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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 96 91
Rank change year-on-year -25 -5 +35
Contract jobs citing Logistics 35 4 17
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.17% 0.30% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 0.34% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 1 8
10th Percentile £248 - £394
25th Percentile £425 £463 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% +9.09%
75th Percentile £844 £488 £781
90th Percentile - - £875
England median daily rate £475 £528 £525
% change year-on-year -9.95% +0.48% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £33.98 - £10.50
75th Percentile - - £28.42
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.97 £20.97 £21.26
% change year-on-year +4.77% -1.35% +99.95%

All Process & 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 2,506 1,193 1,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.98% 88.76% 83.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,660 804 1,063
10th Percentile £305 £200 £275
25th Percentile £402 £387 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +2.04% -3.92%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £603
90th Percentile £650 £688 £718
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 54 117
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.36 £11.10
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.55 £14.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £18.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -20.00% +26.98%
75th Percentile £53.75 £27.19 £40.00
90th Percentile £70.47 £34.63 £57.25
England median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +15.38% -1.52% -13.95%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Logistics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Logistics job vacancy trend 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 6 April 2026.

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 6 April 2026. 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
Birmingham -6 13 £800 - 21
Staffordshire -1 2 £531 +11.84% 9
Warwickshire -15 2 £800 - 7
Shropshire - 2 £308 - 5
Solihull - 2 £471 - 4
Wolverhampton - 1 £267 -
Coventry - 1 - - 3
Logistics
England

Logistics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (17.14%) SAP MM
2 5 (14.29%) SAP EWM
2 5 (14.29%) SAP SD
3 4 (11.43%) SAP PP
3 4 (11.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (2.86%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (2.86%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.86%) Lucidchart
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (2.86%) OpenShift
1 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
1 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) VoIP
1 1 (2.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) JasperReports
1 1 (2.86%) Metadata
1 1 (2.86%) Power BI
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Hudson
General
1 7 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.14%) Finance
2 6 (17.14%) Manufacturing
3 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.71%) Legal
4 2 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Automotive
5 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.86%) Publishing
5 1 (2.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Consultant
2 8 (22.86%) Architect
3 7 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
4 5 (14.29%) Analyst
4 5 (14.29%) Security Architect
5 4 (11.43%) Business Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) SAP EWM Consultant
6 3 (8.57%) Designer
6 3 (8.57%) Service Architect
6 3 (8.57%) Service Designer
7 2 (5.71%) Chief Technology Officer
7 2 (5.71%) Logistics Analyst
7 2 (5.71%) Logistics Business Analyst
7 2 (5.71%) SAP PP Consultant
7 2 (5.71%) Senior
7 2 (5.71%) Technical Specialist
8 1 (2.86%) Project Coordinator
8 1 (2.86%) SAP Project Manager
8 1 (2.86%) SAP Trainer
8 1 (2.86%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) REST
1 1 (2.86%) WebCenter
1 1 (2.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 3 (8.57%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.86%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.86%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.86%) PMI
3 1 (2.86%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Linux
1 2 (5.71%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) AIX
2 1 (2.86%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (17.14%) Workshop Facilitation
3 5 (14.29%) Compliance Audit
3 5 (14.29%) ERP
4 4 (11.43%) Inventory Management
4 4 (11.43%) Production Planning
5 3 (8.57%) Agile
5 3 (8.57%) Change Management
5 3 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (8.57%) Data Management
5 3 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (8.57%) Service Design
6 2 (5.71%) Business Analysis
6 2 (5.71%) Data Protection
6 2 (5.71%) Service Delivery
6 2 (5.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (5.71%) Supplier Management
6 2 (5.71%) Supply Chain Management
6 2 (5.71%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.57%) SQL
2 1 (2.86%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (17.14%) Security Cleared
2 5 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 4 (11.43%) SAP Certification
4 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.86%) CAPM
4 1 (2.86%) CBAP
4 1 (2.86%) Degree
4 1 (2.86%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) PMO
2 1 (2.86%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.86%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.86%) ITGC
2 1 (2.86%) NIST
2 1 (2.86%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.86%) KVM
1 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Ansible
1 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (34.29%) SAP
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.86%) Epicor
3 1 (2.86%) IFS
3 1 (2.86%) Infor
3 1 (2.86%) Kronos
3 1 (2.86%) Oracle
3 1 (2.86%) Qualtrics
3 1 (2.86%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.86%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.86%) VMware