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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 211 245 227
Rank change year-on-year +34 -18 +60
Contract jobs citing Logistics 378 418 658
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.31% 0.98% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 1.14% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 218 292
10th Percentile £214 £245 £301
25th Percentile £363 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +2.25% -4.76%
75th Percentile £595 £636 £602
90th Percentile £649 £838 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £403 £465 £500
% change year-on-year -13.44% -7.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 42 199
10th Percentile £13.50 £11.79 -
25th Percentile £14.06 £13.05 £9.80
Median hourly rate £20.97 £18.00 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year +16.49% +69.33% -61.35%
75th Percentile £42.66 £24.99 -
90th Percentile £68.03 £28.38 £12.02
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.14 £15.50 £9.80
% change year-on-year +10.55% +58.16% -64.36%

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 26,222 36,703 50,479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 91.02% 85.70% 89.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,758 23,654 34,954
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £408 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,099 2,498 1,668
10th Percentile £14.19 £12.74 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.80 £16.00 £15.70
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £36.13
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +1.04% +40.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 29 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
England +25 288 £500 -2.44% 2,942
UK excluding London +37 167 £403 -13.44% 2,646
Work from Home +35 133 £525 +3.70% 1,193
London +36 127 £450 -18.18% 572
South East +13 52 £550 +17.18% 731
North of England -5 33 £515 -1.90% 609
North West +3 25 £580 +10.48% 309
Scotland +22 24 £200 -45.95% 96
South West +59 23 £400 -27.93% 294
East of England +27 17 £550 +10.00% 370
Midlands 0 16 £475 +2.70% 529
West Midlands +4 8 £475 +2.70% 283
East Midlands +4 5 £494 +7.05% 216
Wales - 5 - - 67
North East +2 4 - - 61
Yorkshire -4 4 £345 -18.82% 241
Northern Ireland -10 1 - - 31

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 16 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.38%) Confluence
3 4 (1.06%) CMS
4 3 (0.79%) Drupal
Applications
1 18 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.53%) Windchill
6 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 60 (15.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (4.76%) Oracle EBS
3 16 (4.23%) Oracle EBS R12
4 15 (3.97%) SAP MM
5 13 (3.44%) SAP SD
6 12 (3.17%) SAP LE
7 9 (2.38%) SAP EWM
8 8 (2.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 7 (1.85%) SAP WM
10 5 (1.32%) Maximo
10 5 (1.32%) Oracle ASCP
10 5 (1.32%) SAP CO
10 5 (1.32%) SAP FI
11 4 (1.06%) Oracle Payables
11 4 (1.06%) SAP FI/CO
11 4 (1.06%) SAP PP
11 4 (1.06%) Unit4 Business World
12 3 (0.79%) SAP PM
12 3 (0.79%) SAP SCM
12 3 (0.79%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 55 (14.55%) Azure
2 34 (8.99%) Azure DevOps
3 28 (7.41%) Power Platform
4 21 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
5 20 (5.29%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
6 18 (4.76%) Power Automate
6 18 (4.76%) PowerApps
7 8 (2.12%) AWS
8 7 (1.85%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.59%) GCP
9 6 (1.59%) SaaS
10 5 (1.32%) Serverless
11 4 (1.06%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.79%) Azure Service Bus
13 2 (0.53%) Azure API Management
13 2 (0.53%) Azure Functions
13 2 (0.53%) Slack
13 2 (0.53%) Yammer
14 1 (0.26%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.79%) RFID
2 2 (0.53%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.26%) BGP
3 1 (0.26%) EIGRP
3 1 (0.26%) Firewall
3 1 (0.26%) HSRP
3 1 (0.26%) IGMP
3 1 (0.26%) IPsec
3 1 (0.26%) Multicast
3 1 (0.26%) NAS
3 1 (0.26%) Network Security
3 1 (0.26%) OSPF
3 1 (0.26%) Skype
3 1 (0.26%) Unicast
3 1 (0.26%) VLAN
3 1 (0.26%) VRRP
3 1 (0.26%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.29%) Power BI
2 18 (4.76%) Relational Database
3 9 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.12%) MS Access
4 8 (2.12%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.85%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.59%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (1.59%) Tableau
7 4 (1.06%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.06%) Oracle BI EE
7 4 (1.06%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.53%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.53%) SAP BW
8 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.26%) Big Data
9 1 (0.26%) GIS
9 1 (0.26%) MySQL
9 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.26%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (8.47%) JIRA
2 18 (4.76%) Git
3 10 (2.65%) QARun
3 10 (2.65%) WinRunner
4 7 (1.85%) GitLab
5 6 (1.59%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.59%) Selenium
6 4 (1.06%) Appium
6 4 (1.06%) CircleCI
6 4 (1.06%) Gatling
6 4 (1.06%) JMeter
6 4 (1.06%) NeoLoad
6 4 (1.06%) Postman
6 4 (1.06%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.79%) LSMW
7 3 (0.79%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.26%) DBeaver
9 1 (0.26%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.26%) TestRail
General
1 113 (29.89%) Social Skills
2 66 (17.46%) Finance
3 42 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 22 (5.82%) Public Sector
4 22 (5.82%) Retail
5 12 (3.17%) Automotive
5 12 (3.17%) Marketing
6 10 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (1.85%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.59%) Banking
9 6 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.59%) Legal
10 5 (1.32%) Local Government
11 4 (1.06%) Billing
11 4 (1.06%) Electronics
11 4 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (17.20%) Analyst
2 56 (14.81%) Consultant
3 41 (10.85%) SAP Consultant
4 40 (10.58%) Senior
5 28 (7.41%) Developer
6 27 (7.14%) Project Manager
7 26 (6.88%) Architect
8 24 (6.35%) IT Support
9 22 (5.82%) Lead
10 21 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
11 20 (5.29%) Solutions Architect
11 20 (5.29%) Test Analyst
12 16 (4.23%) Applications Support
12 16 (4.23%) Business Analyst
13 15 (3.97%) Cloud Architect
13 15 (3.97%) Senior Applications Support
14 13 (3.44%) Cloud Solutions Architect
15 12 (3.17%) TOGAF Architect
16 11 (2.91%) Power Platform Developer
16 11 (2.91%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.29%) SOAP
2 18 (4.76%) REST
3 12 (3.17%) Middleware
4 8 (2.12%) Web Services
5 6 (1.59%) EDI
5 6 (1.59%) SAP Fiori
6 5 (1.32%) IDoc
7 4 (1.06%) Play Framework
7 4 (1.06%) Playwright
8 3 (0.79%) BAPI
8 3 (0.79%) SAP ALE
8 3 (0.79%) SAP PI
8 3 (0.79%) SAP TM
9 2 (0.53%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (0.53%) SAP Core Interface
10 1 (0.26%) Apache NiFi
10 1 (0.26%) Pandas
10 1 (0.26%) PySpark
10 1 (0.26%) SAPUI5
10 1 (0.26%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.73%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.65%) Life Science
3 7 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (1.59%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.32%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.32%) FMCG
6 4 (1.06%) SCADA
7 3 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.79%) Onboarding
7 3 (0.79%) Private Cloud
7 3 (0.79%) Virtual Reality
8 2 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.53%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.53%) IoT
8 2 (0.53%) Robotics
8 2 (0.53%) Self-Driving Car
8 2 (0.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 28 (7.41%) Windows
2 10 (2.65%) Linux
3 9 (2.38%) Unix
4 4 (1.06%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.53%) Android
5 2 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.53%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.26%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (20.90%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (19.84%) Agile
3 50 (13.23%) DevOps
4 42 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 34 (8.99%) Inventory Management
5 34 (8.99%) User Acceptance Testing
6 30 (7.94%) Project Management
7 28 (7.41%) ERP
8 26 (6.88%) Waterfall
9 24 (6.35%) Data Protection
9 24 (6.35%) Project Delivery
10 22 (5.82%) Migration
10 22 (5.82%) Procure-to-Pay
10 22 (5.82%) Software Testing
11 20 (5.29%) Business Intelligence
11 20 (5.29%) Customer Service
11 20 (5.29%) System Integration Testing
12 19 (5.03%) Analytics
12 19 (5.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 19 (5.03%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 59 (15.61%) SQL
2 28 (7.41%) C#
3 12 (3.17%) Python
4 7 (1.85%) JavaScript
4 7 (1.85%) VB
5 6 (1.59%) ABAP
5 6 (1.59%) Java
6 4 (1.06%) C++
6 4 (1.06%) PHP
6 4 (1.06%) Ruby
6 4 (1.06%) Scala
6 4 (1.06%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.79%) Go
8 2 (0.53%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.53%) VBA
9 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.26%) R
9 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.26%) VB6
Qualifications
1 59 (15.61%) Security Cleared
2 56 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.82%) Degree
4 8 (2.12%) Master's Degree
5 6 (1.59%) PMP
6 4 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.06%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.79%) SAP Certification
8 2 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.53%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.53%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.53%) HNC
8 2 (0.53%) HND
9 1 (0.26%) APMP
9 1 (0.26%) CISMP
9 1 (0.26%) CISSP
9 1 (0.26%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.08%) QA
2 17 (4.50%) GDPR
3 14 (3.70%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.17%) PMO
5 7 (1.85%) SLA
6 4 (1.06%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.53%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.26%) COBIT
9 1 (0.26%) COSO
9 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.26%) NIST
9 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (2.12%) SCCM
2 6 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.06%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.06%) Terraform
4 1 (0.26%) Puppet
4 1 (0.26%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 110 (29.10%) SAP
2 41 (10.85%) Microsoft
3 30 (7.94%) Oracle
4 17 (4.50%) Ariba
5 11 (2.91%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.38%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.85%) Citrix
7 7 (1.85%) HP
8 4 (1.06%) Cisco
8 4 (1.06%) Google
9 3 (0.79%) Anaplan
9 3 (0.79%) Apple
9 3 (0.79%) Hyperion
9 3 (0.79%) IFS
9 3 (0.79%) Siemens
10 2 (0.53%) Arista
10 2 (0.53%) Virgin Media
10 2 (0.53%) VMware
10 2 (0.53%) Workday
11 1 (0.26%) TOWER Software