Inventory Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Inventory Management
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 Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Inventory Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 314 347 445
Rank change year-on-year +33 +98 -54
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 83 97 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.40% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.45% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 60 36
10th Percentile £142 £200 £160
25th Percentile £176 £205 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £418 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -1.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £634 £540 £556
90th Percentile £725 £631 £600
UK median daily rate £469 £425 £445
% change year-on-year +10.24% -4.49% +11.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 3 5
10th Percentile £11.06 £12.94 £14.31
25th Percentile £12.00 £14.00 -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -5.28% -4.55%
75th Percentile £16.71 £18.88 £20.00
90th Percentile £17.72 £19.85 -
UK median hourly rate £16.70 £16.78 £20.00
% change year-on-year -0.49% -16.09% -3.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Inventory Management 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 17,590 21,477 27,470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.75% 89.51% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,508 14,895 19,183
10th Percentile £250 £255 £231
25th Percentile £380 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.63%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,055 1,305 1,364
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.22 £15.81 £14.00
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £46.11
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.98 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £36.42 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.53% +45.69% -

Inventory Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Inventory Management in the UK excluding London

Inventory Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Inventory Management in the UK excluding London

Inventory Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inventory Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Inventory Management in the UK excluding London

Inventory Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Inventory Management in the UK excluding London

Inventory Management
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 Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
North of England +27 24 £450 -13.46% 19
East of England +22 15 £180 -14.29% 15
South East +7 15 £525 +0.96% 23
Scotland +44 13 £381 +79.41% 6
North West +22 12 £450 - 12
South West +10 9 £700 +250.00% 13
Yorkshire +25 8 £400 -27.27% 5
Midlands +15 8 £180 -63.08% 26
West Midlands +19 5 £180 -64.00% 16
East Midlands +12 2 £160 -47.11% 10
North East - 1 - - 2
Inventory Management
UK

Inventory Management
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 6 (7.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.20%) CMS
2 1 (1.20%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (18.07%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (8.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (12.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (6.02%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.20%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.20%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
3 1 (1.20%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.20%) SAP LE
3 1 (1.20%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.25%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (12.05%) Azure
3 8 (9.64%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (7.23%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.41%) AWS
6 1 (1.20%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.20%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.82%) Network Security
2 3 (3.61%) BGP
2 3 (3.61%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (3.61%) DHCP
2 3 (3.61%) Firewall
2 3 (3.61%) IOS XR
2 3 (3.61%) VPN
2 3 (3.61%) WAN
2 3 (3.61%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (2.41%) LAN
3 2 (2.41%) VLAN
4 1 (1.20%) DNS
4 1 (1.20%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.20%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (1.20%) PBX
4 1 (1.20%) PSTN
4 1 (1.20%) SDH
4 1 (1.20%) SONET
4 1 (1.20%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.82%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.61%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.20%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.20%) InterSystems Cache
3 1 (1.20%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.20%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Hudson
2 1 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 53 (63.86%) Social Skills
2 14 (16.87%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (13.25%) Retail
4 10 (12.05%) Finance
5 8 (9.64%) Manufacturing
6 7 (8.43%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.82%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (4.82%) French Language
7 4 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (4.82%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.82%) Telecoms
8 3 (3.61%) Marketing
9 2 (2.41%) Automotive
9 2 (2.41%) Cantonese Language
9 2 (2.41%) Mandarin Language
9 2 (2.41%) Portuguese Language
9 2 (2.41%) Spanish Language
10 1 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 14 (16.87%) Support Engineer
2 12 (14.46%) Consultant
3 11 (13.25%) Lead
4 10 (12.05%) IT Engineer
5 7 (8.43%) Desktop Engineer
5 7 (8.43%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 6 (7.23%) Analyst
6 6 (7.23%) Desktop Support
6 6 (7.23%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Project Manager
7 5 (6.02%) Senior
8 4 (4.82%) 1st Line Engineer
8 4 (4.82%) 1st Line Support
8 4 (4.82%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (4.82%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (4.82%) Architect
8 4 (4.82%) IT Support
8 4 (4.82%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (4.82%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) Django
1 3 (3.61%) JSON
1 3 (3.61%) REST
1 3 (3.61%) RESTful
1 3 (3.61%) YANG
2 1 (1.20%) .NET
2 1 (1.20%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.20%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.20%) IDoc
2 1 (1.20%) Kafka
2 1 (1.20%) NgRx
2 1 (1.20%) Node.js
2 1 (1.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.43%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (7.23%) Management Information System
3 5 (6.02%) CMDB
4 4 (4.82%) iPad
4 4 (4.82%) iPhone
5 3 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.61%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (3.61%) Operational Technology
5 3 (3.61%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.61%) Smartphone
6 2 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.41%) NHS
6 2 (2.41%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.20%) BYOD
7 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.20%) EPoS
7 1 (1.20%) PDA
7 1 (1.20%) Social Media
7 1 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (18.07%) Windows
2 12 (14.46%) Windows 10
3 10 (12.05%) Apple iOS
4 6 (7.23%) Linux
4 6 (7.23%) Mac OS
5 3 (3.61%) Android
6 1 (1.20%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.20%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (21.69%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (19.28%) Asset Management
2 16 (19.28%) Customer Service
3 15 (18.07%) Service Management
4 13 (15.66%) Supply Chain Management
5 10 (12.05%) Logistics
6 9 (10.84%) Break/Fix
6 9 (10.84%) Data Migration
6 9 (10.84%) Migration
6 9 (10.84%) Time Management
7 8 (9.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (8.43%) Agile
8 7 (8.43%) Analytics
8 7 (8.43%) GAP Analysis
8 7 (8.43%) ITSM
8 7 (8.43%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (7.23%) Customer Requirements
9 6 (7.23%) Project Management
9 6 (7.23%) Software Deployment
9 6 (7.23%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.02%) SQL
2 4 (4.82%) Python
3 3 (3.61%) Bash
3 3 (3.61%) Java
3 3 (3.61%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.61%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.20%) C#
4 1 (1.20%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 14 (16.87%) Degree
2 9 (10.84%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.43%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (8.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (8.43%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.61%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.41%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.41%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.41%) PMP
6 1 (1.20%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.20%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.20%) BC Cleared
6 1 (1.20%) MCDST
6 1 (1.20%) MCSE
6 1 (1.20%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.43%) SLA
2 3 (3.61%) GDPR
3 2 (2.41%) QA
4 1 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (18.07%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.20%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 9 (10.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (9.64%) SCCM
3 6 (7.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (3.61%) Ansible
Vendors
1 33 (39.76%) Microsoft
2 16 (19.28%) SAP
3 15 (18.07%) ServiceNow
4 8 (9.64%) Apple
5 3 (3.61%) Ariba
5 3 (3.61%) Cisco
5 3 (3.61%) McAfee
5 3 (3.61%) TOWER Software
6 2 (2.41%) Dell
7 1 (1.20%) Canon
7 1 (1.20%) Citrix
7 1 (1.20%) HP
7 1 (1.20%) Intel
7 1 (1.20%) Oracle
7 1 (1.20%) Peregrine
7 1 (1.20%) Remedy
7 1 (1.20%) Sage
7 1 (1.20%) Salesforce