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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 107 95
Rank change year-on-year -16 -12 +2
Contract jobs citing Logistics 48 20 19
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.35% 1.06% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 1.18% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 9 7
10th Percentile £229 £223 £435
25th Percentile £438 £263 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £750
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -43.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £619 £488 £775
90th Percentile £625 £655 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £509
% change year-on-year - +3.24% +1.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 2
10th Percentile £13.38 £17.78 -
25th Percentile £13.46 £19.71 £15.25
Median hourly rate £18.11 £23.17 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.84% +49.45% -
75th Percentile £21.66 £26.37 £15.75
90th Percentile £27.30 £28.15 -
England median hourly rate £14.50 £24.81 £28.00
% change year-on-year -41.56% -11.39% +24.28%

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 3,006 1,694 1,581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.68% 89.87% 83.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,843 1,078 993
10th Percentile £315 £255 £231
25th Percentile £413 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £683 £725
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 113 40
10th Percentile £13.45 £12.62 £14.66
25th Percentile £17.48 £16.30 £15.44
Median hourly rate £23.00 £23.05 £23.89
Median % change year-on-year -0.22% -3.52% -13.13%
75th Percentile £45.00 £33.88 £35.00
90th Percentile £61.00 £50.00 £52.78
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%

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 9 October 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Logistics in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Logistics in the West Midlands

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 9 October 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 +12 15 £550 +37.50% 40
Warwickshire -11 9 £325 - 19
Worcestershire +12 6 - - 12
Walsall - 4 £600 -
Staffordshire -10 3 £500 +62.60% 18
Coventry -20 2 £550 - 11
Solihull - 1 - - 3
Shropshire - 1 £238 - 8
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 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (14.58%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (8.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (14.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (6.25%) SAP EWM
2 3 (6.25%) SAP MM
3 2 (4.17%) SAP PP
3 2 (4.17%) SAP SD
4 1 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (2.08%) SAP ERP
4 1 (2.08%) SAP LE
4 1 (2.08%) SAP QM
4 1 (2.08%) SAP Travel Management
4 1 (2.08%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.42%) Power Platform
2 4 (8.33%) AWS
2 4 (8.33%) Azure
3 3 (6.25%) GCP
4 1 (2.08%) GitHub
4 1 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.42%) Power BI
2 4 (8.33%) Tableau
3 3 (6.25%) Looker
4 1 (2.08%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.08%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.08%) SAP HANA
4 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Hudson
General
1 24 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.83%) Manufacturing
3 7 (14.58%) Retail
4 6 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (12.50%) Finance
4 6 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (8.33%) Automotive
6 1 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Legal
6 1 (2.08%) Marketing
6 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (22.92%) Consultant
2 7 (14.58%) SAP Consultant
3 6 (12.50%) Analyst
4 4 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 4 (8.33%) SAP Trainer
4 4 (8.33%) Senior
4 4 (8.33%) Trainer
5 3 (6.25%) Business Analyst
5 3 (6.25%) Coordinator
5 3 (6.25%) SAP EWM Consultant
6 2 (4.17%) Applications Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Applications Project Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Developer
6 2 (4.17%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.17%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Logistics Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Senior IT Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Senior IT Project Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Senior Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) SAP Core Interface
1 2 (4.17%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.08%) .NET
2 1 (2.08%) .NET Core
2 1 (2.08%) Django
2 1 (2.08%) IDoc
2 1 (2.08%) Middleware
2 1 (2.08%) React
2 1 (2.08%) React Native
2 1 (2.08%) REST
2 1 (2.08%) SAP Basis
2 1 (2.08%) SAP TM
2 1 (2.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.25%) Data Structures
2 3 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.17%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.08%) Legacy Code
4 1 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.08%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.08%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.08%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.08%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.08%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (18.75%) ERP
2 9 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 8 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 8 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (14.58%) Knowledge Transfer
5 6 (12.50%) Production Planning
5 6 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
5 6 (12.50%) Unit Testing
6 5 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (10.42%) Customer Experience
6 5 (10.42%) Data Entry
6 5 (10.42%) Inventory Management
6 5 (10.42%) Migration
7 4 (8.33%) CRM
7 4 (8.33%) E-Commerce
7 4 (8.33%) Integration Testing
7 4 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.42%) SQL
2 3 (6.25%) Python
3 2 (4.17%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.08%) ABAP
4 1 (2.08%) Java
4 1 (2.08%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (14.58%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.42%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.25%) QA
2 2 (4.17%) SLA
3 1 (2.08%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.08%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (29.17%) SAP
2 8 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.17%) MuleSoft
3 2 (4.17%) OpenAI
3 2 (4.17%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.08%) Databricks
4 1 (2.08%) Google
4 1 (2.08%) IFS
4 1 (2.08%) Oracle
4 1 (2.08%) Qualtrics
4 1 (2.08%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.08%) Teradata