Logistics Contracts

Logistics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 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 223 240 227
Rank change year-on-year +17 -13 +73
Contract jobs citing Logistics 362 442 705
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.24% 1.01% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.17% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 244 316
10th Percentile £200 £250 £300
25th Percentile £363 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £598 £638 £600
90th Percentile £640 £825 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -18.99% -1.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 41 198
10th Percentile £13.53 £11.79 -
25th Percentile £14.69 £13.05 £9.80
Median hourly rate £27.79 £18.00 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year +54.40% +69.33% -65.71%
75th Percentile £49.75 £26.03 -
90th Percentile £114.18 £28.42 £12.02
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.97 £15.50 £9.80
% change year-on-year +35.27% +58.16% -66.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

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%

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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Logistics in the UK

Logistics
Top 17 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 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 +2 274 £475 -9.52% 945
UK excluding London +12 154 £400 -18.99% 532
London +13 125 £438 -18.60% 435
Work from Home +23 119 £525 - 427
South East +9 49 £550 +15.79% 125
North of England +8 32 £580 +11.54% 147
North West +6 24 £580 +10.48% 96
Scotland +19 23 £240 -33.39% 33
South West +51 20 £400 -36.00% 51
East of England +31 17 £550 +4.76% 50
Midlands +7 12 £525 +9.09% 124
East Midlands +7 5 £575 +25.00% 55
West Midlands +1 4 £475 -5.00% 67
Yorkshire -3 4 £345 -25.41% 45
North East - 4 - - 8
Wales - 4 - - 7
Northern Ireland -8 1 - - 3

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 17 (4.70%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.93%) Confluence
3 3 (0.83%) CMS
3 3 (0.83%) Drupal
4 2 (0.55%) MTS
Applications
1 19 (5.25%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 62 (17.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.59%) Oracle EBS
2 13 (3.59%) SAP LE
2 13 (3.59%) SAP MM
2 13 (3.59%) SAP SD
3 10 (2.76%) Oracle EBS R12
3 10 (2.76%) SAP EWM
4 9 (2.49%) Maximo
4 9 (2.49%) Oracle ASCP
5 7 (1.93%) SAP WM
6 6 (1.66%) SAP CO
6 6 (1.66%) SAP FI
7 5 (1.38%) SAP FI/CO
7 5 (1.38%) SAP PP
8 4 (1.10%) Primavera
8 4 (1.10%) SAP Travel Management
8 4 (1.10%) Unit4 Business World
9 3 (0.83%) SAP GTS
9 3 (0.83%) SAP PM
10 2 (0.55%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 52 (14.36%) Azure
2 34 (9.39%) Azure DevOps
3 27 (7.46%) Power Platform
4 22 (6.08%) Dynamics 365
5 20 (5.52%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (5.25%) Azure Logic Apps
6 19 (5.25%) Power Automate
6 19 (5.25%) PowerApps
7 7 (1.93%) Snowflake
8 5 (1.38%) GCP
8 5 (1.38%) SaaS
9 4 (1.10%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (1.10%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.83%) Yammer
11 2 (0.55%) Apigee
11 2 (0.55%) AWS
11 2 (0.55%) Azure API Management
11 2 (0.55%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.55%) Serverless
11 2 (0.55%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.83%) RFID
2 2 (0.55%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.28%) BGP
3 1 (0.28%) EIGRP
3 1 (0.28%) Firewall
3 1 (0.28%) HSRP
3 1 (0.28%) IGMP
3 1 (0.28%) IPsec
3 1 (0.28%) Multicast
3 1 (0.28%) NAS
3 1 (0.28%) Network Security
3 1 (0.28%) OSPF
3 1 (0.28%) Skype
3 1 (0.28%) Unicast
3 1 (0.28%) VLAN
3 1 (0.28%) VRRP
3 1 (0.28%) VXLAN
3 1 (0.28%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.25%) Relational Database
2 18 (4.97%) Power BI
3 8 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.21%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.93%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.93%) MS Access
5 4 (1.10%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.55%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.55%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.55%) Tableau
8 1 (0.28%) Big Data
8 1 (0.28%) MySQL
8 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.28%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.28%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (8.84%) JIRA
2 19 (5.25%) Git
3 10 (2.76%) QARun
3 10 (2.76%) WinRunner
4 8 (2.21%) GitLab
5 6 (1.66%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.66%) Selenium
6 4 (1.10%) Appium
6 4 (1.10%) CircleCI
6 4 (1.10%) Gatling
6 4 (1.10%) JMeter
6 4 (1.10%) NeoLoad
6 4 (1.10%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.83%) Postman
8 2 (0.55%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.28%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.28%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.28%) TestRail
9 1 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 111 (30.66%) Social Skills
2 68 (18.78%) Finance
3 47 (12.98%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (11.60%) Manufacturing
5 25 (6.91%) Retail
6 22 (6.08%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.04%) Marketing
8 10 (2.76%) Automotive
8 10 (2.76%) Pharmaceutical
9 7 (1.93%) Billing
10 6 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.66%) Legal
10 6 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.38%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.38%) Local Government
11 5 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.10%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.83%) Banking
14 2 (0.55%) Electronics
14 2 (0.55%) Games
Job Titles
1 61 (16.85%) Analyst
2 56 (15.47%) Consultant
3 41 (11.33%) SAP Consultant
4 35 (9.67%) Senior
5 31 (8.56%) Developer
6 26 (7.18%) Architect
7 22 (6.08%) Lead
8 21 (5.80%) Project Manager
9 20 (5.52%) IT Support
10 19 (5.25%) Test Analyst
11 18 (4.97%) Senior Analyst
11 18 (4.97%) Solutions Architect
12 15 (4.14%) Applications Support
13 14 (3.87%) Business Analyst
13 14 (3.87%) Cloud Architect
13 14 (3.87%) Senior Applications Support
14 12 (3.31%) Functional Consultant
14 12 (3.31%) Power Platform Developer
15 11 (3.04%) Oracle Consultant
16 10 (2.76%) Oracle Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.52%) SOAP
2 19 (5.25%) REST
3 10 (2.76%) Middleware
4 7 (1.93%) Web Services
5 4 (1.10%) Play Framework
5 4 (1.10%) Playwright
5 4 (1.10%) SAP PI
5 4 (1.10%) SAP TM
6 2 (0.55%) EDI
6 2 (0.55%) IDoc
6 2 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.55%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.28%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (0.28%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.28%) Kafka
7 1 (0.28%) PySpark
7 1 (0.28%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.28%) SAP Core Interface
7 1 (0.28%) SAPUI5
7 1 (0.28%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.84%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.76%) Life Science
3 6 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (1.38%) Data Centre
4 5 (1.38%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.10%) FMCG
5 4 (1.10%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.10%) SCADA
6 3 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (0.83%) Private Cloud
6 3 (0.83%) Robotics
6 3 (0.83%) Social Media
7 2 (0.55%) Blockchain
7 2 (0.55%) CCTV
7 2 (0.55%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.55%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.55%) Self-Driving Car
7 2 (0.55%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.18%) Windows
2 9 (2.49%) Linux
3 8 (2.21%) Unix
4 4 (1.10%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.55%) Android
5 2 (0.55%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.28%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (21.27%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (20.44%) Agile
3 49 (13.54%) DevOps
4 40 (11.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 38 (10.50%) Inventory Management
6 31 (8.56%) Project Delivery
7 30 (8.29%) User Acceptance Testing
8 29 (8.01%) Project Management
9 27 (7.46%) ERP
10 25 (6.91%) Data Protection
11 24 (6.63%) Waterfall
12 21 (5.80%) Software Testing
13 19 (5.25%) Customer Service
13 19 (5.25%) Test Automation
14 18 (4.97%) Integration Testing
15 17 (4.70%) Asset Management
15 17 (4.70%) System Integration Testing
16 16 (4.42%) Business Intelligence
16 16 (4.42%) Quality Management
16 16 (4.42%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (15.19%) SQL
2 29 (8.01%) C#
3 7 (1.93%) ABAP
3 7 (1.93%) Python
3 7 (1.93%) VB
4 6 (1.66%) Java
5 4 (1.10%) C++
5 4 (1.10%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.10%) PHP
5 4 (1.10%) Ruby
5 4 (1.10%) Scala
5 4 (1.10%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.28%) R
6 1 (0.28%) Rust
6 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.28%) VB6
Qualifications
1 67 (18.51%) Security Cleared
2 62 (17.13%) SC Cleared
3 26 (7.18%) Degree
4 8 (2.21%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.93%) PMP
6 6 (1.66%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.10%) SAP Certification
8 3 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.55%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.55%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.28%) APMP
10 1 (0.28%) CISMP
10 1 (0.28%) CISSP
10 1 (0.28%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.35%) QA
2 16 (4.42%) GDPR
3 13 (3.59%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.31%) PMO
5 4 (1.10%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.83%) SLA
7 2 (0.55%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.28%) COBIT
8 1 (0.28%) COSO
8 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.28%) NIST
8 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (1.66%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.28%) Docker
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (3.04%) SCCM
2 6 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.55%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.55%) Terraform
4 1 (0.28%) Puppet
4 1 (0.28%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 110 (30.39%) SAP
2 47 (12.98%) Microsoft
3 29 (8.01%) Oracle
4 17 (4.70%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.87%) Ariba
6 9 (2.49%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.93%) HP
8 6 (1.66%) Citrix
9 5 (1.38%) Cisco
10 4 (1.10%) Google
10 4 (1.10%) IFS
11 3 (0.83%) Anaplan
11 3 (0.83%) Hyperion
11 3 (0.83%) Siemens
11 3 (0.83%) Workday
12 2 (0.55%) Apple
12 2 (0.55%) Arista
12 2 (0.55%) Cvent
12 2 (0.55%) Progress
12 2 (0.55%) Virgin Media