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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 192 181
Rank change year-on-year +71 -11 +64
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 1,113 618 1,208
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.66% 1.63% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 1.75% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 809 265 817
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -17.39%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £91,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -17.39%

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 52,241 35,401 65,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.72% 93.58% 86.88%
Number of salaries quoted 32,434 20,236 50,834
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £29,010
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 -6 284 £45,000 -18.18% 123
South East +68 240 £43,000 -14.00% 108
London +80 210 £50,000 -28.57% 139
North of England +36 193 £45,000 -7.69% 89
West Midlands -13 185 £50,000 +8.11% 64
East Midlands -22 99 £35,000 -36.36% 59
North West +35 91 £50,000 -4.76% 46
South West +30 91 £37,500 -41.18% 48
Yorkshire +5 77 £45,000 +50.00% 37
East of England +28 75 £45,000 - 40
North East -17 25 £30,000 -33.33% 7
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 15 (1.35%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.08%) CMS
3 4 (0.36%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.18%) Confluence
4 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.090%) IIS
5 1 (0.090%) Kinematics
5 1 (0.090%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 89 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.54%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.45%) InDesign
7 5 (0.45%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.36%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.18%) Maya
9 2 (0.18%) Trello
10 1 (0.090%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.090%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 39 (3.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.62%) Sprinklr
3 14 (1.26%) Dynamics AX
4 7 (0.63%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.63%) SAP WM
5 4 (0.36%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.36%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.36%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.27%) SAP FSCM
6 3 (0.27%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.27%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.18%) Magento
7 2 (0.18%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.18%) Q-Pulse
7 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.18%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.18%) SAP IS-U
7 2 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 92 (8.27%) SaaS
2 62 (5.57%) Azure
3 41 (3.68%) Power Platform
4 35 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
5 21 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (1.80%) AWS
7 9 (0.81%) GCP
8 8 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (0.72%) Serverless
9 7 (0.63%) Azure Service Bus
9 7 (0.63%) GitHub
10 6 (0.54%) Asana
11 5 (0.45%) Azure Event Grid
12 4 (0.36%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (0.36%) Miro
13 3 (0.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 3 (0.27%) n8n
13 3 (0.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.43%) Remote Desktop
2 21 (1.89%) Wireless
3 14 (1.26%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.17%) WAN
5 12 (1.08%) Firewall
5 12 (1.08%) VPN
6 11 (0.99%) DHCP
6 11 (0.99%) DNS
7 9 (0.81%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.54%) VLAN
10 4 (0.36%) LAN
11 3 (0.27%) Broadband
11 3 (0.27%) Cisco Wireless
11 3 (0.27%) Internet
11 3 (0.27%) Network Security
11 3 (0.27%) WebEx
12 2 (0.18%) BGP
12 2 (0.18%) Unified Communications
12 2 (0.18%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (3.05%) Power BI
2 11 (0.99%) Tableau
3 7 (0.63%) DynamoDB
4 4 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (0.36%) GIS
5 3 (0.27%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.27%) Delta Lake
5 3 (0.27%) Looker
6 2 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.18%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.18%) Metadata
6 2 (0.18%) Power Query
6 2 (0.18%) QGIS
6 2 (0.18%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.18%) Semantic Layer
6 2 (0.18%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.090%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (2.34%) JIRA
2 17 (1.53%) Git
3 16 (1.44%) Postman
4 15 (1.35%) Selenium
4 15 (1.35%) SoapUI
4 15 (1.35%) Team Foundation Server
4 15 (1.35%) WebDriver
5 4 (0.36%) Axure RP
5 4 (0.36%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.090%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.090%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.090%) MLflow
7 1 (0.090%) Visual Studio
General
1 276 (24.80%) Social Skills
2 216 (19.41%) Manufacturing
3 177 (15.90%) Finance
4 174 (15.63%) Retail
5 113 (10.15%) Analytical Skills
6 80 (7.19%) Marketing
7 55 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (3.14%) Pharmaceutical
9 33 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (2.96%) Public Sector
10 28 (2.52%) Automotive
11 21 (1.89%) Dutch Language
12 19 (1.71%) German Language
13 15 (1.35%) Law
14 12 (1.08%) French Language
14 12 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (0.99%) Aviation
15 11 (0.99%) Electronics
15 11 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 222 (19.95%) Development Manager
2 199 (17.88%) Business Manager
3 198 (17.79%) Business Development Manager
4 122 (10.96%) Analyst
5 80 (7.19%) Senior
6 50 (4.49%) Architect
7 44 (3.95%) IT Support
8 39 (3.50%) Developer
9 35 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
10 34 (3.05%) Logistics Manager
11 33 (2.96%) Account Manager
12 32 (2.88%) Administrator
13 30 (2.70%) Support Analyst
14 29 (2.61%) 2nd Line Support
14 29 (2.61%) Senior Manager
15 28 (2.52%) Financial Analyst
16 27 (2.43%) Senior Business Development Manager
16 27 (2.43%) Senior Business Manager
16 27 (2.43%) Senior Development Manager
16 27 (2.43%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (3.14%) .NET
2 22 (1.98%) HTML
3 19 (1.71%) EDI
4 18 (1.62%) SOAP
5 13 (1.17%) REST
6 10 (0.90%) React
7 8 (0.72%) JSON
7 8 (0.72%) XML
8 7 (0.63%) .NET Core
9 6 (0.54%) AWS Amplify
9 6 (0.54%) MapLibre
9 6 (0.54%) SAP Fiori
10 5 (0.45%) CSS
11 3 (0.27%) Kafka
11 3 (0.27%) Micronaut
11 3 (0.27%) Middleware
11 3 (0.27%) PySpark
12 2 (0.18%) HTML5
12 2 (0.18%) Matplotlib
12 2 (0.18%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 59 (5.30%) Onboarding
2 32 (2.88%) Driving Licence
3 31 (2.79%) Mobile Computing
4 29 (2.61%) Management Information System
4 29 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
5 26 (2.34%) Learning Management System
6 21 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
7 20 (1.80%) Blog
8 16 (1.44%) NHS
9 13 (1.17%) FMCG
9 13 (1.17%) Social Media
10 12 (1.08%) Data Centre
11 10 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (0.63%) Cloud Native
13 7 (0.63%) Data Structures
13 7 (0.63%) Life Science
14 6 (0.54%) Graphic Design
14 6 (0.54%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.79%) Windows
2 13 (1.17%) Linux
3 5 (0.45%) Android
3 5 (0.45%) Windows 10
3 5 (0.45%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.090%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.090%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.090%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.090%) VMS
5 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (22.73%) Business Development
2 136 (12.22%) Problem-Solving
3 132 (11.86%) ERP
4 126 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 113 (10.15%) Customer Service
6 87 (7.82%) Decision-Making
6 87 (7.82%) Project Management
7 85 (7.64%) E-Commerce
8 76 (6.83%) CRM
9 75 (6.74%) Stakeholder Management
10 72 (6.47%) Agile
11 62 (5.57%) Project Delivery
12 61 (5.48%) Mentoring
13 57 (5.12%) Business Intelligence
14 53 (4.76%) Telesales
15 49 (4.40%) AI
15 49 (4.40%) Time Management
16 47 (4.22%) Analytics
16 47 (4.22%) Roadmaps
17 45 (4.04%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 93 (8.36%) SQL
2 58 (5.21%) C#
3 34 (3.05%) Python
4 27 (2.43%) Java
5 18 (1.62%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.17%) TypeScript
7 10 (0.90%) C++
7 10 (0.90%) PL/SQL
8 9 (0.81%) C
8 9 (0.81%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.45%) ABAP
10 2 (0.18%) COBOL
10 2 (0.18%) Lua
11 1 (0.090%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.090%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.090%) Bash
11 1 (0.090%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.090%) Groovy
11 1 (0.090%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.090%) VBA
Qualifications
1 99 (8.89%) Degree
2 37 (3.32%) Security Cleared
3 29 (2.61%) ACCA
3 29 (2.61%) CIMA
3 29 (2.61%) DBS Check
4 24 (2.16%) CIPD
5 16 (1.44%) ISTQB
6 15 (1.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 13 (1.17%) SC Cleared
8 11 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (0.90%) PMI Certification
9 10 (0.90%) PMP
10 9 (0.81%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.72%) HNC
12 6 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.54%) SAP Certification
13 4 (0.36%) CAPM
13 4 (0.36%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (2.88%) QA
2 22 (1.98%) Data Quality
3 15 (1.35%) GDPR
4 13 (1.17%) Accessibility
4 13 (1.17%) SLA
5 9 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.54%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.36%) PMO
9 3 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.27%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.27%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.18%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.18%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.090%) EMIR
11 1 (0.090%) GRC
11 1 (0.090%) MiFID
11 1 (0.090%) NIST
11 1 (0.090%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (0.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.27%) Firmware
2 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.090%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (0.63%) Ansible
2 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.18%) Grafana
3 2 (0.18%) Nagios
3 2 (0.18%) Terraform
4 1 (0.090%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.090%) MOM
4 1 (0.090%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.090%) SCCM
Vendors
1 135 (12.13%) Microsoft
2 71 (6.38%) SAP
3 23 (2.07%) Oracle
4 20 (1.80%) Salesforce
5 19 (1.71%) NEC
6 18 (1.62%) Cisco
7 12 (1.08%) Databricks
8 11 (0.99%) Adobe
9 8 (0.72%) Google
10 5 (0.45%) Facebook
10 5 (0.45%) Instagram
10 5 (0.45%) Meraki
10 5 (0.45%) Pardot
11 4 (0.36%) Ariba
11 4 (0.36%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.36%) Saba
12 3 (0.27%) Epicor
12 3 (0.27%) Sophos
12 3 (0.27%) VMware
13 2 (0.18%) Sage