Logistics Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Logistics
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Logistics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 68 80
Rank change year-on-year -51 +12 +26
Contract jobs citing Logistics 34 33 52
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 1.14% 2.28% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 2.45% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 30 26
10th Percentile £163 £252 £165
25th Percentile £166 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £550 £469
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +17.18% +26.01%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £510
90th Percentile £573 £650 £615
South East median daily rate £356 £525 £474
% change year-on-year -32.19% +10.67% +9.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.09 - £11.79
Median hourly rate £17.69 - £13.46
75th Percentile £18.28 - £26.03
90th Percentile - - £27.82
South East median hourly rate £15.14 £13.50 £13.26
% change year-on-year +12.17% +1.85% -72.95%

All Process & 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 2,414 1,348 2,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 81.06% 92.97% 85.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,566 837 1,241
10th Percentile £305 £300 £213
25th Percentile £405 £408 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% - -1.77%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +3.00% -1.96% +0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 67 166
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £14.09
25th Percentile £30.19 £14.71 £19.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £25.15 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +224.06% -45.62% -11.57%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.37 £64.42
90th Percentile £105.70 £78.50 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +108.75% -47.05% -9.52%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Logistics 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 Logistics.

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

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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 4 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Logistics in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

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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 4 June 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
Berkshire -23 18 £325 -48.00% 10
Buckinghamshire -42 9 £175 -53.33% 15
Oxfordshire -17 7 £540 +35.00% 14
Logistics
South East

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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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.94%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.94%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (14.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (11.76%) SAP GTS
2 4 (11.76%) SAP SD
2 4 (11.76%) SAP VC
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle AGIS
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (2.94%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.94%) SAP EWM
3 1 (2.94%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.94%) Azure
1 1 (2.94%) Google Workspace
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (2.94%) Miro
1 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
1 1 (2.94%) SaaS
1 1 (2.94%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Hudson
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 12 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Automotive
3 4 (11.76%) Finance
4 3 (8.82%) Retail
5 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.94%) Legal
5 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.94%) Marketing
5 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (20.59%) Consultant
1 7 (20.59%) Coordinator
2 5 (14.71%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (11.76%) Project Coordinator
3 4 (11.76%) Project Manager
3 4 (11.76%) SAP SD Consultant
4 3 (8.82%) Deployment Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Administrator
5 2 (5.88%) IT Technician
5 2 (5.88%) Logistics Coordinator
6 1 (2.94%) Build Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Data Centre Technician
6 1 (2.94%) Data Technician
6 1 (2.94%) Deployment Specialist
6 1 (2.94%) Field Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) IFS Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) Rollout Technician
6 1 (2.94%) SAP EWM Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) Supply Chain Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.76%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.94%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 3 (8.82%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.88%) CMDB
3 2 (5.88%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) VMS
2 1 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (29.41%) Migration
3 8 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (20.59%) Project Management
5 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (11.76%) Agile
6 4 (11.76%) Asset Management
6 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (11.76%) Cutover Planning
6 4 (11.76%) Data Migration
6 4 (11.76%) GAP Analysis
6 4 (11.76%) Order to Cash
6 4 (11.76%) Presales
6 4 (11.76%) Test Scripting
6 4 (11.76%) Ticket Management
7 3 (8.82%) Data Collection
7 3 (8.82%) Data Protection
7 3 (8.82%) ERP
8 2 (5.88%) Break/Fix
8 2 (5.88%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 7 (20.59%) Security Cleared
2 6 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) SLA
2 2 (5.88%) PMO
3 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.94%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) SAP
2 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.94%) Cisco
3 1 (2.94%) Google
3 1 (2.94%) IFS
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle
3 1 (2.94%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.94%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.94%) Samsung