Inventory Control Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Inventory Control
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Inventory Control skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Inventory Control 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.051% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.057% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £163 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - -
75th Percentile £188 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £278 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Inventory Control 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,748 1,866 2,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 89.18% 86.67% 91.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,108 1,086 1,536
10th Percentile £268 £304 £219
25th Percentile £404 £413 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £620
90th Percentile £650 £686 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £520
% change year-on-year -2.91% -0.96% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 63 106
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.32 £16.62
25th Percentile £16.72 £31.00 £24.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £52.72
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +9.07% +151.05%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.20 £66.33
90th Percentile £88.22 £73.83 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £21.41 £57.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -62.76% +7.48% +20.25%

Inventory Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Inventory Control relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Inventory Control job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Inventory Control.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Inventory Control

Inventory Control
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Inventory Control.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Inventory Control

Inventory Control
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Inventory Control within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 22 November 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £175 - 3
Inventory Control
South East

Inventory Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics Coordinator
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Order Management
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft