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 6 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 157 203
Rank change year-on-year +21 +46 +38
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 31 20 10
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.88% 0.46% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 0.56% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 6
10th Percentile £126 £208 £377
25th Percentile £159 - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £360 £569
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -36.74% +8.40%
75th Percentile £601 £463 £625
90th Percentile £645 £525 £650
England median daily rate £420 £383 £500
% change year-on-year +9.80% -23.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £36.73 - -
25th Percentile £54.10 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £14.00
75th Percentile £74.69 - -
90th Percentile £76.38 - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £27.59 £15.53
% change year-on-year -8.84% +77.63% -16.98%

All Process and 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 3,135 3,588 4,978
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 88.84% 82.98% 89.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,967 2,147 3,327
10th Percentile £212 £255 £246
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 197 258
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £23.52
Median hourly rate £22.50 £58.49 £54.38
Median % change year-on-year -61.53% +7.56% +70.41%
75th Percentile £49.38 £70.18 £67.23
90th Percentile £69.29 £76.86 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +45.90%

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 6 October 2025.

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 6 October 2025.

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 6 October 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
Thames Valley +14 19 £400 -23.81% 7
Berkshire +19 16 £388 -26.19% 5
Hampshire +7 10 £300 -16.67% 8
Surrey +11 3 - - 3
Buckinghamshire +5 2 £581 - 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £600 - 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 (6.45%) Camunda
1 2 (6.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Oracle EBS R12
1 3 (9.68%) Oracle Receivables
1 3 (9.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (6.45%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (3.23%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle AGIS
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle ASCP
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (3.23%) SAP EWM
3 1 (3.23%) SAP MM
3 1 (3.23%) SAP QM
3 1 (3.23%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (6.45%) OCI
2 2 (6.45%) Slack
3 1 (3.23%) AWS
3 1 (3.23%) Azure
3 1 (3.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) 4G
1 3 (9.68%) 5G
1 3 (9.68%) DOCSIS
1 3 (9.68%) GPON
1 3 (9.68%) LTE
1 3 (9.68%) MPLS
1 3 (9.68%) Radio Access Network
1 3 (9.68%) VoIP
1 3 (9.68%) xDSL
2 2 (6.45%) Converged Networks
3 1 (3.23%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (3.23%) DMVPN
3 1 (3.23%) DNS
3 1 (3.23%) Firewall
3 1 (3.23%) IPsec
3 1 (3.23%) SSL
3 1 (3.23%) VPN
3 1 (3.23%) WAN
3 1 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.23%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) JIRA
General
1 21 (67.74%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.13%) Manufacturing
2 5 (16.13%) Telecoms
3 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.68%) General Ledger
5 2 (6.45%) Finance
5 2 (6.45%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.23%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.23%) Automotive
6 1 (3.23%) Back Office
6 1 (3.23%) Banking
6 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (19.35%) Consultant
1 6 (19.35%) Desktop Support
2 4 (12.90%) Architect
2 4 (12.90%) Deployment Assistant
2 4 (12.90%) IT Assistant
2 4 (12.90%) IT Support
2 4 (12.90%) IT Support Assistant
2 4 (12.90%) Support Assistant
3 3 (9.68%) Oracle Consultant
3 3 (9.68%) OSS Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Deployment Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Functional Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Oracle Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Business Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) 802.1X
1 1 (3.23%) Middleware
1 1 (3.23%) REST
1 1 (3.23%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (3.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (22.58%) Driving Licence
2 3 (9.68%) Cloud Native
2 3 (9.68%) TM Forum
3 2 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.23%) AI Agents
4 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.23%) Fat Client
4 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.23%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.68%) Windows
2 2 (6.45%) Linux
2 2 (6.45%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Migration
2 9 (29.03%) Workflow
3 6 (19.35%) Analytics
3 6 (19.35%) Inventory Control
3 6 (19.35%) Storage Management
3 6 (19.35%) Workflow Management
4 5 (16.13%) Data Migration
4 5 (16.13%) ERP
5 4 (12.90%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (12.90%) DevOps
5 4 (12.90%) ITIL
5 4 (12.90%) Microservices
5 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (9.68%) Accounts Receivable
6 3 (9.68%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (9.68%) Data Analytics
6 3 (9.68%) eTOM
6 3 (9.68%) Machine Learning
6 3 (9.68%) Supply Chain Planning
6 3 (9.68%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 11 (35.48%) Degree
1 11 (35.48%) Security Cleared
2 8 (25.81%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (6.45%) DV Cleared
3 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
3 2 (6.45%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) QA
2 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.45%) OASIS TOSCA
3 1 (3.23%) COSHH
3 1 (3.23%) GDPR
3 1 (3.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.45%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (6.45%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) Oracle
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.68%) SAP
4 2 (6.45%) Amdocs
4 2 (6.45%) Ericsson
4 2 (6.45%) Huawei
4 2 (6.45%) NetCracker
4 2 (6.45%) Nokia
5 1 (3.23%) Blue Coat
5 1 (3.23%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.23%) Cisco
5 1 (3.23%) F5
5 1 (3.23%) Juniper