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

 6 months to
14 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 408 372 468
Rank change year-on-year -36 +96 -2
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 169 113 102
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.46% 0.46% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.50% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 73 51
10th Percentile £166 £143 £163
25th Percentile £263 £155 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £313 £500
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% -37.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £627 £550 £622
90th Percentile £716 £634 £850
UK median daily rate £378 £365 £500
% change year-on-year +3.42% -27.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 6 20
10th Percentile £14.24 £21.05 £11.05
25th Percentile £16.30 £21.83 £11.84
Median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +49.03% -4.92%
75th Percentile £24.55 £26.48 £21.50
90th Percentile £56.43 £52.38 -
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £16.00
% change year-on-year -9.02% +51.13% -4.66%

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 31,861 22,379 32,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.57% 86.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,379 14,469 21,822
10th Percentile £313 £310 £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 1,986 803 2,148
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.03 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.32 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% +6.15% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -21 45 £400 +166.67% 19
London -57 45 £525 +55.56% 18
North of England -62 27 £500 -13.79% 15
Midlands -34 26 £450 +56.52% 11
West Midlands -47 18 £375 -11.76% 9
North West -37 16 £703 +21.12% 4
South West -25 10 £525 +138.64% 12
East of England -31 10 £350 +48.94% 2
Yorkshire -49 10 £365 - 6
East Midlands -23 8 £500 +233.33% 2
North East - 1 - - 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 7 (4.14%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.78%) Apache
2 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.18%) SAS
4 1 (0.59%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.59%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.59%) IIS
4 1 (0.59%) Smallworld
4 1 (0.59%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (5.92%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.59%) Autodesk Inventor
3 1 (0.59%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 33 (19.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (16.57%) SAP MM
3 12 (7.10%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (5.92%) Oracle EBS R12
5 6 (3.55%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (3.55%) SAP EWM
6 4 (2.37%) SAP SD
7 3 (1.78%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (1.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (1.78%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 3 (1.78%) SAP PM
8 2 (1.18%) Oracle AGIS
8 2 (1.18%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (1.18%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (1.18%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (1.18%) SAP ERP
8 2 (1.18%) SAP WM
9 1 (0.59%) Endur
9 1 (0.59%) SAP CO
9 1 (0.59%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 21 (12.43%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (7.69%) Azure
3 4 (2.37%) Entra ID
4 3 (1.78%) Google Ads
4 3 (1.78%) OneDrive
4 3 (1.78%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.18%) AWS
5 2 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.18%) GCP
6 1 (0.59%) Google Drive
6 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.59%) SaaS
6 1 (0.59%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.28%) VPN
2 7 (4.14%) Firewall
3 6 (3.55%) DNS
3 6 (3.55%) WAN
3 6 (3.55%) Wireless
4 4 (2.37%) Cisco IPT
4 4 (2.37%) DMVPN
4 4 (2.37%) IPsec
4 4 (2.37%) LAN
4 4 (2.37%) Network Security
4 4 (2.37%) SSL
5 3 (1.78%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.18%) DHCP
6 2 (1.18%) Internet
6 2 (1.18%) SAN
7 1 (0.59%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.59%) DWDM
7 1 (0.59%) MPLS
7 1 (0.59%) SDH
7 1 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.78%) Flink
1 3 (1.78%) Power BI
2 2 (1.18%) Apache Ignite
3 1 (0.59%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.59%) GIS
3 1 (0.59%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.59%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.59%) MySQL
3 1 (0.59%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.59%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.59%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.59%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.59%) Tableau
3 1 (0.59%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 3 (1.78%) JIRA
2 1 (0.59%) Git
2 1 (0.59%) Hudson
2 1 (0.59%) QADirector
2 1 (0.59%) Robot Framework
2 1 (0.59%) Vite
2 1 (0.59%) webpack
General
1 61 (36.09%) Social Skills
2 45 (26.63%) Finance
3 23 (13.61%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 11 (6.51%) Retail
5 11 (6.51%) Telecoms
6 10 (5.92%) Aerospace
7 9 (5.33%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (4.73%) Banking
9 6 (3.55%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.37%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.78%) Billing
11 3 (1.78%) Legal
11 3 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.18%) Back Office
12 2 (1.18%) Front Office
12 2 (1.18%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.18%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.59%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 39 (23.08%) Consultant
2 23 (13.61%) SAP Consultant
3 17 (10.06%) Analyst
4 16 (9.47%) Senior
5 13 (7.69%) Functional Consultant
5 13 (7.69%) IT Support
5 13 (7.69%) SAP MM Consultant
5 13 (7.69%) Support Engineer
6 12 (7.10%) Lead
7 10 (5.92%) Senior Consultant
8 9 (5.33%) Desktop Support
8 9 (5.33%) IT Manager
9 8 (4.73%) IT Engineer
9 8 (4.73%) Management Consultant
9 8 (4.73%) Oracle Consultant
9 8 (4.73%) Oracle Functional Consultant
9 8 (4.73%) Project Manager
10 7 (4.14%) IT Support Engineer
10 7 (4.14%) Senior Management Consultant
10 7 (4.14%) Senior SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.55%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (2.37%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.37%) Redfish
3 3 (1.78%) Kafka
3 3 (1.78%) REST
4 2 (1.18%) OpenAPI
4 2 (1.18%) Spring
4 2 (1.18%) Swagger
5 1 (0.59%) Blazor
5 1 (0.59%) CSS
5 1 (0.59%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.59%) gRPC
5 1 (0.59%) Jest
5 1 (0.59%) Middleware
5 1 (0.59%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.59%) Parceljs
5 1 (0.59%) Sass
5 1 (0.59%) SignalR
5 1 (0.59%) SOAP
5 1 (0.59%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.69%) Data Centre
1 13 (7.69%) Management Information System
1 13 (7.69%) Onboarding
1 13 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (3.55%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (2.96%) iPad
3 5 (2.96%) iPhone
4 4 (2.37%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.37%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (1.78%) Client/Server
5 3 (1.78%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.78%) Replication
6 2 (1.18%) CMDB
6 2 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.18%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.59%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.59%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.59%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.59%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.59%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 39 (23.08%) Windows
2 11 (6.51%) Linux
2 11 (6.51%) Windows 10
3 5 (2.96%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.37%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.37%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.78%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.78%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.18%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (24.26%) Asset Management
2 37 (21.89%) Logistics
3 32 (18.93%) Customer Service
4 28 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (13.02%) Migration
6 19 (11.24%) ITIL
7 18 (10.65%) ERP
8 17 (10.06%) Order Management
8 17 (10.06%) Roadmaps
8 17 (10.06%) Service Management
9 15 (8.88%) User Acceptance Testing
10 14 (8.28%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (7.69%) ITSM
12 12 (7.10%) Cost Optimisation
12 12 (7.10%) Process Improvement
13 11 (6.51%) GAP Analysis
14 10 (5.92%) Configuration Management
14 10 (5.92%) Cybersecurity
14 10 (5.92%) IT Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.73%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.37%) Python
2 4 (2.37%) Shell Script
2 4 (2.37%) SQL
3 3 (1.78%) Java
4 1 (0.59%) C++
4 1 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.59%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.59%) R
4 1 (0.59%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.59%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 42 (24.85%) Security Cleared
2 35 (20.71%) SC Cleared
3 13 (7.69%) Degree
4 5 (2.96%) DBS Check
4 5 (2.96%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (2.37%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.78%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.18%) CCNA
7 2 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.18%) HNC
7 2 (1.18%) HND
7 2 (1.18%) PMP
7 2 (1.18%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.59%) CCNP
8 1 (0.59%) CISSP
8 1 (0.59%) MBA
8 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.73%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.37%) QA
3 2 (1.18%) GDPR
3 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.59%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (0.59%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.59%) GRC
4 1 (0.59%) IFRS
4 1 (0.59%) IFRS 9
4 1 (0.59%) NIST
4 1 (0.59%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.59%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.59%) SLA
4 1 (0.59%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.59%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (15.98%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.96%) Firmware
3 4 (2.37%) Docker
3 4 (2.37%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (6.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.14%) Jamf Pro
2 7 (4.14%) SCCM
3 4 (2.37%) Dell DRAC
4 1 (0.59%) Amdocs OSS
4 1 (0.59%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.59%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.59%) Grafana
4 1 (0.59%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.59%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 45 (26.63%) SAP
2 33 (19.53%) Microsoft
3 20 (11.83%) Oracle
4 18 (10.65%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.14%) Cisco
6 5 (2.96%) CheckPoint
6 5 (2.96%) F5
6 5 (2.96%) Juniper
7 4 (2.37%) Blue Coat
7 4 (2.37%) Starlink
8 3 (1.78%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.78%) Veeam
8 3 (1.78%) VMware
9 2 (1.18%) Ariba
9 2 (1.18%) McAfee
9 2 (1.18%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.59%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.59%) BT
10 1 (0.59%) Commvault
10 1 (0.59%) OpenLink
73 Inventory Management jobs in England