Inventory Control Contract Job Trends in the South East

Inventory Control
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Inventory Control 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 173 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Inventory Control 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.20% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £184 - -
25th Percentile £217 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £278 - -
75th Percentile £332 - -
90th Percentile £361 - -
England median daily rate £263 £97 £363
% change year-on-year +170.62% -73.24% +39.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
England median hourly rate £23.71 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Inventory Control 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,577 3,536 4,805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 87.50% 85.10% 89.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,259 2,171 3,124
10th Percentile £222 £260 £217
25th Percentile £400 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -0.96% +1.46%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £615
90th Percentile £675 £688 £690
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 402 162 249
10th Percentile £14.50 £16.03 £16.40
25th Percentile £16.50 £27.00 £25.00
Median hourly rate £21.41 £57.50 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.76% +7.48% +20.25%
75th Percentile £46.78 £70.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.36 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.87% -21.42% +26.76%

Inventory Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Inventory Control relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Inventory Control job vacancy trend in the South East

Inventory Control
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Inventory Control.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Inventory Control

Inventory Control
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inventory Control in the South East over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Inventory Control in the South East

Inventory Control
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Inventory Control.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Inventory Control

Inventory Control
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Inventory Control within the South East 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
Hampshire - 6 - -
Surrey - 1 £380 -
Thames Valley - 1 £175 - 5
Buckinghamshire - 1 £175 - 3
Inventory Control
England

Inventory Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (12.50%) Coordinator
2 1 (12.50%) Logistics Coordinator
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Supply Chain Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Supply Chain Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Inventory Management
2 6 (75.00%) Migration
2 6 (75.00%) Storage Management
2 6 (75.00%) Workflow
2 6 (75.00%) Workflow Management
3 2 (25.00%) Logistics
3 2 (25.00%) Order Management
4 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) ERP
4 1 (12.50%) Production Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Supply Chain Management
4 1 (12.50%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle
1 1 (12.50%) SAP