Logistics Contracts in the South East

Logistics
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 105 154
Rank change year-on-year -4 +49 +6
Contract jobs citing Logistics 46 86 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.53% 1.55% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 1.83% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 49 43
10th Percentile £165 £165 £135
25th Percentile £325 £370 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £654
90th Percentile £650 £673 £735
England median daily rate £478 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.00% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 1
10th Percentile - £11.79 -
25th Percentile - £13.05 £45.62
Median hourly rate £13.50 £13.26 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -72.95% +55.54%
75th Percentile - £26.03 £52.37
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £27.79 £18.00 £10.63
% change year-on-year +54.40% +69.33% -63.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,747 4,698 5,149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.51% 84.74% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,755 2,739 3,581
10th Percentile £254 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £510
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -1.86% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 437 224
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.20 £22.34
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +127.43%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £64.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.55
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -19.25% -3.59% +53.69%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Logistics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Logistics in the South East

Logistics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Logistics in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Logistics in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Logistics in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Logistics in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Logistics in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Logistics in the South East

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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 Logistics within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Thames Valley +20 30 £575 +23.66% 70
Berkshire +30 20 £625 +3.31% 32
Surrey +13 6 £438 +94.44% 8
Buckinghamshire +4 6 £375 -19.35% 25
Hampshire +7 4 £575 -2.83% 41
Oxfordshire 0 4 £400 -5.88% 21
Kent +9 2 £325 -33.33% 16
West Sussex - 1 £200 - 1
Logistics
England

Logistics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (23.91%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (21.74%) Oracle EBS R12
3 9 (19.57%) Maximo
3 9 (19.57%) Oracle ASCP
4 4 (8.70%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (4.35%) SAP WM
6 1 (2.17%) Primavera
6 1 (2.17%) SAP CO
6 1 (2.17%) SAP FI
6 1 (2.17%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (2.17%) SAP MM
6 1 (2.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.04%) Azure
2 4 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (4.35%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.17%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (2.17%) Contentsquare
4 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.52%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) MS Access
2 2 (4.35%) BigQuery
2 2 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (4.35%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.17%) Power BI
3 1 (2.17%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (2.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) QARun
1 2 (4.35%) WinRunner
2 1 (2.17%) Postman
2 1 (2.17%) SoapUI
General
1 28 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 13 (28.26%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.04%) Finance
4 4 (8.70%) Automotive
4 4 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Retail
6 1 (2.17%) Dutch Language
6 1 (2.17%) French Language
6 1 (2.17%) German Language
6 1 (2.17%) Legal
6 1 (2.17%) Marketing
6 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (26.09%) Consultant
2 10 (21.74%) Functional Consultant
2 10 (21.74%) Oracle Consultant
2 10 (21.74%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 9 (19.57%) Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Logistics Consultant
4 4 (8.70%) Procurement Consultant
4 4 (8.70%) Test Analyst
5 3 (6.52%) Administrator
5 3 (6.52%) Lead
5 3 (6.52%) Logistics Specialist
6 2 (4.35%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Network Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) SAP Consultant
6 2 (4.35%) SAP Project Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Security Specialist
6 2 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) Middleware
1 2 (4.35%) Web Services
2 1 (2.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.35%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (4.35%) Robotics
1 2 (4.35%) SCADA
1 2 (4.35%) Self-Driving Car
2 1 (2.17%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.17%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.17%) Pharmacovigilance
2 1 (2.17%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.04%) Windows
2 4 (8.70%) Unix
3 2 (4.35%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (41.30%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (26.09%) Project Delivery
3 10 (21.74%) Agile
4 6 (13.04%) E-business
4 6 (13.04%) Integration Testing
4 6 (13.04%) System Integration Testing
4 6 (13.04%) Waterfall
5 5 (10.87%) DevOps
6 4 (8.70%) Software Testing
6 4 (8.70%) Test Automation
6 4 (8.70%) Test Planning
6 4 (8.70%) Validation
7 3 (6.52%) ERP
7 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (6.52%) Inventory Management
7 3 (6.52%) Microservices
7 3 (6.52%) Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (6.52%) Project Management
7 3 (6.52%) SDLC
8 2 (4.35%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.52%) SQL
2 2 (4.35%) C#
2 2 (4.35%) VB
3 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.52%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.35%) Degree
3 2 (4.35%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.35%) SAP Certification
4 1 (2.17%) CISMP
4 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.17%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.70%) QA
2 2 (4.35%) JSP 440
3 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.17%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (28.26%) Oracle
2 10 (21.74%) SAP
3 8 (17.39%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.35%) Citrix
4 2 (4.35%) Virgin Media
5 1 (2.17%) Adobe
5 1 (2.17%) Cisco
5 1 (2.17%) Ericsson
5 1 (2.17%) Informatica
5 1 (2.17%) NEC