Inventory Management Contracts in England

Inventory Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Inventory Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Inventory Management over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 329 420 485
Rank change year-on-year +91 +65 +148
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 138 122 156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.58% 0.34% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.39% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 56 95
10th Percentile £150 £161 £202
25th Percentile £185 £283 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -47.37% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £603 £575
90th Percentile £615 £725 £775
UK median daily rate £250 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -47.37% +11.76% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 24 3
10th Percentile £37.15 £11.06 -
25th Percentile £54.25 £12.00 £16.13
Median hourly rate £70.00 £17.50 £17.07
Median % change year-on-year +299.94% +2.56% -14.68%
75th Percentile £74.69 £21.50 £19.25
90th Percentile £76.38 £21.85 £20.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £16.70 £17.07
% change year-on-year +319.16% -2.14% -14.68%

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 21,900 31,359 43,239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.28% 86.26% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,297 20,563 30,348
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £767
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 932 2,244 1,528
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.47 £16.00 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.77
Median % change year-on-year -21.23% -0.73% +47.08%
75th Percentile £61.69 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.27 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.81% +0.76% +40.19%

Inventory Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Inventory Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Inventory Management in England

Inventory Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Inventory Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Inventory Management in England

Inventory Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inventory Management in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Inventory Management in England

Inventory Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Inventory Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Inventory Management in England

Inventory Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Inventory Management in England over the 6 months to 22 May 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 22 May 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 +37 42 £500 +5.26% 165
South East +59 29 £150 -71.43% 194
East of England +39 26 £200 -4.76% 99
North West +17 17 £580 +28.89% 99
North of England +13 17 £580 +28.89% 173
Midlands +21 15 £250 -29.58% 114
East Midlands +12 9 £220 +37.50% 45
South West +31 8 £220 -66.15% 75
West Midlands +11 3 £550 - 62
Inventory Management
UK

Inventory Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.45%) Camunda
3 1 (0.72%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 18 (13.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (5.07%) SAP MM
3 6 (4.35%) SAP LE
4 3 (2.17%) SAP SCM
5 2 (1.45%) SAP EWM
5 2 (1.45%) SAP PP
5 2 (1.45%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.72%) Demantra
6 1 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.72%) Oracle ASCP
6 1 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.72%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.72%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.72%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.72%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.72%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 23 (16.67%) Azure
2 8 (5.80%) Dynamics 365
2 8 (5.80%) Power Platform
3 6 (4.35%) Snowflake
4 2 (1.45%) AWS
4 2 (1.45%) GCP
4 2 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.72%) Google Ads
5 1 (0.72%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (12.32%) VPN
2 10 (7.25%) Firewall
3 8 (5.80%) 4G
3 8 (5.80%) Wireless
4 7 (5.07%) LAN
4 7 (5.07%) WAN
5 6 (4.35%) DNS
5 6 (4.35%) Network Security
5 6 (4.35%) TCP/IP
6 5 (3.62%) DHCP
6 5 (3.62%) VoIP
7 4 (2.90%) MPLS
8 3 (2.17%) 5G
8 3 (2.17%) DOCSIS
8 3 (2.17%) GPON
8 3 (2.17%) LTE
8 3 (2.17%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (2.17%) RFID
8 3 (2.17%) xDSL
9 2 (1.45%) Converged Networks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.80%) Power BI
2 5 (3.62%) Data Lake
2 5 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.45%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.45%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.72%) Big Data
4 1 (0.72%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.72%) OLTP
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (0.72%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.72%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.45%) JIRA
2 1 (0.72%) Hudson
2 1 (0.72%) Postman
2 1 (0.72%) Selenium
2 1 (0.72%) TestRail
General
1 84 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 19 (13.77%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (13.04%) Manufacturing
4 15 (10.87%) Finance
5 11 (7.97%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (6.52%) Retail
7 6 (4.35%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.62%) Marketing
8 5 (3.62%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (3.62%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.90%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.90%) Legal
10 3 (2.17%) Automotive
11 2 (1.45%) Advertising
11 2 (1.45%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.72%) Billing
12 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.72%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 28 (20.29%) Consultant
2 15 (10.87%) SAP Consultant
2 15 (10.87%) Support Engineer
3 13 (9.42%) Lead
4 11 (7.97%) Analyst
4 11 (7.97%) Senior
5 10 (7.25%) IT Support
6 9 (6.52%) Desktop Engineer
6 9 (6.52%) Desktop Support
7 8 (5.80%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 8 (5.80%) Team Leader
8 6 (4.35%) Architect
8 6 (4.35%) SAP MM Consultant
8 6 (4.35%) Supply Chain Consultant
9 5 (3.62%) Administration Assistant
9 5 (3.62%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (3.62%) IT Assistant
9 5 (3.62%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
9 5 (3.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.45%) EDI
1 2 (1.45%) IDoc
2 1 (0.72%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.72%) ATL
2 1 (0.72%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (8.70%) EPoS
2 12 (8.70%) iPad
2 12 (8.70%) iPhone
3 9 (6.52%) CMDB
3 9 (6.52%) Life Science
4 7 (5.07%) Driving Licence
5 6 (4.35%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.62%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (2.17%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.17%) TM Forum
8 2 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.45%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.72%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.72%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 26 (18.84%) Windows
2 12 (8.70%) Windows 10
3 6 (4.35%) Mac OS
4 4 (2.90%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.17%) Linux
5 3 (2.17%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (34.06%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (17.39%) Logistics
3 23 (16.67%) Time Management
4 22 (15.94%) Asset Management
5 18 (13.04%) ITIL
6 17 (12.32%) Mentoring
7 16 (11.59%) IT Asset Management
8 15 (10.87%) Service Management
9 14 (10.14%) Customer Service
9 14 (10.14%) Technical Leadership
9 14 (10.14%) Workflow
10 13 (9.42%) Supply Chain Management
11 12 (8.70%) Data Modelling
11 12 (8.70%) Service Delivery
12 11 (7.97%) Antivirus Management
12 11 (7.97%) ITSM
12 11 (7.97%) Quality Management
12 11 (7.97%) Root Cause Analysis
13 10 (7.25%) Analytics
13 10 (7.25%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.35%) SQL
2 1 (0.72%) PL/SQL
2 1 (0.72%) Python
2 1 (0.72%) R
Qualifications
1 29 (21.01%) Security Cleared
2 23 (16.67%) Degree
3 22 (15.94%) SC Cleared
4 12 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (7.97%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (5.07%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.17%) CCNA
7 3 (2.17%) CCNP
7 3 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.45%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.45%) PMP
8 2 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.72%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.72%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.72%) MCP
9 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.07%) COSHH
2 6 (4.35%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.90%) PMO
4 2 (1.45%) OASIS TOSCA
4 2 (1.45%) QA
5 1 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.72%) GDPR
5 1 (0.72%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.72%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (9.42%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.72%) Firmware
2 1 (0.72%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.72%) vSphere
2 1 (0.72%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.62%) FortiGate
3 3 (2.17%) Ansible
3 3 (2.17%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (2.17%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.45%) Amdocs OSS
4 2 (1.45%) CASB
4 2 (1.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (23.91%) Microsoft
2 31 (22.46%) SAP
3 11 (7.97%) McAfee
4 6 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.62%) Ariba
5 5 (3.62%) Google
6 4 (2.90%) Apple
6 4 (2.90%) Cisco
7 3 (2.17%) Anaplan
7 3 (2.17%) Oracle
7 3 (2.17%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.45%) Amdocs
8 2 (1.45%) Ericsson
8 2 (1.45%) F5
8 2 (1.45%) Huawei
8 2 (1.45%) Hyperion
8 2 (1.45%) NetCracker
8 2 (1.45%) Nokia
9 1 (0.72%) Meraki
9 1 (0.72%) Symantec