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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 247 191
Rank change year-on-year +133 -56 +45
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 1,338 526 1,286
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.65% 1.35% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 1.45% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 990 272 856
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £35,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £60,469 £77,625 £62,813
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £74,375
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -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 60,661 36,230 71,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.64% 93.14% 85.49%
Number of salaries quoted 38,592 20,612 53,719
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,580 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £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 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £59,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.83% +9.09% -10.57%

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 6 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 6 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 +17 370 £50,000 +11.11% 136
South East +102 292 £42,500 -15.00% 105
North of England +97 283 £50,000 +17.65% 108
West Midlands +15 253 £52,500 +16.67% 78
London +66 204 £55,000 -31.25% 136
North West +74 159 £53,757 +2.39% 44
East Midlands -6 114 £50,000 +11.11% 58
South West +20 106 £35,000 -46.15% 32
Yorkshire +11 92 £50,000 +66.67% 48
East of England +19 72 £45,000 - 49
North East 0 32 £31,000 -31.11% 18
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 (0.90%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.82%) CMS
3 3 (0.22%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.075%) IIS
5 1 (0.075%) Kinematics
5 1 (0.075%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 100 (7.47%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.37%) InDesign
6 5 (0.37%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.15%) Trello
8 1 (0.075%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.075%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 53 (3.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.35%) Sprinklr
3 14 (1.05%) Dynamics AX
4 13 (0.97%) SAP SD
5 11 (0.82%) SAP ERP
6 10 (0.75%) SAP Travel Management
7 9 (0.67%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.52%) SAP GTS
8 7 (0.52%) SAP IBP
9 6 (0.45%) SAP EWM
9 6 (0.45%) SAP MM
9 6 (0.45%) SAP WM
10 4 (0.30%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
11 3 (0.22%) Magento
11 3 (0.22%) SAP CO
11 3 (0.22%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
12 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
12 2 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
12 2 (0.15%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 95 (7.10%) SaaS
2 55 (4.11%) Azure
3 44 (3.29%) Power Platform
4 29 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (1.49%) AWS
7 10 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (0.75%) Serverless
8 7 (0.52%) Azure Service Bus
9 6 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (0.37%) Amazon S3
10 5 (0.37%) Azure Event Grid
10 5 (0.37%) GCP
11 4 (0.30%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.22%) Amazon SQS
12 3 (0.22%) AWS Step Functions
12 3 (0.22%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.15%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.49%) Wireless
2 13 (0.97%) Firewall
2 13 (0.97%) WAN
3 10 (0.75%) TCP/IP
3 10 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (0.67%) SD-WAN
5 8 (0.60%) DNS
5 8 (0.60%) VPN
6 7 (0.52%) DHCP
7 4 (0.30%) LAN
7 4 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.22%) Cisco Wireless
9 2 (0.15%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.15%) Intranet
10 1 (0.075%) FTP
10 1 (0.075%) IPsec
10 1 (0.075%) RFID
10 1 (0.075%) SAN
10 1 (0.075%) SNMP
10 1 (0.075%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.99%) Power BI
2 20 (1.49%) Tableau
3 12 (0.90%) SQL Server
4 10 (0.75%) GIS
5 9 (0.67%) DynamoDB
6 7 (0.52%) Power Query
6 7 (0.52%) SAP HANA
7 6 (0.45%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.22%) Delta Lake
8 3 (0.22%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.15%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.15%) DB2
9 2 (0.15%) DTS
9 2 (0.15%) Metadata
9 2 (0.15%) MySQL
9 2 (0.15%) QGIS
9 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (1.87%) JIRA
2 15 (1.12%) Postman
3 13 (0.97%) Selenium
3 13 (0.97%) SoapUI
3 13 (0.97%) Team Foundation Server
3 13 (0.97%) WebDriver
4 11 (0.82%) Git
5 4 (0.30%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.075%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.075%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.075%) MLflow
6 1 (0.075%) Visual Studio
General
1 271 (20.25%) Social Skills
2 222 (16.59%) Manufacturing
3 193 (14.42%) Finance
4 151 (11.29%) Retail
5 95 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
6 73 (5.46%) Marketing
7 66 (4.93%) Organisational Skills
8 38 (2.84%) Public Sector
9 31 (2.32%) Pharmaceutical
10 28 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 20 (1.49%) Law
11 20 (1.49%) Telecoms
12 18 (1.35%) Automotive
12 18 (1.35%) Electronics
13 17 (1.27%) Dutch Language
13 17 (1.27%) German Language
13 17 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.05%) Billing
14 14 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (0.82%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 306 (22.87%) Development Manager
2 288 (21.52%) Business Manager
3 281 (21.00%) Business Development Manager
4 124 (9.27%) Analyst
5 108 (8.07%) Senior
6 51 (3.81%) Developer
7 49 (3.66%) Administrator
7 49 (3.66%) Logistics Manager
8 44 (3.29%) Architect
9 40 (2.99%) Consultant
10 38 (2.84%) Senior Manager
11 35 (2.62%) Account Executive
11 35 (2.62%) IT Support
12 34 (2.54%) Coordinator
13 31 (2.32%) Account Manager
13 31 (2.32%) Senior Business Development Manager
13 31 (2.32%) Senior Business Manager
13 31 (2.32%) Senior Development Manager
13 31 (2.32%) Solutions Architect
14 29 (2.17%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.14%) .NET
2 20 (1.49%) EDI
3 15 (1.12%) SAP Fiori
3 15 (1.12%) SOAP
4 13 (0.97%) HTML
4 13 (0.97%) React
5 12 (0.90%) Middleware
6 10 (0.75%) SAP TM
7 7 (0.52%) .NET Core
7 7 (0.52%) Matplotlib
7 7 (0.52%) Seaborn
8 6 (0.45%) AWS Amplify
8 6 (0.45%) MapLibre
9 4 (0.30%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.30%) AWS CDK
9 4 (0.30%) Web Services
10 3 (0.22%) Node.js
10 3 (0.22%) React Native
10 3 (0.22%) REST
10 3 (0.22%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 45 (3.36%) Onboarding
2 42 (3.14%) Driving Licence
3 33 (2.47%) Management Information System
4 30 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (2.09%) Learning Management System
6 26 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
7 20 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
9 16 (1.20%) NHS
10 14 (1.05%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (1.05%) Product Ownership
11 13 (0.97%) Blog
11 13 (0.97%) Social Media
12 11 (0.82%) Mobile Computing
13 9 (0.67%) Data Structures
13 9 (0.67%) Web Conferencing
14 8 (0.60%) FMCG
14 8 (0.60%) Operational Technology
15 7 (0.52%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 35 (2.62%) Windows
2 10 (0.75%) Android
3 9 (0.67%) Linux
4 6 (0.45%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.30%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.075%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.075%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.075%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.075%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.075%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (25.26%) Business Development
2 146 (10.91%) Problem-Solving
3 127 (9.49%) ERP
4 126 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 113 (8.45%) Project Management
6 110 (8.22%) Decision-Making
7 95 (7.10%) Project Delivery
8 92 (6.88%) Customer Service
9 90 (6.73%) Stakeholder Management
10 79 (5.90%) E-Commerce
11 78 (5.83%) CRM
12 76 (5.68%) Agile
13 66 (4.93%) Business Intelligence
14 61 (4.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 60 (4.48%) AI
15 60 (4.48%) Analytics
16 50 (3.74%) ITIL
16 50 (3.74%) Roadmaps
17 48 (3.59%) Cybersecurity
18 46 (3.44%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 79 (5.90%) SQL
2 40 (2.99%) C#
3 37 (2.77%) Python
4 20 (1.49%) Java
5 18 (1.35%) TypeScript
6 12 (0.90%) JavaScript
7 8 (0.60%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.52%) C++
9 6 (0.45%) C
9 6 (0.45%) Clojure
9 6 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.45%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.22%) ABAP
10 3 (0.22%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.22%) RPG
10 3 (0.22%) Swift
11 2 (0.15%) RPG III
11 2 (0.15%) RPG IV
12 1 (0.075%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.075%) VBA
Qualifications
1 82 (6.13%) Degree
2 55 (4.11%) DBS Check
3 27 (2.02%) Security Cleared
4 26 (1.94%) ACCA
4 26 (1.94%) CIMA
5 25 (1.87%) CIPD
6 20 (1.49%) ISTQB
7 14 (1.05%) SC Cleared
8 13 (0.97%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 12 (0.90%) HNC
10 11 (0.82%) PMI Certification
11 10 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (0.75%) PMP
12 8 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (0.52%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.52%) Postgraduate
14 6 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 4 (0.30%) CCNA
15 4 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
15 4 (0.30%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (1.64%) ISO 9001
2 19 (1.42%) Data Quality
3 15 (1.12%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.12%) GDPR
3 15 (1.12%) SLA
4 12 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (0.90%) PMO
5 10 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (0.75%) QA
6 8 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (0.60%) ISO 14001
6 8 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.075%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.075%) GRC
8 1 (0.075%) IFRS
8 1 (0.075%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (0.60%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.30%) Firmware
3 3 (0.22%) Docker
3 3 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.15%) IAG
5 1 (0.075%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (0.45%) SCCM
2 5 (0.37%) Ansible
2 5 (0.37%) Autotask
3 3 (0.22%) Terraform
4 2 (0.15%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.15%) Nagios
5 1 (0.075%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.075%) Grafana
5 1 (0.075%) MOM
5 1 (0.075%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.075%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.075%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 143 (10.69%) Microsoft
2 76 (5.68%) SAP
3 27 (2.02%) Oracle
4 19 (1.42%) NEC
5 18 (1.35%) Salesforce
6 11 (0.82%) Adobe
7 9 (0.67%) Cisco
7 9 (0.67%) Databricks
8 8 (0.60%) HubSpot
9 7 (0.52%) Google
9 7 (0.52%) IBM
9 7 (0.52%) IFS
9 7 (0.52%) ServiceNow
10 6 (0.45%) Ariba
10 6 (0.45%) Fortinet
10 6 (0.45%) Sage
10 6 (0.45%) SonicWALL
11 5 (0.37%) Facebook
11 5 (0.37%) Kaseya
11 5 (0.37%) SolarWinds