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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 240 186
Rank change year-on-year +127 -54 +50
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 1,335 534 1,306
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.65% 1.37% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 1.47% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 981 278 854
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £35,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £62,000 £77,500 £63,438
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £74,625
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -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 60,225 36,390 71,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.59% 93.48% 85.33%
Number of salaries quoted 38,460 20,470 53,767
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,372 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +18 368 £50,000 +11.11% 126
South East +97 295 £42,500 -15.00% 98
North of England +87 287 £50,000 +11.11% 103
West Midlands +17 250 £52,500 +16.67% 75
London +81 200 £55,000 -29.03% 132
North West +76 163 £60,000 +14.29% 47
East Midlands +2 115 £50,000 +11.11% 51
South West +21 104 £35,000 -46.15% 34
Yorkshire +10 92 £50,000 +66.67% 41
East of England +17 69 £45,000 - 47
North East -5 32 £31,000 -31.11% 16
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 12 (0.90%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.82%) CMS
3 3 (0.22%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.075%) Confluence
5 1 (0.075%) IIS
5 1 (0.075%) Kinematics
5 1 (0.075%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 101 (7.57%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.37%) InDesign
6 5 (0.37%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.15%) Trello
8 1 (0.075%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.075%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 55 (4.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.35%) Sprinklr
3 14 (1.05%) Dynamics AX
3 14 (1.05%) SAP SD
4 11 (0.82%) SAP ERP
5 10 (0.75%) SAP Travel Management
6 9 (0.67%) NetSuite
7 7 (0.52%) SAP EWM
7 7 (0.52%) SAP GTS
7 7 (0.52%) SAP IBP
7 7 (0.52%) SAP MM
8 6 (0.45%) SAP WM
9 4 (0.30%) Magento
9 4 (0.30%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
10 3 (0.22%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.22%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.22%) Shopify
11 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
11 2 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 95 (7.12%) SaaS
2 55 (4.12%) Azure
3 44 (3.30%) Power Platform
4 30 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (1.50%) AWS
7 10 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (0.75%) Serverless
8 7 (0.52%) Azure Service Bus
9 6 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (0.37%) Amazon S3
10 5 (0.37%) Azure Event Grid
11 4 (0.30%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.30%) GCP
11 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.22%) Amazon SQS
12 3 (0.22%) AWS Step Functions
12 3 (0.22%) GitHub
12 3 (0.22%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.50%) Wireless
2 13 (0.97%) Firewall
2 13 (0.97%) WAN
3 10 (0.75%) TCP/IP
3 10 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (0.67%) SD-WAN
5 8 (0.60%) DNS
5 8 (0.60%) VPN
6 7 (0.52%) DHCP
7 4 (0.30%) LAN
7 4 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.22%) Cisco Wireless
9 2 (0.15%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.15%) Intranet
10 1 (0.075%) FTP
10 1 (0.075%) IPsec
10 1 (0.075%) RFID
10 1 (0.075%) SAN
10 1 (0.075%) SNMP
10 1 (0.075%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (3.00%) Power BI
2 20 (1.50%) Tableau
3 12 (0.90%) SQL Server
4 11 (0.82%) GIS
5 9 (0.67%) DynamoDB
6 7 (0.52%) Power Query
6 7 (0.52%) SAP HANA
7 6 (0.45%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.22%) Delta Lake
8 3 (0.22%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.15%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.15%) DB2
9 2 (0.15%) DTS
9 2 (0.15%) Metadata
9 2 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.15%) QGIS
9 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (1.95%) JIRA
2 15 (1.12%) Postman
3 13 (0.97%) Selenium
3 13 (0.97%) SoapUI
3 13 (0.97%) Team Foundation Server
3 13 (0.97%) WebDriver
4 12 (0.90%) Git
5 4 (0.30%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.075%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.075%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.075%) MLflow
6 1 (0.075%) Visual Studio
General
1 274 (20.52%) Social Skills
2 221 (16.55%) Manufacturing
3 194 (14.53%) Finance
4 151 (11.31%) Retail
5 99 (7.42%) Analytical Skills
6 73 (5.47%) Marketing
7 66 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
8 39 (2.92%) Public Sector
9 31 (2.32%) Pharmaceutical
10 29 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 21 (1.57%) Law
12 20 (1.50%) Telecoms
13 18 (1.35%) Automotive
13 18 (1.35%) Electronics
14 17 (1.27%) German Language
14 17 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.12%) Billing
15 15 (1.12%) Dutch Language
16 14 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (0.82%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 299 (22.40%) Development Manager
2 282 (21.12%) Business Manager
3 274 (20.52%) Business Development Manager
4 124 (9.29%) Analyst
5 109 (8.16%) Senior
6 52 (3.90%) Developer
7 50 (3.75%) Administrator
8 47 (3.52%) Logistics Manager
9 44 (3.30%) Architect
10 40 (3.00%) Consultant
11 39 (2.92%) Senior Manager
12 36 (2.70%) Account Executive
12 36 (2.70%) IT Support
13 35 (2.62%) Coordinator
14 32 (2.40%) Account Manager
15 31 (2.32%) Senior Business Development Manager
15 31 (2.32%) Senior Business Manager
15 31 (2.32%) Senior Development Manager
15 31 (2.32%) Solutions Architect
16 29 (2.17%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.15%) .NET
2 20 (1.50%) EDI
3 15 (1.12%) SAP Fiori
3 15 (1.12%) SOAP
4 14 (1.05%) React
5 13 (0.97%) HTML
6 12 (0.90%) Middleware
7 10 (0.75%) SAP TM
8 7 (0.52%) .NET Core
8 7 (0.52%) Matplotlib
8 7 (0.52%) Seaborn
9 6 (0.45%) AWS Amplify
9 6 (0.45%) MapLibre
10 4 (0.30%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.30%) AWS CDK
10 4 (0.30%) Web Services
11 3 (0.22%) IDoc
11 3 (0.22%) Node.js
11 3 (0.22%) PySpark
11 3 (0.22%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 45 (3.37%) Onboarding
2 43 (3.22%) Driving Licence
3 34 (2.55%) Management Information System
4 31 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (2.10%) Learning Management System
6 26 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
7 20 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 20 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (1.27%) NHS
9 16 (1.20%) Product Ownership
10 15 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.05%) Data Centre
12 13 (0.97%) Blog
13 12 (0.90%) Social Media
14 10 (0.75%) Web Conferencing
15 9 (0.67%) Data Structures
15 9 (0.67%) FMCG
16 8 (0.60%) Operational Technology
17 7 (0.52%) EPoS
17 7 (0.52%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 35 (2.62%) Windows
2 10 (0.75%) Android
3 9 (0.67%) Linux
4 6 (0.45%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.30%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.075%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.075%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.075%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.075%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.075%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (24.79%) Business Development
2 150 (11.24%) Problem-Solving
3 130 (9.74%) ERP
4 127 (9.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 114 (8.54%) Decision-Making
5 114 (8.54%) Project Management
6 97 (7.27%) Project Delivery
7 93 (6.97%) Stakeholder Management
8 91 (6.82%) Customer Service
9 81 (6.07%) E-Commerce
10 80 (5.99%) Agile
11 78 (5.84%) CRM
12 66 (4.94%) Business Intelligence
13 61 (4.57%) AI
13 61 (4.57%) Analytics
13 61 (4.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 53 (3.97%) Roadmaps
15 51 (3.82%) ITIL
16 48 (3.60%) Cybersecurity
17 46 (3.45%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 78 (5.84%) SQL
2 40 (3.00%) C#
3 37 (2.77%) Python
4 20 (1.50%) Java
5 19 (1.42%) TypeScript
6 13 (0.97%) JavaScript
7 8 (0.60%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.52%) C++
9 6 (0.45%) C
9 6 (0.45%) Clojure
9 6 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.45%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.22%) ABAP
10 3 (0.22%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.22%) RPG
10 3 (0.22%) Swift
11 2 (0.15%) RPG III
11 2 (0.15%) RPG IV
12 1 (0.075%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.075%) VBA
Qualifications
1 84 (6.29%) Degree
2 57 (4.27%) DBS Check
3 27 (2.02%) Security Cleared
4 25 (1.87%) ACCA
4 25 (1.87%) CIMA
4 25 (1.87%) CIPD
5 19 (1.42%) ISTQB
6 14 (1.05%) SC Cleared
7 13 (0.97%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 12 (0.90%) HNC
8 12 (0.90%) PMI Certification
9 11 (0.82%) PMP
10 10 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (0.52%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.52%) Postgraduate
12 7 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (0.30%) CCNA
13 4 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.30%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (1.72%) ISO 9001
2 19 (1.42%) Data Quality
3 15 (1.12%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.12%) GDPR
3 15 (1.12%) SLA
4 13 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (0.90%) PMO
6 11 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (0.67%) ISO 14001
7 9 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 9 (0.67%) QA
8 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.075%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.075%) GRC
9 1 (0.075%) IFRS
9 1 (0.075%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (0.60%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.30%) Firmware
3 3 (0.22%) Docker
3 3 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.15%) IAG
5 1 (0.075%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (0.45%) SCCM
2 5 (0.37%) Ansible
2 5 (0.37%) Autotask
3 3 (0.22%) Terraform
4 2 (0.15%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.15%) Nagios
5 1 (0.075%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.075%) Grafana
5 1 (0.075%) MOM
5 1 (0.075%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.075%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.075%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 145 (10.86%) Microsoft
2 78 (5.84%) SAP
3 26 (1.95%) Oracle
4 19 (1.42%) NEC
5 18 (1.35%) Salesforce
6 11 (0.82%) Adobe
7 10 (0.75%) Cisco
8 9 (0.67%) Databricks
8 9 (0.67%) HubSpot
9 8 (0.60%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.52%) IBM
10 7 (0.52%) IFS
11 6 (0.45%) Ariba
11 6 (0.45%) Fortinet
11 6 (0.45%) Google
11 6 (0.45%) Sage
11 6 (0.45%) SonicWALL
12 5 (0.37%) Facebook
12 5 (0.37%) Kaseya
12 5 (0.37%) SolarWinds