Logistics Contracts in Scotland

Logistics
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 93 116 137
Rank change year-on-year +23 +21 +26
Contract jobs citing Logistics 23 13 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.42% 0.59% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 0.66% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 10 14
10th Percentile £183 £303 £400
25th Percentile £192 £322 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £360 £469
Median % change year-on-year -33.39% -23.20% +63.04%
75th Percentile £359 £388 £525
90th Percentile £407 £519 £575
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 11
Median hourly rate - - £10.63
UK median hourly rate £24.59 £19.36 £10.63
% change year-on-year +27.02% +82.08% -65.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Logistics in Scotland

Logistics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Logistics in Scotland

Logistics
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Logistics in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Logistics in Scotland

Logistics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Logistics in Scotland

Logistics
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 Logistics within the Scotland 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
Edinburgh +13 10 £193 - 11
Glasgow +8 8 £363 +11.54% 6
Lanarkshire - 1 - - 1
Perthshire - 1 £350 -
West Lothian - 1 - -
South Lanarkshire - 1 £470 -
Highlands - 1 - - 1
Logistics
UK

Logistics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (43.48%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.04%) Yammer
3 1 (4.35%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) GitLab
1 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (47.83%) Public Sector
2 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Publishing
4 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Analyst
2 6 (26.09%) Deployment Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Change Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) IT Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) IT Support
6 1 (4.35%) Administrator
6 1 (4.35%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Business Change Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Business Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Change Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Desktop Administrator
6 1 (4.35%) Desktop Support
6 1 (4.35%) Desktop Support Administrator
6 1 (4.35%) Executive Assistant
6 1 (4.35%) IT Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) PMO Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Release Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Research Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) Windows
2 5 (21.74%) Linux
3 4 (17.39%) Ubuntu
4 1 (4.35%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Agile
1 6 (26.09%) Asset Management
1 6 (26.09%) Inventory Management
2 5 (21.74%) Customer Service
2 5 (21.74%) Cyber Resilience
2 5 (21.74%) ITIL
3 4 (17.39%) Change Management
3 4 (17.39%) ITSM
3 4 (17.39%) Service Management
3 4 (17.39%) Visualisation
4 3 (13.04%) Infographics
5 2 (8.70%) Data Protection
5 2 (8.70%) Kanban
5 2 (8.70%) PRINCE2
5 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.70%) Process Improvement
5 2 (8.70%) Project Delivery
5 2 (8.70%) Project Management
5 2 (8.70%) Qualitative Analysis
5 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) PMP
2 1 (4.35%) APMP
2 1 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) PMO
Systems Management
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (26.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (43.48%) Microsoft
2 6 (26.09%) HP
3 1 (4.35%) Apple
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco
3 1 (4.35%) Openreach
3 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow