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 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 196 179
Rank change year-on-year +76 -17 +70
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 1,122 601 1,222
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.65% 1.63% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 1.75% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 810 263 826
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +16.40% -17.83%
75th Percentile £60,000 £77,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,375 £91,250 £80,625
UK median annual salary £45,000 £53,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year -16.28% +13.16% -17.39%

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 52,835 34,435 66,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.52% 93.54% 86.73%
Number of salaries quoted 32,803 20,217 51,518
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,561 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,000 £74,852
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 25 March 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 25 March 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 -13 281 £45,000 -18.18% 123
South East +68 246 £43,000 -14.00% 104
London +77 210 £50,000 -31.03% 121
North of England +43 198 £45,000 -14.29% 98
West Midlands -14 187 £50,000 +8.11% 65
North West +33 94 £50,000 -6.98% 53
East Midlands -24 94 £35,000 -36.36% 58
South West +23 91 £40,000 -37.25% 44
Yorkshire +11 78 £45,000 +50.00% 40
East of England +21 74 £45,000 - 39
North East -17 26 £30,000 -33.33% 6
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 15 (1.34%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.07%) CMS
3 4 (0.36%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.089%) Confluence
5 1 (0.089%) IIS
5 1 (0.089%) Kinematics
5 1 (0.089%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 88 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
2 49 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.53%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.45%) InDesign
7 5 (0.45%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.36%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.18%) Maya
9 2 (0.18%) Trello
10 1 (0.089%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.089%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 38 (3.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.60%) Sprinklr
3 14 (1.25%) Dynamics AX
4 7 (0.62%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.62%) SAP WM
5 4 (0.36%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.36%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.36%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.27%) SAP FSCM
6 3 (0.27%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.27%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.18%) Magento
7 2 (0.18%) Q-Pulse
7 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.18%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.18%) SAP IS-U
7 2 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 91 (8.11%) SaaS
2 60 (5.35%) Azure
3 42 (3.74%) Power Platform
4 33 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
5 21 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (1.78%) AWS
7 9 (0.80%) GCP
8 8 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (0.71%) Serverless
9 7 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (0.62%) Azure Service Bus
9 7 (0.62%) GitHub
10 6 (0.53%) Asana
11 5 (0.45%) Azure Event Grid
12 4 (0.36%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (0.36%) Google Workspace
12 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (0.36%) Miro
13 3 (0.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 3 (0.27%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.05%) Remote Desktop
2 19 (1.69%) Wireless
3 14 (1.25%) Firewall
3 14 (1.25%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.16%) WAN
5 12 (1.07%) DNS
5 12 (1.07%) VPN
6 11 (0.98%) DHCP
7 9 (0.80%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.53%) VLAN
10 4 (0.36%) LAN
11 3 (0.27%) Cisco Wireless
11 3 (0.27%) Network Security
11 3 (0.27%) WebEx
12 2 (0.18%) BGP
12 2 (0.18%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.18%) Unified Communications
12 2 (0.18%) VXLAN
12 2 (0.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.12%) Power BI
2 12 (1.07%) Tableau
3 7 (0.62%) DynamoDB
4 4 (0.36%) GIS
4 4 (0.36%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.27%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (0.27%) Delta Lake
5 3 (0.27%) Looker
5 3 (0.27%) Power Query
6 2 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.18%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.18%) Metadata
6 2 (0.18%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.18%) QGIS
6 2 (0.18%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.18%) Semantic Layer
6 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (2.23%) JIRA
2 17 (1.52%) Git
3 16 (1.43%) Postman
4 15 (1.34%) Selenium
4 15 (1.34%) SoapUI
4 15 (1.34%) Team Foundation Server
4 15 (1.34%) WebDriver
5 4 (0.36%) Axure RP
5 4 (0.36%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.089%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.089%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.089%) MLflow
7 1 (0.089%) Visual Studio
General
1 273 (24.33%) Social Skills
2 217 (19.34%) Manufacturing
3 175 (15.60%) Finance
4 167 (14.88%) Retail
5 110 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
6 79 (7.04%) Marketing
7 54 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
8 34 (3.03%) Public Sector
9 33 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
10 29 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 24 (2.14%) Automotive
12 21 (1.87%) Dutch Language
13 19 (1.69%) German Language
14 16 (1.43%) Law
15 12 (1.07%) Electronics
15 12 (1.07%) French Language
15 12 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.07%) Telecoms
16 11 (0.98%) Aviation
16 11 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 228 (20.32%) Development Manager
2 205 (18.27%) Business Manager
3 204 (18.18%) Business Development Manager
4 122 (10.87%) Analyst
5 83 (7.40%) Senior
6 51 (4.55%) Architect
7 42 (3.74%) IT Support
8 40 (3.57%) Developer
9 36 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
10 35 (3.12%) Logistics Manager
11 33 (2.94%) Account Manager
11 33 (2.94%) Administrator
12 30 (2.67%) Senior Manager
12 30 (2.67%) Support Analyst
13 28 (2.50%) Financial Analyst
13 28 (2.50%) Senior Business Development Manager
13 28 (2.50%) Senior Business Manager
13 28 (2.50%) Senior Development Manager
14 27 (2.41%) Software Developer
15 26 (2.32%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (3.21%) .NET
2 22 (1.96%) HTML
3 18 (1.60%) EDI
4 17 (1.52%) SOAP
5 12 (1.07%) REST
6 10 (0.89%) React
7 8 (0.71%) JSON
7 8 (0.71%) XML
8 7 (0.62%) .NET Core
9 6 (0.53%) AWS Amplify
9 6 (0.53%) MapLibre
9 6 (0.53%) SAP Fiori
10 5 (0.45%) CSS
11 3 (0.27%) Kafka
11 3 (0.27%) Micronaut
11 3 (0.27%) Middleware
11 3 (0.27%) PySpark
11 3 (0.27%) Web Services
12 2 (0.18%) Matplotlib
12 2 (0.18%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 57 (5.08%) Onboarding
2 31 (2.76%) Driving Licence
3 30 (2.67%) Mobile Computing
4 29 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (2.50%) Management Information System
6 26 (2.32%) Greenfield Project
6 26 (2.32%) Learning Management System
7 23 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
8 19 (1.69%) Blog
9 16 (1.43%) NHS
10 13 (1.16%) Social Media
11 12 (1.07%) Data Centre
12 11 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (0.98%) FMCG
13 9 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.71%) Operational Technology
15 7 (0.62%) Cloud Native
15 7 (0.62%) Data Structures
16 6 (0.53%) Life Science
16 6 (0.53%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.94%) Windows
2 14 (1.25%) Linux
3 6 (0.53%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.45%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.36%) Android
6 1 (0.089%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.089%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.089%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.089%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.089%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.089%) VMS
6 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (23.08%) Business Development
2 137 (12.21%) Problem-Solving
3 129 (11.50%) ERP
4 123 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
5 110 (9.80%) Customer Service
6 90 (8.02%) Project Management
7 88 (7.84%) Decision-Making
8 81 (7.22%) E-Commerce
9 75 (6.68%) Stakeholder Management
10 72 (6.42%) Agile
11 71 (6.33%) CRM
12 67 (5.97%) Project Delivery
13 60 (5.35%) Business Intelligence
14 58 (5.17%) Mentoring
15 52 (4.63%) Telesales
16 50 (4.46%) AI
16 50 (4.46%) Time Management
17 49 (4.37%) Analytics
17 49 (4.37%) Roadmaps
18 44 (3.92%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 92 (8.20%) SQL
2 55 (4.90%) C#
3 35 (3.12%) Python
4 26 (2.32%) Java
5 18 (1.60%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.16%) TypeScript
7 9 (0.80%) C++
7 9 (0.80%) PL/SQL
7 9 (0.80%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.71%) C
9 5 (0.45%) ABAP
10 2 (0.18%) COBOL
10 2 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.18%) Lua
11 1 (0.089%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.089%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.089%) Bash
11 1 (0.089%) Rust
11 1 (0.089%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.089%) VBA
Qualifications
1 98 (8.73%) Degree
2 37 (3.30%) Security Cleared
3 31 (2.76%) DBS Check
4 29 (2.58%) ACCA
4 29 (2.58%) CIMA
5 24 (2.14%) CIPD
6 16 (1.43%) ISTQB
7 15 (1.34%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 13 (1.16%) SC Cleared
9 11 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (0.98%) PMI Certification
9 11 (0.98%) PMP
10 10 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (0.80%) Master's Degree
12 8 (0.71%) HNC
13 6 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.53%) SAP Certification
14 4 (0.36%) CCNA
14 4 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (2.50%) QA
2 22 (1.96%) Data Quality
3 15 (1.34%) GDPR
4 13 (1.16%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.07%) SLA
6 9 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (0.62%) ISO 9001
8 5 (0.45%) PMO
9 4 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.36%) ISO 14001
9 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 3 (0.27%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.18%) IEC 61508
11 2 (0.18%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.089%) EMIR
12 1 (0.089%) GRC
12 1 (0.089%) MiFID
12 1 (0.089%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (0.80%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.36%) Firmware
2 4 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.089%) Docker
4 1 (0.089%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (0.62%) Ansible
2 2 (0.18%) Grafana
2 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.18%) Nagios
2 2 (0.18%) SCCM
2 2 (0.18%) Terraform
3 1 (0.089%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.089%) MOM
3 1 (0.089%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.089%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.089%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 135 (12.03%) Microsoft
2 69 (6.15%) SAP
3 24 (2.14%) Oracle
4 20 (1.78%) Salesforce
5 19 (1.69%) NEC
6 18 (1.60%) Cisco
7 12 (1.07%) Databricks
8 11 (0.98%) Adobe
9 9 (0.80%) Google
10 5 (0.45%) Facebook
10 5 (0.45%) Instagram
10 5 (0.45%) Meraki
10 5 (0.45%) Pardot
11 4 (0.36%) Ariba
11 4 (0.36%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.36%) Saba
11 4 (0.36%) VMware
12 3 (0.27%) Epicor
12 3 (0.27%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.27%) Sophos