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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 195 183
Rank change year-on-year +72 -12 +63
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 1,124 603 1,228
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.64% 1.65% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 1.76% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 813 265 830
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,100 £24,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +20.88% -20.87%
75th Percentile £60,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £91,250 £80,125
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -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 53,002 34,266 66,641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.33% 93.54% 86.56%
Number of salaries quoted 32,961 20,243 51,625
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £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 £80,750 £74,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £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 26 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 26 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 -12 282 £45,000 -18.18% 124
South East +77 247 £43,000 -14.00% 101
London +84 210 £50,000 -33.33% 123
North of England +41 196 £45,000 -14.29% 97
West Midlands -13 189 £50,000 +8.11% 66
South West +34 94 £40,000 -37.25% 42
East Midlands -24 93 £35,000 -36.36% 58
North West +33 92 £50,000 -6.98% 54
Yorkshire +5 78 £45,000 +50.00% 38
East of England +14 73 £45,000 - 38
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 14 (1.25%) 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 (7.83%) Microsoft Office
2 49 (4.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.53%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.44%) InDesign
7 5 (0.44%) 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 (3.38%) 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%) SAP FSCM
6 3 (0.27%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.27%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
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 (8.10%) SaaS
2 59 (5.25%) Azure
3 41 (3.65%) Power Platform
4 31 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
5 21 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (1.69%) AWS
7 8 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (0.71%) GCP
7 8 (0.71%) Serverless
8 7 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (0.62%) Azure Service Bus
8 7 (0.62%) GitHub
9 6 (0.53%) Asana
10 5 (0.44%) Azure Event Grid
11 4 (0.36%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (0.36%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (0.36%) Miro
12 3 (0.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 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 (3.11%) 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 (2.22%) JIRA
2 17 (1.51%) Git
3 16 (1.42%) Postman
4 15 (1.33%) Selenium
4 15 (1.33%) SoapUI
4 15 (1.33%) Team Foundation Server
4 15 (1.33%) 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
1 271 (24.11%) Social Skills
2 217 (19.31%) Manufacturing
3 175 (15.57%) Finance
4 167 (14.86%) Retail
5 109 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
6 79 (7.03%) Marketing
7 53 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
8 34 (3.02%) Pharmaceutical
8 34 (3.02%) Public Sector
9 29 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (2.05%) Automotive
11 21 (1.87%) Dutch Language
12 19 (1.69%) German Language
13 16 (1.42%) Law
14 12 (1.07%) Electronics
14 12 (1.07%) French Language
14 12 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.07%) Telecoms
15 11 (0.98%) Aviation
15 11 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 228 (20.28%) Development Manager
2 205 (18.24%) Business Manager
3 204 (18.15%) Business Development Manager
4 122 (10.85%) Analyst
5 83 (7.38%) Senior
6 51 (4.54%) Architect
7 40 (3.56%) IT Support
8 39 (3.47%) Developer
9 36 (3.20%) Solutions Architect
10 35 (3.11%) Logistics Manager
11 34 (3.02%) Account Manager
12 33 (2.94%) Administrator
13 30 (2.67%) Senior Manager
13 30 (2.67%) Support Analyst
14 28 (2.49%) Financial Analyst
14 28 (2.49%) Senior Business Development Manager
14 28 (2.49%) Senior Business Manager
14 28 (2.49%) Senior Development Manager
15 27 (2.40%) Software Developer
16 26 (2.31%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (3.20%) .NET
2 21 (1.87%) HTML
3 18 (1.60%) EDI
4 17 (1.51%) SOAP
5 12 (1.07%) REST
6 9 (0.80%) 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 4 (0.36%) 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 (5.07%) Onboarding
2 30 (2.67%) Driving Licence
2 30 (2.67%) Mobile Computing
3 29 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (2.49%) Management Information System
5 26 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
5 26 (2.31%) Learning Management System
6 23 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
7 19 (1.69%) Blog
8 16 (1.42%) NHS
9 13 (1.16%) Social Media
10 12 (1.07%) Data Centre
11 11 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (0.98%) FMCG
12 9 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (0.71%) Operational Technology
14 7 (0.62%) Cloud Native
14 7 (0.62%) Data Structures
15 6 (0.53%) Life Science
15 6 (0.53%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.85%) Windows
2 14 (1.25%) Linux
3 6 (0.53%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.44%) 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 (23.04%) Business Development
2 137 (12.19%) Problem-Solving
3 127 (11.30%) ERP
4 122 (10.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 110 (9.79%) Customer Service
6 90 (8.01%) Project Management
7 88 (7.83%) Decision-Making
8 81 (7.21%) E-Commerce
9 75 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 70 (6.23%) Agile
11 69 (6.14%) CRM
12 66 (5.87%) Project Delivery
13 60 (5.34%) Business Intelligence
14 57 (5.07%) Mentoring
15 52 (4.63%) Telesales
16 50 (4.45%) AI
16 50 (4.45%) Time Management
17 49 (4.36%) Analytics
17 49 (4.36%) Roadmaps
18 44 (3.91%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 91 (8.10%) SQL
2 55 (4.89%) C#
3 35 (3.11%) Python
4 26 (2.31%) Java
5 17 (1.51%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.16%) TypeScript
7 9 (0.80%) C++
7 9 (0.80%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.71%) C
8 8 (0.71%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.44%) 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 (8.72%) Degree
2 37 (3.29%) 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 (1.42%) ISTQB
7 15 (1.33%) 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%) SAP Certification
14 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.36%) CCNA
15 4 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (2.49%) QA
2 22 (1.96%) Data Quality
3 15 (1.33%) GDPR
4 12 (1.07%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.07%) SLA
5 9 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (0.62%) ISO 9001
7 5 (0.44%) PMO
8 4 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.36%) ISO 14001
8 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 3 (0.27%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.18%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.18%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.089%) EMIR
11 1 (0.089%) GRC
11 1 (0.089%) MiFID
11 1 (0.089%) SOC 2
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
1 133 (11.83%) Microsoft
2 69 (6.14%) SAP
3 23 (2.05%) Oracle
4 19 (1.69%) NEC
4 19 (1.69%) Salesforce
5 17 (1.51%) Cisco
6 12 (1.07%) Databricks
7 11 (0.98%) Adobe
8 9 (0.80%) Google
9 5 (0.44%) Facebook
9 5 (0.44%) Instagram
9 5 (0.44%) Meraki
9 5 (0.44%) Pardot
10 4 (0.36%) Ariba
10 4 (0.36%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.36%) Saba
10 4 (0.36%) VMware
11 3 (0.27%) Epicor
11 3 (0.27%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.27%) Sophos