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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 150 103
Rank change year-on-year +58 -47 +196
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 1,957 937 1,671
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.89% 2.18% 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 2.45% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,349 552 416
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £49,375
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.80% -10.23%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -11.36%

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 75,980 38,286 55,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.46% 88.94% 82.21%
Number of salaries quoted 53,569 21,806 30,376
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,215 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -4.03%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

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 28 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 28 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 +31 513 £45,000 +12.50% 276
South East +59 486 £42,500 +13.33% 295
North of England +47 419 £60,000 +20.00% 217
London +51 299 £60,000 -11.11% 687
West Midlands +35 268 £49,500 +10.00% 128
East Midlands +16 240 £40,000 +3.90% 148
North West +73 234 £60,000 +20.00% 118
Yorkshire -15 149 £60,000 +9.09% 75
East of England +23 131 £50,000 - 89
South West -49 112 £47,000 +17.50% 77
North East -34 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 29 (1.48%) SharePoint
2 17 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.72%) Confluence
4 5 (0.26%) CMS
5 4 (0.20%) WordPress
6 2 (0.10%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (0.051%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.051%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 144 (7.36%) Microsoft Office
2 127 (6.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 29 (1.48%) Spreadsheet
4 21 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.51%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.20%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.10%) CapCut
8 2 (0.10%) InDesign
8 2 (0.10%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.051%) Revit
9 1 (0.051%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.051%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.051%) Trello
Business Applications
1 56 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.87%) NetSuite
3 17 (0.87%) SAP SD
4 13 (0.66%) SAP Travel Management
5 11 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
6 10 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
7 8 (0.41%) SAP EWM
7 8 (0.41%) SAP GTS
8 7 (0.36%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.31%) SAP IBP
10 5 (0.26%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.26%) SAP CRM
10 5 (0.26%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.26%) SAP MM
10 5 (0.26%) Shopify
11 4 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
11 4 (0.20%) SAP SCM
11 4 (0.20%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 91 (4.65%) Azure
2 79 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
3 73 (3.73%) SaaS
4 69 (3.53%) Power Platform
5 46 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
6 41 (2.10%) AWS
7 21 (1.07%) Entra ID
8 15 (0.77%) GitHub
9 14 (0.72%) Power Automate
10 12 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (0.56%) Serverless
12 8 (0.41%) GCP
12 8 (0.41%) PowerApps
12 8 (0.41%) Smartsheet
13 7 (0.36%) Anthropic Claude
14 6 (0.31%) GitHub Copilot
15 5 (0.26%) Azure Functions
15 5 (0.26%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (0.26%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.04%) Firewall
2 17 (0.87%) LAN
2 17 (0.87%) WAN
3 16 (0.82%) VPN
4 15 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (0.77%) Wireless
5 14 (0.72%) VLAN
6 9 (0.46%) DNS
7 7 (0.36%) DHCP
8 6 (0.31%) Network Security
8 6 (0.31%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.26%) Ethernet
9 5 (0.26%) Profibus
10 3 (0.15%) Internet
10 3 (0.15%) Intranet
10 3 (0.15%) SSL
10 3 (0.15%) VoIP
11 2 (0.10%) FTP
11 2 (0.10%) IPv4
11 2 (0.10%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (3.27%) Power BI
2 37 (1.89%) SQL Server
3 16 (0.82%) Relational Database
4 13 (0.66%) Tableau
5 12 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (0.56%) GIS
7 10 (0.51%) Oracle Database
8 8 (0.41%) MySQL
8 8 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (0.36%) Power Query
9 7 (0.36%) SAP HANA
10 5 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.26%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.20%) Db2
11 4 (0.20%) SQLite
12 3 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.15%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 35 (1.79%) JIRA
2 17 (0.87%) Git
3 7 (0.36%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.10%) Hudson
4 2 (0.10%) LSMW
4 2 (0.10%) Postman
4 2 (0.10%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.051%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.051%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.051%) Gatling
5 1 (0.051%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.051%) JMeter
5 1 (0.051%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.051%) Selenium
5 1 (0.051%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.051%) Zephyr
General
1 529 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 307 (15.69%) Finance
3 303 (15.48%) Manufacturing
4 257 (13.13%) Retail
5 204 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
6 169 (8.64%) Organisational Skills
7 79 (4.04%) Marketing
8 50 (2.55%) Automotive
9 49 (2.50%) Public Sector
10 46 (2.35%) Law
11 45 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 45 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
12 42 (2.15%) Telecoms
13 40 (2.04%) Legal
14 38 (1.94%) Aerospace
14 38 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
15 34 (1.74%) Electronics
16 26 (1.33%) Billing
17 23 (1.18%) Agriculture
18 22 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 343 (17.53%) Business Manager
2 336 (17.17%) Development Manager
3 329 (16.81%) Business Development Manager
4 141 (7.20%) Analyst
5 116 (5.93%) Senior
6 112 (5.72%) Logistics Manager
7 98 (5.01%) Developer
8 95 (4.85%) Administrator
9 68 (3.47%) Consultant
9 68 (3.47%) Project Manager
10 66 (3.37%) IT Support
11 64 (3.27%) Coordinator
12 61 (3.12%) IT Manager
13 59 (3.01%) Technical Engineer
14 54 (2.76%) Lead
15 49 (2.50%) Business Analyst
16 47 (2.40%) Support Technician
17 45 (2.30%) IT Analyst
17 45 (2.30%) Logistics Project Manager
17 45 (2.30%) Software Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (2.40%) .NET
2 23 (1.18%) EDI
3 20 (1.02%) Middleware
4 17 (0.87%) React
5 14 (0.72%) Terraform
6 13 (0.66%) AngularJS
6 13 (0.66%) SAP TM
7 12 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
8 10 (0.51%) REST
8 10 (0.51%) Web Services
9 9 (0.46%) .NET Framework
10 7 (0.36%) Django
10 7 (0.36%) HTML
10 7 (0.36%) Next.js
10 7 (0.36%) XML
11 6 (0.31%) .NET Core
11 6 (0.31%) Blazor
11 6 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
12 5 (0.26%) Entity Framework
12 5 (0.26%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 100 (5.11%) Driving Licence
2 81 (4.14%) Onboarding
3 71 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
4 63 (3.22%) Management Information System
5 55 (2.81%) Renewable Energy
6 51 (2.61%) FMCG
7 37 (1.89%) Data Centre
8 32 (1.64%) Robotics
9 31 (1.58%) Product Ownership
10 29 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
11 25 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
12 23 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
13 20 (1.02%) Web Conferencing
14 15 (0.77%) CCTV
15 14 (0.72%) Data Structures
16 12 (0.61%) EPoS
17 11 (0.56%) Photography
17 11 (0.56%) SCADA
18 10 (0.51%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 77 (3.93%) Windows
2 34 (1.74%) Linux
3 25 (1.28%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.77%) Android
5 12 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (0.51%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.15%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.10%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.051%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.051%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (19.78%) Business Development
2 355 (18.14%) Problem-Solving
3 288 (14.72%) Customer Service
4 265 (13.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 249 (12.72%) ERP
6 236 (12.06%) CRM
7 189 (9.66%) Stakeholder Management
8 187 (9.56%) Project Delivery
9 179 (9.15%) Project Management
10 168 (8.58%) Decision-Making
11 153 (7.82%) E-Commerce
12 113 (5.77%) Agile
13 103 (5.26%) AI
14 101 (5.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 94 (4.80%) Service Delivery
16 92 (4.70%) Process Improvement
17 87 (4.45%) ITIL
18 81 (4.14%) Roadmaps
19 79 (4.04%) Business Intelligence
20 78 (3.99%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 113 (5.77%) SQL
2 50 (2.55%) C#
3 45 (2.30%) Python
4 21 (1.07%) PowerShell
5 19 (0.97%) TypeScript
6 17 (0.87%) JavaScript
7 16 (0.82%) Go
8 8 (0.41%) Clojure
9 7 (0.36%) Java
10 6 (0.31%) C++
10 6 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.31%) RPG
11 5 (0.26%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.20%) Bash
12 4 (0.20%) RPG IV
12 4 (0.20%) Ruby
12 4 (0.20%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.15%) ABAP
13 3 (0.15%) C
13 3 (0.15%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 130 (6.64%) Degree
2 102 (5.21%) DBS Check
3 58 (2.96%) NVQ Level 3
4 30 (1.53%) PMI Certification
5 27 (1.38%) PMP
6 23 (1.18%) Security Cleared
7 22 (1.12%) HNC
8 19 (0.97%) ACCA
8 19 (0.97%) CIMA
9 18 (0.92%) SC Cleared
10 17 (0.87%) HND
10 17 (0.87%) Postgraduate
10 17 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 16 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
12 14 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (0.46%) ISTQB
15 8 (0.41%) CIPD
15 8 (0.41%) City & Guilds
15 8 (0.41%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (2.40%) SLA
2 41 (2.10%) QA
3 33 (1.69%) GDPR
4 30 (1.53%) ISO 9001
4 30 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (1.48%) Accessibility
6 19 (0.97%) Data Quality
7 16 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (0.77%) ISO 14001
9 14 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 13 (0.66%) PMO
11 12 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.41%) GRC
13 5 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.10%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.10%) EU AI Act
16 1 (0.051%) AQAP
16 1 (0.051%) ISO 13485
16 1 (0.051%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 31 (1.58%) Active Directory
2 28 (1.43%) Docker
3 16 (0.82%) Hyper-V
4 8 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.31%) Firmware
6 4 (0.20%) IAG
7 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.10%) iptables
8 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (1.18%) SCCM
2 22 (1.12%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (0.31%) Grafana
5 5 (0.26%) Autotask
5 5 (0.26%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.20%) EMC NetWorker
6 4 (0.20%) Functional Safety
7 3 (0.15%) Ansible
8 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.051%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.051%) SCOM
Vendors
1 365 (18.65%) Microsoft
2 143 (7.31%) SAP
3 49 (2.50%) Oracle
4 21 (1.07%) Fortinet
4 21 (1.07%) SonicWALL
5 20 (1.02%) HubSpot
6 18 (0.92%) IFS
7 17 (0.87%) ServiceNow
8 14 (0.72%) Google
9 12 (0.61%) Cisco
9 12 (0.61%) Infor
9 12 (0.61%) Sage
10 11 (0.56%) Salesforce
11 10 (0.51%) Siemens
11 10 (0.51%) VMware
12 9 (0.46%) IBM
13 6 (0.31%) Ariba
13 6 (0.31%) Epicor
13 6 (0.31%) Facebook
14 5 (0.26%) Kaseya