Logistics Contracts in the UK excluding London

Logistics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Logistics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Logistics over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 190 202 171
Rank change year-on-year +12 -31 +90
Contract jobs citing Logistics 153 204 355
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.20% 0.99% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.17% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 103 157
10th Percentile £192 £213 £275
25th Percentile £325 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £620 £600
90th Percentile £638 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 35 124
10th Percentile £13.50 £11.79 -
25th Percentile £13.75 £13.05 -
Median hourly rate £17.35 £15.50 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year +11.94% +58.16% -64.36%
75th Percentile £33.40 £21.75 £10.63
90th Percentile £120.00 £26.03 -
UK median hourly rate £27.79 £18.00 £10.63
% change year-on-year +54.40% +69.33% -63.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,562 17,414 21,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.70% 89.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,253 10,403 14,840
10th Percentile £238 £250 £256
25th Percentile £376 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 838 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.30 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.33 £15.22 £15.56
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £35.80
% change year-on-year -19.33% +0.42% +43.20%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Logistics in the UK excluding London

Logistics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Logistics in the UK excluding London

Logistics
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Logistics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Logistics in the UK excluding London

Logistics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Logistics in the UK excluding London

Logistics
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Logistics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Logistics in the UK excluding London

Logistics
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 Logistics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
South East -3 45 £550 +15.79% 229
North of England +1 33 £580 +12.08% 176
North West +7 25 £580 +10.48% 113
Scotland +19 23 £240 -33.39% 41
South West +51 21 £400 -38.46% 63
East of England +23 17 £550 +10.00% 60
Midlands +4 12 £525 +13.51% 144
East Midlands +9 5 £575 +25.00% 67
Wales - 5 - - 10
Yorkshire +3 4 £345 -18.82% 56
West Midlands +1 4 £475 -5.00% 71
North East - 4 - - 10
Northern Ireland -7 1 - - 4
Logistics
UK

Logistics
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 4 (2.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (6.54%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.65%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 23 (15.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (7.84%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (6.54%) Oracle EBS R12
4 9 (5.88%) Maximo
4 9 (5.88%) Oracle ASCP
4 9 (5.88%) SAP MM
5 8 (5.23%) SAP LE
6 7 (4.58%) SAP WM
7 3 (1.96%) SAP SD
8 2 (1.31%) SAP APO
8 2 (1.31%) SAP PM
8 2 (1.31%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.65%) Primavera
9 1 (0.65%) SAP CO
9 1 (0.65%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.65%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.65%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.65%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.65%) SAP PS
9 1 (0.65%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 14 (9.15%) Azure
2 13 (8.50%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (3.92%) Power Platform
4 5 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (3.27%) Snowflake
5 3 (1.96%) Yammer
6 2 (1.31%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (1.31%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.65%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (0.65%) AWS
7 1 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.65%) Contentsquare
7 1 (0.65%) GitHub
7 1 (0.65%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.65%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.96%) RFID
2 1 (0.65%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.92%) Power BI
2 5 (3.27%) Data Lake
2 5 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.96%) MS Access
4 2 (1.31%) BigQuery
4 2 (1.31%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.31%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.31%) Tableau
5 1 (0.65%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.65%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (1.31%) GitLab
1 2 (1.31%) QARun
1 2 (1.31%) WinRunner
2 1 (0.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.65%) Postman
2 1 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.65%) SoapUI
General
1 49 (32.03%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.38%) Manufacturing
3 21 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (13.73%) Finance
4 13 (8.50%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.23%) Automotive
6 7 (4.58%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (3.92%) Retail
8 4 (2.61%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.96%) Legal
9 3 (1.96%) Local Government
9 3 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.31%) Electronics
10 2 (1.31%) Military
11 1 (0.65%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.65%) French Language
11 1 (0.65%) German Language
11 1 (0.65%) Marketing
11 1 (0.65%) Publishing
11 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (22.22%) Analyst
2 30 (19.61%) Consultant
3 20 (13.07%) Senior
4 19 (12.42%) SAP Consultant
5 18 (11.76%) IT Support
6 15 (9.80%) Applications Support
7 14 (9.15%) Senior Applications Support
8 10 (6.54%) Functional Consultant
8 10 (6.54%) Oracle Consultant
8 10 (6.54%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 10 (6.54%) Senior Analyst
8 10 (6.54%) Support Analyst
9 8 (5.23%) Applications Support Analyst
9 8 (5.23%) SAP MM Consultant
9 8 (5.23%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
9 8 (5.23%) Senior Support Analyst
10 7 (4.58%) Deployment Engineer
10 7 (4.58%) Support Officer
11 6 (3.92%) Logistics Consultant
11 6 (3.92%) SAP WM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.61%) SAP PI
2 2 (1.31%) EDI
2 2 (1.31%) IDoc
2 2 (1.31%) Middleware
2 2 (1.31%) SAP Core Interface
2 2 (1.31%) Web Services
3 1 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.65%) PySpark
3 1 (0.65%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.73%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.58%) Life Science
3 4 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (1.96%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.96%) SCADA
5 2 (1.31%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (1.31%) FMCG
5 2 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.31%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.31%) Robotics
5 2 (1.31%) Self-Driving Car
6 1 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.65%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.65%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.65%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.65%) Pharmacovigilance
6 1 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.65%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.15%) Windows
2 7 (4.58%) Linux
3 4 (2.61%) Ubuntu
3 4 (2.61%) Unix
4 2 (1.31%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.65%) Android
5 1 (0.65%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (16.34%) Inventory Management
3 21 (13.73%) Agile
4 18 (11.76%) Data Protection
5 15 (9.80%) Project Delivery
6 14 (9.15%) Customer Service
7 11 (7.19%) ITSM
8 10 (6.54%) Integration Testing
8 10 (6.54%) Quality Management
8 10 (6.54%) Service Management
9 9 (5.88%) Asset Management
9 9 (5.88%) ERP
9 9 (5.88%) Project Management
10 8 (5.23%) Migration
10 8 (5.23%) Procure-to-Pay
10 8 (5.23%) User Acceptance Testing
11 7 (4.58%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (4.58%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (4.58%) Supply Chain Planning
11 7 (4.58%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 21 (13.73%) SQL
2 2 (1.31%) C#
2 2 (1.31%) Python
2 2 (1.31%) VB
3 1 (0.65%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.65%) R
3 1 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (6.54%) SC Cleared
1 10 (6.54%) Security Cleared
2 9 (5.88%) Degree
3 6 (3.92%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (1.96%) PMP
4 3 (1.96%) SAP Certification
5 2 (1.31%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.31%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.65%) APMP
6 1 (0.65%) CISMP
6 1 (0.65%) CISSP
6 1 (0.65%) HNC
6 1 (0.65%) HND
6 1 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.50%) GDPR
2 11 (7.19%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.92%) PMO
4 5 (3.27%) QA
5 3 (1.96%) SLA
6 2 (1.31%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 2 (1.31%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (3.92%) SCCM
2 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.65%) Puppet
2 1 (0.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (28.10%) SAP
2 20 (13.07%) Microsoft
3 15 (9.80%) Oracle
4 6 (3.92%) HP
5 4 (2.61%) Ariba
6 2 (1.31%) Anaplan
6 2 (1.31%) Apple
6 2 (1.31%) Citrix
6 2 (1.31%) Hyperion
6 2 (1.31%) Virgin Media
7 1 (0.65%) Adobe
7 1 (0.65%) Cisco
7 1 (0.65%) Databricks
7 1 (0.65%) Informatica
7 1 (0.65%) NEC
7 1 (0.65%) Openreach
7 1 (0.65%) Sage
7 1 (0.65%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.65%) Siemens
7 1 (0.65%) Workday