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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 339 402
Rank change year-on-year -50 +63 +80
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 257 186 122
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.55% 0.67% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.73% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 92 58
10th Percentile £192 £185 £139
25th Percentile £226 £250 £211
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £395 £365
Median % change year-on-year +10.76% +8.22% -27.00%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £500
90th Percentile £635 £722 £654
UK median daily rate £434 £390 £425
% change year-on-year +11.22% -8.24% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 28 3
10th Percentile £14.97 £16.30 £26.30
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.31 £27.88
Median hourly rate £21.50 £25.15 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.51% -18.87% +99.58%
75th Percentile £40.00 - £32.75
90th Percentile £178.75 £39.93 £33.35
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £25.15 £31.00
% change year-on-year -14.51% -18.87% +99.58%

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 39,218 25,382 28,205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.59% 90.90% 86.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,880 16,110 17,293
10th Percentile £325 £300 £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 2,852 1,550 1,234
10th Percentile £13.90 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.26
Median hourly rate £41.03 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.14% -41.51% -2.27%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.41 £66.61
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.28 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +57.06% -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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -43 99 £520 -9.57% 107
North of England -43 48 £425 -39.50% 34
Midlands -31 38 £475 +58.33% 32
South East -62 36 £360 -7.10% 55
North West -41 25 £566 -20.84% 22
East of England -14 20 £250 +17.65% 13
Yorkshire -30 20 £365 -8.75% 9
East Midlands -9 19 £500 +100.00% 13
West Midlands -43 19 £381 +0.99% 19
South West -36 10 £315 +40.00% 14
North East -40 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 (2.33%) Confluence
2 5 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.56%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (8.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 32 (12.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (3.89%) SAP MM
3 5 (1.95%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.56%) SAP EWM
5 3 (1.17%) SAP QM
5 3 (1.17%) 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 CAR
7 1 (0.39%) SAP LE
7 1 (0.39%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 34 (13.23%) Azure
1 34 (13.23%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (7.39%) Entra ID
3 17 (6.61%) AWS
3 17 (6.61%) Power Platform
4 11 (4.28%) Microsoft Copilot
5 10 (3.89%) GCP
6 7 (2.72%) GitHub
7 6 (2.33%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.56%) SaaS
10 3 (1.17%) AWS Control Tower
10 3 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.17%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.78%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.78%) Smartsheet
12 1 (0.39%) Amazon ECR
12 1 (0.39%) ChatGPT
12 1 (0.39%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.56%) VPN
2 17 (6.61%) Firewall
3 16 (6.23%) DNS
4 15 (5.84%) Wireless
5 12 (4.67%) WebEx
6 11 (4.28%) WAN
7 10 (3.89%) Network Security
8 9 (3.50%) DHCP
9 8 (3.11%) Internet
9 8 (3.11%) SSL
9 8 (3.11%) TCP/IP
10 7 (2.72%) DMVPN
10 7 (2.72%) IPsec
11 6 (2.33%) Cisco IPT
11 6 (2.33%) LAN
12 5 (1.95%) SAN
13 4 (1.56%) 4G
13 4 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
14 1 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
14 1 (0.39%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.28%) 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 (7.39%) JIRA
2 4 (1.56%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (1.17%) 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
1 104 (40.47%) Social Skills
2 58 (22.57%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (16.73%) Finance
4 40 (15.56%) Manufacturing
5 36 (14.01%) Retail
6 17 (6.61%) Telecoms
7 15 (5.84%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.89%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (3.11%) Billing
11 7 (2.72%) Back Office
12 6 (2.33%) Aviation
12 6 (2.33%) Legal
13 5 (1.95%) Banking
14 4 (1.56%) Law
14 4 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.56%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.78%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.78%) Police
Job Titles
1 43 (16.73%) Analyst
2 26 (10.12%) Support Engineer
3 25 (9.73%) Senior
4 23 (8.95%) Architect
4 23 (8.95%) IT Support
5 18 (7.00%) Consultant
6 17 (6.61%) Business Analyst
6 17 (6.61%) IT Engineer
7 14 (5.45%) IT Support Engineer
7 14 (5.45%) Lead
8 13 (5.06%) Technical Support
9 10 (3.89%) Senior Analyst
9 10 (3.89%) Senior Business Analyst
9 10 (3.89%) Support Analyst
10 9 (3.50%) SAP Consultant
10 9 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.11%) Security Engineer
11 8 (3.11%) Support Specialist
11 8 (3.11%) Support Technician
12 7 (2.72%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.50%) Terraform
2 7 (2.72%) 802.1X
3 6 (2.33%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (1.95%) Middleware
4 5 (1.95%) Redfish
4 5 (1.95%) REST
5 3 (1.17%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (0.78%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.78%) JDBC
6 2 (0.78%) JWT
6 2 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.78%) Loki
6 2 (0.78%) OpenAPI
6 2 (0.78%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (0.78%) SAP TM
6 2 (0.78%) SOAP
6 2 (0.78%) Spring
6 2 (0.78%) Spring Batch
6 2 (0.78%) Spring Cloud
6 2 (0.78%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.67%) Onboarding
2 22 (8.56%) Data Centre
3 20 (7.78%) Management Information System
4 16 (6.23%) CMDB
5 12 (4.67%) Video Conferencing
6 11 (4.28%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.89%) FMCG
7 10 (3.89%) Web Conferencing
8 9 (3.50%) Driving Licence
9 6 (2.33%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.95%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.95%) iPad
10 5 (1.95%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.56%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.56%) iPhone
11 4 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (1.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 68 (26.46%) Windows
2 18 (7.00%) Windows 10
3 15 (5.84%) Mac OS
4 13 (5.06%) Android
4 13 (5.06%) Linux
5 10 (3.89%) Apple iOS
6 6 (2.33%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.17%) Alpine Linux
7 3 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.17%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.39%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.39%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (26.85%) Logistics
1 69 (26.85%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (22.18%) ERP
3 47 (18.29%) Asset Management
4 45 (17.51%) Customer Service
4 45 (17.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 42 (16.34%) Inventory Control
6 37 (14.40%) ITSM
7 33 (12.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (12.06%) ITIL
8 31 (12.06%) Process Improvement
9 30 (11.67%) Service Management
10 28 (10.89%) Migration
11 24 (9.34%) User Acceptance Testing
12 21 (8.17%) Agile
13 20 (7.78%) Change Management
13 20 (7.78%) Roadmaps
13 20 (7.78%) Validation
14 19 (7.39%) Data Migration
14 19 (7.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.67%) PowerShell
2 10 (3.89%) Python
3 7 (2.72%) Shell Script
3 7 (2.72%) SQL
4 4 (1.56%) Bicep
5 3 (1.17%) 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 (16.73%) Security Cleared
2 27 (10.51%) Degree
2 27 (10.51%) SC Cleared
3 20 (7.78%) A+ Certification
4 14 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (4.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.33%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (1.95%) CCNA
8 5 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.56%) CCNP
9 4 (1.56%) CISM
9 4 (1.56%) CISSP
9 4 (1.56%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (1.17%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.17%) PMP
10 3 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.78%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.78%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.00%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.50%) QA
2 9 (3.50%) SLA
3 6 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.33%) NIST
4 3 (1.17%) 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 31 (12.06%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.33%) Firmware
2 6 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.95%) 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 (6.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.11%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.72%) Ansible
3 7 (2.72%) SCCM
4 5 (1.95%) Dell DRAC
5 4 (1.56%) 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
1 101 (39.30%) Microsoft
2 55 (21.40%) SAP
3 25 (9.73%) ServiceNow
4 18 (7.00%) Oracle
5 12 (4.67%) Apple
5 12 (4.67%) Cisco
5 12 (4.67%) Google
6 11 (4.28%) Juniper
7 7 (2.72%) CheckPoint
7 7 (2.72%) F5
7 7 (2.72%) JD Edwards
7 7 (2.72%) Palo Alto
7 7 (2.72%) Samsung
8 6 (2.33%) Blue Coat
8 6 (2.33%) VMware
8 6 (2.33%) Zscaler
9 5 (1.95%) IBM
9 5 (1.95%) Qualys
10 4 (1.56%) Ariba
10 4 (1.56%) Salesforce