Inventory Management Contracts in the Thames Valley

Inventory Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Inventory Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Inventory Management over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 138 134
Rank change year-on-year +52 -4 +22
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 18 3 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.22% 0.11% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 0.13% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 1 2
10th Percentile £130 - £580
25th Percentile £176 £513 £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £283 £525 £625
Median % change year-on-year -46.19% -16.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £440 £538 £663
90th Percentile £518 - £670
South East median daily rate £150 £525 £383
% change year-on-year -71.43% +37.25% -21.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £19.50
Median hourly rate - - £20.00
75th Percentile - - £20.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £11.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +508.70% -42.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,366 2,273 2,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.93% 87.09% 91.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 1,262 1,763
10th Percentile £295 £213 £319
25th Percentile £401 £370 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.99%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £602
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year -0.05% -1.43% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 167 64
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.17 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.30 £19.25 £24.13
Median hourly rate £27.76 £45.00 £51.05
Median % change year-on-year -38.31% -11.85% +200.29%
75th Percentile £62.24 £63.75 £66.21
90th Percentile £77.19 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £27.05 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -43.06% -5.00% +132.56%

Inventory Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Inventory Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Inventory Management in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Inventory Management in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Inventory Management in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inventory Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Inventory Management in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Inventory Management in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Inventory Management in the Thames Valley

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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 Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 22 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
Berkshire +41 11 £388 - 19
Buckinghamshire - 5 £190 - 2
Oxfordshire 0 2 £600 +14.29% 9
Inventory Management
South East

Inventory Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) Camunda
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle ASCP
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) AWS
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) MPLS
2 3 (16.67%) 4G
2 3 (16.67%) 5G
2 3 (16.67%) DOCSIS
2 3 (16.67%) GPON
2 3 (16.67%) LTE
2 3 (16.67%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (16.67%) VoIP
2 3 (16.67%) xDSL
3 2 (11.11%) Converged Networks
3 2 (11.11%) Firewall
3 2 (11.11%) WAN
3 2 (11.11%) Wireless
4 1 (5.56%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (5.56%) IP Telephony
4 1 (5.56%) IPsec
4 1 (5.56%) Network Security
4 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.56%) VPN
General
1 11 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Automotive
4 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) IT Support
2 4 (22.22%) Deployment Assistant
2 4 (22.22%) IT Assistant
2 4 (22.22%) IT Support Assistant
2 4 (22.22%) Lead
2 4 (22.22%) Support Assistant
3 3 (16.67%) Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Architect
3 3 (16.67%) OSS Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Team Leader
4 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) IT Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Product Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Resource Management Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Leader
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) EPoS
2 3 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 3 (16.67%) TM Forum
3 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Mac OS
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
1 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (22.22%) ITIL
2 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
2 4 (22.22%) Migration
2 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery
2 4 (22.22%) Workflow
3 3 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
3 3 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 3 (16.67%) DevOps
3 3 (16.67%) eTOM
3 3 (16.67%) Fault Management
3 3 (16.67%) Machine Learning
3 3 (16.67%) Microservices
4 2 (11.11%) Analytics
4 2 (11.11%) Data Analytics
4 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (11.11%) Resource Management
4 2 (11.11%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Master's Degree
2 2 (11.11%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (5.56%) A+ Certification
3 1 (5.56%) MCP
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) OASIS TOSCA
2 1 (5.56%) COSHH
2 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.56%) Hyper-V
1 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (5.56%) vSphere
1 1 (5.56%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (11.11%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (11.11%) Ansible
3 1 (5.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Amdocs
1 2 (11.11%) Cisco
1 2 (11.11%) Ericsson
1 2 (11.11%) F5
1 2 (11.11%) Huawei
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 2 (11.11%) NetCracker
1 2 (11.11%) Nokia
2 1 (5.56%) Blue Coat
2 1 (5.56%) CheckPoint
2 1 (5.56%) Citrix
2 1 (5.56%) Juniper
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle
2 1 (5.56%) VMware