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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 67 115
Rank change year-on-year -30 +48 -7
Contract jobs citing Logistics 41 45 26
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 1.72% 2.69% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% 2.91% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 32 17
10th Percentile £163 £437 £413
25th Percentile £168 £510 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £599 £475
Median % change year-on-year -24.87% +26.11% -
75th Percentile £618 £638 £525
90th Percentile £632 £650 £575
South East median daily rate £488 £567 £500
% change year-on-year -13.95% +13.30% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £17.80 - -
25th Percentile £18.85 - -
Median hourly rate £21.01 £61.76 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -65.99% +358.84% -32.70%
75th Percentile £23.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £61.76 £13.73
% change year-on-year -64.38% +349.82% -31.35%

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 2,037 1,548 2,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.44% 92.42% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,334 905 1,475
10th Percentile £270 £263 £213
25th Percentile £389 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £615 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 43 152
10th Percentile £15.85 £24.93 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.17 £41.88 £20.17
Median hourly rate £29.61 £59.00 £46.36
Median % change year-on-year -49.81% +27.28% +30.87%
75th Percentile £82.25 £64.73 £63.00
90th Percentile £97.50 £79.44 £82.78
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.88 £47.50
% change year-on-year -41.35% -9.73% +5.56%

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 20 February 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 20 February 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 -25 24 £599 -0.17% 20
Buckinghamshire +1 13 £175 -69.89% 15
Oxfordshire -14 4 £375 -31.82% 10
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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 4 (9.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (26.83%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 10 (24.39%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (21.95%) Oracle Assets
3 9 (21.95%) Oracle Payables
3 9 (21.95%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (19.51%) Oracle EBS R12
5 7 (17.07%) Oracle AGIS
5 7 (17.07%) Oracle Cash Management
5 7 (17.07%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (2.44%) SAP WM
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Hudson
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 18 (43.90%) Finance
2 15 (36.59%) Social Skills
3 9 (21.95%) General Ledger
4 8 (19.51%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (14.63%) Marketing
6 5 (12.20%) Manufacturing
7 4 (9.76%) Electronics
7 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
7 4 (9.76%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.44%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.44%) Aviation
8 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (29.27%) Consultant
2 11 (26.83%) Functional Consultant
3 8 (19.51%) Oracle Consultant
3 8 (19.51%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 7 (17.07%) Oracle Financials Consultant
4 7 (17.07%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
5 5 (12.20%) Coordinator
6 3 (7.32%) Analyst
6 3 (7.32%) Deployment Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) IT Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Project Coordinator
6 3 (7.32%) Project Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Administrator
7 2 (4.88%) E-Business Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Field Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Field Support Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Logistics Coordinator
7 2 (4.88%) Migration Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (4.88%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.44%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (31.71%) User Acceptance Testing
2 11 (26.83%) Procure-to-Pay
3 9 (21.95%) Accounts Payable
3 9 (21.95%) Accounts Receivable
3 9 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (17.07%) Asset Management
4 7 (17.07%) Cash Management
5 6 (14.63%) Digital Marketing
5 6 (14.63%) Programme Management
6 5 (12.20%) Inventory Management
6 5 (12.20%) Migration
6 5 (12.20%) Order Management
6 5 (12.20%) Project Management
6 5 (12.20%) Ticket Management
6 5 (12.20%) Workflow
7 4 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (7.32%) Data Collection
8 3 (7.32%) Regression Testing
8 3 (7.32%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
1 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.44%) Degree
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) SCCM
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (29.27%) Oracle
2 9 (21.95%) Microsoft
3 5 (12.20%) SAP
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco
4 1 (2.44%) IFS
4 1 (2.44%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow