Logistics Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Logistics
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Logistics skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 95 91
Rank change year-on-year -9 -4 +52
Contract jobs citing Logistics 17 20 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.93% 1.05% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 1.28% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 17
10th Percentile £223 £394 £325
25th Percentile £263 £441 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £613 £450
Median % change year-on-year -30.61% +36.11% +3.75%
75th Percentile £488 £763 £538
90th Percentile £655 £800 £725
England median daily rate £500 £507 £500
% change year-on-year -1.38% +1.40% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £29.33 £15.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +89.23% - -
England median hourly rate £25.00 £28.00 £22.27
% change year-on-year -10.71% +25.76% -36.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,618 1,560 1,776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.75% 81.76% 85.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,033 995 1,188
10th Percentile £250 £252 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £674 £725 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 39 50
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.66 £14.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £15.25 £20.21
Median hourly rate £24.34 £26.13 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.83% -5.00% +52.78%
75th Percentile £35.00 £40.25 £43.38
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.65 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.98%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Logistics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Logistics in the West Midlands

Logistics
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Logistics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Logistics

Logistics
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Logistics in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Logistics in the West Midlands

Logistics
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Logistics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Logistics

Logistics
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Logistics within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Warwickshire - 6 - - 4
Birmingham +2 4 £400 -46.67% 12
Staffordshire +3 2 £308 - 9
Worcestershire - 2 £556 - 10
Coventry -7 1 - - 4
Logistics
England

Logistics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) CA PPM
1 1 (5.88%) SAP CRM
1 1 (5.88%) SAP MM
1 1 (5.88%) SAP PP
1 1 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Tableau
2 1 (5.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) JIRA
2 1 (5.88%) Postman
General
1 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Automotive
4 2 (11.76%) Finance
4 2 (11.76%) Legal
4 2 (11.76%) Retail
5 1 (5.88%) Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Coordinator
2 2 (11.76%) Data Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Senior
2 2 (11.76%) Senior Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Integration Tester
3 1 (5.88%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Programme Director
3 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (5.88%) SAP Manager
3 1 (5.88%) SAP MM Consultant
3 1 (5.88%) SAP PP Consultant
3 1 (5.88%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Configuration Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Senior SAP Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) EDI
1 1 (5.88%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (23.53%) Social Media
2 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.88%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (29.41%) Process Improvement
2 3 (17.65%) Agile
2 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (11.76%) Data Management
3 2 (11.76%) Inventory Management
4 1 (5.88%) Analytics
4 1 (5.88%) Business Analysis
4 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis
4 1 (5.88%) Data Analytics
4 1 (5.88%) Data Protection
4 1 (5.88%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (5.88%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (5.88%) Telesales
4 1 (5.88%) Test Management
4 1 (5.88%) Time Management
4 1 (5.88%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (5.88%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) VBA
2 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) CPIM
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) PMO
2 1 (5.88%) P3O
2 1 (5.88%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) SAP
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) Planview