Inventory Management Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Inventory Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Inventory Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 109 138
Rank change year-on-year +6 +29 +34
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 14 7 8
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.86% 0.40% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 0.46% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 7
10th Percentile £194 £425 £230
25th Percentile £200 £444 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £222 £470 £620
Median % change year-on-year -52.66% -24.27% +313.33%
75th Percentile £270 £497 £673
90th Percentile £341 £521 £825
UK median daily rate £450 £378 £500
% change year-on-year +19.05% -24.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £19.23 - -
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £24.18 £14.00
% change year-on-year +3.39% +72.71% -15.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,439 1,524 2,257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.50% 86.89% 91.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 822 883 1,431
10th Percentile £246 £213 £250
25th Percentile £383 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £550 £539 £575
90th Percentile £625 £663 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 46 54
10th Percentile £15.24 £14.07 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.27 £15.42
Median hourly rate £20.25 £23.00 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -11.96% +16.46% +6.76%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £56.05
90th Percentile £57.50 £31.44 £70.38
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.93 £44.00
% change year-on-year -25.88% -22.89% +25.71%

Inventory Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Inventory Management job vacancy trend in Scotland

Inventory Management
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Inventory Management

Inventory Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inventory Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Inventory Management in Scotland

Inventory Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Inventory Management

Inventory Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 22 November 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
Edinburgh - 4 £222 - 1
South Ayrshire - 4 - -
Glasgow -1 3 £288 -38.76% 2
South Lanarkshire - 1 - - 2
Inventory Management
UK

Inventory Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (7.14%) Network Security
1 1 (7.14%) SSL
1 1 (7.14%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
4 4 (28.57%) Finance
4 4 (28.57%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) IT Support
2 4 (28.57%) IT Support Specialist
2 4 (28.57%) Support Specialist
3 2 (14.29%) Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Data Manager
3 2 (14.29%) PMO Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) PMO Manager
3 2 (14.29%) PMO Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Project Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Support Officer
3 2 (14.29%) Systems Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Desktop Administrator
4 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support
4 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support Administrator
4 1 (7.14%) IT Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Lead
4 1 (7.14%) Python Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 3 (21.43%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.14%) Algorithms
3 1 (7.14%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (7.14%) Digital Signage
3 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.14%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (7.14%) Mainframe
3 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.14%) PKI
3 1 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Linux
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
2 1 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Customer Service
1 5 (35.71%) Line Management
1 5 (35.71%) Logistics
1 5 (35.71%) Service Delivery
2 4 (28.57%) Asset Management
2 4 (28.57%) Business Continuity
2 4 (28.57%) Data Collection
2 4 (28.57%) E-Procurement
2 4 (28.57%) ITIL
2 4 (28.57%) ITSM
3 2 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Data Extraction
3 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (7.14%) CI/CD
4 1 (7.14%) Data Migration
4 1 (7.14%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (7.14%) Patch Management
4 1 (7.14%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Python
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (28.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (14.29%) DBS Check
4 1 (7.14%) CCNP
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.14%) CISM
4 1 (7.14%) CISSP
4 1 (7.14%) MCSE
4 1 (7.14%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Data Quality
1 2 (14.29%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
2 1 (7.14%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.14%) Nagios
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) BMC
2 2 (14.29%) Remedy
2 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.14%) Apple
3 1 (7.14%) Fortinet
3 1 (7.14%) McAfee
3 1 (7.14%) Veeam