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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 356 416 445
Rank change year-on-year +60 +29 +105
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 187 106 133
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 0.34% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.39% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 53 70
10th Percentile £213 £145 £215
25th Percentile £299 £302 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year +31.20% -25.00% -
75th Percentile £634 £525 £600
90th Percentile £721 £665 £653
UK median daily rate £463 £425 £525
% change year-on-year +8.82% -19.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 6 3
10th Percentile £16.30 £21.05 -
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.83 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +72.71% -19.63%
75th Percentile - £29.67 £17.10
90th Percentile - £32.63 £18.95
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £24.18 £14.00
% change year-on-year +3.39% +72.71% -18.81%

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 26,934 26,984 35,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.48% 86.62% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,108 16,470 24,373
10th Percentile £298 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,747 976 1,492
10th Percentile £14.69 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.74 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.46 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.35 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.08% +25.12%

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 8 November 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 8 November 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 8 November 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 +27 65 £544 +17.57% 72
South East +18 35 £550 +52.78% 85
North of England -19 30 £701 +92.12% 24
Midlands -6 28 £350 -17.65% 34
North West -9 17 £703 - 16
West Midlands -18 17 £378 -11.18% 19
South West +12 15 £225 +12.50% 7
East Midlands - 11 £250 - 15
East of England -10 8 £225 -33.33% 2
Yorkshire -34 7 £450 +23.29% 4
North East - 6 - - 4
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 12 (6.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.81%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.14%) Confluence
4 3 (1.60%) CMS
4 3 (1.60%) Headless CMS
5 2 (1.07%) Camunda
6 1 (0.53%) Apache
6 1 (0.53%) IIS
6 1 (0.53%) SAS
6 1 (0.53%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (6.42%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.07%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 23 (12.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (9.09%) SAP MM
3 10 (5.35%) Oracle EBS R12
4 8 (4.28%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (3.74%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (2.14%) SAP EWM
7 3 (1.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (1.60%) Oracle SCM
8 2 (1.07%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (1.07%) Endur
8 2 (1.07%) Oracle AGIS
8 2 (1.07%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (1.07%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (1.07%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (1.07%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (1.07%) SAP ERP
8 2 (1.07%) SAP QM
9 1 (0.53%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.53%) SAP CO
9 1 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 27 (14.44%) Azure
2 23 (12.30%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (6.95%) OneDrive
4 11 (5.88%) OCI
5 5 (2.67%) AWS
5 5 (2.67%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.60%) Amazon Cognito
6 3 (1.60%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (1.60%) Amazon EKS
6 3 (1.60%) Amazon S3
6 3 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (1.60%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.60%) Serverless
7 2 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.07%) GCP
7 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.07%) Slack
7 2 (1.07%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.53%) Dialogflow
8 1 (0.53%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 24 (12.83%) VPN
2 15 (8.02%) Firewall
3 14 (7.49%) Wireless
4 13 (6.95%) DNS
5 12 (6.42%) WAN
6 10 (5.35%) Cisco IPT
6 10 (5.35%) DMVPN
6 10 (5.35%) IPsec
6 10 (5.35%) Network Security
6 10 (5.35%) SSL
7 5 (2.67%) 4G
7 5 (2.67%) LAN
8 3 (1.60%) DHCP
8 3 (1.60%) DOCSIS
8 3 (1.60%) GPON
8 3 (1.60%) MPLS
8 3 (1.60%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.60%) VoIP
8 3 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.60%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.67%) Power BI
2 3 (1.60%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.60%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.07%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.53%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.53%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (2.67%) JIRA
2 1 (0.53%) Git
2 1 (0.53%) QADirector
2 1 (0.53%) Vite
2 1 (0.53%) webpack
General
1 88 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 38 (20.32%) Finance
3 26 (13.90%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (7.49%) Manufacturing
5 12 (6.42%) Telecoms
6 11 (5.88%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.74%) Banking
7 7 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.21%) Legal
8 6 (3.21%) Retail
9 5 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.14%) Back Office
10 4 (2.14%) General Ledger
10 4 (2.14%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.07%) Marketing
12 1 (0.53%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.53%) Automotive
12 1 (0.53%) Electronics
12 1 (0.53%) French Language
12 1 (0.53%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (19.79%) Consultant
2 23 (12.30%) Desktop Support
3 20 (10.70%) Senior
4 19 (10.16%) Analyst
5 17 (9.09%) SAP Consultant
6 14 (7.49%) Support Engineer
7 12 (6.42%) Desktop Engineer
7 12 (6.42%) Oracle Consultant
7 12 (6.42%) Support Specialist
8 11 (5.88%) Senior Consultant
9 10 (5.35%) Desktop Specialist
9 10 (5.35%) Desktop Support Specialist
9 10 (5.35%) SAP MM Consultant
10 9 (4.81%) Architect
10 9 (4.81%) Functional Consultant
11 8 (4.28%) Business Analyst
11 8 (4.28%) IT Support
11 8 (4.28%) Management Consultant
12 7 (3.74%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 7 (3.74%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.35%) 802.1X
2 6 (3.21%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (1.60%) OAuth
3 3 (1.60%) OAuth2
3 3 (1.60%) OpenID
3 3 (1.60%) SAML
4 2 (1.07%) REST
5 1 (0.53%) CSS
5 1 (0.53%) Faiss
5 1 (0.53%) Jest
5 1 (0.53%) Middleware
5 1 (0.53%) Parceljs
5 1 (0.53%) React
5 1 (0.53%) RESTful
5 1 (0.53%) Sass
5 1 (0.53%) SignalR
5 1 (0.53%) SOAP
5 1 (0.53%) Swagger
5 1 (0.53%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.53%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.49%) Data Centre
1 14 (7.49%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (4.81%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.74%) Driving Licence
4 6 (3.21%) iPad
4 6 (3.21%) iPhone
5 4 (2.14%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.60%) CMDB
6 3 (1.60%) Life Science
6 3 (1.60%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.60%) TM Forum
7 2 (1.07%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.07%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.07%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.07%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.07%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.53%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 42 (22.46%) Windows
2 23 (12.30%) Windows 10
3 7 (3.74%) Linux
4 6 (3.21%) Apple iOS
4 6 (3.21%) Mac OS
4 6 (3.21%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.53%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (18.72%) Logistics
1 35 (18.72%) Migration
2 28 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (14.97%) Workflow
3 25 (13.37%) Workflow Management
4 22 (11.76%) Customer Service
4 22 (11.76%) ERP
5 17 (9.09%) ITIL
5 17 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
6 14 (7.49%) Service Management
6 14 (7.49%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (6.95%) Asset Management
7 13 (6.95%) Data Governance
7 13 (6.95%) Process Improvement
7 13 (6.95%) Supply Chain Planning
8 12 (6.42%) Analytics
8 12 (6.42%) Change Management
8 12 (6.42%) Patch Management
9 11 (5.88%) Master Data Management
9 11 (5.88%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.02%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.60%) Python
2 3 (1.60%) SQL
3 1 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.53%) R
3 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 68 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 65 (34.76%) SC Cleared
3 24 (12.83%) Degree
4 6 (3.21%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (3.21%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.60%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.60%) CCNA
6 3 (1.60%) CCNP
6 3 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.60%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.07%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.07%) HNC
7 2 (1.07%) HND
7 2 (1.07%) PMP
7 2 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.53%) CPIM
8 1 (0.53%) MCP
8 1 (0.53%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.74%) QA
3 2 (1.07%) GDPR
3 2 (1.07%) NIST
3 2 (1.07%) OASIS TOSCA
3 2 (1.07%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.53%) ISO 19650
4 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.53%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.53%) SLA
4 1 (0.53%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 32 (17.11%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.60%) Firmware
4 2 (1.07%) Docker
5 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (5.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.81%) SCCM
3 4 (2.14%) Ansible
3 4 (2.14%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.14%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (2.14%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.60%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (1.07%) Amdocs OSS
6 1 (0.53%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.53%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.53%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 37 (19.79%) SAP
2 31 (16.58%) Microsoft
3 27 (14.44%) Oracle
4 13 (6.95%) Cisco
4 13 (6.95%) ServiceNow
5 10 (5.35%) Blue Coat
5 10 (5.35%) CheckPoint
5 10 (5.35%) F5
5 10 (5.35%) Juniper
6 6 (3.21%) McAfee
6 6 (3.21%) Starlink
7 3 (1.60%) Apple
7 3 (1.60%) Google
8 2 (1.07%) Amdocs
8 2 (1.07%) Ariba
8 2 (1.07%) Ericsson
8 2 (1.07%) Huawei
8 2 (1.07%) Hyperion
8 2 (1.07%) NetCracker
8 2 (1.07%) Nokia