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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 347 418
Rank change year-on-year -42 +71 +61
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 246 169 120
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.54% 0.61% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.67% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 91 60
10th Percentile £197 £185 £141
25th Percentile £226 £195 £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £350 £385
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.09% -23.00%
75th Percentile £588 £580 £520
90th Percentile £675 £675 £669
UK median daily rate £434 £325 £425
% change year-on-year +33.46% -23.53% -19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 24 7
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.87 -
25th Percentile £18.99 £24.74 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.63 £25.15 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% +19.76% +23.06%
75th Percentile £42.38 - £26.88
90th Percentile £178.75 £26.10 £32.55
UK median hourly rate £25.63 £25.15 £21.00
% change year-on-year +1.89% +19.76% +23.06%

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 38,818 25,195 28,384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.84% 90.79% 85.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,932 16,050 18,115
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,599 1,473 1,445
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.87 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.63%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +3.56%

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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 -35 95 £516 -10.22% 47
North of England -44 43 £365 -37.07% 20
South East -59 39 £360 +89.47% 40
Midlands -43 32 £488 +95.00% 23
East of England -19 20 £225 +5.88% 8
Yorkshire -27 20 £365 -8.75% 7
North West -41 20 £400 -31.03% 10
West Midlands -37 17 £381 +0.33% 14
East Midlands -12 15 £500 +100.00% 8
South West -38 11 £315 +40.00% 14
North East -35 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 7 (2.85%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.63%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (1.22%) Confluence
3 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.41%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.41%) Smallworld
Applications
1 19 (7.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (6.10%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.22%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.41%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (0.41%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 26 (10.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (5.69%) SAP MM
3 8 (3.25%) SAP EWM
4 5 (2.03%) SAP SD
5 4 (1.63%) SAP ERP
6 3 (1.22%) SAP QM
7 2 (0.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.81%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.81%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.81%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.41%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.41%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.41%) SAP CAR
8 1 (0.41%) SAP LE
8 1 (0.41%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 33 (13.41%) Azure
2 31 (12.60%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (6.91%) Entra ID
4 16 (6.50%) AWS
5 10 (4.07%) GCP
5 10 (4.07%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (2.85%) GitHub
7 6 (2.44%) Microsoft Copilot
7 6 (2.44%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.22%) AWS Control Tower
8 3 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.22%) SaaS
9 2 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.81%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.81%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.41%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.41%) Azure AI
10 1 (0.41%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.54%) VPN
2 16 (6.50%) DNS
2 16 (6.50%) Firewall
3 14 (5.69%) Wireless
4 13 (5.28%) WAN
5 12 (4.88%) WebEx
6 11 (4.47%) Internet
6 11 (4.47%) Network Security
7 10 (4.07%) DHCP
8 9 (3.66%) TCP/IP
9 8 (3.25%) SAN
10 7 (2.85%) LAN
11 6 (2.44%) DMVPN
11 6 (2.44%) IPsec
11 6 (2.44%) SSL
12 5 (2.03%) Cisco IPT
13 4 (1.63%) 4G
14 3 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
15 2 (0.81%) MPLS
15 2 (0.81%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.66%) Power BI
2 2 (0.81%) GIS
2 2 (0.81%) Metadata
2 2 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.41%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.41%) OLTP
3 1 (0.41%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.41%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.41%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (7.32%) JIRA
2 4 (1.63%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (1.22%) Git
4 2 (0.81%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.81%) Flyway
4 2 (0.81%) git-flow
4 2 (0.81%) GitLab
4 2 (0.81%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.81%) JUnit
4 2 (0.81%) Liquibase
4 2 (0.81%) Mockito
5 1 (0.41%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.41%) Hudson
5 1 (0.41%) Toad
General
1 95 (38.62%) Social Skills
2 58 (23.58%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (21.14%) Finance
4 37 (15.04%) Manufacturing
5 27 (10.98%) Retail
6 21 (8.54%) Telecoms
7 16 (6.50%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (6.10%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.44%) Billing
10 6 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.63%) Banking
11 4 (1.63%) Law
11 4 (1.63%) Legal
11 4 (1.63%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.81%) Advertising
12 2 (0.81%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.81%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.81%) Military
12 2 (0.81%) Police
Job Titles
1 43 (17.48%) Analyst
2 25 (10.16%) IT Support
2 25 (10.16%) Support Engineer
3 22 (8.94%) Architect
3 22 (8.94%) Senior
4 19 (7.72%) Consultant
5 18 (7.32%) IT Engineer
6 17 (6.91%) Business Analyst
7 15 (6.10%) IT Support Engineer
7 15 (6.10%) Lead
8 13 (5.28%) Technical Support
9 12 (4.88%) SAP Consultant
10 11 (4.47%) Support Analyst
11 9 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (3.25%) Data Centre Engineer
12 8 (3.25%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (3.25%) Senior Business Analyst
12 8 (3.25%) Support Technician
13 7 (2.85%) Data Centre Technician
13 7 (2.85%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.66%) Terraform
2 8 (3.25%) Redfish
3 6 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (2.03%) 802.1X
4 5 (2.03%) Middleware
4 5 (2.03%) REST
5 3 (1.22%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (0.81%) IDoc
6 2 (0.81%) JPA
6 2 (0.81%) JWT
6 2 (0.81%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.81%) Loki
6 2 (0.81%) OpenAPI
6 2 (0.81%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (0.81%) SAP Core Interface
6 2 (0.81%) Spring
6 2 (0.81%) Spring Cloud
6 2 (0.81%) Spring MVC
6 2 (0.81%) Spring Security
6 2 (0.81%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.76%) Data Centre
2 23 (9.35%) Onboarding
3 20 (8.13%) Management Information System
4 14 (5.69%) CMDB
5 13 (5.28%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (5.28%) Video Conferencing
6 11 (4.47%) FMCG
7 10 (4.07%) Web Conferencing
8 8 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.44%) Driving Licence
9 6 (2.44%) iPad
9 6 (2.44%) Operational Technology
10 5 (2.03%) Cloud Native
10 5 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (2.03%) iPhone
11 4 (1.63%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.63%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.63%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 70 (28.46%) Windows
2 20 (8.13%) Windows 10
3 17 (6.91%) Linux
3 17 (6.91%) Mac OS
4 13 (5.28%) Android
5 11 (4.47%) Apple iOS
6 6 (2.44%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.63%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.22%) Alpine Linux
9 1 (0.41%) CentOS
9 1 (0.41%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.41%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (23.98%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (23.58%) ERP
3 56 (22.76%) Logistics
4 49 (19.92%) Asset Management
5 38 (15.45%) Customer Service
6 36 (14.63%) ITSM
7 35 (14.23%) Inventory Control
8 33 (13.41%) Migration
9 31 (12.60%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (12.20%) ITIL
11 28 (11.38%) Stakeholder Management
12 26 (10.57%) Service Management
13 24 (9.76%) User Acceptance Testing
14 23 (9.35%) Data Migration
15 20 (8.13%) Process Improvement
15 20 (8.13%) Project Delivery
15 20 (8.13%) Roadmaps
16 19 (7.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 19 (7.72%) Validation
17 18 (7.32%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.07%) Python
2 8 (3.25%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.85%) Shell Script
4 5 (2.03%) SQL
5 4 (1.63%) ABAP
5 4 (1.63%) Bicep
6 3 (1.22%) Java
7 2 (0.81%) Apex Code
7 2 (0.81%) PromQL
7 2 (0.81%) SOQL
7 2 (0.81%) SOSL
8 1 (0.41%) Bash
8 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (15.85%) Security Cleared
2 30 (12.20%) Degree
3 22 (8.94%) SC Cleared
4 21 (8.54%) A+ Certification
5 15 (6.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.85%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (2.03%) CCNA
9 5 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.03%) CISSP
10 4 (1.63%) CCNP
10 4 (1.63%) CISM
10 4 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (1.63%) SAP Certification
11 3 (1.22%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.22%) PMP
11 3 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.81%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.32%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.25%) QA
3 6 (2.44%) NIST
3 6 (2.44%) SLA
4 5 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.81%) COSHH
5 2 (0.81%) GDPR
5 2 (0.81%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.81%) NCSC
5 2 (0.81%) NIST 800
5 2 (0.81%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.41%) GRC
6 1 (0.41%) ISA99
6 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 19770
6 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (14.23%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.66%) Firmware
3 6 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.03%) Docker
5 2 (0.81%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.41%) zsh
Systems Management
1 14 (5.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.25%) Dell DRAC
2 8 (3.25%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.85%) Ansible
4 4 (1.63%) FortiGate
4 4 (1.63%) SCCM
5 3 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.81%) Consul
6 2 (0.81%) Grafana
6 2 (0.81%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.81%) Zipkin
7 1 (0.41%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 92 (37.40%) Microsoft
2 42 (17.07%) SAP
3 25 (10.16%) ServiceNow
4 18 (7.32%) Oracle
5 13 (5.28%) Apple
6 12 (4.88%) Google
7 10 (4.07%) Juniper
8 9 (3.66%) Cisco
9 7 (2.85%) Samsung
10 6 (2.44%) CheckPoint
10 6 (2.44%) F5
10 6 (2.44%) Palo Alto
10 6 (2.44%) VMware
11 5 (2.03%) Blue Coat
11 5 (2.03%) Qualys
11 5 (2.03%) Zscaler
12 4 (1.63%) Salesforce
13 3 (1.22%) Rapid7
13 3 (1.22%) Splunk
13 3 (1.22%) TOWER Software