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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 173 98
Rank change year-on-year +68 -75 +216
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 1,668 837 1,798
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.74% 1.91% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 2.15% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,163 498 548
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £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 £62,500 £71,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,625 £72,500
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 70,479 38,967 58,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.53% 89.08% 81.04%
Number of salaries quoted 49,893 22,561 37,721
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,762
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.37% -10.78%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 23 August 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 23 August 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 +42 421 £50,000 +20.48% 200
South East +90 416 £42,500 +13.33% 162
North of England +38 365 £60,000 +26.32% 133
London +41 239 £55,000 -18.52% 159
West Midlands +38 238 £50,000 +11.11% 100
North West +88 214 £60,000 +33.33% 69
East Midlands +20 178 £40,000 +0.61% 99
Yorkshire -32 124 £57,500 +6.98% 50
South West -33 111 £50,000 +8.11% 46
East of England +7 101 £55,000 +10.00% 50
North East -35 27 £40,000 -11.11% 16
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 22 (1.32%) SharePoint
2 13 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.54%) Confluence
4 3 (0.18%) CMS
4 3 (0.18%) WordPress
5 1 (0.060%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.060%) IIS
Applications
1 116 (6.95%) Microsoft Office
2 87 (5.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (0.54%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.12%) CapCut
8 2 (0.12%) InDesign
8 2 (0.12%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.12%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.060%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.060%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.060%) Trello
Business Applications
1 59 (3.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.96%) SAP SD
3 13 (0.78%) NetSuite
3 13 (0.78%) SAP Travel Management
4 12 (0.72%) SAP ERP
5 8 (0.48%) SAP EWM
5 8 (0.48%) SAP GTS
6 6 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.36%) SAP IBP
7 5 (0.30%) SAP CO
7 5 (0.30%) SAP FI
7 5 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
7 5 (0.30%) SAP MM
7 5 (0.30%) SAP SCM
7 5 (0.30%) SAP WM
8 4 (0.24%) Magento
8 4 (0.24%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 4 (0.24%) Shopify
9 3 (0.18%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 91 (5.46%) Azure
2 82 (4.92%) SaaS
3 62 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (3.00%) Power Platform
5 42 (2.52%) AWS
6 29 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (1.02%) Entra ID
8 15 (0.90%) GitHub
9 12 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (0.60%) Serverless
11 9 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (0.54%) Power Automate
12 8 (0.48%) GCP
13 7 (0.42%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (0.42%) PowerApps
14 6 (0.36%) Anthropic Claude
15 5 (0.30%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (0.30%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (0.30%) GitHub Copilot
16 4 (0.24%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.52%) Firewall
2 16 (0.96%) WAN
3 14 (0.84%) LAN
3 14 (0.84%) Wireless
4 13 (0.78%) VPN
5 12 (0.72%) VLAN
5 12 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (0.54%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.48%) DNS
8 6 (0.36%) Network Security
9 5 (0.30%) DHCP
10 3 (0.18%) Internet
10 3 (0.18%) Intranet
10 3 (0.18%) VoIP
11 2 (0.12%) FTP
11 2 (0.12%) IPv4
11 2 (0.12%) IPv6
11 2 (0.12%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.12%) SSL
11 2 (0.12%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (2.70%) Power BI
2 37 (2.22%) SQL Server
3 15 (0.90%) Tableau
4 12 (0.72%) GIS
5 11 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (0.60%) Oracle Database
7 9 (0.54%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.48%) MySQL
9 7 (0.42%) Power Query
9 7 (0.42%) SAP HANA
10 5 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.24%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.24%) Db2
11 4 (0.24%) SQLite
12 3 (0.18%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.18%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 27 (1.62%) JIRA
2 21 (1.26%) Git
3 6 (0.36%) Claude Code
4 3 (0.18%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.18%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.12%) Hudson
5 2 (0.12%) LSMW
5 2 (0.12%) Postman
6 1 (0.060%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.060%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.060%) Gatling
6 1 (0.060%) JMeter
6 1 (0.060%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.060%) Selenium
6 1 (0.060%) Yeoman
General
1 387 (23.20%) Social Skills
2 242 (14.51%) Finance
3 222 (13.31%) Manufacturing
4 198 (11.87%) Retail
5 150 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
6 101 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
7 62 (3.72%) Marketing
8 50 (3.00%) Public Sector
9 49 (2.94%) Law
10 34 (2.04%) Electronics
11 33 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 33 (1.98%) Pharmaceutical
12 31 (1.86%) Legal
13 25 (1.50%) Telecoms
14 22 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.26%) Automotive
16 20 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
17 19 (1.14%) Billing
18 18 (1.08%) Aerospace
18 18 (1.08%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 323 (19.36%) Business Manager
2 319 (19.12%) Development Manager
3 311 (18.65%) Business Development Manager
4 119 (7.13%) Analyst
5 95 (5.70%) Developer
5 95 (5.70%) Senior
6 92 (5.52%) Logistics Manager
7 68 (4.08%) Administrator
8 61 (3.66%) IT Support
9 59 (3.54%) Technical Engineer
10 53 (3.18%) Consultant
11 52 (3.12%) Project Manager
12 49 (2.94%) IT Manager
13 44 (2.64%) Support Technician
14 43 (2.58%) Coordinator
15 40 (2.40%) Lead
16 37 (2.22%) Account Executive
17 36 (2.16%) Business Analyst
17 36 (2.16%) IT Technician
18 35 (2.10%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.94%) .NET
2 22 (1.32%) EDI
3 20 (1.20%) Middleware
4 16 (0.96%) React
5 14 (0.84%) AngularJS
5 14 (0.84%) Terraform
6 13 (0.78%) SAP TM
7 11 (0.66%) SAP Fiori
8 10 (0.60%) Web Services
9 9 (0.54%) REST
10 8 (0.48%) .NET Framework
11 7 (0.42%) .NET Core
11 7 (0.42%) HTML
11 7 (0.42%) Matplotlib
11 7 (0.42%) Seaborn
11 7 (0.42%) XML
12 6 (0.36%) Next.js
12 6 (0.36%) Node.js
13 5 (0.30%) Gherkin
13 5 (0.30%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 71 (4.26%) Driving Licence
2 67 (4.02%) Onboarding
3 52 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
4 50 (3.00%) Renewable Energy
5 36 (2.16%) Management Information System
6 30 (1.80%) Product Ownership
7 29 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
8 23 (1.38%) FMCG
9 22 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
10 21 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (1.26%) Robotics
11 20 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
12 19 (1.14%) Data Centre
13 16 (0.96%) Web Conferencing
14 15 (0.90%) Data Structures
14 15 (0.90%) EPoS
15 10 (0.60%) CCTV
16 9 (0.54%) Cloud Native
16 9 (0.54%) Video Editing
17 8 (0.48%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 77 (4.62%) Windows
2 31 (1.86%) Linux
3 25 (1.50%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.02%) Android
5 12 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.060%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.060%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.060%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.060%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (21.64%) Business Development
2 280 (16.79%) Problem-Solving
3 189 (11.33%) ERP
4 187 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 183 (10.97%) Customer Service
6 180 (10.79%) Project Delivery
7 177 (10.61%) CRM
8 173 (10.37%) Project Management
9 144 (8.63%) E-Commerce
10 128 (7.67%) Decision-Making
11 124 (7.43%) Stakeholder Management
12 107 (6.41%) Agile
13 94 (5.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 83 (4.98%) AI
15 81 (4.86%) ITIL
16 74 (4.44%) Roadmaps
17 73 (4.38%) Service Delivery
18 65 (3.90%) Actionable Insight
19 63 (3.78%) Business Intelligence
20 59 (3.54%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 108 (6.47%) SQL
2 52 (3.12%) C#
3 41 (2.46%) Python
4 20 (1.20%) JavaScript
4 20 (1.20%) TypeScript
5 18 (1.08%) PowerShell
6 8 (0.48%) Clojure
6 8 (0.48%) Go
6 8 (0.48%) Java
7 7 (0.42%) C++
7 7 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (0.36%) RPG
9 5 (0.30%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.24%) Bash
10 4 (0.24%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.24%) RPG IV
11 3 (0.18%) C
11 3 (0.18%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.18%) Swift
11 3 (0.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 108 (6.47%) DBS Check
2 83 (4.98%) Degree
3 51 (3.06%) NVQ Level 3
4 30 (1.80%) PMI Certification
5 27 (1.62%) PMP
6 24 (1.44%) Security Cleared
7 22 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
8 19 (1.14%) HNC
8 19 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 17 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (0.96%) ACCA
10 16 (0.96%) CIMA
11 15 (0.90%) Postgraduate
11 15 (0.90%) SC Cleared
12 11 (0.66%) CIPD
13 10 (0.60%) HND
14 9 (0.54%) ISTQB
15 8 (0.48%) SAP Certification
16 6 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
17 5 (0.30%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (2.28%) ISO 9001
2 30 (1.80%) SLA
3 27 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (1.56%) QA
5 25 (1.50%) GDPR
6 20 (1.20%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
7 19 (1.14%) ISO 14001
8 17 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 16 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 13 (0.78%) Data Quality
11 11 (0.66%) PMO
12 6 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.24%) GRC
14 2 (0.12%) EU AI Act
15 1 (0.060%) ISO/IEC 15288
15 1 (0.060%) NIST
15 1 (0.060%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.060%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 24 (1.44%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.26%) Docker
3 16 (0.96%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.24%) Firmware
5 4 (0.24%) IAG
6 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.12%) iptables
7 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (1.32%) SCCM
2 16 (0.96%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.42%) Grafana
5 6 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (0.36%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.30%) Ansible
6 5 (0.30%) Autotask
7 4 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (0.12%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.060%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.060%) SCOM
9 1 (0.060%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.060%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 273 (16.37%) Microsoft
2 111 (6.65%) SAP
3 35 (2.10%) Oracle
4 20 (1.20%) Fortinet
4 20 (1.20%) SonicWALL
5 17 (1.02%) HubSpot
5 17 (1.02%) IFS
6 11 (0.66%) Cisco
6 11 (0.66%) Google
6 11 (0.66%) ServiceNow
6 11 (0.66%) VMware
7 9 (0.54%) Sage
8 8 (0.48%) IBM
8 8 (0.48%) Salesforce
9 7 (0.42%) Infor
10 6 (0.36%) Facebook
11 5 (0.30%) Adobe
11 5 (0.30%) Epicor
11 5 (0.30%) JDA
11 5 (0.30%) Kaseya