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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 193 183
Rank change year-on-year +71 -10 +64
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 1,105 641 1,202
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.67% 1.66% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% 1.77% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 806 273 809
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% -19.49%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £91,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £53,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.89% +12.63% -20.83%

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 51,465 36,201 64,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.96% 93.57% 87.09%
Number of salaries quoted 31,875 20,423 50,708
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,000 £29,000
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% -11.78%

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 16 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 16 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 -7 275 £45,000 -18.18% 110
South East +81 244 £43,000 -7.03% 101
London +85 211 £50,000 -28.57% 92
North of England +42 194 £45,000 -14.29% 79
West Midlands -19 177 £50,000 +8.11% 65
East Midlands -21 98 £35,000 -36.36% 45
North West +32 89 £50,000 -4.76% 43
South West +27 89 £37,500 -44.44% 37
Yorkshire +7 80 £45,000 +2.86% 29
East of England +31 74 £45,000 - 36
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 14 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.09%) CMS
3 4 (0.36%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.27%) Confluence
5 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.090%) IIS
6 1 (0.090%) Kinematics
6 1 (0.090%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 84 (7.60%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (4.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (0.72%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.45%) InDesign
6 5 (0.45%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.36%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.18%) Maya
8 2 (0.18%) Trello
9 1 (0.090%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.090%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 42 (3.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.63%) Sprinklr
3 14 (1.27%) 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%) Misys Midas
7 2 (0.18%) Q-Pulse
7 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.18%) SAP IS-U
7 2 (0.18%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 98 (8.87%) SaaS
2 63 (5.70%) Azure
3 41 (3.71%) Power Platform
4 35 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
5 22 (1.99%) AWS
6 20 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (0.81%) GCP
8 8 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (0.72%) GitHub
8 8 (0.72%) Serverless
9 7 (0.63%) Azure Service Bus
10 6 (0.54%) Asana
11 5 (0.45%) Azure Event Grid
11 5 (0.45%) Miro
12 4 (0.36%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 3 (0.27%) Google Workspace
13 3 (0.27%) n8n
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.71%) Remote Desktop
2 21 (1.90%) Wireless
3 14 (1.27%) TCP/IP
3 14 (1.27%) WAN
4 13 (1.18%) VPN
5 12 (1.09%) Firewall
6 11 (1.00%) DHCP
6 11 (1.00%) DNS
7 10 (0.90%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.54%) VLAN
10 5 (0.45%) 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%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.27%) WebEx
12 2 (0.18%) MPLS
12 2 (0.18%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (3.08%) Power BI
2 11 (1.00%) 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
5 3 (0.27%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.27%) SQL Server
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 Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (2.62%) JIRA
2 18 (1.63%) Git
3 17 (1.54%) Postman
4 16 (1.45%) Selenium
4 16 (1.45%) SoapUI
4 16 (1.45%) Team Foundation Server
4 16 (1.45%) WebDriver
5 5 (0.45%) Axure RP
6 4 (0.36%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.090%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.090%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.090%) MLflow
General
1 283 (25.61%) Social Skills
2 220 (19.91%) Manufacturing
3 182 (16.47%) Finance
4 178 (16.11%) Retail
5 118 (10.68%) Analytical Skills
6 81 (7.33%) Marketing
7 54 (4.89%) Organisational Skills
8 36 (3.26%) Pharmaceutical
9 34 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 33 (2.99%) Public Sector
11 31 (2.81%) Automotive
12 21 (1.90%) Dutch Language
12 21 (1.90%) German Language
13 15 (1.36%) Law
14 12 (1.09%) French Language
14 12 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.09%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.00%) Aviation
15 11 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
16 10 (0.90%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 214 (19.37%) Development Manager
2 191 (17.29%) Business Manager
3 190 (17.19%) Business Development Manager
4 126 (11.40%) Analyst
5 80 (7.24%) Senior
6 51 (4.62%) Architect
7 46 (4.16%) IT Support
8 41 (3.71%) Developer
9 35 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
10 32 (2.90%) 2nd Line Support
10 32 (2.90%) Account Manager
10 32 (2.90%) Logistics Manager
11 30 (2.71%) Support Analyst
12 29 (2.62%) Administrator
13 28 (2.53%) Financial Analyst
13 28 (2.53%) Senior Manager
14 27 (2.44%) 1st/2nd Line Support
14 27 (2.44%) Consultant
14 27 (2.44%) Software Developer
15 26 (2.35%) Senior Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (3.08%) .NET
2 25 (2.26%) HTML
3 19 (1.72%) EDI
3 19 (1.72%) SOAP
4 14 (1.27%) REST
5 10 (0.90%) React
6 9 (0.81%) JSON
6 9 (0.81%) XML
7 7 (0.63%) .NET Core
7 7 (0.63%) CSS
8 6 (0.54%) AWS Amplify
8 6 (0.54%) MapLibre
8 6 (0.54%) SAP Fiori
9 5 (0.45%) Micronaut
10 3 (0.27%) Kafka
10 3 (0.27%) Middleware
10 3 (0.27%) PySpark
11 2 (0.18%) EDIFACT
11 2 (0.18%) Seaborn
11 2 (0.18%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 64 (5.79%) Onboarding
2 33 (2.99%) Driving Licence
2 33 (2.99%) Mobile Computing
3 29 (2.62%) Management Information System
4 28 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
5 26 (2.35%) Learning Management System
6 20 (1.81%) Blog
6 20 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (1.45%) NHS
8 15 (1.36%) FMCG
9 13 (1.18%) Social Media
10 12 (1.09%) Data Centre
11 10 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (0.72%) Cloud Native
14 7 (0.63%) Life Science
15 6 (0.54%) e-Learning
15 6 (0.54%) Graphic Design
15 6 (0.54%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.53%) Windows
2 13 (1.18%) Linux
3 5 (0.45%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.36%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.27%) Android
6 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.090%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.090%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.090%) VMS
7 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (22.08%) Business Development
2 140 (12.67%) Problem-Solving
3 133 (12.04%) ERP
4 124 (11.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 117 (10.59%) Customer Service
6 89 (8.05%) Project Management
7 87 (7.87%) Decision-Making
8 83 (7.51%) E-Commerce
9 76 (6.88%) Agile
9 76 (6.88%) CRM
10 75 (6.79%) Stakeholder Management
11 68 (6.15%) Mentoring
12 62 (5.61%) Project Delivery
13 56 (5.07%) Business Intelligence
14 55 (4.98%) Telesales
15 50 (4.52%) AI
16 49 (4.43%) Time Management
17 47 (4.25%) Analytics
17 47 (4.25%) Roadmaps
18 45 (4.07%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 96 (8.69%) SQL
2 61 (5.52%) C#
3 36 (3.26%) Python
4 30 (2.71%) Java
5 20 (1.81%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.18%) TypeScript
7 9 (0.81%) C
7 9 (0.81%) C++
7 9 (0.81%) PL/SQL
7 9 (0.81%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.45%) ABAP
9 2 (0.18%) COBOL
9 2 (0.18%) Lua
10 1 (0.090%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.090%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.090%) Bash
10 1 (0.090%) Groovy
10 1 (0.090%) Rust
10 1 (0.090%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.090%) VBA
Qualifications
1 102 (9.23%) Degree
2 36 (3.26%) Security Cleared
3 29 (2.62%) ACCA
3 29 (2.62%) CIMA
4 28 (2.53%) DBS Check
5 23 (2.08%) CIPD
6 17 (1.54%) ISTQB
7 16 (1.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 13 (1.18%) SC Cleared
9 12 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.00%) PMI Certification
10 11 (1.00%) PMP
11 10 (0.90%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.63%) HNC
14 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.54%) SAP Certification
15 5 (0.45%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.45%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (3.35%) QA
2 22 (1.99%) Data Quality
3 15 (1.36%) GDPR
4 14 (1.27%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.18%) SLA
6 9 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (0.63%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.36%) ISO 14001
8 4 (0.36%) PMO
9 3 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.27%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.18%) IEC 61508
10 2 (0.18%) NIST
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%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (0.72%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.18%) Firmware
4 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
1 134 (12.13%) Microsoft
2 74 (6.70%) SAP
3 22 (1.99%) Oracle
4 20 (1.81%) Cisco
4 20 (1.81%) Salesforce
5 19 (1.72%) NEC
6 11 (1.00%) Adobe
6 11 (1.00%) Databricks
7 8 (0.72%) Google
8 5 (0.45%) Ariba
8 5 (0.45%) Facebook
8 5 (0.45%) Instagram
8 5 (0.45%) Meraki
8 5 (0.45%) Pardot
9 4 (0.36%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.36%) Saba
10 3 (0.27%) Epicor
10 3 (0.27%) Sophos
10 3 (0.27%) VMware
11 2 (0.18%) Sage