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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 215 190
Rank change year-on-year +100 -25 +56
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 1,235 550 1,277
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.62% 1.48% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 1.59% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 888 258 845
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +22.22% -19.19%
75th Percentile £60,000 £78,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £76,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -19.19%

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 57,594 34,512 70,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 75.67% 93.12% 85.97%
Number of salaries quoted 36,194 20,484 53,623
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,867
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,450 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.54%

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 April 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 April 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 -5 318 £50,000 +5.26% 117
South East +78 272 £43,000 -14.00% 97
North of England +72 241 £47,500 -2.56% 90
West Midlands -5 212 £50,000 +11.11% 78
London +100 209 £50,000 -36.31% 127
North West +52 124 £50,000 -4.76% 49
East Midlands -18 106 £45,000 -18.18% 39
South West +10 101 £40,000 -37.25% 34
Yorkshire +11 88 £50,000 +60.00% 30
East of England +8 77 £45,000 - 34
North East -8 29 £30,500 -32.22% 13
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 (0.97%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.89%) CMS
3 3 (0.24%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.081%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.081%) Confluence
5 1 (0.081%) IIS
5 1 (0.081%) Kinematics
5 1 (0.081%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 102 (8.26%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.40%) InDesign
6 5 (0.40%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.32%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.16%) Trello
9 1 (0.081%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.081%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 43 (3.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.46%) Sprinklr
3 14 (1.13%) Dynamics AX
4 7 (0.57%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.57%) SAP SD
4 7 (0.57%) SAP WM
5 6 (0.49%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.32%) SAP MM
6 4 (0.32%) SAP Travel Management
7 3 (0.24%) Magento
7 3 (0.24%) SAP EWM
7 3 (0.24%) SAP GTS
7 3 (0.24%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.16%) Misys Midas
8 2 (0.16%) Q-Pulse
8 2 (0.16%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.16%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 2 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 86 (6.96%) SaaS
2 48 (3.89%) Azure
3 42 (3.40%) Power Platform
4 28 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
5 24 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (1.30%) AWS
7 8 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (0.65%) GCP
7 8 (0.65%) Serverless
8 7 (0.57%) Azure Service Bus
9 6 (0.49%) Asana
9 6 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (0.40%) Azure Event Grid
11 4 (0.32%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.24%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (0.24%) GitHub
12 3 (0.24%) n8n
12 3 (0.24%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.62%) Wireless
2 13 (1.05%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (1.05%) WAN
3 12 (0.97%) Firewall
4 11 (0.89%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (0.73%) DNS
6 9 (0.73%) SD-WAN
6 9 (0.73%) VPN
7 8 (0.65%) DHCP
8 4 (0.32%) LAN
8 4 (0.32%) VLAN
9 3 (0.24%) Cisco Wireless
9 3 (0.24%) WebEx
10 2 (0.16%) BGP
10 2 (0.16%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.16%) Network Security
10 2 (0.16%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.16%) VXLAN
10 2 (0.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.08%) Power BI
2 16 (1.30%) Tableau
3 10 (0.81%) GIS
4 8 (0.65%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.57%) DynamoDB
6 4 (0.32%) Power Query
7 3 (0.24%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.24%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.24%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.24%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.16%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.16%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.16%) DTS
8 2 (0.16%) Metadata
8 2 (0.16%) MySQL
8 2 (0.16%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 22 (1.78%) JIRA
2 16 (1.30%) Git
3 14 (1.13%) Postman
4 13 (1.05%) Selenium
4 13 (1.05%) SoapUI
4 13 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
4 13 (1.05%) WebDriver
5 4 (0.32%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.081%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.081%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.081%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.081%) MLflow
7 1 (0.081%) Visual Studio
General
1 273 (22.11%) Social Skills
2 217 (17.57%) Manufacturing
3 188 (15.22%) Finance
4 157 (12.71%) Retail
5 104 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
6 75 (6.07%) Marketing
7 62 (5.02%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 32 (2.59%) Public Sector
10 31 (2.51%) Pharmaceutical
11 19 (1.54%) Automotive
12 18 (1.46%) Dutch Language
13 17 (1.38%) Electronics
13 17 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.30%) German Language
14 16 (1.30%) Law
15 15 (1.21%) Telecoms
16 11 (0.89%) Agriculture
16 11 (0.89%) Aviation
16 11 (0.89%) Billing
Job Titles
1 283 (22.91%) Development Manager
2 259 (20.97%) Business Manager
3 258 (20.89%) Business Development Manager
4 126 (10.20%) Analyst
5 94 (7.61%) Senior
6 49 (3.97%) Architect
7 44 (3.56%) Administrator
8 39 (3.16%) Logistics Manager
9 37 (3.00%) Developer
10 36 (2.91%) IT Support
11 34 (2.75%) Account Manager
11 34 (2.75%) Solutions Architect
12 33 (2.67%) Senior Manager
13 32 (2.59%) Consultant
14 31 (2.51%) Support Analyst
15 30 (2.43%) Coordinator
15 30 (2.43%) Senior Business Development Manager
15 30 (2.43%) Senior Business Manager
15 30 (2.43%) Senior Development Manager
16 29 (2.35%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.91%) .NET
2 16 (1.30%) EDI
2 16 (1.30%) HTML
3 15 (1.21%) SOAP
4 11 (0.89%) React
5 8 (0.65%) REST
5 8 (0.65%) SAP Fiori
6 7 (0.57%) .NET Core
6 7 (0.57%) Matplotlib
6 7 (0.57%) Seaborn
7 6 (0.49%) AWS Amplify
7 6 (0.49%) MapLibre
7 6 (0.49%) Middleware
8 5 (0.40%) XML
9 4 (0.32%) JSON
9 4 (0.32%) SAP TM
10 3 (0.24%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.24%) Web Services
11 2 (0.16%) EDIFACT
11 2 (0.16%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 53 (4.29%) Onboarding
2 34 (2.75%) Driving Licence
3 30 (2.43%) Management Information System
3 30 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (2.27%) Learning Management System
5 26 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (1.54%) Mobile Computing
7 18 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (1.38%) Blog
9 16 (1.30%) NHS
10 14 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (1.05%) Product Ownership
11 13 (1.05%) Social Media
12 11 (0.89%) Data Centre
12 11 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (0.65%) Data Structures
13 8 (0.65%) FMCG
13 8 (0.65%) Operational Technology
14 7 (0.57%) Life Science
14 7 (0.57%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.67%) Windows
2 12 (0.97%) Linux
3 9 (0.73%) Android
4 5 (0.40%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.24%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.24%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.081%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.081%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.081%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.081%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.081%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (25.34%) Business Development
2 151 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
3 125 (10.12%) ERP
4 121 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 107 (8.66%) Decision-Making
6 105 (8.50%) Customer Service
7 104 (8.42%) Project Management
8 83 (6.72%) Project Delivery
9 78 (6.32%) Stakeholder Management
10 77 (6.23%) E-Commerce
11 76 (6.15%) CRM
12 67 (5.43%) Agile
13 61 (4.94%) Business Intelligence
14 55 (4.45%) Analytics
15 53 (4.29%) AI
16 50 (4.05%) Time Management
17 47 (3.81%) Process Improvement
18 46 (3.72%) Mentoring
18 46 (3.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 44 (3.56%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 83 (6.72%) SQL
2 44 (3.56%) C#
3 38 (3.08%) Python
4 22 (1.78%) Java
5 15 (1.21%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.13%) TypeScript
7 9 (0.73%) C++
8 8 (0.65%) C
8 8 (0.65%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.57%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.24%) Clojure
10 3 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.16%) ABAP
11 2 (0.16%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.16%) Lua
11 2 (0.16%) Swift
12 1 (0.081%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.081%) PHP
12 1 (0.081%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.081%) VBA
Qualifications
1 95 (7.69%) Degree
2 46 (3.72%) DBS Check
3 30 (2.43%) ACCA
3 30 (2.43%) CIMA
4 29 (2.35%) Security Cleared
5 25 (2.02%) CIPD
6 17 (1.38%) ISTQB
7 15 (1.21%) PMI Certification
8 14 (1.13%) PMP
8 14 (1.13%) SC Cleared
9 13 (1.05%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 11 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (0.81%) HNC
12 9 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.57%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.57%) Postgraduate
14 6 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 4 (0.32%) CAPM
15 4 (0.32%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (1.70%) Data Quality
2 19 (1.54%) QA
3 17 (1.38%) ISO 9001
4 15 (1.21%) GDPR
5 14 (1.13%) SLA
6 10 (0.81%) Accessibility
6 10 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.73%) PMO
8 8 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.49%) ISO 14001
9 6 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.16%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.081%) EMIR
11 1 (0.081%) GRC
11 1 (0.081%) IEC 61508
11 1 (0.081%) MiFID
11 1 (0.081%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (0.57%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.32%) Firmware
3 3 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.081%) Docker
5 1 (0.081%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (0.57%) Ansible
2 4 (0.32%) SCCM
3 3 (0.24%) Autotask
4 2 (0.16%) Grafana
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.16%) Nagios
4 2 (0.16%) Terraform
5 1 (0.081%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.081%) MOM
5 1 (0.081%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.081%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.081%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 142 (11.50%) Microsoft
2 67 (5.43%) SAP
3 26 (2.11%) Oracle
4 19 (1.54%) NEC
5 18 (1.46%) Salesforce
6 16 (1.30%) Cisco
7 11 (0.89%) Adobe
8 10 (0.81%) Databricks
9 9 (0.73%) Google
10 5 (0.40%) Facebook
10 5 (0.40%) HubSpot
10 5 (0.40%) Instagram
10 5 (0.40%) Meraki
10 5 (0.40%) Pardot
10 5 (0.40%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.32%) Ariba
11 4 (0.32%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.32%) IFS
11 4 (0.32%) Sage
11 4 (0.32%) SonicWALL