Logistics Contracts in the Midlands

Logistics
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 103 116
Rank change year-on-year +4 +13 +27
Contract jobs citing Logistics 12 30 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.63% 1.09% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 1.32% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 15 23
10th Percentile £473 £335 £303
25th Percentile £488 £413 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% +8.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £563 £544 £500
90th Percentile £578 £825 £565
England median daily rate £478 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.00% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 2
10th Percentile - - £24.18
25th Percentile £13.75 £10.50 £36.81
Median hourly rate £14.50 £15.50 £58.25
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% -73.39% +137.27%
75th Percentile £15.25 £22.09 £79.31
90th Percentile - £28.42 £91.73
England median hourly rate £24.59 £19.36 £10.63
% change year-on-year +27.02% +82.08% -63.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,676 2,266 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.57% 82.19% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,510 2,125
10th Percentile £200 £237 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £11.96
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +7.22% +1.37%
75th Percentile £24.22 £35.00 £26.81
90th Percentile £36.55 £55.00 £55.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Logistics in the Midlands

Logistics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Logistics in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Logistics in the Midlands

Logistics
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 Logistics within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
East Midlands +7 5 £575 +25.00% 90
West Midlands -2 4 £475 - 119
Logistics
England

Logistics
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 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (41.67%) SAP MM
3 2 (16.67%) SAP PP
4 1 (8.33%) SAP PM
4 1 (8.33%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (16.67%) Automotive
1 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Consultant
1 6 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
2 5 (41.67%) SAP MM Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) IT Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) SAP PP Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Business IT Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Coordinator
5 1 (8.33%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) IT Support
5 1 (8.33%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
5 1 (8.33%) SAP Manager
5 1 (8.33%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) EDI
1 2 (16.67%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (8.33%) FMCG
1 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Android
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 3 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Order Management
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) Agile
4 1 (8.33%) Asset Management
4 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement Process
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 1 (8.33%) Data Mapping
4 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
4 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
4 1 (8.33%) Demand Forecasting
4 1 (8.33%) Invoice Processing
4 1 (8.33%) Kanban
4 1 (8.33%) Lean Software Development
4 1 (8.33%) Order to Cash
4 1 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (8.33%) SDLC
4 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) Apple
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft