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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 267 171
Rank change year-on-year +150 -96 +65
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 1,373 463 1,440
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.67% 1.18% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 1.26% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,016 291 863
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £62,125 £76,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -18.18%

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 60,581 36,790 71,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.71% 93.38% 84.81%
Number of salaries quoted 39,954 20,282 53,813
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,700
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,269 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.97% +5.94% -10.10%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +60 390 £52,500 +16.67% 115
North of England +113 310 £54,250 +35.63% 99
South East +122 298 £42,500 -15.00% 95
West Midlands +58 259 £55,000 +22.22% 68
London +74 198 £55,000 -26.67% 148
North West +96 178 £60,000 +53.85% 52
East Midlands +24 126 £50,000 +11.11% 47
South West +12 106 £35,000 -49.09% 39
Yorkshire +25 99 £55,000 +69.23% 36
East of England +4 60 £45,000 - 43
North East -9 33 £31,000 -31.11% 14
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 (0.87%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.80%) CMS
3 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.073%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.073%) Confluence
4 1 (0.073%) IIS
4 1 (0.073%) Kinematics
Applications
1 97 (7.06%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.36%) InDesign
6 5 (0.36%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.15%) Trello
8 1 (0.073%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.073%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 56 (4.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.31%) Sprinklr
3 14 (1.02%) Dynamics AX
3 14 (1.02%) SAP SD
4 12 (0.87%) SAP Travel Management
5 11 (0.80%) SAP ERP
6 9 (0.66%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.58%) SAP WM
8 7 (0.51%) SAP EWM
8 7 (0.51%) SAP GTS
8 7 (0.51%) SAP IBP
8 7 (0.51%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.29%) Magento
9 4 (0.29%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 4 (0.29%) Shopify
10 3 (0.22%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.22%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
11 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
11 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 103 (7.50%) SaaS
2 55 (4.01%) Azure
3 45 (3.28%) Power Platform
4 34 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (1.46%) AWS
6 14 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (0.73%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (0.73%) Serverless
8 8 (0.58%) Azure Service Bus
9 5 (0.36%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (0.36%) Azure Event Grid
10 4 (0.29%) Amazon S3
10 4 (0.29%) Entra ID
10 4 (0.29%) GitHub
10 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.22%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (0.22%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.22%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.22%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.46%) Wireless
2 13 (0.95%) Firewall
2 13 (0.95%) WAN
3 10 (0.73%) TCP/IP
3 10 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (0.66%) SD-WAN
5 8 (0.58%) DNS
5 8 (0.58%) VPN
6 7 (0.51%) DHCP
7 4 (0.29%) LAN
8 3 (0.22%) Cisco Wireless
8 3 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.15%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.15%) Intranet
10 1 (0.073%) Bluetooth
10 1 (0.073%) FTP
10 1 (0.073%) RFID
10 1 (0.073%) SAN
10 1 (0.073%) SNMP
10 1 (0.073%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (2.99%) Power BI
2 20 (1.46%) Tableau
3 14 (1.02%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.87%) GIS
5 9 (0.66%) DynamoDB
5 9 (0.66%) Power Query
6 7 (0.51%) SAP HANA
7 6 (0.44%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.22%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.15%) DB2
9 2 (0.15%) DTS
9 2 (0.15%) MySQL
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.15%) QGIS
9 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.073%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.073%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 30 (2.18%) JIRA
2 15 (1.09%) Postman
3 13 (0.95%) Selenium
3 13 (0.95%) SoapUI
3 13 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
3 13 (0.95%) WebDriver
4 12 (0.87%) Git
5 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.073%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.073%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.073%) Claude Code
General
1 273 (19.88%) Social Skills
2 223 (16.24%) Manufacturing
3 187 (13.62%) Finance
4 151 (11.00%) Retail
5 92 (6.70%) Analytical Skills
6 71 (5.17%) Marketing
7 67 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
8 42 (3.06%) Public Sector
9 27 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 26 (1.89%) Law
10 26 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
11 20 (1.46%) Electronics
12 19 (1.38%) German Language
13 18 (1.31%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.24%) Automotive
14 17 (1.24%) Dutch Language
14 17 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
14 17 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (1.09%) Billing
16 10 (0.73%) French Language
Job Titles
1 300 (21.85%) Development Manager
2 286 (20.83%) Business Manager
3 276 (20.10%) Business Development Manager
4 119 (8.67%) Analyst
5 111 (8.08%) Senior
6 62 (4.52%) Developer
7 52 (3.79%) Administrator
8 46 (3.35%) Logistics Manager
9 44 (3.20%) Account Executive
9 44 (3.20%) Architect
10 41 (2.99%) Consultant
10 41 (2.99%) IT Support
11 39 (2.84%) Senior Manager
12 36 (2.62%) Coordinator
13 32 (2.33%) Account Manager
13 32 (2.33%) IT Manager
14 31 (2.26%) IT Technician
14 31 (2.26%) Senior Business Manager
14 31 (2.26%) Solutions Architect
14 31 (2.26%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (3.28%) .NET
2 20 (1.46%) EDI
3 15 (1.09%) React
3 15 (1.09%) SAP Fiori
3 15 (1.09%) SOAP
4 13 (0.95%) HTML
5 12 (0.87%) Middleware
5 12 (0.87%) SAP TM
6 7 (0.51%) .NET Core
6 7 (0.51%) AngularJS
6 7 (0.51%) Matplotlib
6 7 (0.51%) Seaborn
7 6 (0.44%) AWS Amplify
7 6 (0.44%) MapLibre
8 4 (0.29%) AWS CDK
8 4 (0.29%) Gherkin
8 4 (0.29%) Web Services
9 3 (0.22%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.22%) Node.js
9 3 (0.22%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 46 (3.35%) Onboarding
2 45 (3.28%) Driving Licence
3 36 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (2.26%) Management Information System
5 27 (1.97%) Learning Management System
6 24 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
7 20 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
7 20 (1.46%) Product Ownership
8 18 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.24%) NHS
10 14 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (0.95%) Data Centre
12 12 (0.87%) Social Media
13 11 (0.80%) Web Conferencing
14 9 (0.66%) Blog
14 9 (0.66%) Data Structures
14 9 (0.66%) FMCG
15 8 (0.58%) Operational Technology
16 7 (0.51%) EPoS
16 7 (0.51%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 37 (2.69%) Windows
2 10 (0.73%) Android
3 8 (0.58%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.44%) Linux
5 4 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.22%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.073%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.073%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.073%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.073%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.073%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (24.25%) Business Development
2 153 (11.14%) Problem-Solving
3 132 (9.61%) ERP
4 129 (9.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 122 (8.89%) Project Management
6 107 (7.79%) Decision-Making
7 101 (7.36%) Project Delivery
8 97 (7.06%) Stakeholder Management
9 86 (6.26%) Agile
10 85 (6.19%) Customer Service
10 85 (6.19%) E-Commerce
11 83 (6.05%) CRM
12 67 (4.88%) Business Intelligence
13 64 (4.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 60 (4.37%) AI
14 60 (4.37%) Analytics
15 56 (4.08%) Roadmaps
16 51 (3.71%) ITIL
17 49 (3.57%) Cybersecurity
17 49 (3.57%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 77 (5.61%) SQL
2 44 (3.20%) C#
3 32 (2.33%) Python
4 18 (1.31%) TypeScript
5 17 (1.24%) Java
6 14 (1.02%) JavaScript
7 8 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 8 (0.58%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.44%) Clojure
9 4 (0.29%) C++
10 3 (0.22%) ABAP
10 3 (0.22%) C
10 3 (0.22%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.22%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.22%) RPG
10 3 (0.22%) Swift
11 2 (0.15%) RPG III
11 2 (0.15%) RPG IV
12 1 (0.073%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.073%) Rust
Qualifications
1 78 (5.68%) Degree
2 60 (4.37%) DBS Check
3 26 (1.89%) Security Cleared
4 25 (1.82%) CIPD
5 19 (1.38%) ISTQB
6 17 (1.24%) ACCA
6 17 (1.24%) CIMA
7 13 (0.95%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 13 (0.95%) SC Cleared
8 12 (0.87%) HNC
8 12 (0.87%) PMI Certification
9 11 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (0.80%) PMP
10 7 (0.51%) Postgraduate
10 7 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 6 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (0.36%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.29%) HND
13 4 (0.29%) RIBA
13 4 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (1.68%) ISO 9001
2 18 (1.31%) Accessibility
3 17 (1.24%) Data Quality
4 15 (1.09%) SLA
5 14 (1.02%) GDPR
6 13 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.87%) PMO
8 11 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (0.66%) ISO 14001
9 9 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 7 (0.51%) QA
11 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.073%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.073%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.073%) GRC
12 1 (0.073%) IFRS
12 1 (0.073%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (0.66%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.29%) Docker
2 4 (0.29%) Firmware
2 4 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.22%) IAG
4 1 (0.073%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (0.51%) SCCM
2 5 (0.36%) Ansible
2 5 (0.36%) Autotask
3 3 (0.22%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.15%) Nagios
4 2 (0.15%) Terraform
5 1 (0.073%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.073%) Grafana
5 1 (0.073%) MOM
5 1 (0.073%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.073%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.073%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 148 (10.78%) Microsoft
2 78 (5.68%) SAP
3 27 (1.97%) Oracle
4 19 (1.38%) NEC
5 18 (1.31%) Salesforce
6 13 (0.95%) Cisco
7 11 (0.80%) Adobe
8 9 (0.66%) HubSpot
8 9 (0.66%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.51%) Databricks
9 7 (0.51%) IBM
10 6 (0.44%) Ariba
10 6 (0.44%) Fortinet
10 6 (0.44%) IFS
10 6 (0.44%) Sage
10 6 (0.44%) SonicWALL
11 5 (0.36%) Facebook
11 5 (0.36%) Instagram
11 5 (0.36%) Pardot
11 5 (0.36%) SolarWinds