Logistics Contracts in England

Logistics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Logistics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Logistics over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 238 230 228
Rank change year-on-year -8 -2 +74
Contract jobs citing Logistics 272 374 600
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.11% 1.01% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 1.16% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 209 271
10th Percentile £234 £224 £278
25th Percentile £363 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.48% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £600
90th Percentile £650 £838 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 43 186
10th Percentile £13.50 £11.79 -
25th Percentile £14.38 £13.05 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.59 £18.00 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year +36.58% +69.33% -63.34%
75th Percentile £39.58 £26.03 -
90th Percentile £120.00 £30.08 £12.02
UK median hourly rate £24.59 £18.00 £10.63
% change year-on-year +36.58% +69.33% -65.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Logistics 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 22,247 32,161 45,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.13% 86.56% 90.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,550 21,078 31,861
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 2,252 1,585
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.93 £10.91
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Logistics in England

Logistics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Logistics in England

Logistics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Logistics in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Logistics in England

Logistics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Logistics in England

Logistics
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Logistics in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Logistics in England

Logistics
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 Logistics within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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 +19 125 £444 -17.44% 542
South East +8 46 £550 +15.79% 253
North of England +5 33 £580 +12.08% 200
North West +10 25 £580 +10.48% 127
South West +55 20 £400 -36.00% 67
East of England +26 17 £550 +4.76% 73
Midlands +2 12 £525 +13.82% 167
East Midlands +11 5 £575 +25.00% 73
West Midlands -1 4 £475 - 86
Yorkshire -10 4 £345 -18.82% 62
North East - 4 - - 14
Logistics
UK

Logistics
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 6 (2.21%) Confluence
2 5 (1.84%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.10%) CMS
3 3 (1.10%) Drupal
Applications
1 14 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.57%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 49 (18.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (4.78%) SAP MM
3 12 (4.41%) Oracle EBS
3 12 (4.41%) SAP LE
4 11 (4.04%) SAP SD
5 10 (3.68%) Oracle EBS R12
6 9 (3.31%) Maximo
6 9 (3.31%) Oracle ASCP
6 9 (3.31%) SAP EWM
7 7 (2.57%) SAP CO
7 7 (2.57%) SAP FI
8 6 (2.21%) SAP FI/CO
8 6 (2.21%) SAP WM
9 4 (1.47%) SAP Travel Management
9 4 (1.47%) Unit4 Business World
10 3 (1.10%) SAP GTS
10 3 (1.10%) SAP PM
10 3 (1.10%) SAP PP
11 2 (0.74%) SAP APO
11 2 (0.74%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 37 (13.60%) Azure
2 19 (6.99%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (4.41%) Power Platform
4 10 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (2.57%) Snowflake
7 5 (1.84%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (1.84%) SaaS
8 4 (1.47%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (1.47%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.47%) GCP
8 4 (1.47%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.47%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.74%) AWS
9 2 (0.74%) Azure API Management
9 2 (0.74%) Azure Functions
9 2 (0.74%) GitHub
9 2 (0.74%) Serverless
9 2 (0.74%) Slack
10 1 (0.37%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.10%) RFID
2 2 (0.74%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.37%) BGP
3 1 (0.37%) EIGRP
3 1 (0.37%) Firewall
3 1 (0.37%) HSRP
3 1 (0.37%) IGMP
3 1 (0.37%) IPsec
3 1 (0.37%) Multicast
3 1 (0.37%) NAS
3 1 (0.37%) Network Security
3 1 (0.37%) OSPF
3 1 (0.37%) Skype
3 1 (0.37%) Unicast
3 1 (0.37%) VLAN
3 1 (0.37%) VRRP
3 1 (0.37%) VXLAN
3 1 (0.37%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.31%) Power BI
2 8 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.57%) Data Lake
3 7 (2.57%) MS Access
3 7 (2.57%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.47%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.47%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.74%) Tableau
7 1 (0.37%) Big Data
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.37%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.37%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (5.88%) JIRA
2 10 (3.68%) QARun
2 10 (3.68%) WinRunner
3 6 (2.21%) GitLab
3 6 (2.21%) Selenium
4 5 (1.84%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.47%) Appium
5 4 (1.47%) CircleCI
5 4 (1.47%) Gatling
5 4 (1.47%) Git
5 4 (1.47%) JMeter
5 4 (1.47%) NeoLoad
5 4 (1.47%) Postman
5 4 (1.47%) SpecFlow
6 3 (1.10%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.37%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.37%) TestRail
7 1 (0.37%) Zephyr
General
1 95 (34.93%) Social Skills
2 56 (20.59%) Finance
3 41 (15.07%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (11.03%) Manufacturing
5 20 (7.35%) Retail
6 10 (3.68%) Marketing
6 10 (3.68%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (3.31%) Automotive
7 9 (3.31%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.21%) Legal
8 6 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.84%) Billing
10 4 (1.47%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.47%) Banking
10 4 (1.47%) Local Government
11 3 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.74%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 54 (19.85%) Analyst
2 47 (17.28%) Consultant
3 33 (12.13%) Senior
4 32 (11.76%) SAP Consultant
5 20 (7.35%) Project Manager
6 19 (6.99%) Test Analyst
7 17 (6.25%) Lead
7 17 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
8 15 (5.51%) Applications Support
8 15 (5.51%) IT Support
9 14 (5.15%) Senior Applications Support
10 13 (4.78%) Business Analyst
11 12 (4.41%) Functional Consultant
12 11 (4.04%) Oracle Consultant
13 10 (3.68%) Developer
13 10 (3.68%) Oracle Functional Consultant
13 10 (3.68%) SAP Manager
13 10 (3.68%) Support Analyst
14 9 (3.31%) Architect
14 9 (3.31%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.31%) Middleware
2 7 (2.57%) Web Services
3 6 (2.21%) SOAP
4 4 (1.47%) Play Framework
4 4 (1.47%) Playwright
4 4 (1.47%) REST
4 4 (1.47%) SAP PI
4 4 (1.47%) SAP TM
5 3 (1.10%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (0.74%) EDI
6 2 (0.74%) IDoc
6 2 (0.74%) SAP Core Interface
7 1 (0.37%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (0.37%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.37%) Kafka
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.37%) PySpark
7 1 (0.37%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.37%) SAPUI5
7 1 (0.37%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.03%) Management Information System
2 10 (3.68%) Life Science
3 6 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (1.84%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.47%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.47%) SCADA
6 3 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.10%) FMCG
6 3 (1.10%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.10%) Robotics
7 2 (0.74%) Blockchain
7 2 (0.74%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.74%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.74%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.74%) Self-Driving Car
7 2 (0.74%) Social Media
8 1 (0.37%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.37%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.99%) Windows
2 8 (2.94%) Unix
3 2 (0.74%) Android
3 2 (0.74%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (0.74%) Linux
4 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (17.65%) Agile
3 36 (13.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 35 (12.87%) DevOps
5 31 (11.40%) User Acceptance Testing
6 28 (10.29%) Project Delivery
7 27 (9.93%) Inventory Management
8 26 (9.56%) Project Management
9 24 (8.82%) Waterfall
10 22 (8.09%) ERP
11 21 (7.72%) Data Protection
11 21 (7.72%) Software Testing
12 19 (6.99%) Test Automation
13 18 (6.62%) Integration Testing
13 18 (6.62%) System Integration Testing
14 15 (5.51%) Migration
15 14 (5.15%) Quality Management
16 13 (4.78%) Analytics
16 13 (4.78%) Customer Service
16 13 (4.78%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 37 (13.60%) SQL
2 14 (5.15%) C#
3 7 (2.57%) Python
4 6 (2.21%) VB
5 5 (1.84%) Java
6 4 (1.47%) C++
6 4 (1.47%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.47%) PHP
6 4 (1.47%) Ruby
6 4 (1.47%) Scala
6 4 (1.47%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.37%) ABAP
7 1 (0.37%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.37%) Rust
7 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (16.91%) Security Cleared
2 44 (16.18%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.99%) Degree
4 8 (2.94%) Master's Degree
5 4 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.47%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.47%) PMP
5 4 (1.47%) SAP Certification
6 2 (0.74%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.37%) CISMP
7 1 (0.37%) CISSP
7 1 (0.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.37%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.09%) QA
2 16 (5.88%) GDPR
3 13 (4.78%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.68%) PMO
5 4 (1.47%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.10%) SLA
7 2 (0.74%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.37%) COBIT
8 1 (0.37%) COSO
8 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.37%) NIST
8 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (2.21%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.37%) Docker
3 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (1.84%) SCCM
2 2 (0.74%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.74%) Terraform
3 1 (0.37%) Puppet
3 1 (0.37%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 87 (31.99%) SAP
2 35 (12.87%) Microsoft
3 23 (8.46%) Oracle
4 10 (3.68%) ServiceNow
5 8 (2.94%) Ariba
6 7 (2.57%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.21%) Citrix
8 4 (1.47%) Cisco
9 3 (1.10%) Anaplan
9 3 (1.10%) Google
9 3 (1.10%) Hyperion
9 3 (1.10%) Workday
10 2 (0.74%) Arista
10 2 (0.74%) Cvent
10 2 (0.74%) TOWER Software
10 2 (0.74%) Virgin Media
11 1 (0.37%) Civica
11 1 (0.37%) IBM Sterling
11 1 (0.37%) ION Trading
11 1 (0.37%) VMware