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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 96 99
Rank change year-on-year -28 +3 +29
Contract jobs citing Logistics 24 9 15
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.96% 0.59% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 0.67% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 8
10th Percentile £179 - £413
25th Percentile £248 £750 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £775 £463
Median % change year-on-year -41.94% +67.57% +23.33%
75th Percentile £688 £800 £650
90th Percentile £798 - £875
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.50 - -
Median hourly rate £17.00 - £28.42
75th Percentile £17.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.00 £17.21 £21.50
% change year-on-year +27.83% -19.95% +110.47%

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 2,136 1,340 1,596
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.10% 88.45% 84.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,387 835 1,047
10th Percentile £289 £210 £263
25th Percentile £403 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £490
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +4.59% -2.00%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 51 106
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.51 £17.25
Median hourly rate £21.46 £21.59 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.60% -6.13% +29.94%
75th Percentile £26.91 £33.65 £48.75
90th Percentile £35.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -1.41% +2.66%

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 February 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 February 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 -9 6 £350 -54.84% 27
Warwickshire -7 5 £800 - 7
Wolverhampton -1 1 £267 - 2
Shropshire - 1 £308 - 12
Staffordshire - 1 £550 - 9
Solihull - 1 £450 -
Worcestershire - 1 £263 - 5
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 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (12.50%) SAP PP
1 3 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (4.17%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
1 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) VoIP
1 1 (4.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Metadata
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
1 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Hudson
General
1 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Finance
3 5 (20.83%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Electronics
4 1 (4.17%) Legal
4 1 (4.17%) Marketing
4 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.17%) Publishing
4 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Architect
1 5 (20.83%) Consultant
2 4 (16.67%) Designer
2 4 (16.67%) Service Architect
2 4 (16.67%) Service Designer
3 3 (12.50%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) SAP PP Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Senior
4 2 (8.33%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) IFS Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Logistics Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Logistics Business Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Process Mapping Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Process Mapping Business Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Product Owner
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Configuration Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Technician
5 1 (4.17%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) REST
1 1 (4.17%) WebCenter
1 1 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (16.67%) Social Media
2 2 (8.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) ERP
1 5 (20.83%) Process Improvement
2 4 (16.67%) Service Design
2 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (12.50%) Data Management
3 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (12.50%) Production Planning
4 2 (8.33%) Agile
4 2 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (8.33%) CRM
4 2 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 2 (8.33%) ITIL
4 2 (8.33%) Service Delivery
4 2 (8.33%) Supplier Management
4 2 (8.33%) Supply Chain Management
4 2 (8.33%) Workflow
5 1 (4.17%) Change Management
5 1 (4.17%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (4.17%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) PL/SQL
2 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) PMO
2 1 (4.17%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.17%) ITGC
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) SAP
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.17%) Epicor
3 1 (4.17%) IFS
3 1 (4.17%) Oracle
3 1 (4.17%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow