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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 171 99
Rank change year-on-year +67 -72 +217
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 1,682 851 1,785
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.74% 1.94% 2.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 2.19% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,169 504 535
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £84,000 £86,250 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -18.18%

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 70,812 38,908 59,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.46% 88.91% 81.00%
Number of salaries quoted 50,212 22,532 37,613
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 +41 427 £50,000 +13.64% 167
South East +80 420 £42,500 +13.33% 122
North of England +41 368 £60,000 +23.08% 99
London +25 241 £56,250 -16.67% 128
West Midlands +35 238 £50,000 +11.11% 78
North West +92 215 £60,000 +29.73% 48
East Midlands +23 184 £40,000 +0.61% 88
Yorkshire -31 126 £60,000 +11.63% 38
South West -36 110 £50,000 +8.11% 38
East of England +1 101 £55,000 +10.00% 46
North East -41 27 £40,000 -11.11% 15
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 22 (1.31%) SharePoint
2 13 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.54%) Confluence
4 3 (0.18%) CMS
4 3 (0.18%) WordPress
5 1 (0.059%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.059%) IIS
Applications
1 115 (6.84%) Microsoft Office
2 89 (5.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (0.54%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.12%) CapCut
8 2 (0.12%) InDesign
8 2 (0.12%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.12%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.059%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.059%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.059%) Trello
Business Applications
1 56 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.95%) SAP SD
3 13 (0.77%) NetSuite
3 13 (0.77%) SAP Travel Management
4 10 (0.59%) SAP ERP
5 8 (0.48%) SAP EWM
5 8 (0.48%) SAP GTS
6 6 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.36%) SAP IBP
7 5 (0.30%) SAP CO
7 5 (0.30%) SAP FI
7 5 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
7 5 (0.30%) SAP MM
7 5 (0.30%) SAP SCM
8 4 (0.24%) Magento
8 4 (0.24%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 4 (0.24%) SAP WM
8 4 (0.24%) Shopify
9 3 (0.18%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 89 (5.29%) Azure
2 81 (4.82%) SaaS
3 61 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (2.97%) Power Platform
5 42 (2.50%) AWS
6 29 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (1.01%) Entra ID
8 15 (0.89%) GitHub
9 11 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (0.59%) Serverless
11 9 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (0.54%) Power Automate
12 8 (0.48%) GCP
13 7 (0.42%) PowerApps
14 6 (0.36%) Anthropic Claude
14 6 (0.36%) Azure Service Bus
15 5 (0.30%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (0.30%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (0.30%) GitHub Copilot
16 4 (0.24%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.50%) Firewall
2 14 (0.83%) LAN
2 14 (0.83%) WAN
3 13 (0.77%) Wireless
4 12 (0.71%) VLAN
4 12 (0.71%) VPN
4 12 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (0.42%) DNS
5 7 (0.42%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.36%) Network Security
7 4 (0.24%) DHCP
8 3 (0.18%) Internet
8 3 (0.18%) Intranet
8 3 (0.18%) VoIP
9 2 (0.12%) FTP
9 2 (0.12%) IPv4
9 2 (0.12%) IPv6
9 2 (0.12%) SSL
9 2 (0.12%) WireGuard
10 1 (0.059%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (2.73%) Power BI
2 37 (2.20%) SQL Server
3 15 (0.89%) Tableau
4 12 (0.71%) GIS
5 11 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (0.59%) Oracle Database
6 10 (0.59%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.48%) MySQL
8 7 (0.42%) Power Query
8 7 (0.42%) SAP HANA
9 6 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.24%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.24%) Db2
11 4 (0.24%) SQLite
12 3 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (1.61%) JIRA
2 21 (1.25%) Git
3 6 (0.36%) Claude Code
4 3 (0.18%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.12%) Hudson
5 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.12%) LSMW
5 2 (0.12%) Postman
6 1 (0.059%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.059%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.059%) Gatling
6 1 (0.059%) JMeter
6 1 (0.059%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.059%) Selenium
6 1 (0.059%) Yeoman
General
1 394 (23.42%) Social Skills
2 245 (14.57%) Finance
3 222 (13.20%) Manufacturing
4 203 (12.07%) Retail
5 150 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
6 104 (6.18%) Organisational Skills
7 61 (3.63%) Marketing
8 48 (2.85%) Public Sector
9 47 (2.79%) Law
10 35 (2.08%) Electronics
10 35 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 33 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
12 32 (1.90%) Legal
13 26 (1.55%) Telecoms
14 22 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.25%) Automotive
16 20 (1.19%) Billing
16 20 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.07%) Aerospace
17 18 (1.07%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 325 (19.32%) Business Manager
2 321 (19.08%) Development Manager
3 313 (18.61%) Business Development Manager
4 122 (7.25%) Analyst
5 97 (5.77%) Senior
6 95 (5.65%) Developer
7 93 (5.53%) Logistics Manager
8 68 (4.04%) Administrator
9 61 (3.63%) IT Support
10 59 (3.51%) Technical Engineer
11 54 (3.21%) Consultant
12 52 (3.09%) Project Manager
13 49 (2.91%) IT Manager
14 45 (2.68%) Coordinator
14 45 (2.68%) Support Technician
15 41 (2.44%) Lead
16 37 (2.20%) Account Executive
16 37 (2.20%) Business Analyst
17 36 (2.14%) IT Technician
18 34 (2.02%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.97%) .NET
2 22 (1.31%) EDI
3 20 (1.19%) Middleware
4 16 (0.95%) React
5 14 (0.83%) AngularJS
5 14 (0.83%) Terraform
6 13 (0.77%) SAP TM
7 11 (0.65%) SAP Fiori
8 10 (0.59%) Web Services
9 9 (0.54%) REST
10 8 (0.48%) .NET Framework
11 7 (0.42%) .NET Core
11 7 (0.42%) HTML
11 7 (0.42%) Matplotlib
11 7 (0.42%) Seaborn
11 7 (0.42%) XML
12 6 (0.36%) Next.js
12 6 (0.36%) Node.js
13 5 (0.30%) Gherkin
13 5 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 71 (4.22%) Driving Licence
2 65 (3.86%) Onboarding
3 53 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
4 51 (3.03%) Renewable Energy
5 35 (2.08%) Management Information System
6 30 (1.78%) Product Ownership
7 29 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
8 24 (1.43%) FMCG
9 22 (1.31%) Robotics
10 21 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
11 20 (1.19%) Data Centre
11 20 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
12 16 (0.95%) Web Conferencing
13 15 (0.89%) Data Structures
13 15 (0.89%) EPoS
14 10 (0.59%) CCTV
15 9 (0.54%) Cloud Native
15 9 (0.54%) Video Editing
16 8 (0.48%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 77 (4.58%) Windows
2 32 (1.90%) Linux
3 25 (1.49%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.01%) Android
5 12 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.059%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.059%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.059%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.059%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (21.46%) Business Development
2 287 (17.06%) Problem-Solving
3 190 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
3 190 (11.30%) Customer Service
4 189 (11.24%) ERP
5 182 (10.82%) Project Delivery
6 181 (10.76%) CRM
7 177 (10.52%) Project Management
8 144 (8.56%) E-Commerce
9 130 (7.73%) Decision-Making
10 127 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
11 108 (6.42%) Agile
12 93 (5.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 83 (4.93%) AI
14 82 (4.88%) ITIL
15 74 (4.40%) Roadmaps
15 74 (4.40%) Service Delivery
16 65 (3.86%) Actionable Insight
17 63 (3.75%) Business Intelligence
18 61 (3.63%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 109 (6.48%) SQL
2 53 (3.15%) C#
3 42 (2.50%) Python
4 20 (1.19%) JavaScript
4 20 (1.19%) TypeScript
5 17 (1.01%) PowerShell
6 8 (0.48%) Clojure
6 8 (0.48%) Go
6 8 (0.48%) Java
7 7 (0.42%) C++
7 7 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (0.36%) RPG
9 5 (0.30%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.24%) Bash
10 4 (0.24%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.24%) RPG IV
11 3 (0.18%) C
11 3 (0.18%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.18%) Swift
11 3 (0.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 109 (6.48%) DBS Check
2 88 (5.23%) Degree
3 51 (3.03%) NVQ Level 3
4 30 (1.78%) PMI Certification
5 27 (1.61%) PMP
6 23 (1.37%) Security Cleared
7 21 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 19 (1.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 18 (1.07%) HNC
10 16 (0.95%) ACCA
10 16 (0.95%) CIMA
10 16 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (0.95%) Postgraduate
11 15 (0.89%) SC Cleared
12 11 (0.65%) CIPD
12 11 (0.65%) HND
13 9 (0.54%) ISTQB
14 8 (0.48%) SAP Certification
15 7 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
16 5 (0.30%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (2.26%) ISO 9001
2 31 (1.84%) SLA
3 29 (1.72%) QA
4 27 (1.61%) GDPR
4 27 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (1.19%) Accessibility
5 20 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (1.13%) ISO 14001
7 17 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 16 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 13 (0.77%) Data Quality
10 11 (0.65%) PMO
11 6 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 4 (0.24%) GRC
13 2 (0.12%) EU AI Act
14 1 (0.059%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 1 (0.059%) NIST
14 1 (0.059%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.059%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 24 (1.43%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.31%) Docker
3 16 (0.95%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.24%) Firmware
5 4 (0.24%) IAG
6 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.12%) iptables
7 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (1.37%) SCCM
2 17 (1.01%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.42%) Grafana
5 6 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (0.36%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.30%) Autotask
7 4 (0.24%) Ansible
7 4 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (0.12%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.059%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.059%) SCOM
9 1 (0.059%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.059%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 275 (16.35%) Microsoft
2 109 (6.48%) SAP
3 37 (2.20%) Oracle
4 21 (1.25%) Fortinet
4 21 (1.25%) SonicWALL
5 17 (1.01%) HubSpot
5 17 (1.01%) IFS
6 12 (0.71%) Google
7 11 (0.65%) Cisco
7 11 (0.65%) ServiceNow
7 11 (0.65%) VMware
8 9 (0.54%) Sage
9 8 (0.48%) IBM
9 8 (0.48%) Salesforce
10 7 (0.42%) Infor
11 6 (0.36%) Facebook
12 5 (0.30%) Adobe
12 5 (0.30%) Epicor
12 5 (0.30%) JDA
12 5 (0.30%) Kaseya