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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 145 98
Rank change year-on-year +55 -47 +190
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 2,079 964 1,667
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.99% 2.25% 2.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.69% 2.53% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,429 585 392
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -18.75%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,250 £85,750 £81,125
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -15.22%

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 77,267 38,105 52,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.91% 88.91% 82.61%
Number of salaries quoted 54,131 21,889 28,165
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,250 £80,000
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 15 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 15 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 +33 555 £43,000 +7.50% 35
South East +55 514 £43,000 +14.67% 52
North of England +45 417 £60,000 +20.00% 33
London +30 316 £60,000 -7.69% 49
West Midlands +37 284 £47,500 +5.56% 20
East Midlands +15 266 £40,000 +14.29% 15
North West +72 218 £57,500 +15.00% 12
Yorkshire -11 164 £60,000 +14.29% 19
East of England +20 152 £40,500 -19.00% 16
South West -27 130 £45,000 - 14
North East -34 35 £40,000 -11.11% 4
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 34 (1.64%) SharePoint
2 18 (0.87%) Confluence
2 18 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.24%) CMS
3 5 (0.24%) WordPress
4 3 (0.14%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (0.048%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.048%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 167 (8.03%) Microsoft Office
2 157 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (1.68%) Spreadsheet
4 28 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.53%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.29%) EPLAN
8 5 (0.24%) Revit
9 2 (0.096%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.096%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.096%) CapCut
9 2 (0.096%) Civil 3D
9 2 (0.096%) InDesign
9 2 (0.096%) Navisworks
9 2 (0.096%) SmartSuite
10 1 (0.048%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.048%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.048%) Trello
Business Applications
1 50 (2.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (0.87%) Dynamics AX
3 18 (0.87%) SAP Business One
4 17 (0.82%) NetSuite
5 12 (0.58%) SAP SD
6 11 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
7 9 (0.43%) SAP Travel Management
8 7 (0.34%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.29%) Odoo
9 6 (0.29%) SAP EWM
9 6 (0.29%) Shopify
10 5 (0.24%) Infor M3
10 5 (0.24%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.24%) SAP CRM
10 5 (0.24%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.24%) SAP GTS
10 5 (0.24%) SAP MM
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 96 (4.62%) Azure
2 86 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (3.56%) Power Platform
4 69 (3.32%) SaaS
5 62 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
6 40 (1.92%) AWS
7 23 (1.11%) Entra ID
8 15 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (0.72%) GitHub
9 14 (0.67%) Power Automate
10 11 (0.53%) Serverless
11 10 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (0.38%) GCP
12 8 (0.38%) PowerApps
12 8 (0.38%) Smartsheet
13 7 (0.34%) Anthropic Claude
14 6 (0.29%) GitHub Copilot
15 5 (0.24%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (0.24%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 39 (1.88%) Firewall
2 19 (0.91%) LAN
3 18 (0.87%) WAN
4 17 (0.82%) VPN
4 17 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (0.77%) VLAN
5 16 (0.77%) Wireless
6 10 (0.48%) DNS
7 8 (0.38%) DHCP
7 8 (0.38%) Ethernet
7 8 (0.38%) Profibus
7 8 (0.38%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.29%) Network Security
9 4 (0.19%) Internet
10 3 (0.14%) SSL
10 3 (0.14%) VoIP
11 2 (0.096%) FTP
11 2 (0.096%) IPv4
11 2 (0.096%) IPv6
11 2 (0.096%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (3.27%) Power BI
2 37 (1.78%) SQL Server
3 19 (0.91%) Relational Database
4 13 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (0.48%) Tableau
6 8 (0.38%) MySQL
6 8 (0.38%) Oracle Database
6 8 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (0.29%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.29%) GIS
7 6 (0.29%) Power Query
8 5 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.19%) Db2
9 4 (0.19%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.19%) SQLite
10 3 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.14%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 39 (1.88%) JIRA
2 13 (0.63%) Git
3 7 (0.34%) Claude Code
4 3 (0.14%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.096%) Hudson
5 2 (0.096%) LSMW
5 2 (0.096%) Postman
6 1 (0.048%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.048%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.048%) Gatling
6 1 (0.048%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.048%) JMeter
6 1 (0.048%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.048%) Selenium
6 1 (0.048%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.048%) Zephyr
General
1 588 (28.28%) Social Skills
2 372 (17.89%) Manufacturing
3 343 (16.50%) Finance
4 281 (13.52%) Retail
5 213 (10.25%) Analytical Skills
6 198 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
7 84 (4.04%) Marketing
8 69 (3.32%) Automotive
9 56 (2.69%) Pharmaceutical
10 53 (2.55%) Aerospace
11 51 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 51 (2.45%) Public Sector
12 46 (2.21%) Law
13 44 (2.12%) Telecoms
14 42 (2.02%) Legal
15 39 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
16 35 (1.68%) Electronics
17 24 (1.15%) Billing
18 21 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
19 19 (0.91%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 311 (14.96%) Business Manager
2 304 (14.62%) Development Manager
3 297 (14.29%) Business Development Manager
4 143 (6.88%) Analyst
5 127 (6.11%) Senior
6 108 (5.19%) Logistics Manager
7 107 (5.15%) Administrator
8 101 (4.86%) Developer
9 93 (4.47%) Coordinator
10 76 (3.66%) Project Manager
11 74 (3.56%) IT Support
12 72 (3.46%) Lead
13 67 (3.22%) Consultant
14 61 (2.93%) IT Manager
15 58 (2.79%) Technical Engineer
16 57 (2.74%) Business Analyst
17 49 (2.36%) Software Project Manager
18 48 (2.31%) Support Technician
19 47 (2.26%) Logistics Project Manager
20 46 (2.21%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.45%) .NET
2 22 (1.06%) EDI
3 19 (0.91%) Middleware
4 17 (0.82%) React
5 14 (0.67%) Terraform
6 13 (0.63%) REST
7 12 (0.58%) Django
7 12 (0.58%) Web Services
8 11 (0.53%) AngularJS
9 9 (0.43%) .NET Framework
9 9 (0.43%) Blazor
9 9 (0.43%) SAP TM
10 8 (0.38%) HTML
10 8 (0.38%) Next.js
10 8 (0.38%) SAP Fiori
11 7 (0.34%) XML
12 6 (0.29%) .NET Core
12 6 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
13 5 (0.24%) Entity Framework
13 5 (0.24%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 115 (5.53%) Driving Licence
2 79 (3.80%) Management Information System
3 77 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 73 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
5 70 (3.37%) FMCG
6 61 (2.93%) Renewable Energy
7 50 (2.41%) Data Centre
8 42 (2.02%) Robotics
9 27 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
9 27 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
10 26 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
11 24 (1.15%) Product Ownership
12 23 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
13 20 (0.96%) Web Conferencing
14 17 (0.82%) SCADA
15 16 (0.77%) CCTV
16 15 (0.72%) Operational Technology
17 14 (0.67%) Data Structures
18 12 (0.58%) AI Agents
19 11 (0.53%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 83 (3.99%) Windows
2 39 (1.88%) Linux
3 28 (1.35%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.63%) Android
4 13 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.096%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.048%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.048%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (18.66%) Problem-Solving
2 353 (16.98%) Business Development
3 333 (16.02%) Customer Service
4 304 (14.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 287 (13.80%) ERP
6 256 (12.31%) CRM
7 217 (10.44%) Stakeholder Management
8 184 (8.85%) Project Delivery
9 178 (8.56%) Project Management
10 166 (7.98%) Decision-Making
11 161 (7.74%) E-Commerce
12 116 (5.58%) Process Improvement
13 115 (5.53%) AI
14 113 (5.44%) Agile
15 96 (4.62%) Inventory Management
16 93 (4.47%) Customer Experience
16 93 (4.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 90 (4.33%) Service Delivery
18 85 (4.09%) Business Intelligence
19 84 (4.04%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 115 (5.53%) SQL
2 54 (2.60%) C#
3 49 (2.36%) Python
4 23 (1.11%) PowerShell
5 20 (0.96%) TypeScript
6 18 (0.87%) Go
6 18 (0.87%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.34%) Java
8 6 (0.29%) C++
8 6 (0.29%) Clojure
8 6 (0.29%) RPG
8 6 (0.29%) Ruby
8 6 (0.29%) VB.NET
9 5 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.19%) Bash
10 4 (0.19%) RPG IV
10 4 (0.19%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.14%) ABAP
11 3 (0.14%) C
11 3 (0.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 155 (7.46%) Degree
2 95 (4.57%) DBS Check
3 61 (2.93%) NVQ Level 3
4 28 (1.35%) PMI Certification
5 26 (1.25%) HNC
6 25 (1.20%) PMP
7 24 (1.15%) Security Cleared
8 22 (1.06%) ACCA
8 22 (1.06%) CIMA
9 20 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (0.91%) HND
11 18 (0.87%) SC Cleared
12 16 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
13 15 (0.72%) Postgraduate
13 15 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 14 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
15 12 (0.58%) City & Guilds
16 7 (0.34%) CIPD
16 7 (0.34%) ISTQB
16 7 (0.34%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (2.50%) SLA
2 45 (2.16%) QA
3 37 (1.78%) GDPR
4 32 (1.54%) Accessibility
5 31 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 28 (1.35%) Data Quality
7 22 (1.06%) ISO 9001
8 15 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (0.63%) ISO 14001
9 13 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 11 (0.53%) PMO
11 10 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (0.48%) GRC
12 5 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.096%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.096%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.096%) ISO 19650
15 1 (0.048%) AQAP
15 1 (0.048%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 35 (1.68%) Active Directory
2 32 (1.54%) Docker
3 19 (0.91%) Hyper-V
4 11 (0.53%) Firmware
5 9 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.19%) IAG
6 4 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.096%) iptables
8 1 (0.048%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 25 (1.20%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.11%) SCCM
3 11 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (0.29%) Grafana
6 5 (0.24%) Functional Safety
6 5 (0.24%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
8 3 (0.14%) Ansible
8 3 (0.14%) Autotask
8 3 (0.14%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 3 (0.14%) SCOM
9 2 (0.096%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 425 (20.44%) Microsoft
2 183 (8.80%) SAP
3 56 (2.69%) Oracle
4 21 (1.01%) HubSpot
5 20 (0.96%) Fortinet
5 20 (0.96%) SonicWALL
6 19 (0.91%) ServiceNow
7 18 (0.87%) IFS
8 17 (0.82%) Salesforce
9 16 (0.77%) Google
10 13 (0.63%) Infor
10 13 (0.63%) Sage
10 13 (0.63%) Siemens
11 12 (0.58%) Cisco
12 11 (0.53%) VMware
13 9 (0.43%) IBM
14 7 (0.34%) Adobe
14 7 (0.34%) Facebook
14 7 (0.34%) Rockwell
15 6 (0.29%) Anaplan