Logistics Contracts in the North West

Logistics
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 106 124
Rank change year-on-year +6 +18 +33
Contract jobs citing Logistics 26 29 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.34% 1.09% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 1.27% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 24
10th Percentile £282 £388 £332
25th Percentile £378 £488 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year +10.48% +2.44% -4.65%
75th Percentile - £575 £569
90th Percentile £602 £600 £650
England median daily rate £475 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -8.43% +3.75% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £25.07 - -
25th Percentile £28.19 - -
Median hourly rate £33.40 £11.79 -
Median % change year-on-year +183.29% - -
75th Percentile £76.70 - -
90th Percentile £102.68 - -
England median hourly rate £31.00 £18.00 £10.63
% change year-on-year +72.22% +69.33% -61.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,754 2,275 2,813
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.09% 85.85% 90.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,145 1,449 1,980
10th Percentile £300 £308 £313
25th Percentile £390 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £588
90th Percentile £663 £689 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 249 139
10th Percentile £16.03 £10.95 £16.80
25th Percentile £22.81 £13.50 £23.15
Median hourly rate £31.88 £23.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.66% -34.72% +52.90%
75th Percentile £62.25 £45.88 £49.46
90th Percentile £84.39 £62.50 £66.00
England median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -20.55% -2.67% +50.00%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Logistics in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Logistics in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Logistics in the North West over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Logistics in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Logistics in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Logistics in the North West over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Logistics in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Logistics within the North West region over the 6 months to 15 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
Manchester +8 9 £450 -14.29% 79
Cheshire -4 8 £580 +16.00% 37
Cumbria +5 2 £120 +92.57% 4
Merseyside 0 2 - - 17
Lancashire -1 2 - - 48
Logistics
England

Logistics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (46.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (19.23%) SAP LE
3 2 (7.69%) SAP APO
4 1 (3.85%) BambooHR
4 1 (3.85%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (3.85%) SAP ERP
4 1 (3.85%) SAP EWM
4 1 (3.85%) SAP IBP
4 1 (3.85%) SAP MM
4 1 (3.85%) SAP PM
4 1 (3.85%) SAP PS
4 1 (3.85%) SAP SCM
4 1 (3.85%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 6 (23.08%) Azure
2 5 (19.23%) Power Platform
2 5 (19.23%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) Data Lake
1 5 (19.23%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (19.23%) Power BI
2 1 (3.85%) SAP BW
2 1 (3.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 13 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 8 (30.77%) Finance
3 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 5 (19.23%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (11.54%) Aerospace
6 2 (7.69%) Retail
7 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.85%) Automotive
7 1 (3.85%) Aviation
7 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Consultant
1 7 (26.92%) SAP Consultant
2 4 (15.38%) Data Analytics Specialist
2 4 (15.38%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
2 4 (15.38%) SAP WM Consultant
2 4 (15.38%) Senior
2 4 (15.38%) Senior Consultant
2 4 (15.38%) Senior SAP Consultant
2 4 (15.38%) Senior SAP Supply Chain Consultant
2 4 (15.38%) Senior SAP WM Consultant
2 4 (15.38%) Senior Supply Chain Consultant
2 4 (15.38%) Supply Chain Consultant
3 3 (11.54%) IT Support
4 2 (7.69%) Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Data Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) SAP Financial Specialist
5 1 (3.85%) Applications Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) SAP Core Interface
2 1 (3.85%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Life Science
2 2 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.85%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Inventory Management
2 9 (34.62%) Quality Management
3 6 (23.08%) Data Modelling
3 6 (23.08%) Supply Chain Planning
4 5 (19.23%) Analytics
4 5 (19.23%) Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (19.23%) Use Case
4 5 (19.23%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (11.54%) Community of Practice
5 3 (11.54%) Project Management
6 2 (7.69%) Data Protection
6 2 (7.69%) Process Improvement
6 2 (7.69%) Profit Centre Accounting
6 2 (7.69%) Record to Report
7 1 (3.85%) Business Strategy
7 1 (3.85%) Data Cleansing
7 1 (3.85%) Data Extraction
7 1 (3.85%) Knowledge Transfer
7 1 (3.85%) Requirements Workshops
7 1 (3.85%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) PL/SQL
1 1 (3.85%) Python
1 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Degree
1 5 (19.23%) Master's Degree
2 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
2 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.85%) CISSP
4 1 (3.85%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) Data Quality
2 3 (11.54%) PMO
3 1 (3.85%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (61.54%) SAP
2 4 (15.38%) Ariba
3 2 (7.69%) Anaplan
3 2 (7.69%) Hyperion
4 1 (3.85%) Databricks
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.85%) Oracle
4 1 (3.85%) Sage
4 1 (3.85%) Siemens
4 1 (3.85%) TOWER Software
4 1 (3.85%) Workday