Inventory Management Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Inventory Management
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Inventory Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 127 118
Rank change year-on-year -5 -9 +68
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 32 3 15
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 1.01% 0.13% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 0.15% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 1 9
10th Percentile £198 - £236
25th Percentile £250 £413 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 £563
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -24.44% +13.64%
75th Percentile £380 £438 £569
90th Percentile £421 - £650
England median daily rate £400 £365 £425
% change year-on-year +9.59% -14.12% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £14.24 - -
25th Percentile £15.93 - -
Median hourly rate £16.30 - -
75th Percentile £18.32 - -
90th Percentile £21.92 - -
England median hourly rate £22.23 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year -8.07% +36.46% +7.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,724 1,999 2,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.28% 86.39% 84.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,703 1,255 1,508
10th Percentile £250 £250 £253
25th Percentile £375 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £589
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 71 94
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £13.08
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.77
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.23% -4.35% +36.66%
75th Percentile £25.15 £32.91 £51.50
90th Percentile £31.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%

Inventory Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Inventory Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Inventory Management job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Inventory Management
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Inventory Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Inventory Management

Inventory Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inventory Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Inventory Management in the Midlands

Inventory Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Inventory Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Inventory Management

Inventory Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Inventory Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Inventory Management in the Midlands

Inventory Management
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
West Midlands -10 21 £375 -11.76% 7
East Midlands - 11 £250 - 1
Inventory Management
England

Inventory Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (3.13%) Apache
1 1 (3.13%) IIS
1 1 (3.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.13%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (3.13%) SAP CO
2 1 (3.13%) SAP CRM
2 1 (3.13%) SAP FI
2 1 (3.13%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (3.13%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.13%) AWS
1 1 (3.13%) Azure
1 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (37.50%) VPN
2 11 (34.38%) Wireless
3 10 (31.25%) DNS
4 9 (28.13%) Cisco IPT
4 9 (28.13%) DMVPN
4 9 (28.13%) Firewall
4 9 (28.13%) IPsec
4 9 (28.13%) SSL
4 9 (28.13%) WAN
5 6 (18.75%) Network Security
6 1 (3.13%) DHCP
6 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle Database
1 1 (3.13%) Power BI
1 1 (3.13%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Telecoms
3 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.13%) Electronics
5 1 (3.13%) Finance
5 1 (3.13%) Legal
5 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (18.75%) Network Engineer
1 6 (18.75%) Security Engineer
2 4 (12.50%) Network Security Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Firewall Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) IT Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Principal Network Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) Architect
5 1 (3.13%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Consultant
5 1 (3.13%) Coordinator
5 1 (3.13%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.13%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (3.13%) SAP MM Consultant
5 1 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.13%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (28.13%) 802.1X
2 1 (3.13%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.38%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.13%) CMDB
3 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.38%) Windows
2 1 (3.13%) Mac OS
2 1 (3.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (28.13%) Change Management
2 5 (15.63%) Customer Service
2 5 (15.63%) Process Improvement
3 4 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (9.38%) Logistics
4 3 (9.38%) Migration
5 2 (6.25%) AI
5 2 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (6.25%) Data Analysis
5 2 (6.25%) ITIL
5 2 (6.25%) Workflow
5 2 (6.25%) Workflow Management
6 1 (3.13%) Business Analysis
6 1 (3.13%) Business Transformation
6 1 (3.13%) Lean Six Sigma
6 1 (3.13%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (3.13%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (3.13%) Security Testing
6 1 (3.13%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (43.75%) SC Cleared
1 14 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.50%) DBS Check
3 2 (6.25%) Degree
4 1 (3.13%) A+ Certification
4 1 (3.13%) CPIM
4 1 (3.13%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
1 1 (3.13%) QA
1 1 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) Blue Coat
1 9 (28.13%) CheckPoint
1 9 (28.13%) Cisco
1 9 (28.13%) F5
1 9 (28.13%) Juniper
2 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.38%) ServiceNow
4 2 (6.25%) Oracle
4 2 (6.25%) SAP
5 1 (3.13%) Ariba
5 1 (3.13%) Infoblox
5 1 (3.13%) Remedy
5 1 (3.13%) Tenable