Logistics Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Logistics
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Logistics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 40 49
Rank change year-on-year +8 +9 +15
Contract jobs citing Logistics 4 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 1.43% 0.85% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 1.03% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £285 £550 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -51.67% - -
75th Percentile £295 £650 -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £290 £600 -
% change year-on-year -51.67% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £56.50
Wales median hourly rate - - £56.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 247 290 356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 88.53% 81.69% 87.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 150 266
10th Percentile £190 £161 £193
25th Percentile £283 £210 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £588
90th Percentile £649 £638 £650
Wales median daily rate £396 £419 £450
% change year-on-year -5.37% -6.94% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 40 23
10th Percentile £12.95 £15.48 £16.98
25th Percentile £13.37 £20.12 £19.13
Median hourly rate £16.65 £25.36 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.35% -2.46% +30.00%
75th Percentile £20.75 £41.88 £40.63
90th Percentile £25.53 £53.75 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.36 £24.96
% change year-on-year -19.16% +1.61% +31.67%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Logistics job vacancy trend in South Wales

Logistics
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Logistics

Logistics
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Logistics

Logistics
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 1 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
Cardiff 0 3 - - 3
Gwent - 1 £290 - 1
Logistics
Wales

Logistics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) SAP WM
2 1 (25.00%) SAP SD
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Consultant
1 3 (75.00%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (50.00%) Logistics Consultant
2 2 (50.00%) SAP Logistics Consultant
2 2 (50.00%) SAP WM Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) SAP MM Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) SAP SD Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) SAP SD/MM Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Site Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) HNC
1 1 (25.00%) HND
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) SAP