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 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 106 134
Rank change year-on-year +19 +28 +39
Contract jobs citing Logistics 29 14 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.74% 0.68% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 0.78% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 11 14
10th Percentile £160 £250 £131
25th Percentile £190 £313 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £350 £438
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% -20.00% +78.57%
75th Percentile £375 £388 £556
90th Percentile £502 £500 £579
UK median daily rate £475 £481 £510
% change year-on-year -1.30% -5.64% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 11
Median hourly rate - - £10.63
UK median hourly rate £19.12 £20.71 £10.63
% change year-on-year -7.70% +94.83% -61.35%

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 1,538 1,793 2,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 92.54% 86.49% 92.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 1,104 1,715
10th Percentile £250 £213 £260
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £453 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.10% -4.63% -
75th Percentile £538 £557 £550
90th Percentile £600 £638 £633
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 88 60
10th Percentile £16.34 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.88 £12.13
Median hourly rate £20.00 £20.57 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% +26.62% -56.60%
75th Percentile £25.42 £49.44 £37.19
90th Percentile £59.25 £61.28 £62.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 +17 13 £193 - 12
Glasgow -9 8 £403 +23.85% 12
Lanarkshire - 2 £120 - 1
West Lothian - 2 £120 - 1
Highlands - 2 - - 2
South Lanarkshire - 1 £470 -
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:

Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.45%) Azure
2 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) GitLab
1 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (51.72%) Public Sector
2 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Finance
3 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.90%) Retail
5 1 (3.45%) Marketing
5 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Deployment Engineer
1 6 (20.69%) IT Support
2 4 (13.79%) IT Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Administrator
4 2 (6.90%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Data Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Desktop Administrator
4 2 (6.90%) Desktop Support
4 2 (6.90%) Desktop Support Administrator
4 2 (6.90%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Support Officer
4 2 (6.90%) Systems Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Business Change Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Business Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Content Manager
5 1 (3.45%) PMO Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Research Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Technical Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Video Content Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) EDI
1 1 (3.45%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.90%) FMCG
2 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.90%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.45%) Photography
3 1 (3.45%) Social Media
3 1 (3.45%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 8 (27.59%) Windows
2 6 (20.69%) Linux
3 4 (13.79%) Ubuntu
4 2 (6.90%) Mac OS
4 2 (6.90%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Inventory Management
2 7 (24.14%) Agile
3 6 (20.69%) Asset Management
3 6 (20.69%) Customer Service
4 5 (17.24%) ITIL
5 4 (13.79%) Data Collection
5 4 (13.79%) E-Procurement
5 4 (13.79%) ITSM
5 4 (13.79%) Service Management
5 4 (13.79%) Visualisation
6 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (10.34%) Process Improvement
7 2 (6.90%) Data Protection
7 2 (6.90%) Kanban
7 2 (6.90%) PRINCE2
7 2 (6.90%) Project Delivery
7 2 (6.90%) Project Management
7 2 (6.90%) Qualitative Analysis
7 2 (6.90%) Service Delivery
7 2 (6.90%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) PMP
2 1 (3.45%) APMP
2 1 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.45%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (3.45%) PMO
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (20.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.69%) HP
3 2 (6.90%) Apple
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco
4 1 (3.45%) Facebook
4 1 (3.45%) Instagram
4 1 (3.45%) Openreach
4 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.45%) Twitter