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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 154 101
Rank change year-on-year +57 -53 +202
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 1,838 918 1,666
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.83% 2.13% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 2.39% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,281 531 428
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £29,775
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £48,125
Median % change year-on-year - +3.90% -12.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £48,125
% change year-on-year - +3.90% -12.50%

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 73,754 38,333 56,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.28% 88.82% 81.58%
Number of salaries quoted 52,343 22,038 32,065
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +31 481 £45,000 +12.50% 278
South East +61 454 £42,500 +13.33% 318
North of England +37 396 £60,000 +20.00% 262
London +40 274 £58,000 -14.07% 862
West Midlands +41 261 £50,000 +11.11% 125
North West +83 222 £60,000 +20.00% 143
East Midlands +15 215 £40,000 +2.23% 152
Yorkshire -19 140 £60,000 +9.09% 87
East of England +10 117 £50,400 +0.80% 96
South West -40 108 £46,500 +0.54% 65
North East -34 34 £40,000 -11.11% 33
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 25 (1.36%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.65%) Confluence
2 12 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.22%) CMS
3 4 (0.22%) WordPress
4 1 (0.054%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.054%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (0.054%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 131 (7.13%) Microsoft Office
2 108 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
4 19 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.49%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.11%) CapCut
7 2 (0.11%) EPLAN
7 2 (0.11%) SmartSuite
8 1 (0.054%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.054%) InDesign
8 1 (0.054%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.054%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.054%) Trello
Business Applications
1 55 (2.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.87%) SAP SD
4 15 (0.82%) NetSuite
5 13 (0.71%) SAP Travel Management
6 10 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.44%) SAP EWM
7 8 (0.44%) SAP GTS
8 7 (0.38%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
9 6 (0.33%) SAP IBP
10 5 (0.27%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.27%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.27%) SAP MM
10 5 (0.27%) Shopify
11 4 (0.22%) Magento
11 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
11 4 (0.22%) SAP SCM
11 4 (0.22%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 88 (4.79%) Azure
2 76 (4.13%) SaaS
3 72 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (3.37%) Power Platform
5 42 (2.29%) AWS
6 38 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (1.09%) Entra ID
8 15 (0.82%) GitHub
9 14 (0.76%) Power Automate
10 11 (0.60%) Serverless
11 9 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (0.44%) GCP
12 8 (0.44%) PowerApps
12 8 (0.44%) Smartsheet
13 7 (0.38%) Anthropic Claude
14 6 (0.33%) GitHub Copilot
15 5 (0.27%) Azure Functions
15 5 (0.27%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (0.27%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.12%) Firewall
2 13 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (0.71%) Wireless
3 12 (0.65%) LAN
3 12 (0.65%) VPN
3 12 (0.65%) WAN
4 11 (0.60%) VLAN
5 6 (0.33%) DNS
5 6 (0.33%) Network Security
6 4 (0.22%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.16%) DHCP
7 3 (0.16%) Internet
7 3 (0.16%) Intranet
7 3 (0.16%) VoIP
8 2 (0.11%) FTP
8 2 (0.11%) IPv4
8 2 (0.11%) IPv6
8 2 (0.11%) SSL
8 2 (0.11%) WireGuard
9 1 (0.054%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (3.16%) Power BI
2 39 (2.12%) SQL Server
3 15 (0.82%) Relational Database
4 13 (0.71%) Tableau
5 11 (0.60%) GIS
5 11 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (0.54%) Oracle Database
7 8 (0.44%) MySQL
7 8 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.38%) Power Query
8 7 (0.38%) SAP HANA
9 5 (0.27%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.22%) Db2
10 4 (0.22%) SQLite
11 3 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.16%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 32 (1.74%) JIRA
2 17 (0.92%) Git
3 7 (0.38%) Claude Code
4 3 (0.16%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.11%) Hudson
5 2 (0.11%) LSMW
5 2 (0.11%) Postman
6 1 (0.054%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.054%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.054%) Gatling
6 1 (0.054%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.054%) JMeter
6 1 (0.054%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.054%) Selenium
6 1 (0.054%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.054%) Zephyr
General
1 477 (25.95%) Social Skills
2 294 (16.00%) Finance
3 264 (14.36%) Manufacturing
4 237 (12.89%) Retail
5 177 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
6 146 (7.94%) Organisational Skills
7 71 (3.86%) Marketing
8 49 (2.67%) Public Sector
9 47 (2.56%) Law
10 40 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 40 (2.18%) Telecoms
11 38 (2.07%) Automotive
11 38 (2.07%) Legal
11 38 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
12 34 (1.85%) Electronics
13 28 (1.52%) Aerospace
13 28 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
14 25 (1.36%) Billing
15 21 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
16 19 (1.03%) Banking
Job Titles
1 337 (18.34%) Business Manager
2 330 (17.95%) Development Manager
3 323 (17.57%) Business Development Manager
4 131 (7.13%) Analyst
5 103 (5.60%) Logistics Manager
5 103 (5.60%) Senior
6 97 (5.28%) Developer
7 86 (4.68%) Administrator
8 61 (3.32%) IT Support
8 61 (3.32%) Project Manager
9 59 (3.21%) Consultant
9 59 (3.21%) Technical Engineer
10 55 (2.99%) Coordinator
10 55 (2.99%) IT Manager
11 48 (2.61%) Lead
12 45 (2.45%) Business Analyst
12 45 (2.45%) Support Technician
13 42 (2.29%) Software Project Manager
14 41 (2.23%) IT Analyst
15 40 (2.18%) Logistics Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.72%) .NET
2 22 (1.20%) EDI
3 20 (1.09%) Middleware
4 17 (0.92%) React
5 13 (0.71%) AngularJS
5 13 (0.71%) SAP TM
5 13 (0.71%) Terraform
6 12 (0.65%) SAP Fiori
7 10 (0.54%) .NET Framework
7 10 (0.54%) Web Services
8 9 (0.49%) REST
9 7 (0.38%) HTML
9 7 (0.38%) XML
10 6 (0.33%) .NET Core
10 6 (0.33%) Blazor
10 6 (0.33%) Next.js
10 6 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (0.27%) Django
11 5 (0.27%) Gherkin
11 5 (0.27%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 91 (4.95%) Driving Licence
2 78 (4.24%) Onboarding
3 68 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 52 (2.83%) Renewable Energy
5 50 (2.72%) Management Information System
6 36 (1.96%) FMCG
7 33 (1.80%) Data Centre
8 31 (1.69%) Product Ownership
9 27 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
10 25 (1.36%) Robotics
11 23 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
11 23 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
12 19 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
12 19 (1.03%) Web Conferencing
13 17 (0.92%) CCTV
14 15 (0.82%) EPoS
15 14 (0.76%) Data Structures
16 13 (0.71%) Operational Technology
17 9 (0.49%) Cloud Native
17 9 (0.49%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 76 (4.13%) Windows
2 34 (1.85%) Linux
3 25 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.92%) Android
5 12 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.16%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.054%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.054%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.054%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (20.62%) Business Development
2 334 (18.17%) Problem-Solving
3 250 (13.60%) Customer Service
4 231 (12.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 229 (12.46%) ERP
6 225 (12.24%) CRM
7 183 (9.96%) Project Delivery
8 174 (9.47%) Project Management
9 163 (8.87%) Stakeholder Management
10 151 (8.22%) Decision-Making
10 151 (8.22%) E-Commerce
11 111 (6.04%) Agile
12 98 (5.33%) AI
13 96 (5.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 88 (4.79%) Service Delivery
15 81 (4.41%) ITIL
16 79 (4.30%) Process Improvement
17 77 (4.19%) Roadmaps
18 76 (4.13%) Business Intelligence
19 74 (4.03%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 113 (6.15%) SQL
2 53 (2.88%) C#
3 40 (2.18%) Python
4 19 (1.03%) TypeScript
5 18 (0.98%) JavaScript
6 17 (0.92%) PowerShell
7 13 (0.71%) Go
8 8 (0.44%) Clojure
8 8 (0.44%) Java
9 7 (0.38%) C++
9 7 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.33%) RPG
11 5 (0.27%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.22%) Bash
12 4 (0.22%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.22%) RPG IV
12 4 (0.22%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.16%) ABAP
13 3 (0.16%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.16%) Swift
Qualifications
1 106 (5.77%) Degree
2 105 (5.71%) DBS Check
3 54 (2.94%) NVQ Level 3
4 30 (1.63%) PMI Certification
5 27 (1.47%) PMP
6 22 (1.20%) Security Cleared
7 18 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (0.92%) HNC
9 16 (0.87%) ACCA
9 16 (0.87%) CIMA
9 16 (0.87%) Postgraduate
9 16 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 16 (0.87%) SC Cleared
10 14 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (0.65%) HND
12 10 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (0.49%) ISTQB
14 8 (0.44%) CIPD
14 8 (0.44%) SAP Certification
15 5 (0.27%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (2.29%) SLA
2 39 (2.12%) QA
3 33 (1.80%) ISO 9001
4 31 (1.69%) GDPR
5 27 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 25 (1.36%) Accessibility
7 16 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 16 (0.87%) Data Quality
7 16 (0.87%) ISO 14001
8 15 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 13 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 13 (0.71%) PMO
10 7 (0.38%) GRC
11 6 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.11%) EU AI Act
14 1 (0.054%) IFRS
14 1 (0.054%) NIST
14 1 (0.054%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.054%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 28 (1.52%) Active Directory
2 26 (1.41%) Docker
3 15 (0.82%) Hyper-V
4 8 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.22%) Firmware
5 4 (0.22%) IAG
6 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.11%) iptables
7 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (1.25%) SCCM
2 21 (1.14%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (0.33%) Grafana
5 5 (0.27%) Autotask
5 5 (0.27%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.22%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (0.16%) Ansible
7 3 (0.16%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.054%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.054%) SCOM
9 1 (0.054%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.054%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 327 (17.79%) Microsoft
2 127 (6.91%) SAP
3 45 (2.45%) Oracle
4 21 (1.14%) Fortinet
4 21 (1.14%) SonicWALL
5 19 (1.03%) HubSpot
6 18 (0.98%) IFS
7 16 (0.87%) ServiceNow
8 14 (0.76%) Google
9 11 (0.60%) Cisco
9 11 (0.60%) Sage
10 10 (0.54%) Infor
10 10 (0.54%) Salesforce
10 10 (0.54%) VMware
11 9 (0.49%) IBM
12 6 (0.33%) Ariba
12 6 (0.33%) Epicor
13 5 (0.27%) Dell
13 5 (0.27%) JDA
13 5 (0.27%) Saba