Inventory Management Contracts in the Midlands

Inventory Management
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 21 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 126 141
Rank change year-on-year +6 +15 +73
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 22 8 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.92% 0.28% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.35% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 2 9
10th Percentile £185 £199 £443
25th Percentile £187 £258 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £355 £540
Median % change year-on-year -29.58% -34.26% +89.31%
75th Percentile - £453 £650
90th Percentile £325 £511 £725
England median daily rate £275 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -42.11% -5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £11.12 -
25th Percentile £23.50 £11.21 -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £11.73 -
Median % change year-on-year +113.22% - -
75th Percentile £26.50 £13.04 -
90th Percentile - £13.62 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £21.00 £17.07
% change year-on-year +19.76% +23.06% -14.68%

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 2,104 2,266 2,742
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.70% 80.33% 85.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,337 1,532 1,926
10th Percentile £210 £250 £257
25th Percentile £356 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £497 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.37% -0.70% +2.41%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 136 89
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.60 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.12 £13.98 £20.00
Median hourly rate £20.50 £18.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -34.55% +41.03%
75th Percentile £26.51 £35.00 £51.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £66.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +63.46%

Inventory Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Inventory Management in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Inventory Management in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Inventory Management in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Inventory Management in the Midlands

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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 July 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
East Midlands +13 15 £250 +56.25% 19
West Midlands +6 4 £450 - 21
Inventory Management
England

Inventory Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (22.73%) SAP MM
1 5 (22.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (9.09%) SAP PP
3 1 (4.55%) Remedy ITSM
General
1 13 (59.09%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Automotive
3 1 (4.55%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Consultant
2 5 (22.73%) SAP Consultant
2 5 (22.73%) SAP MM Consultant
3 3 (13.64%) Lead
4 2 (9.09%) SAP PP Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Team Leader
5 1 (4.55%) Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Coordinator
5 1 (4.55%) IT Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) IT Manager
5 1 (4.55%) IT Support
5 1 (4.55%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) IT Technician
5 1 (4.55%) Product Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Leader
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) EDI
1 2 (9.09%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) EPoS
2 1 (4.55%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
2 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
2 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Logistics
1 8 (36.36%) Process Improvement
2 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (18.18%) Workflow
4 3 (13.64%) Mentoring
4 3 (13.64%) Migration
4 3 (13.64%) Service Delivery
4 3 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (9.09%) Order Management
6 1 (4.55%) Agile
6 1 (4.55%) Asset Management
6 1 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.55%) Data Analysis
6 1 (4.55%) Decision-Making
6 1 (4.55%) Demand Forecasting
6 1 (4.55%) Inventory Control
6 1 (4.55%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (4.55%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (4.55%) Telesales
6 1 (4.55%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Degree
1 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) CPIM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) SAP
3 1 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (4.55%) Remedy
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.55%) Symantec