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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 160 101
Rank change year-on-year +58 -59 +195
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 1,720 889 1,690
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.75% 2.06% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 2.33% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,200 524 447
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £27,350
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £60,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £76,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -13.64%

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 71,905 38,217 56,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.27% 88.53% 80.99%
Number of salaries quoted 51,202 22,024 33,984
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,397 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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 +34 441 £50,000 +20.48% 227
South East +80 435 £42,500 +13.33% 248
North of England +33 367 £60,000 +20.00% 209
London +20 249 £58,000 -14.07% 584
West Midlands +31 244 £50,000 +11.11% 102
North West +84 213 £60,000 +20.00% 110
East Midlands +12 192 £40,000 +0.61% 124
Yorkshire -33 127 £60,000 +11.63% 67
East of England -3 108 £54,300 +8.60% 82
South West -43 108 £50,000 +11.11% 68
North East -40 27 £40,000 -11.11% 35
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 (1.28%) SharePoint
2 13 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.64%) Confluence
4 3 (0.17%) WordPress
5 2 (0.12%) CMS
6 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.058%) IIS
Applications
1 116 (6.74%) Microsoft Office
2 90 (5.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (0.52%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.12%) CapCut
7 2 (0.12%) SmartSuite
8 1 (0.058%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.058%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.058%) InDesign
8 1 (0.058%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.058%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.058%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.058%) Trello
Business Applications
1 53 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.93%) SAP SD
4 14 (0.81%) NetSuite
5 13 (0.76%) SAP Travel Management
6 8 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
6 8 (0.47%) SAP ERP
6 8 (0.47%) SAP EWM
6 8 (0.47%) SAP GTS
7 6 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
7 6 (0.35%) SAP IBP
8 5 (0.29%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.29%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.29%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.23%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 4 (0.23%) SAP SCM
9 4 (0.23%) SAP WM
10 3 (0.17%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 91 (5.29%) Azure
2 79 (4.59%) SaaS
3 65 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
4 53 (3.08%) Power Platform
5 41 (2.38%) AWS
6 35 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
7 19 (1.10%) Entra ID
8 14 (0.81%) GitHub
9 12 (0.70%) Serverless
10 11 (0.64%) Power Automate
11 10 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (0.47%) GCP
14 7 (0.41%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.41%) Smartsheet
15 6 (0.35%) Anthropic Claude
15 6 (0.35%) Azure Logic Apps
15 6 (0.35%) Azure Service Bus
16 5 (0.29%) GitHub Copilot
16 5 (0.29%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.38%) Firewall
2 13 (0.76%) LAN
2 13 (0.76%) WAN
2 13 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (0.76%) Wireless
3 12 (0.70%) VLAN
3 12 (0.70%) VPN
4 7 (0.41%) DNS
5 6 (0.35%) Network Security
5 6 (0.35%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.23%) DHCP
7 3 (0.17%) Internet
7 3 (0.17%) Intranet
7 3 (0.17%) VoIP
8 2 (0.12%) FTP
8 2 (0.12%) IPv4
8 2 (0.12%) IPv6
8 2 (0.12%) SSL
8 2 (0.12%) WireGuard
9 1 (0.058%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (2.85%) Power BI
2 38 (2.21%) SQL Server
3 13 (0.76%) Relational Database
3 13 (0.76%) Tableau
4 11 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (0.58%) GIS
5 10 (0.58%) Oracle Database
6 8 (0.47%) MySQL
6 8 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (0.41%) Power Query
7 7 (0.41%) SAP HANA
8 5 (0.29%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.23%) Db2
9 4 (0.23%) SQLite
10 3 (0.17%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 30 (1.74%) JIRA
2 18 (1.05%) Git
3 6 (0.35%) Claude Code
4 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.12%) Hudson
5 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.12%) LSMW
5 2 (0.12%) Postman
6 1 (0.058%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.058%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.058%) Gatling
6 1 (0.058%) JMeter
6 1 (0.058%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.058%) Selenium
6 1 (0.058%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.058%) Zephyr
General
1 418 (24.30%) Social Skills
2 262 (15.23%) Finance
3 226 (13.14%) Manufacturing
4 213 (12.38%) Retail
5 158 (9.19%) Analytical Skills
6 113 (6.57%) Organisational Skills
7 59 (3.43%) Marketing
8 47 (2.73%) Public Sector
9 46 (2.67%) Law
10 36 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 34 (1.98%) Electronics
12 33 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
13 32 (1.86%) Legal
14 26 (1.51%) Telecoms
15 24 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
16 22 (1.28%) Automotive
17 20 (1.16%) Billing
18 19 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
19 18 (1.05%) Aerospace
19 18 (1.05%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 340 (19.77%) Business Manager
2 335 (19.48%) Development Manager
3 328 (19.07%) Business Development Manager
4 122 (7.09%) Analyst
5 100 (5.81%) Senior
6 96 (5.58%) Logistics Manager
7 94 (5.47%) Developer
8 65 (3.78%) Administrator
9 63 (3.66%) IT Support
10 59 (3.43%) Technical Engineer
11 57 (3.31%) Consultant
12 54 (3.14%) Project Manager
13 52 (3.02%) IT Manager
14 47 (2.73%) Coordinator
15 45 (2.62%) Support Technician
16 43 (2.50%) Lead
17 40 (2.33%) Business Analyst
18 37 (2.15%) Account Executive
18 37 (2.15%) IT Analyst
19 35 (2.03%) Logistics Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.79%) .NET
2 20 (1.16%) EDI
2 20 (1.16%) Middleware
3 16 (0.93%) React
4 14 (0.81%) AngularJS
4 14 (0.81%) Terraform
5 13 (0.76%) SAP TM
6 11 (0.64%) SAP Fiori
7 10 (0.58%) Web Services
8 8 (0.47%) REST
9 7 (0.41%) .NET Framework
9 7 (0.41%) HTML
9 7 (0.41%) XML
10 6 (0.35%) .NET Core
10 6 (0.35%) Next.js
10 6 (0.35%) Node.js
10 6 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (0.29%) Matplotlib
11 5 (0.29%) ODBC
11 5 (0.29%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 75 (4.36%) Driving Licence
2 64 (3.72%) Onboarding
3 58 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
4 52 (3.02%) Renewable Energy
5 37 (2.15%) Management Information System
6 30 (1.74%) Product Ownership
7 29 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 29 (1.69%) FMCG
8 25 (1.45%) Robotics
9 22 (1.28%) Data Centre
9 22 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
10 21 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (0.87%) EPoS
12 15 (0.87%) Web Conferencing
13 12 (0.70%) Data Structures
14 10 (0.58%) CCTV
15 9 (0.52%) Operational Technology
15 9 (0.52%) Video Editing
16 8 (0.47%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 78 (4.53%) Windows
2 33 (1.92%) Linux
3 25 (1.45%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.99%) Android
5 12 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (0.52%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.17%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.058%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.058%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.058%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.058%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (21.69%) Business Development
2 293 (17.03%) Problem-Solving
3 205 (11.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 203 (11.80%) Customer Service
5 200 (11.63%) ERP
6 195 (11.34%) CRM
7 183 (10.64%) Project Delivery
8 170 (9.88%) Project Management
9 142 (8.26%) E-Commerce
10 141 (8.20%) Stakeholder Management
11 134 (7.79%) Decision-Making
12 106 (6.16%) Agile
13 91 (5.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 87 (5.06%) AI
15 84 (4.88%) ITIL
16 78 (4.53%) Service Delivery
17 74 (4.30%) Roadmaps
18 67 (3.90%) Actionable Insight
18 67 (3.90%) Business Intelligence
19 62 (3.60%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 107 (6.22%) SQL
2 51 (2.97%) C#
3 40 (2.33%) Python
4 20 (1.16%) TypeScript
5 19 (1.10%) JavaScript
6 18 (1.05%) PowerShell
7 12 (0.70%) Go
8 8 (0.47%) Clojure
8 8 (0.47%) Java
9 7 (0.41%) C++
9 7 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.35%) RPG
11 4 (0.23%) Bash
11 4 (0.23%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.23%) RPG IV
11 4 (0.23%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.17%) ABAP
12 3 (0.17%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.17%) Swift
12 3 (0.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 107 (6.22%) DBS Check
2 92 (5.35%) Degree
3 51 (2.97%) NVQ Level 3
4 30 (1.74%) PMI Certification
5 27 (1.57%) PMP
6 21 (1.22%) Security Cleared
7 19 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 18 (1.05%) ACCA
8 18 (1.05%) CIMA
9 17 (0.99%) HNC
10 15 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (0.87%) Postgraduate
10 15 (0.87%) SC Cleared
11 11 (0.64%) HND
12 10 (0.58%) CIPD
13 9 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (0.52%) ISTQB
14 8 (0.47%) SAP Certification
15 5 (0.29%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (2.15%) ISO 9001
2 34 (1.98%) SLA
3 33 (1.92%) QA
4 30 (1.74%) GDPR
4 30 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.28%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 19 (1.10%) ISO 14001
8 17 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 16 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 13 (0.76%) Data Quality
11 11 (0.64%) PMO
12 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.29%) GRC
14 4 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.12%) EU AI Act
16 1 (0.058%) IFRS
16 1 (0.058%) ISO/IEC 15288
16 1 (0.058%) NIST
16 1 (0.058%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 27 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 25 (1.45%) Docker
3 16 (0.93%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.23%) Firmware
5 4 (0.23%) IAG
6 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.12%) iptables
7 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (1.34%) SCCM
2 20 (1.16%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.41%) Grafana
5 6 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (0.35%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.29%) Autotask
7 4 (0.23%) Ansible
7 4 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (0.12%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.058%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.058%) SCOM
9 1 (0.058%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.058%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 292 (16.98%) Microsoft
2 112 (6.51%) SAP
3 39 (2.27%) Oracle
4 21 (1.22%) Fortinet
4 21 (1.22%) SonicWALL
5 18 (1.05%) IFS
6 17 (0.99%) HubSpot
7 12 (0.70%) Google
7 12 (0.70%) ServiceNow
8 11 (0.64%) Cisco
8 11 (0.64%) VMware
9 9 (0.52%) Sage
10 8 (0.47%) IBM
10 8 (0.47%) Infor
10 8 (0.47%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.35%) Epicor
12 5 (0.29%) Facebook
12 5 (0.29%) JDA
12 5 (0.29%) Kaseya
13 4 (0.23%) Xero