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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 70 89
Rank change year-on-year -47 +19 +18
Contract jobs citing Logistics 33 36 51
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 1.11% 2.41% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 2.60% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 32 26
10th Percentile - £260 £165
25th Percentile £163 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £599 £469
Median % change year-on-year -26.54% +27.62% +26.86%
75th Percentile £584 £638 £510
90th Percentile £600 £650 £615
South East median daily rate £440 £550 £474
% change year-on-year -20.00% +16.09% +14.16%
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 £17.69 £13.50 £13.26
% change year-on-year +31.00% +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 2,427 1,386 2,272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 81.31% 92.90% 87.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,600 847 1,261
10th Percentile £303 £295 £213
25th Percentile £405 £400 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 61 167
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £14.17
25th Percentile £28.00 £14.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £27.76 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +193.59% -38.31% -11.85%
75th Percentile £85.50 £62.24 £63.75
90th Percentile £103.30 £77.19 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.82 £47.50
% change year-on-year +103.35% -45.65% -5.00%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 -31 17 £595 -4.80% 11
Buckinghamshire -35 9 £175 -53.33% 5
Oxfordshire -17 7 £540 +35.00% 6
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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 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.03%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Oracle Assets
1 5 (15.15%) Oracle Payables
1 5 (15.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 5 (15.15%) Oracle Receivables
1 5 (15.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (12.12%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (12.12%) SAP GTS
2 4 (12.12%) SAP SD
2 4 (12.12%) SAP VC
3 3 (9.09%) Oracle AGIS
3 3 (9.09%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (9.09%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (6.06%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (3.03%) SAP ERP
5 1 (3.03%) SAP EWM
5 1 (3.03%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) Azure
1 1 (3.03%) Google Workspace
1 1 (3.03%) SaaS
1 1 (3.03%) Slack
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Hudson
General
1 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (24.24%) Finance
3 6 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (15.15%) General Ledger
5 4 (12.12%) Automotive
6 2 (6.06%) Retail
7 1 (3.03%) Legal
7 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.03%) Marketing
7 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) Consultant
2 5 (15.15%) Functional Consultant
2 5 (15.15%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (12.12%) Coordinator
3 4 (12.12%) Oracle Consultant
3 4 (12.12%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 4 (12.12%) Project Manager
3 4 (12.12%) SAP SD Consultant
4 3 (9.09%) Deployment Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Oracle Financials Consultant
4 3 (9.09%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
4 3 (9.09%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (3.03%) Architect
5 1 (3.03%) Change Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Field Support Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Senior Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.03%) Supply Chain Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.12%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (3.03%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.06%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) VMS
2 1 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (27.27%) Migration
3 6 (18.18%) Project Management
3 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (15.15%) Accounts Payable
4 5 (15.15%) Accounts Receivable
4 5 (15.15%) Asset Management
4 5 (15.15%) Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (15.15%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (12.12%) Cutover Planning
5 4 (12.12%) Data Migration
5 4 (12.12%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (12.12%) Inventory Management
5 4 (12.12%) Order to Cash
5 4 (12.12%) Presales
5 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (12.12%) Test Scripting
5 4 (12.12%) Ticket Management
6 3 (9.09%) Cash Management
6 3 (9.09%) Data Collection
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) SCCM
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) SAP
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) Oracle
3 1 (3.03%) Cisco
3 1 (3.03%) Google
3 1 (3.03%) IFS
3 1 (3.03%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.03%) Salesforce