028 32,675
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.21% 90.81% 86.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,968 14,519 21,584
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £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 1,997 852 2,159
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £20.30 £16.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £32.66 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% -1.05% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £77.10 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -9.72%

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 28 March 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 28 March 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 28 March 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
South East -22 47 £400 +166.67% 23
London -47 47 £503 +60.80% 15
North of England -64 24 £365 -37.07% 16
Midlands -58 22 £475 +150.00% 13
West Midlands -43 15 £378 - 7
North West -45 13 £173 -70.26% 7
Yorkshire -44 11 £365 - 5
South West -23 10 £525 +138.64% 10
East of England -39 10 £350 +70.73% 3
East Midlands -29 7 £500 +163.16% 6
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 8 (4.91%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.84%) Apache
2 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.23%) SAS
4 1 (0.61%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.61%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.61%) IIS
4 1 (0.61%) Smallworld
4 1 (0.61%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (6.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.61%) Autodesk Inventor
3 1 (0.61%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 24 (14.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (11.04%) SAP MM
3 12 (7.36%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (6.13%) Oracle EBS R12
5 8 (4.91%) SAP EWM
6 6 (3.68%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (3.07%) SAP SD
8 3 (1.84%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (1.84%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (1.84%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 3 (1.84%) SAP PM
9 2 (1.23%) Oracle AGIS
9 2 (1.23%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (1.23%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (1.23%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (1.23%) SAP ERP
9 2 (1.23%) SAP WM
10 1 (0.61%) Endur
10 1 (0.61%) SAP CRM
10 1 (0.61%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 24 (14.72%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (6.75%) Azure
3 5 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (3.07%) Entra ID
4 3 (1.84%) Google Ads
5 2 (1.23%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.61%) AWS
6 1 (0.61%) GCP
6 1 (0.61%) Google Drive
6 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.61%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.61%) SaaS
6 1 (0.61%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.98%) VPN
2 7 (4.29%) WAN
3 6 (3.68%) Firewall
4 5 (3.07%) DNS
4 5 (3.07%) LAN
4 5 (3.07%) Wireless
5 4 (2.45%) Network Security
6 3 (1.84%) Cisco IPT
6 3 (1.84%) DMVPN
6 3 (1.84%) Internet
6 3 (1.84%) IPsec
6 3 (1.84%) SAN
6 3 (1.84%) SSL
6 3 (1.84%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.23%) DHCP
7 2 (1.23%) MPLS
7 2 (1.23%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.61%) DWDM
8 1 (0.61%) NaaS
8 1 (0.61%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.84%) Flink
2 2 (1.23%) Apache Ignite
3 1 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.61%) GIS
3 1 (0.61%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.61%) MySQL
3 1 (0.61%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.61%) Power BI
3 1 (0.61%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.61%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.61%) Tableau
3 1 (0.61%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 3 (1.84%) JIRA
2 1 (0.61%) Git
2 1 (0.61%) Hudson
2 1 (0.61%) QADirector
2 1 (0.61%) Robot Framework
2 1 (0.61%) Vite
2 1 (0.61%) webpack
General
1 62 (38.04%) Social Skills
2 50 (30.67%) Finance
3 29 (17.79%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (9.20%) Manufacturing
5 13 (7.98%) Telecoms
6 12 (7.36%) Retail
7 11 (6.75%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (5.52%) Aerospace
9 8 (4.91%) Banking
10 6 (3.68%) Public Sector
11 4 (2.45%) Billing
11 4 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.23%) Front Office
13 2 (1.23%) General Ledger
13 2 (1.23%) Investment Banking
13 2 (1.23%) Legal
14 1 (0.61%) Marketing
14 1 (0.61%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (18.40%) Consultant
2 20 (12.27%) Analyst
3 17 (10.43%) SAP Consultant
4 16 (9.82%) IT Support
5 14 (8.59%) Lead
5 14 (8.59%) Support Engineer
6 13 (7.98%) Functional Consultant
7 10 (6.13%) IT Engineer
8 9 (5.52%) IT Manager
8 9 (5.52%) Senior
8 9 (5.52%) Support Analyst
9 8 (4.91%) Desktop Support
9 8 (4.91%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (4.91%) Oracle Consultant
9 8 (4.91%) Oracle Functional Consultant
9 8 (4.91%) Project Manager
10 6 (3.68%) Business Analyst
10 6 (3.68%) SAP MM Consultant
11 5 (3.07%) Architect
11 5 (3.07%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.07%) Redfish
2 4 (2.45%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (1.84%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.84%) Kafka
4 2 (1.23%) IDoc
4 2 (1.23%) OpenAPI
4 2 (1.23%) REST
4 2 (1.23%) SAP Core Interface
4 2 (1.23%) Spring
4 2 (1.23%) Swagger
5 1 (0.61%) Blazor
5 1 (0.61%) CSS
5 1 (0.61%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.61%) gRPC
5 1 (0.61%) Jest
5 1 (0.61%) Middleware
5 1 (0.61%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.61%) Parceljs
5 1 (0.61%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.61%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.98%) Management Information System
1 13 (7.98%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (7.36%) Data Centre
2 12 (7.36%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.68%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (3.07%) iPad
4 5 (3.07%) iPhone
4 5 (3.07%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.45%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.84%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.84%) Replication
7 2 (1.23%) CMDB
7 2 (1.23%) Life Science
7 2 (1.23%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.61%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.61%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.61%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 41 (25.15%) Windows
2 13 (7.98%) Linux
3 11 (6.75%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.07%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.45%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.45%) Mac OS
5 4 (2.45%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.84%) Android
6 3 (1.84%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.61%) CentOS
7 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (26.38%) Asset Management
2 32 (19.63%) Customer Service
3 31 (19.02%) Logistics
4 30 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (14.72%) Migration
6 23 (14.11%) ERP
7 21 (12.88%) ITIL
8 18 (11.04%) Service Management
8 18 (11.04%) User Acceptance Testing
9 17 (10.43%) Order Management
10 16 (9.82%) Roadmaps
11 15 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (7.98%) GAP Analysis
12 13 (7.98%) ITSM
12 13 (7.98%) Process Improvement
13 12 (7.36%) Cost Optimisation
13 12 (7.36%) Data Migration
13 12 (7.36%) Project Delivery
14 11 (6.75%) Cybersecurity
14 11 (6.75%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.68%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.45%) Shell Script
3 3 (1.84%) Java
3 3 (1.84%) Python
3 3 (1.84%) SQL
4 2 (1.23%) ABAP
5 1 (0.61%) C++
5 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.61%) R
5 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (19.02%) Security Cleared
2 23 (14.11%) SC Cleared
3 15 (9.20%) Degree
4 6 (3.68%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (3.07%) A+ Certification
5 5 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.07%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (1.84%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.23%) CCNA
7 2 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.23%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.23%) HNC
7 2 (1.23%) HND
7 2 (1.23%) PMP
8 1 (0.61%) CSSLP
8 1 (0.61%) GWAPT
8 1 (0.61%) IIBA
8 1 (0.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.91%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.45%) QA
3 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.61%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.61%) GDPR
4 1 (0.61%) GRC
4 1 (0.61%) IFRS
4 1 (0.61%) IFRS 9
4 1 (0.61%) NIST
4 1 (0.61%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.61%) SLA
4 1 (0.61%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (18.40%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.68%) Firmware
3 3 (1.84%) Docker
3 3 (1.84%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (7.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.91%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (3.68%) SCCM
4 5 (3.07%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (0.61%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (0.61%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.61%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.61%) Grafana
5 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 39 (23.93%) Microsoft
2 37 (22.70%) SAP
3 19 (11.66%) Oracle
4 18 (11.04%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.29%) Cisco
6 4 (2.45%) CheckPoint
6 4 (2.45%) F5
6 4 (2.45%) Juniper
6 4 (2.45%) Starlink
7 3 (1.84%) Blue Coat
7 3 (1.84%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.84%) Veeam
7 3 (1.84%) VMware
8 2 (1.23%) Ariba
8 2 (1.23%) McAfee
8 2 (1.23%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.61%) Ciena
9 1 (0.61%) DevExpress
9 1 (0.61%) DocuSign
9 1 (0.61%) IFS