Logistics Contracts

Logistics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Logistics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Logistics over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 237 231 301
Rank change year-on-year -6 +70 +16
Contract jobs citing Logistics 441 706 813
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.02% 1.18% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.32% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 316 473
10th Percentile £250 £300 £313
25th Percentile £403 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £606
90th Percentile £825 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £494 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.25% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 198 28
10th Percentile £11.79 - £11.85
25th Percentile £13.05 £9.80 £20.83
Median hourly rate £18.00 £10.63 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.33% -65.71% -29.01%
75th Percentile £26.03 - £46.71
90th Percentile £28.42 £12.02 £53.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.50 £9.80 £29.50
% change year-on-year +58.16% -66.78% +59.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Logistics 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,383 53,667 80,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.90% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,097 37,244 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,426 1,746 1,925
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.13% +80.00% -8.51%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Logistics in the UK

Logistics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Logistics in the UK

Logistics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Logistics over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Logistics in the UK

Logistics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Logistics in the UK

Logistics
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Logistics over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Logistics in the UK

Logistics
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 28 April 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
England -13 376 £525 +5.00% 812
UK excluding London -30 213 £494 -1.25% 629
London +100 151 £538 +8.86% 188
Work from Home +35 149 £525 +5.00% 198
South East +37 85 £475 -9.52% 165
North of England -33 52 £520 +1.96% 148
North West +7 29 £525 +9.38% 92
Midlands +4 29 £481 +13.24% 158
Yorkshire -35 22 £463 -19.57% 44
West Midlands +20 19 £500 +5.26% 88
East of England +11 19 £525 +2.44% 72
South West -52 14 £625 +25.00% 78
Scotland +21 13 £360 -23.20% 28
East Midlands +5 8 £460 +11.52% 69
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 4

Logistics
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 28 (6.35%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.13%) SAS
3 2 (0.45%) Confluence
4 1 (0.23%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (8.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (6.58%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (6.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.36%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.13%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.45%) InDesign
7 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 50 (11.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (3.63%) SAP WM
3 14 (3.17%) SAP ERP
3 14 (3.17%) SAP SD
4 12 (2.72%) SAP MM
4 12 (2.72%) SAP PM
5 11 (2.49%) SAP EWM
6 10 (2.27%) SAP FI
7 9 (2.04%) SAP HR
8 6 (1.36%) SAP PS
8 6 (1.36%) Teamcenter
9 5 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (1.13%) SAP CO
9 5 (1.13%) SAP FI/CO
10 4 (0.91%) Maximo
10 4 (0.91%) Oracle EBS R12
10 4 (0.91%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
10 4 (0.91%) SAP LE
10 4 (0.91%) SAP PP
10 4 (0.91%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 22 (4.99%) Dynamics 365
2 19 (4.31%) Azure
2 19 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (3.17%) Power Platform
4 13 (2.95%) SuccessFactors
5 11 (2.49%) AWS
6 9 (2.04%) Boomi
7 8 (1.81%) SaaS
8 7 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.36%) Google Workspace
9 6 (1.36%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.13%) GCP
10 5 (1.13%) Slack
10 5 (1.13%) Yammer
11 4 (0.91%) WhatsApp
12 3 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.68%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (0.68%) Canva
12 3 (0.68%) MailChimp
12 3 (0.68%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.81%) LAN
1 8 (1.81%) WAN
2 3 (0.68%) Intranet
2 3 (0.68%) VLAN
3 2 (0.45%) DHCP
3 2 (0.45%) Firewall
3 2 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.23%) DSL
4 1 (0.23%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.23%) Internet
4 1 (0.23%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.23%) NAS
4 1 (0.23%) SAN
4 1 (0.23%) SMS
4 1 (0.23%) SSL
4 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.23%) VoIP
4 1 (0.23%) VPN
4 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.40%) SAP HANA
2 14 (3.17%) Power BI
3 9 (2.04%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.13%) Crystal Reports
4 5 (1.13%) Tableau
5 4 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.68%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.45%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.23%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.23%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.23%) Power Query
8 1 (0.23%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 11 (2.49%) JIRA
2 5 (1.13%) Selenium
3 4 (0.91%) Visual Studio Team System
4 3 (0.68%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.68%) JUnit
4 3 (0.68%) REST Assured
4 3 (0.68%) TestNG
5 2 (0.45%) Git
5 2 (0.45%) LSMW
6 1 (0.23%) GitLab
6 1 (0.23%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 144 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 121 (27.44%) Finance
3 69 (15.65%) Manufacturing
4 68 (15.42%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (7.94%) Retail
6 24 (5.44%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (3.85%) Marketing
8 16 (3.63%) Telecoms
9 14 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.49%) Public Sector
11 10 (2.27%) Automotive
12 9 (2.04%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.81%) Banking
13 8 (1.81%) Legal
13 8 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.59%) Billing
14 7 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.59%) French Language
14 7 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 77 (17.46%) Consultant
2 65 (14.74%) Analyst
3 47 (10.66%) SAP Consultant
4 31 (7.03%) Lead
5 30 (6.80%) Architect
6 29 (6.58%) Functional Consultant
7 28 (6.35%) Senior
8 27 (6.12%) Developer
9 26 (5.90%) Business Analyst
9 26 (5.90%) Project Manager
10 24 (5.44%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (2.95%) SAP Architect
11 13 (2.95%) SAP Functional Consultant
12 12 (2.72%) Administrator
13 10 (2.27%) Python Developer
13 10 (2.27%) Senior Manager
14 9 (2.04%) Coordinator
14 9 (2.04%) Oracle Consultant
14 9 (2.04%) PMO Analyst
14 9 (2.04%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.81%) EDI
2 6 (1.36%) .NET
2 6 (1.36%) Middleware
3 5 (1.13%) HTML
3 5 (1.13%) XML
4 4 (0.91%) ADO
4 4 (0.91%) REST
4 4 (0.91%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (0.68%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.68%) BAPI
5 3 (0.68%) IDoc
5 3 (0.68%) SAP ALE
6 2 (0.45%) CSS
6 2 (0.45%) JSON
6 2 (0.45%) Node.js
6 2 (0.45%) SAP Smart Forms
6 2 (0.45%) SAP TM
6 2 (0.45%) Web Services
7 1 (0.23%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.23%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.40%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.27%) FMCG
3 8 (1.81%) Cloud Native
3 8 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (1.36%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.13%) Social Media
7 4 (0.91%) Robotics
8 3 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.68%) CCTV
8 3 (0.68%) EPoS
8 3 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.68%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (0.68%) Video Editing
8 3 (0.68%) Wiki
9 2 (0.45%) BYOD
9 2 (0.45%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.72%) Windows
2 10 (2.27%) Linux
3 4 (0.91%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.68%) Android
4 3 (0.68%) Debian
4 3 (0.68%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.23%) Unix
5 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (16.55%) Project Management
2 63 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (13.61%) ERP
4 59 (13.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 56 (12.70%) Migration
6 51 (11.56%) Agile
7 42 (9.52%) Project Delivery
8 36 (8.16%) Change Management
9 30 (6.80%) Data Migration
10 28 (6.35%) Inventory Management
11 26 (5.90%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (5.67%) Business Intelligence
13 24 (5.44%) Supply Chain Management
14 23 (5.22%) Analytics
14 23 (5.22%) Business Analysis
15 22 (4.99%) Waterfall
16 21 (4.76%) Roadmaps
17 20 (4.54%) User Acceptance Testing
18 19 (4.31%) E-Commerce
19 18 (4.08%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.48%) SQL
2 20 (4.54%) Python
3 12 (2.72%) C#
4 9 (2.04%) ABAP
4 9 (2.04%) Java
5 4 (0.91%) C
6 3 (0.68%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.68%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.68%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.45%) C++
7 2 (0.45%) SAPscript
8 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.23%) Julia
8 1 (0.23%) PL/1
8 1 (0.23%) R
8 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.23%) XPath
8 1 (0.23%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 42 (9.52%) Security Cleared
2 39 (8.84%) Degree
3 33 (7.48%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.40%) SAP Certification
5 12 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.36%) PMP
7 4 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.91%) ISTQB
7 4 (0.91%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.91%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.68%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.45%) CCNA
9 2 (0.45%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.23%) ISEB
10 1 (0.23%) MCSE
10 1 (0.23%) PhD
10 1 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.76%) PMO
2 8 (1.81%) GDPR
2 8 (1.81%) QA
3 7 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.36%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.36%) NIST
5 4 (0.91%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (0.68%) GRC
7 2 (0.45%) SLA
8 1 (0.23%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.23%) GMP
8 1 (0.23%) HAZOP
8 1 (0.23%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.23%) P3O
System Software
1 8 (1.81%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.23%) Firmware
2 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (3.17%) Terraform
2 3 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.45%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.23%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 162 (36.73%) SAP
2 77 (17.46%) Microsoft
3 23 (5.22%) Oracle
4 12 (2.72%) Ariba
5 9 (2.04%) Dell
6 8 (1.81%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.59%) IFS
8 6 (1.36%) Adobe
8 6 (1.36%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.13%) Google
10 4 (0.91%) Apple
11 3 (0.68%) IBM
11 3 (0.68%) Kofax
11 3 (0.68%) MuleSoft
11 3 (0.68%) OpenLink
11 3 (0.68%) ReadSoft
11 3 (0.68%) Siemens
11 3 (0.68%) Triple Point
11 3 (0.68%) VMware
12 2 (0.45%) IBM Sterling