Logistics Contracts in the Thames Valley

Logistics
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 102 103
Rank change year-on-year +31 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Logistics 31 43 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.05% 1.60% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 1.84% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 22 28
10th Percentile £303 £165 £225
25th Percentile £413 £268 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £587 £465 £513
Median % change year-on-year +26.13% -9.27% +7.89%
75th Percentile £638 £553 £636
90th Percentile £650 £615 £735
South East median daily rate £550 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £13.46 -
South East median hourly rate £13.50 £13.26 £49.00
% change year-on-year +1.85% -72.95% +55.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Logistics 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 Logistics in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Logistics in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Logistics in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Logistics 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 Logistics in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Logistics 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 Logistics within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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 +35 21 £625 +3.31% 39
Buckinghamshire +6 6 £375 -19.35% 36
Oxfordshire -1 4 £400 -5.88% 24
Logistics
South East

Logistics
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:

Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (32.26%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (29.03%) Maximo
2 9 (29.03%) Oracle ASCP
2 9 (29.03%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (12.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (6.45%) SAP WM
5 1 (3.23%) Primavera
5 1 (3.23%) SAP MM
5 1 (3.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) Azure
2 4 (12.90%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.45%) Entra ID
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) MS Access
2 2 (6.45%) BigQuery
2 2 (6.45%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) QARun
1 2 (6.45%) WinRunner
General
1 21 (67.74%) Social Skills
2 11 (35.48%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Manufacturing
4 3 (9.68%) Automotive
4 3 (9.68%) Finance
5 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Dutch Language
6 1 (3.23%) German Language
6 1 (3.23%) Legal
6 1 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (32.26%) Consultant
2 9 (29.03%) Functional Consultant
2 9 (29.03%) Oracle Consultant
2 9 (29.03%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 5 (16.13%) Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Logistics Consultant
4 4 (12.90%) Test Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Procurement Consultant
5 3 (9.68%) Project Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Desktop Support
6 2 (6.45%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Support
6 2 (6.45%) Network Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Programme Manager
6 2 (6.45%) SAP Project Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Test Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) Middleware
1 2 (6.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Robotics
1 2 (6.45%) SCADA
1 2 (6.45%) Self-Driving Car
2 1 (3.23%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.23%) Pharmacovigilance
2 1 (3.23%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (19.35%) Windows
2 4 (12.90%) Unix
3 2 (6.45%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (6.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (58.06%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (35.48%) Project Delivery
3 6 (19.35%) Agile
3 6 (19.35%) Integration Testing
3 6 (19.35%) System Integration Testing
3 6 (19.35%) Waterfall
4 5 (16.13%) E-business
5 4 (12.90%) DevOps
5 4 (12.90%) Software Testing
5 4 (12.90%) Test Automation
5 4 (12.90%) Test Planning
5 4 (12.90%) Validation
6 3 (9.68%) Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (9.68%) Project Management
7 2 (6.45%) Functional Testing
7 2 (6.45%) Migration
7 2 (6.45%) Non-Functional Testing
7 2 (6.45%) PRINCE2
7 2 (6.45%) Programme Management
7 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) C#
1 2 (6.45%) SQL
1 2 (6.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (6.45%) Degree
1 2 (6.45%) PMI Certification
1 2 (6.45%) PMP
1 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) CISMP
2 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.23%) SAP Certification
2 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (38.71%) Oracle
2 6 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 6 (19.35%) SAP
3 2 (6.45%) Citrix
3 2 (6.45%) Virgin Media
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco
4 1 (3.23%) Ericsson
4 1 (3.23%) NEC