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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 155 98
Rank change year-on-year +65 -57 +199
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 2,003 948 1,649
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.92% 2.19% 2.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 2.46% 3.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,386 564 397
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £30,950
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -11.36%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,813 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -11.36%

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 76,581 38,469 54,071
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.57% 89.04% 82.44%
Number of salaries quoted 53,748 21,719 29,115
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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 6 October 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 October 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 +31 538 £47,000 +17.50% 295
South East +66 495 £43,000 +14.67% 340
North of England +46 411 £60,000 +20.00% 222
London +31 311 £60,000 -7.69% 746
West Midlands +40 277 £50,000 +11.11% 139
East Midlands +19 256 £40,000 +3.90% 154
North West +74 222 £60,000 +20.00% 114
Yorkshire -13 153 £60,000 +14.29% 82
East of England +29 139 £50,000 - 104
South West -40 114 £45,750 +7.65% 79
North East -34 36 £40,000 -11.11% 28
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 31 (1.55%) SharePoint
2 18 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.80%) Confluence
4 5 (0.25%) CMS
5 4 (0.20%) WordPress
6 2 (0.100%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (0.050%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.050%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 149 (7.44%) Microsoft Office
2 134 (6.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (1.60%) Spreadsheet
4 22 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.55%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.30%) EPLAN
8 3 (0.15%) Revit
9 2 (0.100%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.100%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.100%) CapCut
9 2 (0.100%) InDesign
9 2 (0.100%) SmartSuite
10 1 (0.050%) Civil 3D
10 1 (0.050%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.050%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.050%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.050%) Trello
Business Applications
1 55 (2.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 26 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (0.90%) Dynamics AX
3 18 (0.90%) NetSuite
4 15 (0.75%) SAP SD
5 11 (0.55%) Dynamics NAV
5 11 (0.55%) SAP Travel Management
6 7 (0.35%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.35%) SAP EWM
6 7 (0.35%) SAP GTS
7 6 (0.30%) Shopify
8 5 (0.25%) Infor M3
8 5 (0.25%) Odoo
8 5 (0.25%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.25%) SAP CRM
8 5 (0.25%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.25%) SAP IBP
8 5 (0.25%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.20%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 92 (4.59%) Azure
2 82 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
3 71 (3.54%) SaaS
4 67 (3.34%) Power Platform
5 59 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
6 40 (2.00%) AWS
7 22 (1.10%) Entra ID
8 15 (0.75%) GitHub
9 14 (0.70%) Power Automate
10 13 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (0.55%) Serverless
12 8 (0.40%) GCP
12 8 (0.40%) PowerApps
12 8 (0.40%) Smartsheet
13 7 (0.35%) Anthropic Claude
14 6 (0.30%) GitHub Copilot
15 5 (0.25%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (0.25%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 39 (1.95%) Firewall
2 18 (0.90%) LAN
2 18 (0.90%) WAN
3 17 (0.85%) VPN
3 17 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (0.75%) VLAN
4 15 (0.75%) Wireless
5 10 (0.50%) DNS
6 8 (0.40%) DHCP
6 8 (0.40%) Ethernet
6 8 (0.40%) Profibus
7 7 (0.35%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.30%) Network Security
9 3 (0.15%) Internet
9 3 (0.15%) Intranet
9 3 (0.15%) SSL
9 3 (0.15%) VoIP
10 2 (0.100%) FTP
10 2 (0.100%) IPv4
10 2 (0.100%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (3.05%) Power BI
2 38 (1.90%) SQL Server
3 17 (0.85%) Relational Database
4 12 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (0.45%) Oracle Database
6 8 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
6 8 (0.40%) Tableau
7 7 (0.35%) MySQL
8 6 (0.30%) Power Query
8 6 (0.30%) SAP HANA
9 5 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.25%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.25%) GIS
9 5 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.20%) Db2
10 4 (0.20%) SQLite
11 3 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.15%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 36 (1.80%) JIRA
2 12 (0.60%) Git
3 7 (0.35%) Claude Code
4 3 (0.15%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.100%) Hudson
5 2 (0.100%) LSMW
5 2 (0.100%) Postman
6 1 (0.050%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.050%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.050%) Gatling
6 1 (0.050%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.050%) JMeter
6 1 (0.050%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.050%) Selenium
6 1 (0.050%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.050%) Zephyr
General
1 550 (27.46%) Social Skills
2 337 (16.82%) Manufacturing
3 310 (15.48%) Finance
4 277 (13.83%) Retail
5 202 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
6 178 (8.89%) Organisational Skills
7 81 (4.04%) Marketing
8 59 (2.95%) Automotive
9 52 (2.60%) Pharmaceutical
10 50 (2.50%) Public Sector
11 45 (2.25%) Aerospace
12 44 (2.20%) Law
13 43 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 41 (2.05%) Legal
14 41 (2.05%) Telecoms
15 38 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
16 34 (1.70%) Electronics
17 27 (1.35%) Billing
18 19 (0.95%) Banking
18 19 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 333 (16.63%) Business Manager
2 325 (16.23%) Development Manager
3 319 (15.93%) Business Development Manager
4 140 (6.99%) Analyst
5 124 (6.19%) Senior
6 114 (5.69%) Logistics Manager
7 100 (4.99%) Developer
8 95 (4.74%) Administrator
9 74 (3.69%) Project Manager
10 71 (3.54%) Coordinator
11 70 (3.49%) Consultant
11 70 (3.49%) IT Support
12 64 (3.20%) IT Manager
13 58 (2.90%) Technical Engineer
14 55 (2.75%) Lead
15 53 (2.65%) Business Analyst
16 48 (2.40%) Software Project Manager
16 48 (2.40%) Support Technician
17 47 (2.35%) Logistics Project Manager
18 44 (2.20%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.55%) .NET
2 23 (1.15%) EDI
3 20 (1.00%) Middleware
4 16 (0.80%) React
5 14 (0.70%) Terraform
6 12 (0.60%) AngularJS
6 12 (0.60%) REST
6 12 (0.60%) Web Services
7 11 (0.55%) SAP Fiori
7 11 (0.55%) SAP TM
8 10 (0.50%) Django
9 9 (0.45%) .NET Framework
10 8 (0.40%) Blazor
11 7 (0.35%) HTML
11 7 (0.35%) Next.js
11 7 (0.35%) XML
12 6 (0.30%) .NET Core
12 6 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
13 5 (0.25%) Entity Framework
13 5 (0.25%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 106 (5.29%) Driving Licence
2 79 (3.94%) Onboarding
3 71 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
4 70 (3.49%) Management Information System
5 60 (3.00%) FMCG
6 56 (2.80%) Renewable Energy
7 42 (2.10%) Data Centre
8 40 (2.00%) Robotics
9 31 (1.55%) Product Ownership
10 27 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
10 27 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
11 26 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
12 24 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (0.95%) Web Conferencing
14 16 (0.80%) SCADA
15 15 (0.75%) CCTV
15 15 (0.75%) Data Structures
16 13 (0.65%) Operational Technology
17 11 (0.55%) EPoS
17 11 (0.55%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 80 (3.99%) Windows
2 36 (1.80%) Linux
3 27 (1.35%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.70%) Android
5 13 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.20%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.100%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.050%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.050%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (18.57%) Business Development
2 366 (18.27%) Problem-Solving
3 299 (14.93%) Customer Service
4 282 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 268 (13.38%) ERP
6 240 (11.98%) CRM
7 205 (10.23%) Stakeholder Management
8 181 (9.04%) Project Delivery
9 173 (8.64%) Project Management
10 163 (8.14%) Decision-Making
11 160 (7.99%) E-Commerce
12 110 (5.49%) Agile
13 107 (5.34%) AI
13 107 (5.34%) Process Improvement
14 94 (4.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 90 (4.49%) Service Delivery
16 87 (4.34%) Inventory Management
17 85 (4.24%) Roadmaps
18 84 (4.19%) Customer Experience
18 84 (4.19%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 111 (5.54%) SQL
2 54 (2.70%) C#
3 44 (2.20%) Python
4 23 (1.15%) PowerShell
5 19 (0.95%) TypeScript
6 17 (0.85%) Go
6 17 (0.85%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.35%) Clojure
7 7 (0.35%) Java
8 6 (0.30%) C++
8 6 (0.30%) RPG
8 6 (0.30%) VB.NET
9 5 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.25%) Ruby
10 4 (0.20%) Bash
10 4 (0.20%) RPG IV
10 4 (0.20%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.15%) ABAP
11 3 (0.15%) C
11 3 (0.15%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 146 (7.29%) Degree
2 97 (4.84%) DBS Check
3 61 (3.05%) NVQ Level 3
4 30 (1.50%) PMI Certification
5 26 (1.30%) PMP
6 25 (1.25%) HNC
7 24 (1.20%) Security Cleared
8 20 (1.00%) ACCA
8 20 (1.00%) CIMA
8 20 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (0.95%) SC Cleared
10 18 (0.90%) HND
11 16 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 14 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (0.65%) Postgraduate
15 11 (0.55%) City & Guilds
16 8 (0.40%) ISTQB
16 8 (0.40%) SAP Certification
17 7 (0.35%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (2.40%) SLA
2 43 (2.15%) QA
3 34 (1.70%) GDPR
4 30 (1.50%) Accessibility
5 29 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 25 (1.25%) ISO 9001
7 23 (1.15%) Data Quality
8 15 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (0.65%) ISO 14001
10 12 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 12 (0.60%) PMO
11 10 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.40%) GRC
13 5 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.100%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.100%) EU AI Act
16 1 (0.050%) AQAP
16 1 (0.050%) ISO 13485
16 1 (0.050%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 34 (1.70%) Active Directory
2 31 (1.55%) Docker
3 18 (0.90%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.45%) Firmware
4 9 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.20%) IAG
5 4 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.100%) iptables
8 1 (0.050%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (1.20%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.15%) SCCM
3 9 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (0.30%) Grafana
6 5 (0.25%) Functional Safety
6 5 (0.25%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.20%) Autotask
7 4 (0.20%) EMC NetWorker
8 3 (0.15%) Ansible
9 2 (0.100%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.100%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 2 (0.100%) SCOM
Vendors
1 393 (19.62%) Microsoft
2 151 (7.54%) SAP
3 51 (2.55%) Oracle
4 20 (1.00%) Fortinet
4 20 (1.00%) HubSpot
4 20 (1.00%) SonicWALL
5 19 (0.95%) IFS
5 19 (0.95%) ServiceNow
6 15 (0.75%) Google
7 13 (0.65%) Cisco
7 13 (0.65%) Infor
7 13 (0.65%) Siemens
8 12 (0.60%) Sage
9 11 (0.55%) Salesforce
9 11 (0.55%) VMware
10 9 (0.45%) IBM
11 7 (0.35%) Facebook
11 7 (0.35%) Rockwell
12 6 (0.30%) Adobe
12 6 (0.30%) Ariba