Inventory Control Contracts in the UK excluding London

Inventory Control
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Inventory Control skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Inventory Control over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 382 434 505
Rank change year-on-year +52 +71 -65
Contract jobs citing Inventory Control 6 13 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.029% 0.054% 0.016%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.034% 0.061% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 5
10th Percentile £573 £205 -
25th Percentile £588 £206 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -25.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £638 £506 -
90th Percentile - £550 -
UK median daily rate £625 £260 £300
% change year-on-year +140.38% -13.33% -31.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £11.06 - -
Median hourly rate £11.54 - -
75th Percentile £12.02 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £11.54 - £42.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Inventory Control is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,480 21,395 27,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.68% 89.58% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,444 14,842 19,202
10th Percentile £250 £256 £231
25th Percentile £375 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,054 1,309 1,355
10th Percentile £12.31 £11.00 £12.21
25th Percentile £15.24 £15.63 £14.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.36
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%

Inventory Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Inventory Control as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Inventory Control in the UK excluding London

Inventory Control
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Inventory Control in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Inventory Control in the UK excluding London

Inventory Control
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Inventory Control in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Inventory Control in the UK excluding London

Inventory Control
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Inventory Control within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
Scotland +38 3 £625 +194.12% 1
Midlands +31 3 - - 7
West Midlands +21 2 - - 4
East Midlands +18 1 - - 3
Inventory Control
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Inventory Control
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Database
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Cantonese Language
2 2 (33.33%) Mandarin Language
2 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Coordinator
1 2 (33.33%) SOC Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Security Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Inventory Management
2 3 (50.00%) Change Management
2 3 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
1 1 (16.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) MCSE
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle