Logistics Contract Job Trends in Essex

Logistics
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Logistics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - 34
Rank change year-on-year - - +19
Contract jobs citing Logistics 7 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 6.19% - 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.29% - 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £215
25th Percentile £185 - £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +34.13%
75th Percentile £195 - £538
90th Percentile - - £575
East of England median daily rate £475 £450 £250
% change year-on-year +5.56% +80.00% -43.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £14.30 - -
25th Percentile £16.63 - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 - -
75th Percentile £71.75 - -
90th Percentile £100.70 - -
East of England median hourly rate £17.55 £15.73 £57.50
% change year-on-year +11.55% -72.64% +35.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 96 98 191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 84.96% 77.78% 84.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 43 125
10th Percentile £156 £176 £173
25th Percentile £225 £213 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 £300 £475
Median % change year-on-year +34.58% -36.84% -2.56%
75th Percentile £524 £450 £575
90th Percentile £606 £555 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 14 16
10th Percentile £13.25 £17.19 £20.50
25th Percentile - £23.44 £21.69
Median hourly rate £18.87 £29.17 £55.53
Median % change year-on-year -35.31% -47.47% +11.62%
75th Percentile £39.69 £76.44 £76.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £79.75
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £27.59 £19.81
% change year-on-year -23.87% +39.25% -5.67%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Logistics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Logistics job vacancy trend in Essex

Logistics
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Logistics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Logistics

Logistics
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Logistics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Logistics

Logistics
Hourly Rate Histogram in Essex

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Logistics in Essex over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Logistics in Essex

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Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Logistics within the Essex region over the 6 months to 23 October 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
Colchester - 2 £190 - 4
Chelmsford - 1 - - 2
Maldon - 1 - - 1
Saffron Walden - 1 - -
Logistics
East of England

Logistics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (28.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
1 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) IT Support
2 2 (28.57%) Field Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Field Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) IT Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Web Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) AI
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Time Management
2 1 (14.29%) Workflow
2 1 (14.29%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft