Inventory Management Contract Job Trends in the South East

Inventory Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Inventory Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 152 191
Rank change year-on-year +6 +39 +10
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 38 12 10
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.87% 0.36% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 0.40% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 10 6
10th Percentile £163 £338 -
25th Percentile £263 £360 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £380 £215
Median % change year-on-year +21.71% +76.74% -59.05%
75th Percentile £618 £509 £457
90th Percentile £650 £528 £538
England median daily rate £400 £365 £425
% change year-on-year +9.59% -14.12% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £16.60 - -
25th Percentile £18.06 - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 - -
75th Percentile £50.50 - -
90th Percentile £66.70 - -
England median hourly rate £20.44 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year -15.49% +36.46% +7.39%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,699 2,991 4,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.30% 89.15% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,436 1,847 2,812
10th Percentile £231 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +2.33%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £615
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 116 256
10th Percentile £14.80 £19.64 £18.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.93 £26.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £42.69 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.78% -22.38% +22.22%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.38 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.10% -18.82% +21.43%

Inventory Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Inventory Management job vacancy trend in the South East

Inventory Management
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Inventory Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inventory Management in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Inventory Management in the South East

Inventory Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Inventory Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Inventory Management in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Inventory Management in the South East

Inventory Management
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 Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Thames Valley +15 32 £575 +9.52% 7
Berkshire +9 21 £600 +14.29% 6
Hampshire -15 8 £600 +66.67% 4
Oxfordshire - 6 £275 -
Buckinghamshire 0 5 £175 - 1
Surrey - 4 £380 - 1
Inventory Management
England

Inventory Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (31.58%) Oracle EBS
1 12 (31.58%) Oracle EBS R12
2 8 (21.05%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (7.89%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (7.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (7.89%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (5.26%) Oracle AGIS
4 2 (5.26%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (5.26%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (5.26%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (2.63%) SAP EWM
5 1 (2.63%) SAP MM
5 1 (2.63%) SAP QM
5 1 (2.63%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.26%) OCI
2 2 (5.26%) Slack
3 1 (2.63%) AWS
3 1 (2.63%) Azure
3 1 (2.63%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) Cisco IPT
1 1 (2.63%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (2.63%) DMVPN
1 1 (2.63%) DNS
1 1 (2.63%) Firewall
1 1 (2.63%) IPsec
1 1 (2.63%) Network Security
1 1 (2.63%) SSL
1 1 (2.63%) VPN
1 1 (2.63%) WAN
1 1 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (2.63%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 17 (44.74%) Social Skills
2 10 (26.32%) Finance
3 4 (10.53%) General Ledger
4 3 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.89%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.63%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.63%) Back Office
6 1 (2.63%) Banking
6 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.63%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (34.21%) Consultant
2 10 (26.32%) Oracle Consultant
3 9 (23.68%) Functional Consultant
4 8 (21.05%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 7 (18.42%) Support Engineer
6 5 (13.16%) IT Engineer
6 5 (13.16%) IT Support
6 5 (13.16%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (7.89%) Procurement Consultant
7 3 (7.89%) Project Manager
8 2 (5.26%) Analyst
8 2 (5.26%) Business Analyst
8 2 (5.26%) Coordinator
8 2 (5.26%) Deployment Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) Desktop Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) Oracle Financials Consultant
8 2 (5.26%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
8 2 (5.26%) SAP Consultant
8 2 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (5.26%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) 802.1X
1 1 (2.63%) Middleware
1 1 (2.63%) REST
1 1 (2.63%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (2.63%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (7.89%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.26%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.63%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.63%) CMDB
4 1 (2.63%) Fat Client
4 1 (2.63%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.63%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 9 (23.68%) Windows
2 2 (5.26%) Linux
2 2 (5.26%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.63%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.95%) Order Management
2 10 (26.32%) Asset Management
3 8 (21.05%) Accounts Receivable
3 8 (21.05%) Customer Service
3 8 (21.05%) Logistics
4 7 (18.42%) Business Transformation
5 5 (13.16%) Break/Fix
5 5 (13.16%) Cost Management
5 5 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (13.16%) Process Improvement
5 5 (13.16%) Requirements Analysis
5 5 (13.16%) Workflow
6 4 (10.53%) Acceptance Criteria
6 4 (10.53%) Analytics
6 4 (10.53%) Data Protection
6 4 (10.53%) Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (7.89%) Data Migration
7 3 (7.89%) Migration
7 3 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (7.89%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 9 (23.68%) Security Cleared
2 7 (18.42%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.26%) Degree
3 2 (5.26%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.89%) QA
2 2 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.63%) GDPR
3 1 (2.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (13.16%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.63%) CEMLI
3 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (44.74%) Oracle
2 10 (26.32%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.53%) SAP
4 1 (2.63%) Blue Coat
4 1 (2.63%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.63%) Cisco
4 1 (2.63%) Commvault
4 1 (2.63%) F5
4 1 (2.63%) Juniper