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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 333 416
Rank change year-on-year -59 +83 +55
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 255 186 119
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.55% 0.67% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.74% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 92 56
10th Percentile £192 £185 £136
25th Percentile £226 £250 £224
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £395 £383
Median % change year-on-year +10.76% +3.27% -23.50%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £520
90th Percentile £635 £722 £664
UK median daily rate £434 £390 £425
% change year-on-year +11.22% -8.24% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 28 2
10th Percentile £14.94 £16.30 £30.58
25th Percentile £17.45 £20.31 £30.69
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.15 £31.75
Median % change year-on-year -16.50% -20.79% +104.41%
75th Percentile £40.00 - £33.19
90th Percentile £178.75 £39.93 £33.53
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £25.15 £31.75
% change year-on-year -16.50% -20.79% +104.41%

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 39,007 25,232 28,124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.55% 90.97% 86.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,733 16,031 17,231
10th Percentile £325 £295 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -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 2,853 1,544 1,222
10th Percentile £13.90 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.85 £20.26
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.00 £67.02
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% -1.16%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 -46 99 £520 -9.57% 112
North of England -45 47 £425 -39.50% 37
Midlands -37 38 £475 +58.33% 38
South East -56 35 £360 -7.10% 55
North West -45 24 £566 -20.84% 24
East of England -15 20 £250 +17.65% 13
Yorkshire -24 20 £365 -8.75% 10
East Midlands -9 19 £500 +100.00% 15
West Midlands -43 19 £381 +0.99% 23
South West -41 10 £315 +40.00% 15
North East -41 3 - - 3
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 (2.35%) Confluence
2 5 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.57%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (8.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.10%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 32 (12.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (3.92%) SAP MM
3 5 (1.96%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.57%) SAP EWM
5 3 (1.18%) SAP QM
5 3 (1.18%) SAP WM
6 2 (0.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.78%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.78%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.78%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.78%) SAP Travel Management
7 1 (0.39%) OpenLink RightAngle
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.39%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.39%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.39%) SAP LE
7 1 (0.39%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 34 (13.33%) Azure
2 33 (12.94%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (7.45%) Entra ID
4 17 (6.67%) AWS
4 17 (6.67%) Power Platform
5 11 (4.31%) Microsoft Copilot
6 10 (3.92%) GCP
7 7 (2.75%) GitHub
8 6 (2.35%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.57%) SaaS
11 3 (1.18%) AWS Control Tower
11 3 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.78%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.78%) Smartsheet
13 1 (0.39%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 1 (0.39%) Collibra
13 1 (0.39%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.63%) VPN
2 17 (6.67%) Firewall
3 16 (6.27%) DNS
4 15 (5.88%) Wireless
5 12 (4.71%) WebEx
6 11 (4.31%) WAN
7 10 (3.92%) Network Security
8 9 (3.53%) DHCP
9 8 (3.14%) Internet
9 8 (3.14%) SSL
9 8 (3.14%) TCP/IP
10 7 (2.75%) DMVPN
10 7 (2.75%) IPsec
11 6 (2.35%) Cisco IPT
11 6 (2.35%) LAN
12 5 (1.96%) SAN
13 4 (1.57%) 4G
13 4 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
14 1 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
14 1 (0.39%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.31%) Power BI
2 2 (0.78%) Metadata
2 2 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.78%) Power Query
3 1 (0.39%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.39%) GIS
3 1 (0.39%) OLTP
3 1 (0.39%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.39%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (7.45%) JIRA
2 4 (1.57%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (1.18%) Git
4 2 (0.78%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.78%) Flyway
4 2 (0.78%) git-flow
4 2 (0.78%) GitLab
4 2 (0.78%) Hudson
4 2 (0.78%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.78%) JUnit
4 2 (0.78%) Liquibase
4 2 (0.78%) Mockito
5 1 (0.39%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.39%) Toad
General
1 103 (40.39%) Social Skills
2 56 (21.96%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (16.47%) Finance
4 39 (15.29%) Manufacturing
5 36 (14.12%) Retail
6 16 (6.27%) Telecoms
7 15 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.14%) Billing
10 7 (2.75%) Back Office
11 6 (2.35%) Aviation
11 6 (2.35%) Legal
12 5 (1.96%) Banking
13 4 (1.57%) Law
13 4 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.57%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.78%) Advertising
14 2 (0.78%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.78%) Military
Job Titles
1 42 (16.47%) Analyst
2 26 (10.20%) Support Engineer
3 25 (9.80%) Senior
4 23 (9.02%) Architect
5 22 (8.63%) IT Support
6 18 (7.06%) Consultant
7 17 (6.67%) Business Analyst
7 17 (6.67%) IT Engineer
8 14 (5.49%) IT Support Engineer
9 13 (5.10%) Lead
9 13 (5.10%) Technical Support
10 10 (3.92%) Senior Analyst
10 10 (3.92%) Senior Business Analyst
11 9 (3.53%) SAP Consultant
11 9 (3.53%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (3.53%) Support Analyst
12 8 (3.14%) Security Engineer
12 8 (3.14%) Support Specialist
12 8 (3.14%) Support Technician
13 7 (2.75%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.53%) Terraform
2 7 (2.75%) 802.1X
3 6 (2.35%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (1.96%) Middleware
4 5 (1.96%) Redfish
4 5 (1.96%) REST
5 3 (1.18%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (0.78%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.78%) HATEOAS
6 2 (0.78%) Jasypt
6 2 (0.78%) JWT
6 2 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.78%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.78%) OpenAPI
6 2 (0.78%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (0.78%) RESTful
6 2 (0.78%) SAP TM
6 2 (0.78%) Spring
6 2 (0.78%) Spring Batch
6 2 (0.78%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.37%) Onboarding
2 22 (8.63%) Data Centre
3 20 (7.84%) Management Information System
4 16 (6.27%) CMDB
5 12 (4.71%) Video Conferencing
6 11 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.92%) FMCG
7 10 (3.92%) Web Conferencing
8 9 (3.53%) Driving Licence
9 6 (2.35%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.96%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.96%) iPad
10 5 (1.96%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.57%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.57%) iPhone
11 4 (1.57%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 67 (26.27%) Windows
2 17 (6.67%) Windows 10
3 15 (5.88%) Mac OS
4 13 (5.10%) Android
4 13 (5.10%) Linux
5 10 (3.92%) Apple iOS
6 6 (2.35%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.18%) Alpine Linux
7 3 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.18%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.39%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.39%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (27.06%) Logistics
2 68 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (21.96%) ERP
4 47 (18.43%) Asset Management
5 45 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 44 (17.25%) Customer Service
7 42 (16.47%) Inventory Control
8 37 (14.51%) ITSM
9 33 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (12.16%) Process Improvement
11 30 (11.76%) ITIL
12 29 (11.37%) Service Management
13 27 (10.59%) Migration
14 23 (9.02%) User Acceptance Testing
15 21 (8.24%) Agile
16 20 (7.84%) Change Management
16 20 (7.84%) Roadmaps
16 20 (7.84%) Validation
17 19 (7.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 18 (7.06%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.71%) PowerShell
2 10 (3.92%) Python
3 7 (2.75%) Shell Script
3 7 (2.75%) SQL
4 4 (1.57%) Bicep
5 3 (1.18%) Java
6 2 (0.78%) ABAP
6 2 (0.78%) Apex Code
6 2 (0.78%) PromQL
6 2 (0.78%) SOQL
6 2 (0.78%) SOSL
7 1 (0.39%) Bash
7 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (16.86%) Security Cleared
2 27 (10.59%) SC Cleared
3 26 (10.20%) Degree
4 19 (7.45%) A+ Certification
5 13 (5.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.31%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.96%) CCNA
8 5 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (1.57%) CCNP
9 4 (1.57%) CISM
9 4 (1.57%) CISSP
9 4 (1.57%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (1.18%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.18%) PMP
10 3 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.78%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.06%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.53%) QA
2 9 (3.53%) SLA
3 6 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.35%) NIST
4 3 (1.18%) NCSC
5 2 (0.78%) COSHH
5 2 (0.78%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.78%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.39%) GDPR
6 1 (0.39%) GRC
6 1 (0.39%) ISA99
6 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 19770
6 1 (0.39%) NIST 800
System Software
1 30 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.35%) Firmware
2 6 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.96%) Docker
4 2 (0.78%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.39%) zsh
Systems Management
1 16 (6.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.14%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.75%) Ansible
3 7 (2.75%) SCCM
4 5 (1.96%) Dell DRAC
5 4 (1.57%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.78%) Consul
6 2 (0.78%) Grafana
6 2 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.78%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.78%) Zipkin
7 1 (0.39%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 100 (39.22%) Microsoft
2 55 (21.57%) SAP
3 25 (9.80%) ServiceNow
4 18 (7.06%) Oracle
5 12 (4.71%) Apple
5 12 (4.71%) Cisco
5 12 (4.71%) Google
6 11 (4.31%) Juniper
7 7 (2.75%) CheckPoint
7 7 (2.75%) F5
7 7 (2.75%) JD Edwards
7 7 (2.75%) Palo Alto
7 7 (2.75%) Samsung
8 6 (2.35%) Blue Coat
8 6 (2.35%) VMware
8 6 (2.35%) Zscaler
9 5 (1.96%) IBM
9 5 (1.96%) Qualys
10 4 (1.57%) Ariba
10 4 (1.57%) Salesforce