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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 372 462
Rank change year-on-year -19 +90 +27
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 173 110 102
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.50% 0.43% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.47% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 66 52
10th Percentile £166 £136 £180
25th Percentile £263 £176 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £349 £438
Median % change year-on-year +14.70% -20.29% -
75th Percentile £623 £520 £616
90th Percentile £716 £607 £840
UK median daily rate £380 £370 £425
% change year-on-year +2.70% -12.94% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 7 15
10th Percentile £13.91 £21.05 £11.02
25th Percentile £16.13 £22.61 £11.21
Median hourly rate £20.44 £24.18 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.49% +72.71% -16.58%
75th Percentile £24.36 £29.38 £17.52
90th Percentile £51.03 £49.90 £17.75
UK median hourly rate £19.23 £24.18 £16.00
% change year-on-year -20.47% +51.13% -3.03%

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 30,524 23,282 33,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.36% 90.06% 87.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,511 14,543 22,029
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £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 1,903 748 2,025
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.28 £21.25 £16.30
Median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.99% - -
75th Percentile £63.05 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.08 £73.35
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -7.14% -

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -42 47 £388 +21.86% 19
South East -5 40 £400 -3.61% 14
North of England -53 29 £548 +12.31% 12
Midlands -30 28 £385 +33.91% 11
West Midlands -36 20 £378 -11.18% 8
North West -31 17 £703 +24.34% 2
South West -13 15 £488 +121.59% 12
East Midlands -17 8 £500 +233.33% 3
East of England -22 8 £350 +66.67% 6
Yorkshire -61 6 £500 +36.99% 6
North East - 6 - - 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 12 (6.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.47%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.16%) Apache
3 2 (1.16%) Confluence
3 2 (1.16%) SAS
4 1 (0.58%) IIS
4 1 (0.58%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (8.09%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 32 (18.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (13.87%) SAP MM
3 12 (6.94%) Oracle EBS
3 12 (6.94%) Oracle EBS R12
4 8 (4.62%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (2.31%) SAP EWM
6 3 (1.73%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (1.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (1.73%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (1.16%) Oracle AGIS
7 2 (1.16%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (1.16%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (1.16%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (1.16%) Oracle SCM
7 2 (1.16%) SAP ERP
7 2 (1.16%) SAP PM
7 2 (1.16%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.58%) Endur
8 1 (0.58%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.58%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 30 (17.34%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (12.72%) Azure
3 12 (6.94%) OneDrive
4 7 (4.05%) OCI
5 4 (2.31%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.31%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.73%) Google Ads
6 3 (1.73%) Slack
7 2 (1.16%) AWS
8 1 (0.58%) GCP
8 1 (0.58%) Google Drive
8 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.58%) SaaS
8 1 (0.58%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.58%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.25%) VPN
2 11 (6.36%) Firewall
3 9 (5.20%) DNS
3 9 (5.20%) Wireless
4 7 (4.05%) Cisco IPT
4 7 (4.05%) DMVPN
4 7 (4.05%) IPsec
4 7 (4.05%) Network Security
4 7 (4.05%) SSL
4 7 (4.05%) WAN
5 4 (2.31%) LAN
6 3 (1.73%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.16%) DHCP
7 2 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.58%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.31%) Power BI
2 2 (1.16%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.16%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.58%) Apache Ignite
3 1 (0.58%) Flink
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.58%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.73%) JIRA
2 1 (0.58%) Git
2 1 (0.58%) Hudson
2 1 (0.58%) QADirector
2 1 (0.58%) Vite
2 1 (0.58%) webpack
General
1 71 (41.04%) Social Skills
2 47 (27.17%) Finance
3 22 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.94%) Retail
5 11 (6.36%) Telecoms
6 10 (5.78%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.62%) Aerospace
8 7 (4.05%) Banking
8 7 (4.05%) Public Sector
9 6 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.31%) General Ledger
10 4 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.73%) Back Office
11 3 (1.73%) Legal
11 3 (1.73%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.58%) Electronics
12 1 (0.58%) Front Office
12 1 (0.58%) Law
12 1 (0.58%) Marketing
12 1 (0.58%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 40 (23.12%) Consultant
2 21 (12.14%) Analyst
3 20 (11.56%) SAP Consultant
4 17 (9.83%) Senior
5 15 (8.67%) Desktop Support
6 13 (7.51%) Functional Consultant
6 13 (7.51%) IT Support
7 12 (6.94%) SAP MM Consultant
7 12 (6.94%) Support Specialist
8 11 (6.36%) Oracle Consultant
8 11 (6.36%) Support Engineer
9 10 (5.78%) Desktop Specialist
9 10 (5.78%) Desktop Support Specialist
9 10 (5.78%) Senior Consultant
10 9 (5.20%) Management Consultant
10 9 (5.20%) Oracle Functional Consultant
10 9 (5.20%) Project Manager
11 8 (4.62%) IT Engineer
11 8 (4.62%) IT Manager
11 8 (4.62%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.05%) 802.1X
2 6 (3.47%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.16%) REST
4 1 (0.58%) Blazor
4 1 (0.58%) CSS
4 1 (0.58%) Jest
4 1 (0.58%) Kafka
4 1 (0.58%) Middleware
4 1 (0.58%) OpenAPI
4 1 (0.58%) Parceljs
4 1 (0.58%) React
4 1 (0.58%) RESTful
4 1 (0.58%) Sass
4 1 (0.58%) SignalR
4 1 (0.58%) SOAP
4 1 (0.58%) Spring
4 1 (0.58%) Swagger
4 1 (0.58%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.67%) Onboarding
2 12 (6.94%) Data Centre
2 12 (6.94%) Management Information System
3 10 (5.78%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.05%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.31%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.73%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.73%) iPad
6 3 (1.73%) iPhone
6 3 (1.73%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.73%) Replication
7 2 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.16%) CMDB
7 2 (1.16%) Life Science
7 2 (1.16%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.58%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.58%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.58%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 42 (24.28%) Windows
2 18 (10.40%) Windows 10
3 7 (4.05%) Linux
4 5 (2.89%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.31%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.73%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.73%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.73%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.58%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (20.81%) Logistics
2 31 (17.92%) Asset Management
3 29 (16.76%) Customer Service
4 25 (14.45%) Service Management
5 23 (13.29%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (11.56%) ERP
6 20 (11.56%) Migration
7 16 (9.25%) Order Management
8 15 (8.67%) ITIL
8 15 (8.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (7.51%) Knowledge Transfer
9 13 (7.51%) Roadmaps
10 12 (6.94%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (6.36%) ITSM
11 11 (6.36%) Mobile Device Management
12 10 (5.78%) Change Management
12 10 (5.78%) Patch Management
12 10 (5.78%) Process Improvement
13 9 (5.20%) Data Protection
13 9 (5.20%) Supply Chain Planning
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.83%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.31%) Shell Script
3 3 (1.73%) Python
3 3 (1.73%) SQL
4 1 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.58%) Java
4 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.58%) R
4 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.58%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 42 (24.28%) Security Cleared
2 36 (20.81%) SC Cleared
3 15 (8.67%) Degree
4 5 (2.89%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.31%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.73%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.16%) CCNA
7 2 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.16%) HNC
7 2 (1.16%) HND
7 2 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.16%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.16%) PMP
8 1 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.58%) CCNP
8 1 (0.58%) MBA
8 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.94%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.31%) QA
3 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.58%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.58%) GDPR
4 1 (0.58%) IFRS
4 1 (0.58%) IFRS 9
4 1 (0.58%) NIST
4 1 (0.58%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.58%) WCAG
System Software
1 33 (19.08%) Active Directory
2 13 (7.51%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (2.31%) Docker
4 3 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.58%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (4.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.05%) Jamf Pro
2 7 (4.05%) SCCM
3 1 (0.58%) CEMLI
3 1 (0.58%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 42 (24.28%) SAP
2 32 (18.50%) Microsoft
3 29 (16.76%) Oracle
4 15 (8.67%) ServiceNow
5 10 (5.78%) Cisco
6 8 (4.62%) CheckPoint
6 8 (4.62%) F5
6 8 (4.62%) Juniper
7 7 (4.05%) Blue Coat
8 3 (1.73%) Veeam
8 3 (1.73%) VMware
9 2 (1.16%) Ariba
9 2 (1.16%) Rapid7
9 2 (1.16%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.16%) Starlink
10 1 (0.58%) Commvault
10 1 (0.58%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.58%) McAfee
10 1 (0.58%) OpenLink
10 1 (0.58%) Tenable