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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 76 81
Rank change year-on-year -41 +5 +22
Contract jobs citing Logistics 41 42 41
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 1.30% 2.54% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 2.78% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 36 17
10th Percentile £205 £265 £165
25th Percentile £235 £325 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £462 £430
Median % change year-on-year +11.47% +7.44% -10.59%
75th Percentile £563 £641 £510
90th Percentile £602 £664 £638
South East median daily rate £415 £456 £430
% change year-on-year -8.99% +6.05% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 6
10th Percentile - £23.75 -
25th Percentile - £33.13 £11.79
Median hourly rate £12.84 £50.00 £18.91
Median % change year-on-year -74.32% +164.41% -
75th Percentile - £65.63 £26.03
90th Percentile - £74.25 £28.27
South East median hourly rate £12.84 £19.75 £27.52
% change year-on-year -34.99% -28.22% +44.82%

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 2,533 1,513 1,918
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.16% 91.36% 84.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,612 907 1,088
10th Percentile £325 £300 £272
25th Percentile £425 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -1.44%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £625
90th Percentile £713 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £517
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.34% -0.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 108 103
10th Percentile £14.35 £14.20 £12.90
25th Percentile £20.70 £15.12 £24.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £25.15 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +148.51% -56.26% +15.00%
75th Percentile £87.12 £46.30 £68.59
90th Percentile £103.63 £73.30 £85.99
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £24.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +118.75% -58.15% +14.70%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -34 17 £250 -60.00% 29
Buckinghamshire -40 14 £479 +36.75% 33
Oxfordshire -15 10 £540 +116.00% 30
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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 1 (2.44%) Confluence
1 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (2.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (17.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (9.76%) SAP GTS
2 4 (9.76%) SAP SD
2 4 (9.76%) SAP VC
3 1 (2.44%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (2.44%) SAP CO
3 1 (2.44%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.44%) SAP EWM
3 1 (2.44%) SAP FI
3 1 (2.44%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (2.44%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.44%) Azure
2 1 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.44%) Google Workspace
2 1 (2.44%) Miro
2 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.44%) SaaS
2 1 (2.44%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 7 (17.07%) Finance
2 6 (14.63%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Automotive
3 4 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Legal
4 2 (4.88%) Retail
5 1 (2.44%) Aviation
5 1 (2.44%) Banking
5 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.44%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.44%) Marketing
5 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (14.63%) Consultant
1 6 (14.63%) SAP Consultant
2 4 (9.76%) Coordinator
2 4 (9.76%) SAP SD Consultant
3 3 (7.32%) Project Manager
4 2 (4.88%) Analyst
4 2 (4.88%) Architect
4 2 (4.88%) Deployment Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Logistics Coordinator
4 2 (4.88%) Senior
4 2 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (4.88%) Support Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) Construction Project Manager
5 1 (2.44%) Deployment Specialist
5 1 (2.44%) Executive Assistant
5 1 (2.44%) IT Technician
5 1 (2.44%) Lead
5 1 (2.44%) SAP EWM Consultant
5 1 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 1 (2.44%) Senior SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.20%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.44%) Middleware
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 13 (31.71%) Robotics
2 4 (9.76%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.88%) CMDB
3 2 (4.88%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.76%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (21.95%) Migration
1 9 (21.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (14.63%) Data Migration
3 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (12.20%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (9.76%) Cutover Planning
5 4 (9.76%) ERP
5 4 (9.76%) Order to Cash
5 4 (9.76%) Presales
5 4 (9.76%) Project Management
5 4 (9.76%) Test Scripting
5 4 (9.76%) Validation
6 3 (7.32%) Asset Management
6 3 (7.32%) ITSM
6 3 (7.32%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (4.88%) Change Management
7 2 (4.88%) Risk Management
7 2 (4.88%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 10 (24.39%) Security Cleared
2 8 (19.51%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.32%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) APMP
4 1 (2.44%) CCA
4 1 (2.44%) ISEB
4 1 (2.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) SLA
2 2 (4.88%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.88%) PMO
3 1 (2.44%) GRC
3 1 (2.44%) IFRS
3 1 (2.44%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (7.32%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (24.39%) SAP
2 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.44%) Ariba
3 1 (2.44%) CheckPoint
3 1 (2.44%) Cognos
3 1 (2.44%) Google
3 1 (2.44%) IBM
3 1 (2.44%) Oracle
3 1 (2.44%) Progress
3 1 (2.44%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.44%) Samsung
3 1 (2.44%) Workday