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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 85 120
Rank change year-on-year -1 +35 -6
Contract jobs citing Logistics 39 44 21
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 2.11% 2.07% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 2.38% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 25 16
10th Percentile £236 £427 £416
25th Percentile £325 £500 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +15.27%
75th Percentile £649 £638 £627
90th Percentile £675 £649 £688
South East median daily rate £462 £554 £500
% change year-on-year -16.61% +10.80% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £18.10 - -
25th Percentile £19.00 - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £61.76 -
Median % change year-on-year -64.38% - -
75th Percentile £51.75 - -
90th Percentile £68.70 - -
South East median hourly rate £77.50 £29.00 £18.25
% change year-on-year +167.24% +58.90% -8.75%

All Process and 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 1,649 1,851 2,392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 89.04% 86.94% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,044 1,063 1,559
10th Percentile £269 £300 £243
25th Percentile £406 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £623
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £523
% change year-on-year -2.01% -2.34% +2.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 68 101
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.74 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.91 £29.44 £24.34
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.77 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.47% +15.55% +163.16%
75th Percentile £38.42 £62.77 £66.44
90th Percentile £74.40 £71.24 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £52.30
% change year-on-year -64.48% +11.47% +39.47%

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 November 2025.

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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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Logistics in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Logistics in the Thames Valley

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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 November 2025. 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 +2 24 £625 +12.01% 81
Buckinghamshire +12 14 £325 -36.27% 10
Oxfordshire -12 1 - - 21
Logistics
South East

Logistics
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 2 (5.13%) Confluence
2 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (23.08%) Oracle EBS
1 9 (23.08%) Oracle EBS R12
1 9 (23.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 5 (12.82%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (7.69%) Oracle iProcurement
3 3 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (5.13%) Oracle AGIS
4 2 (5.13%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (5.13%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (5.13%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (5.13%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (5.13%) SAP WM
5 1 (2.56%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (2.56%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) Azure
1 6 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (5.13%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (2.56%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (2.56%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (2.56%) Amazon S3
3 1 (2.56%) Amazon SQS
3 1 (2.56%) AWS
3 1 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (2.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) Oracle BI EE
1 4 (10.26%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.13%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (5.13%) Power BI
2 2 (5.13%) SAP HANA
3 1 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.56%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 8 (20.51%) JIRA
General
1 16 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 13 (33.33%) Finance
3 6 (15.38%) Manufacturing
4 4 (10.26%) Marketing
5 3 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.13%) Electronics
6 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.56%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.56%) Aviation
7 1 (2.56%) General Ledger
7 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (23.08%) Consultant
2 7 (17.95%) Analyst
3 5 (12.82%) Test Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Integration Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Integration Test Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Architect
5 3 (7.69%) Functional Consultant
5 3 (7.69%) OBIEE Consultant
5 3 (7.69%) Oracle Consultant
5 3 (7.69%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 2 (5.13%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 2 (5.13%) IT Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Lead
6 2 (5.13%) Operational Security Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Oracle Specialist
6 2 (5.13%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
6 2 (5.13%) Security Operations Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Senior
6 2 (5.13%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.26%) WebdriverIO
2 2 (5.13%) ADO
2 2 (5.13%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (5.13%) SAP PI
3 1 (2.56%) Middleware
3 1 (2.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.13%) Mobile App
2 2 (5.13%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.56%) Life Science
3 1 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (2.56%) Unix
2 1 (2.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (23.08%) Agile
2 9 (23.08%) Migration
2 9 (23.08%) Procure-to-Pay
3 8 (20.51%) DevOps
3 8 (20.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (17.95%) Order Management
4 7 (17.95%) System Integration Testing
4 7 (17.95%) Test Planning
4 7 (17.95%) Waterfall
5 6 (15.38%) Data Migration
5 6 (15.38%) Defect Management
5 6 (15.38%) End-to-End Testing
5 6 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (12.82%) Change Management
6 5 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (12.82%) Integration Testing
6 5 (12.82%) Scenario Testing
6 5 (12.82%) SDLC
6 5 (12.82%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) C#
1 4 (10.26%) VB
2 3 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.69%) Degree
4 2 (5.13%) PMP
5 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.56%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Docker
1 1 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) SCCM
2 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (25.64%) Oracle
2 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.95%) SAP
3 3 (7.69%) JDA
4 1 (2.56%) BT
4 1 (2.56%) Citrix
4 1 (2.56%) Remedy