Logistics Job Trends in England

Logistics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Logistics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 152 102
Rank change year-on-year +62 -50 +199
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 2,001 946 1,660
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.92% 2.19% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 2.45% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,377 557 407
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £30,950
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £49,375
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.80% -10.23%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Logistics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76,510 38,541 55,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.60% 89.13% 82.33%
Number of salaries quoted 53,897 21,791 29,983
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £78,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.93% -2.56%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Logistics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Logistics job vacancy trend in England

Logistics
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Logistics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Logistics

Logistics
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Logistics in England over the 6 months to 2 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Logistics in England

Logistics
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Logistics within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +29 533 £47,500 +18.75% 283
South East +68 495 £43,000 +14.67% 336
North of England +49 420 £60,000 +20.00% 240
London +37 308 £60,000 -11.11% 790
West Midlands +36 273 £50,000 +11.11% 141
East Midlands +17 255 £40,000 +3.90% 142
North West +73 231 £60,000 +20.00% 131
Yorkshire -11 153 £60,000 +9.09% 86
East of England +12 135 £50,000 - 102
South West -35 113 £45,000 +12.50% 87
North East -31 36 £40,000 -11.11% 26
Logistics
UK

Logistics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 31 (1.55%) SharePoint
2 18 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (0.75%) Confluence
4 5 (0.25%) CMS
5 4 (0.20%) WordPress
6 2 (0.100%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (0.050%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.050%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 145 (7.25%) Microsoft Office
2 128 (6.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.50%) Spreadsheet
4 22 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.55%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.25%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.100%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.100%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.100%) CapCut
8 2 (0.100%) InDesign
8 2 (0.100%) Revit
8 2 (0.100%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.050%) Civil 3D
9 1 (0.050%) Navisworks
9 1 (0.050%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.050%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.050%) Trello
Business Applications
1 56 (2.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 26 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (0.90%) Dynamics AX
4 17 (0.85%) NetSuite
4 17 (0.85%) SAP SD
5 12 (0.60%) SAP Travel Management
6 11 (0.55%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.40%) SAP EWM
7 8 (0.40%) SAP GTS
8 7 (0.35%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.30%) SAP IBP
10 5 (0.25%) Infor M3
10 5 (0.25%) Odoo
10 5 (0.25%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.25%) SAP CRM
10 5 (0.25%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.25%) SAP MM
10 5 (0.25%) Shopify
11 4 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 93 (4.65%) Azure
2 81 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
3 72 (3.60%) SaaS
4 70 (3.50%) Power Platform
5 57 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
6 41 (2.05%) AWS
7 22 (1.10%) Entra ID
8 15 (0.75%) GitHub
9 14 (0.70%) Power Automate
10 13 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (0.55%) Serverless
12 8 (0.40%) GCP
12 8 (0.40%) PowerApps
12 8 (0.40%) Smartsheet
13 7 (0.35%) Anthropic Claude
14 6 (0.30%) GitHub Copilot
15 5 (0.25%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (0.25%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 39 (1.95%) Firewall
2 18 (0.90%) LAN
2 18 (0.90%) WAN
3 17 (0.85%) VPN
3 17 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (0.75%) VLAN
4 15 (0.75%) Wireless
5 10 (0.50%) DNS
6 8 (0.40%) DHCP
7 7 (0.35%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.35%) Profibus
7 7 (0.35%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.30%) Network Security
9 3 (0.15%) Internet
9 3 (0.15%) Intranet
9 3 (0.15%) SSL
9 3 (0.15%) VoIP
10 2 (0.100%) FTP
10 2 (0.100%) IPv4
10 2 (0.100%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (3.20%) Power BI
2 37 (1.85%) SQL Server
3 16 (0.80%) Relational Database
4 12 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (0.60%) Tableau
5 10 (0.50%) Oracle Database
6 9 (0.45%) GIS
7 8 (0.40%) MySQL
7 8 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.35%) Power Query
8 7 (0.35%) SAP HANA
9 5 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.25%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.20%) Db2
10 4 (0.20%) SQLite
11 3 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.15%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 36 (1.80%) JIRA
2 15 (0.75%) Git
3 7 (0.35%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.100%) Hudson
4 2 (0.100%) LSMW
4 2 (0.100%) Postman
4 2 (0.100%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.050%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.050%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.050%) Gatling
5 1 (0.050%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.050%) JMeter
5 1 (0.050%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.050%) Selenium
5 1 (0.050%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.050%) Zephyr
General
1 544 (27.19%) Social Skills
2 322 (16.09%) Manufacturing
3 310 (15.49%) Finance
4 276 (13.79%) Retail
5 205 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
6 173 (8.65%) Organisational Skills
7 79 (3.95%) Marketing
8 54 (2.70%) Automotive
9 50 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
10 49 (2.45%) Public Sector
11 45 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 45 (2.25%) Law
12 43 (2.15%) Telecoms
13 42 (2.10%) Aerospace
14 41 (2.05%) Legal
15 38 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
16 33 (1.65%) Electronics
17 27 (1.35%) Billing
18 22 (1.10%) Agriculture
18 22 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 340 (16.99%) Business Manager
2 332 (16.59%) Development Manager
3 326 (16.29%) Business Development Manager
4 144 (7.20%) Analyst
5 126 (6.30%) Senior
6 114 (5.70%) Logistics Manager
7 99 (4.95%) Developer
8 95 (4.75%) Administrator
9 75 (3.75%) Consultant
10 73 (3.65%) Project Manager
11 69 (3.45%) IT Support
12 67 (3.35%) Coordinator
13 63 (3.15%) IT Manager
14 58 (2.90%) Technical Engineer
15 57 (2.85%) Lead
16 52 (2.60%) Business Analyst
17 48 (2.40%) Software Project Manager
18 47 (2.35%) Logistics Project Manager
18 47 (2.35%) Support Technician
19 45 (2.25%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.50%) .NET
2 23 (1.15%) EDI
3 21 (1.05%) Middleware
4 17 (0.85%) React
5 14 (0.70%) Terraform
6 13 (0.65%) AngularJS
7 12 (0.60%) SAP Fiori
7 12 (0.60%) SAP TM
8 11 (0.55%) REST
8 11 (0.55%) Web Services
9 9 (0.45%) .NET Framework
9 9 (0.45%) Django
10 8 (0.40%) Blazor
11 7 (0.35%) HTML
11 7 (0.35%) Next.js
11 7 (0.35%) XML
12 6 (0.30%) .NET Core
12 6 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
13 5 (0.25%) Entity Framework
13 5 (0.25%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 105 (5.25%) Driving Licence
2 78 (3.90%) Onboarding
3 70 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
4 66 (3.30%) Management Information System
5 56 (2.80%) FMCG
5 56 (2.80%) Renewable Energy
6 39 (1.95%) Data Centre
7 36 (1.80%) Robotics
8 31 (1.55%) Product Ownership
9 28 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
10 26 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
10 26 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
11 22 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
12 19 (0.95%) Web Conferencing
13 15 (0.75%) CCTV
13 15 (0.75%) Data Structures
14 14 (0.70%) SCADA
15 13 (0.65%) Operational Technology
16 12 (0.60%) EPoS
17 10 (0.50%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 79 (3.95%) Windows
2 35 (1.75%) Linux
3 26 (1.30%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.75%) Android
5 13 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.20%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.100%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.050%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.050%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (19.14%) Business Development
2 364 (18.19%) Problem-Solving
3 293 (14.64%) Customer Service
4 281 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 261 (13.04%) ERP
6 240 (11.99%) CRM
7 204 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
8 186 (9.30%) Project Delivery
9 179 (8.95%) Project Management
10 166 (8.30%) Decision-Making
11 157 (7.85%) E-Commerce
12 112 (5.60%) Agile
13 107 (5.35%) AI
14 104 (5.20%) Process Improvement
15 99 (4.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 93 (4.65%) Service Delivery
17 87 (4.35%) Inventory Management
18 86 (4.30%) ITIL
18 86 (4.30%) Roadmaps
19 84 (4.20%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 113 (5.65%) SQL
2 53 (2.65%) C#
3 45 (2.25%) Python
4 22 (1.10%) PowerShell
5 19 (0.95%) TypeScript
6 17 (0.85%) Go
6 17 (0.85%) JavaScript
7 8 (0.40%) Clojure
8 7 (0.35%) Java
9 6 (0.30%) C++
9 6 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.30%) RPG
10 5 (0.25%) VB.NET
11 4 (0.20%) Bash
11 4 (0.20%) RPG IV
11 4 (0.20%) Ruby
11 4 (0.20%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.15%) ABAP
12 3 (0.15%) C
12 3 (0.15%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 144 (7.20%) Degree
2 100 (5.00%) DBS Check
3 60 (3.00%) NVQ Level 3
4 30 (1.50%) PMI Certification
5 27 (1.35%) PMP
6 24 (1.20%) HNC
7 23 (1.15%) Security Cleared
8 20 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (0.95%) ACCA
9 19 (0.95%) CIMA
10 18 (0.90%) SC Cleared
11 17 (0.85%) HND
12 16 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
12 16 (0.80%) Postgraduate
12 16 (0.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 14 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (0.50%) City & Guilds
15 9 (0.45%) ISTQB
16 8 (0.40%) CIPD
16 8 (0.40%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (2.45%) SLA
2 42 (2.10%) QA
3 33 (1.65%) GDPR
4 30 (1.50%) Accessibility
4 30 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (1.45%) ISO 9001
6 20 (1.00%) Data Quality
7 16 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (0.70%) ISO 14001
9 13 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 12 (0.60%) PMO
11 11 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.40%) GRC
13 5 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.100%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.100%) EU AI Act
16 1 (0.050%) AQAP
16 1 (0.050%) ISO 13485
16 1 (0.050%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 32 (1.60%) Active Directory
2 31 (1.55%) Docker
3 17 (0.85%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.40%) Firmware
6 4 (0.20%) IAG
6 4 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.100%) iptables
7 2 (0.100%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.050%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (1.20%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.15%) SCCM
3 8 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.30%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (0.30%) Grafana
5 5 (0.25%) Autotask
5 5 (0.25%) Functional Safety
5 5 (0.25%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.20%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (0.15%) Ansible
8 2 (0.100%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.050%) SCOM
Vendors
1 380 (18.99%) Microsoft
2 147 (7.35%) SAP
3 51 (2.55%) Oracle
4 20 (1.00%) Fortinet
4 20 (1.00%) HubSpot
4 20 (1.00%) IFS
4 20 (1.00%) SonicWALL
5 17 (0.85%) ServiceNow
6 15 (0.75%) Google
7 13 (0.65%) Cisco
7 13 (0.65%) Infor
8 12 (0.60%) Sage
8 12 (0.60%) Siemens
9 11 (0.55%) Salesforce
9 11 (0.55%) VMware
10 9 (0.45%) IBM
11 6 (0.30%) Adobe
11 6 (0.30%) Ariba
11 6 (0.30%) Epicor
11 6 (0.30%) Facebook