Logistics Contract Job Trends in the South East

Logistics
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Logistics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 109 141
Rank change year-on-year -10 +32 +11
Contract jobs citing Logistics 64 57 62
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.49% 1.70% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 1.91% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 38 30
10th Percentile £163 £485 £407
25th Percentile £236 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £571
Median % change year-on-year -16.70% +5.15% +17.10%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £641 £656 £700
England median daily rate £536 £558 £530
% change year-on-year -3.94% +5.28% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 7
10th Percentile £18.30 - -
25th Percentile £19.25 £27.00 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £29.00 £13.05
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% +122.22% -34.75%
75th Percentile £78.38 £36.00 £16.38
90th Percentile £81.00 £51.46 £19.65
England median hourly rate £22.00 £29.00 £28.42
% change year-on-year -24.14% +2.04% +190.00%

All Process & 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 3,629 2,988 4,464
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.22% 88.98% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,383 1,848 2,840
10th Percentile £226 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £517
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -1.40% +3.24%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £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 331 112 257
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.37 £18.30
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.56 £26.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.53% -22.73% +24.29%
75th Percentile £54.38 £62.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.63 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Logistics job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Logistics
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Logistics in the South East over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Logistics in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Logistics in the South East over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 12 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 -9 42 £536 -14.24% 43
Berkshire -13 26 £595 -4.88% 27
Buckinghamshire +5 12 £190 -67.31% 7
Hampshire -12 12 £590 +12.38% 27
Surrey -8 6 £300 -50.00% 7
Oxfordshire -10 4 £375 - 9
Isle of Wight - 4 - - 3
Kent - 3 £500 - 8
Logistics
England

Logistics
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 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (18.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 11 (17.19%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (15.63%) Oracle Assets
3 10 (15.63%) Oracle Payables
3 10 (15.63%) Oracle Receivables
4 9 (14.06%) Oracle EBS R12
5 8 (12.50%) Oracle AGIS
5 8 (12.50%) Oracle Cash Management
5 8 (12.50%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (3.13%) SAP WM
8 1 (1.56%) SAP EWM
8 1 (1.56%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.69%) Azure
1 3 (4.69%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.56%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (1.56%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.13%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.69%) Power BI
2 2 (3.13%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.69%) JIRA
General
1 24 (37.50%) Finance
1 24 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 17 (26.56%) Manufacturing
3 11 (17.19%) Marketing
4 10 (15.63%) General Ledger
5 9 (14.06%) Electronics
6 8 (12.50%) Telecoms
7 7 (10.94%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (10.94%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.69%) Automotive
9 2 (3.13%) Aerospace
9 2 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (3.13%) Retail
10 1 (1.56%) Aviation
10 1 (1.56%) Games
10 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (23.44%) Consultant
2 12 (18.75%) Functional Consultant
3 8 (12.50%) Oracle Consultant
3 8 (12.50%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 7 (10.94%) Analyst
4 7 (10.94%) Oracle Financials Consultant
4 7 (10.94%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
5 5 (7.81%) IT Engineer
5 5 (7.81%) Lead
5 5 (7.81%) Project Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Business Analyst
6 4 (6.25%) Design Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Migration Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Principal Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) RF Design Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) RF Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Windows Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) Administrator
7 3 (4.69%) Coordinator
7 3 (4.69%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.69%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (3.13%) ADO
2 2 (3.13%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.13%) Data Centre
1 2 (3.13%) FMCG
1 2 (3.13%) Mobile App
1 2 (3.13%) Operational Technology
1 2 (3.13%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.56%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.56%) Driving Licence
2 1 (1.56%) iPhone
2 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.25%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 13 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (20.31%) Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (17.19%) Migration
4 10 (15.63%) Accounts Payable
4 10 (15.63%) Accounts Receivable
5 9 (14.06%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (14.06%) Workflow
6 8 (12.50%) Cash Management
6 8 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
6 8 (12.50%) Inventory Management
6 8 (12.50%) Order Management
7 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (9.38%) Agile
8 6 (9.38%) Asset Management
8 6 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (9.38%) Programme Management
8 6 (9.38%) Workflow Management
9 5 (7.81%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.13%) SQL
2 1 (1.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (20.31%) Security Cleared
2 11 (17.19%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.38%) Degree
4 2 (3.13%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 2 (3.13%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
5 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.56%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (6.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (4.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (25.00%) Oracle
2 14 (21.88%) SAP
3 9 (14.06%) Microsoft
4 4 (6.25%) EMC
5 3 (4.69%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.56%) Adobe
6 1 (1.56%) JDA