Logistics Contract Job Trends in Reading

Logistics
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Logistics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 60 81
Rank change year-on-year -1 +21 -13
Contract jobs citing Logistics 15 27 6
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 2.03% 2.78% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 3.02% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 21 3
10th Percentile £544 £430 -
25th Percentile £575 £558 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +25.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £538
90th Percentile £644 £650 £545
Berkshire median daily rate £595 £613 £500
% change year-on-year -2.98% +22.55% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.50 - -
Median hourly rate £20.00 £61.76 -
Median % change year-on-year -67.62% - -
75th Percentile £22.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £20.01 £61.76 -
% change year-on-year -67.61% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 658 893 921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 88.92% 91.87% 92.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 507 599
10th Percentile £350 £314 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £615 £650 £615
90th Percentile £652 £688 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -0.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 7 18
10th Percentile £14.75 £27.90 £45.30
25th Percentile £31.70 £35.75 £60.12
Median hourly rate £72.00 £57.50 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +25.22% -9.15% -2.63%
75th Percentile £95.00 £63.24 £65.81
90th Percentile £104.40 £68.78 £67.58
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.44 £61.50 £61.65
% change year-on-year -34.25% -0.24% +25.17%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Logistics job vacancy trend in Reading

Logistics
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Logistics

Logistics
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Logistics

Logistics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (73.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 10 (66.67%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (60.00%) Oracle Assets
3 9 (60.00%) Oracle Payables
3 9 (60.00%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (53.33%) Oracle EBS R12
5 7 (46.67%) Oracle AGIS
5 7 (46.67%) Oracle Cash Management
5 7 (46.67%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Power BI
General
1 12 (80.00%) Finance
2 9 (60.00%) General Ledger
3 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Electronics
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Consultant
1 11 (73.33%) Functional Consultant
2 8 (53.33%) Oracle Consultant
2 8 (53.33%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 7 (46.67%) Oracle Financials Consultant
3 7 (46.67%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
4 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 2 (13.33%) E-Business Consultant
4 2 (13.33%) Operational Security Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Project Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 2 (13.33%) Security Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Security Operations Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Security Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Administrator
5 1 (6.67%) Operations Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Operations Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Telemetry Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Telemetry Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Procure-to-Pay
1 11 (73.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 9 (60.00%) Accounts Payable
2 9 (60.00%) Accounts Receivable
3 7 (46.67%) Cash Management
4 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (13.33%) Agile
5 2 (13.33%) Change Control
5 2 (13.33%) Change Management
5 2 (13.33%) Cyber Resilience
5 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (13.33%) DevOps
5 2 (13.33%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (13.33%) Project Management
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (13.33%) Waterfall
6 1 (6.67%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (6.67%) Expense Management
6 1 (6.67%) Programme Management
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Oracle
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) SAP