Inventory Management Contracts

Inventory Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Inventory Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Inventory Management over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 441 498
Rank change year-on-year +90 +57 +187
Contract jobs citing Inventory Management 173 160 216
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.37% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.43% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 66 133
10th Percentile £150 £148 £200
25th Percentile £185 £187 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £469 £425
Median % change year-on-year -53.04% +10.24% -4.49%
75th Percentile £525 £617 £575
90th Percentile £595 £725 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £450 £418
% change year-on-year -55.56% +7.78% -1.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 30 4
10th Percentile £37.15 £11.06 £13.29
25th Percentile £54.25 £14.23 £14.87
Median hourly rate £70.00 £16.70 £16.78
Median % change year-on-year +319.16% -0.49% -16.09%
75th Percentile £74.69 £21.50 £18.62
90th Percentile £76.38 £21.50 £19.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £16.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year +321.88% -3.03% -5.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Inventory Management 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

Inventory Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Inventory Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Inventory Management in the UK

Inventory Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Inventory Management.

Daily rate trend for Inventory Management in the UK

Inventory Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inventory Management over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Inventory Management in the UK

Inventory Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Inventory Management.

Hourly rate trend for Inventory Management in the UK

Inventory Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Inventory Management over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Inventory Management in the UK

Inventory Management
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +74 131 £213 -54.00% 201
UK excluding London +66 95 £200 -55.56% 117
London +37 45 £300 -36.84% 90
Work from Home +26 32 £463 -21.28% 72
East of England +43 25 £200 +11.11% 13
South East +51 23 £150 -71.43% 29
North of England +20 16 £580 +28.89% 31
North West +15 16 £580 +28.89% 18
Scotland +12 16 £199 -47.93% 4
Midlands +28 12 £190 +5.56% 21
South West +44 8 £220 -68.57% 17
East Midlands +14 6 £190 +18.75% 10
West Midlands +14 3 £550 +205.56% 11

Inventory Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 15 (8.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.58%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.58%) CMS
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (11.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (6.94%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (13.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (6.36%) SAP PP
3 9 (5.20%) SAP MM
3 9 (5.20%) SAP R/3
4 7 (4.05%) SAP LE
5 3 (1.73%) SAP WM
6 2 (1.16%) SAP EWM
6 2 (1.16%) SAP PLM
6 2 (1.16%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.58%) Demantra
7 1 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle ASCP
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.58%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.58%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.58%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.58%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 21 (12.14%) Azure
2 11 (6.36%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (5.20%) Power Platform
4 8 (4.62%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (3.47%) Snowflake
6 2 (1.16%) Apigee
6 2 (1.16%) AWS
6 2 (1.16%) GCP
6 2 (1.16%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.58%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.58%) Google Sheets
7 1 (0.58%) OCI
7 1 (0.58%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 19 (10.98%) VPN
2 9 (5.20%) Firewall
2 9 (5.20%) LAN
2 9 (5.20%) WAN
3 8 (4.62%) Network Security
4 7 (4.05%) DNS
5 6 (3.47%) DHCP
5 6 (3.47%) Wireless
6 4 (2.31%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.73%) 4G
7 3 (1.73%) RFID
8 2 (1.16%) VoIP
9 1 (0.58%) ADSL
9 1 (0.58%) Internet
9 1 (0.58%) MPLS
9 1 (0.58%) PSTN
9 1 (0.58%) SAN
9 1 (0.58%) SDH
9 1 (0.58%) SSL
9 1 (0.58%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.20%) Power BI
2 5 (2.89%) Data Lake
2 5 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.16%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.16%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.58%) Big Data
4 1 (0.58%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.58%) Looker
4 1 (0.58%) OLTP
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (0.58%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.58%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.73%) JIRA
2 1 (0.58%) Hudson
2 1 (0.58%) Postman
2 1 (0.58%) Selenium
2 1 (0.58%) TestRail
General
1 91 (52.60%) Social Skills
2 33 (19.08%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (16.18%) Manufacturing
4 19 (10.98%) Finance
5 15 (8.67%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (8.67%) Retail
6 14 (8.09%) Aerospace
7 13 (7.51%) Public Sector
8 7 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.89%) Marketing
9 5 (2.89%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (2.89%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.31%) German Language
11 3 (1.73%) Back Office
11 3 (1.73%) Billing
11 3 (1.73%) Legal
12 2 (1.16%) Advertising
12 2 (1.16%) Automotive
12 2 (1.16%) Games
12 2 (1.16%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 37 (21.39%) Consultant
2 26 (15.03%) SAP Consultant
3 18 (10.40%) Lead
4 16 (9.25%) Support Engineer
5 14 (8.09%) Analyst
6 13 (7.51%) SAP MM Consultant
7 12 (6.94%) Desktop Support
7 12 (6.94%) Senior
8 11 (6.36%) Desktop Engineer
8 11 (6.36%) Functional Consultant
8 11 (6.36%) SAP PP Consultant
9 9 (5.20%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 9 (5.20%) IT Engineer
9 9 (5.20%) SAP Functional Consultant
9 9 (5.20%) SAP PP Functional Consultant
10 8 (4.62%) IT Support
10 8 (4.62%) Team Leader
11 7 (4.05%) Project Manager
11 7 (4.05%) Supply Chain Consultant
12 6 (3.47%) SAP WM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.16%) EDI
1 2 (1.16%) IDoc
2 1 (0.58%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.58%) ATL
2 1 (0.58%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.25%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (8.67%) EPoS
3 12 (6.94%) iPad
3 12 (6.94%) iPhone
4 10 (5.78%) CMDB
5 9 (5.20%) Life Science
6 8 (4.62%) Driving Licence
6 8 (4.62%) Management Information System
7 7 (4.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 6 (3.47%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (2.31%) Algorithms
10 4 (2.31%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (2.31%) Mainframe
10 4 (2.31%) Product Ownership
10 4 (2.31%) Smartphone
11 3 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.73%) Security Operations Centre
12 2 (1.16%) Fat Client
12 2 (1.16%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 37 (21.39%) Windows
2 14 (8.09%) Windows 10
3 12 (6.94%) Linux
4 7 (4.05%) Mac OS
5 4 (2.31%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.73%) Mac OS X
6 3 (1.73%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.58%) Android
7 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (37.57%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (21.97%) Logistics
3 30 (17.34%) Asset Management
4 27 (15.61%) Time Management
5 22 (12.72%) Customer Service
6 19 (10.98%) ITIL
7 17 (9.83%) Service Management
8 16 (9.25%) IT Asset Management
9 15 (8.67%) Mentoring
10 14 (8.09%) Data Modelling
10 14 (8.09%) ITSM
10 14 (8.09%) Technical Leadership
10 14 (8.09%) Workflow
11 13 (7.51%) Service Delivery
11 13 (7.51%) Supply Chain Management
12 12 (6.94%) Integration Testing
12 12 (6.94%) Quality Management
13 11 (6.36%) Antivirus Management
13 11 (6.36%) Root Cause Analysis
13 11 (6.36%) Supply Chain Planning
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.78%) SQL
2 9 (5.20%) ABAP
3 5 (2.89%) Python
4 1 (0.58%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.58%) R
Qualifications
1 32 (18.50%) Security Cleared
2 25 (14.45%) SC Cleared
3 21 (12.14%) Degree
4 13 (7.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (6.36%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (2.89%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.73%) CCNA
8 3 (1.73%) CCNP
9 2 (1.16%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.16%) PMP
10 1 (0.58%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.58%) CCIE
10 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.58%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.58%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.58%) HNC
10 1 (0.58%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.58%) MCP
10 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.05%) COSHH
1 7 (4.05%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.89%) SLA
3 4 (2.31%) PMO
4 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.16%) QA
5 1 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.58%) GDPR
System Software
1 14 (8.09%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.31%) Docker
3 1 (0.58%) Firmware
3 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.58%) vSphere
3 1 (0.58%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 17 (9.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (5.78%) SCCM
3 4 (2.31%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.31%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.73%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.16%) CASB
5 2 (1.16%) WSUS
6 1 (0.58%) Ansible
Vendors
1 49 (28.32%) SAP
2 41 (23.70%) Microsoft
3 11 (6.36%) McAfee
4 10 (5.78%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.62%) Ariba
6 7 (4.05%) Google
7 6 (3.47%) Cisco
7 6 (3.47%) HP
8 5 (2.89%) Apple
8 5 (2.89%) Oracle
9 3 (1.73%) Anaplan
9 3 (1.73%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.16%) F5
10 2 (1.16%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.16%) Hyperion
11 1 (0.58%) Blue Coat
11 1 (0.58%) Citrix
11 1 (0.58%) Infoblox
11 1 (0.58%) Juniper
11 1 (0.58%) Nokia