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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 75 86
Rank change year-on-year -20 +11 +19
Contract jobs citing Logistics 64 40 37
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 2.12% 2.35% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.59% 2.60% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 33 21
10th Percentile £206 £261 £165
25th Percentile £250 £325 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £536 £509
Median % change year-on-year -3.92% +5.41% +8.55%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £558
90th Percentile £610 £671 £638
South East median daily rate £450 £494 £510
% change year-on-year -8.81% -3.24% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 2 0
10th Percentile - £23.75 -
25th Percentile - £33.13 -
Median hourly rate £12.84 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -74.32% - -
75th Percentile £13.33 £65.63 -
90th Percentile £14.50 £74.25 -
South East median hourly rate £12.84 £77.50 £29.00
% change year-on-year -83.43% +167.24% +58.90%

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 2,470 1,538 1,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 81.82% 90.26% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,481 949 1,041
10th Percentile £331 £266 £300
25th Percentile £430 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -1.96% -1.92%
75th Percentile £610 £588 £625
90th Percentile £713 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 108 77
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.75 £18.73
25th Percentile £16.10 £15.91 £30.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -56.86% +14.20%
75th Percentile £85.00 £49.28 £63.43
90th Percentile £100.94 £73.65 £75.31
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £21.32 £58.49
% change year-on-year +122.80% -63.55% +9.33%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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
Buckinghamshire -20 28 £508 +56.15% 41
Berkshire -24 20 £250 -60.71% 55
Oxfordshire -14 16 £540 +116.00% 51
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 5 (7.81%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (23.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (10.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (6.25%) SAP GTS
2 4 (6.25%) SAP SD
2 4 (6.25%) SAP VC
3 1 (1.56%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (1.56%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.56%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.56%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.56%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.56%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.81%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.13%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.56%) Miro
3 1 (1.56%) SaaS
3 1 (1.56%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.56%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 15 (23.44%) Finance
2 14 (21.88%) Social Skills
3 10 (15.63%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (6.25%) Automotive
4 4 (6.25%) Retail
5 3 (4.69%) Marketing
5 3 (4.69%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.13%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Aviation
7 1 (1.56%) Banking
7 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.56%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.56%) Legal
7 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.56%) Police
Job Titles
1 7 (10.94%) Administrator
2 6 (9.38%) Coordinator
3 5 (7.81%) Consultant
3 5 (7.81%) SAP Consultant
4 4 (6.25%) Project Manager
4 4 (6.25%) SAP SD Consultant
5 3 (4.69%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (3.13%) Analyst
6 2 (3.13%) Architect
6 2 (3.13%) Deployment Engineer
6 2 (3.13%) Logistics Coordinator
6 2 (3.13%) Senior
6 2 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (3.13%) Support Engineer
7 1 (1.56%) Construction Project Manager
7 1 (1.56%) Customer Service Administrator
7 1 (1.56%) Lead
7 1 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
7 1 (1.56%) Service Desk Support
7 1 (1.56%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.81%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.56%) Middleware
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 24 (37.50%) Robotics
2 8 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 4 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.69%) Social Media
5 2 (3.13%) CMDB
6 1 (1.56%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (14.06%) Migration
1 9 (14.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 8 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (10.94%) Data Entry
3 7 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (9.38%) Data Migration
5 5 (7.81%) GAP Analysis
5 5 (7.81%) Project Delivery
5 5 (7.81%) Project Management
5 5 (7.81%) Service Delivery
6 4 (6.25%) Cutover Planning
6 4 (6.25%) ERP
6 4 (6.25%) Order to Cash
6 4 (6.25%) Presales
6 4 (6.25%) Test Scripting
6 4 (6.25%) Time Management
6 4 (6.25%) Validation
7 3 (4.69%) Agile
7 3 (4.69%) Asset Management
Qualifications
1 9 (14.06%) Security Cleared
2 8 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.13%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.56%) APMP
4 1 (1.56%) CCA
4 1 (1.56%) ISEB
4 1 (1.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.69%) SLA
2 2 (3.13%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.13%) PMO
3 1 (1.56%) GRC
3 1 (1.56%) IFRS
3 1 (1.56%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (4.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.06%) SAP
3 1 (1.56%) Ariba
3 1 (1.56%) CheckPoint
3 1 (1.56%) Cognos
3 1 (1.56%) IBM
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle
3 1 (1.56%) Progress
3 1 (1.56%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.56%) Samsung
3 1 (1.56%) Workday