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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 152 101
Rank change year-on-year +55 -51 +208
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 1,899 925 1,677
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.85% 2.15% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% 2.43% 2.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,315 538 428
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £49,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +1.52% +3.68% -13.64%

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 75,111 38,102 56,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.37% 88.73% 81.79%
Number of salaries quoted 53,062 21,909 31,807
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,560
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.45% -7.90%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 September 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 September 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 +28 498 £45,000 +12.50% 277
South East +63 469 £42,500 +13.33% 346
North of England +33 406 £60,000 +20.00% 278
London +32 289 £60,000 -11.11% 832
West Midlands +35 265 £50,000 +11.11% 121
East Midlands +15 228 £40,000 +0.61% 155
North West +71 227 £60,000 +20.00% 158
Yorkshire -21 144 £60,000 +11.63% 88
East of England +8 124 £50,400 +0.80% 95
South West -37 111 £46,500 +3.33% 76
North East -29 35 £40,000 -11.11% 33
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 26 (1.37%) SharePoint
2 15 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.68%) Confluence
4 5 (0.26%) CMS
5 4 (0.21%) WordPress
6 1 (0.053%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.053%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.053%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 135 (7.11%) Microsoft Office
2 117 (6.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (1.47%) Spreadsheet
4 18 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.47%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.11%) CapCut
7 2 (0.11%) EPLAN
7 2 (0.11%) SmartSuite
8 1 (0.053%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.053%) InDesign
8 1 (0.053%) Revit
8 1 (0.053%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.053%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.053%) Trello
Business Applications
1 55 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.90%) NetSuite
4 16 (0.84%) SAP SD
5 13 (0.68%) SAP Travel Management
6 11 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.42%) SAP EWM
7 8 (0.42%) SAP GTS
8 7 (0.37%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
9 6 (0.32%) SAP IBP
10 5 (0.26%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.26%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.26%) SAP MM
10 5 (0.26%) Shopify
11 4 (0.21%) Magento
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
11 4 (0.21%) SAP CRM
11 4 (0.21%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 89 (4.69%) Azure
2 76 (4.00%) SaaS
3 74 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
4 65 (3.42%) Power Platform
5 41 (2.16%) AWS
6 39 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (1.11%) Entra ID
8 15 (0.79%) GitHub
9 14 (0.74%) Power Automate
10 11 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (0.58%) Serverless
11 10 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (0.42%) GCP
12 8 (0.42%) PowerApps
12 8 (0.42%) Smartsheet
13 7 (0.37%) Anthropic Claude
14 6 (0.32%) GitHub Copilot
15 5 (0.26%) Azure Functions
15 5 (0.26%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (0.26%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.11%) Firewall
2 14 (0.74%) LAN
2 14 (0.74%) VPN
2 14 (0.74%) WAN
2 14 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
2 14 (0.74%) Wireless
3 12 (0.63%) VLAN
4 8 (0.42%) DNS
5 6 (0.32%) Network Security
6 5 (0.26%) DHCP
6 5 (0.26%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.16%) Internet
7 3 (0.16%) Intranet
7 3 (0.16%) SSL
7 3 (0.16%) VoIP
8 2 (0.11%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.11%) FTP
8 2 (0.11%) IPv4
8 2 (0.11%) IPv6
8 2 (0.11%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (3.21%) Power BI
2 39 (2.05%) SQL Server
3 15 (0.79%) Relational Database
4 14 (0.74%) Tableau
5 11 (0.58%) GIS
5 11 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (0.53%) Oracle Database
7 8 (0.42%) MySQL
7 8 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
7 8 (0.42%) Power Query
8 7 (0.37%) SAP HANA
9 5 (0.26%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.21%) Db2
10 4 (0.21%) SQLite
11 3 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.16%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 34 (1.79%) JIRA
2 17 (0.90%) Git
3 7 (0.37%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.11%) Hudson
4 2 (0.11%) LSMW
4 2 (0.11%) Postman
4 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.053%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.053%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.053%) Gatling
5 1 (0.053%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.053%) JMeter
5 1 (0.053%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.053%) Selenium
5 1 (0.053%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.053%) Zephyr
General
1 506 (26.65%) Social Skills
2 301 (15.85%) Finance
3 279 (14.69%) Manufacturing
4 244 (12.85%) Retail
5 190 (10.01%) Analytical Skills
6 160 (8.43%) Organisational Skills
7 75 (3.95%) Marketing
8 50 (2.63%) Public Sector
9 47 (2.47%) Law
10 41 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 41 (2.16%) Pharmaceutical
10 41 (2.16%) Telecoms
11 40 (2.11%) Automotive
11 40 (2.11%) Legal
12 35 (1.84%) Electronics
12 35 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
13 30 (1.58%) Aerospace
14 25 (1.32%) Billing
15 21 (1.11%) Agriculture
15 21 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 341 (17.96%) Business Manager
2 334 (17.59%) Development Manager
3 327 (17.22%) Business Development Manager
4 138 (7.27%) Analyst
5 110 (5.79%) Senior
6 108 (5.69%) Logistics Manager
7 96 (5.06%) Developer
8 93 (4.90%) Administrator
9 63 (3.32%) IT Support
9 63 (3.32%) Project Manager
10 61 (3.21%) Consultant
11 59 (3.11%) Technical Engineer
12 57 (3.00%) Coordinator
12 57 (3.00%) IT Manager
13 51 (2.69%) Lead
14 47 (2.47%) Business Analyst
15 45 (2.37%) Support Technician
16 44 (2.32%) IT Analyst
16 44 (2.32%) Software Project Manager
17 43 (2.26%) Logistics Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.58%) .NET
2 22 (1.16%) EDI
3 20 (1.05%) Middleware
4 17 (0.90%) React
5 13 (0.68%) AngularJS
5 13 (0.68%) SAP TM
5 13 (0.68%) Terraform
6 12 (0.63%) SAP Fiori
7 11 (0.58%) Web Services
8 10 (0.53%) REST
9 9 (0.47%) .NET Framework
10 7 (0.37%) HTML
10 7 (0.37%) XML
11 6 (0.32%) .NET Core
11 6 (0.32%) Blazor
11 6 (0.32%) Django
11 6 (0.32%) Next.js
11 6 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
12 5 (0.26%) Entity Framework
12 5 (0.26%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 94 (4.95%) Driving Licence
2 80 (4.21%) Onboarding
3 69 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
4 56 (2.95%) Management Information System
5 52 (2.74%) Renewable Energy
6 41 (2.16%) FMCG
7 35 (1.84%) Data Centre
8 31 (1.63%) Product Ownership
9 29 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
10 27 (1.42%) Robotics
11 24 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
11 24 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
12 20 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (1.00%) Web Conferencing
14 16 (0.84%) CCTV
15 14 (0.74%) Data Structures
16 13 (0.68%) EPoS
17 12 (0.63%) Operational Technology
18 10 (0.53%) Photography
19 9 (0.47%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 76 (4.00%) Windows
2 35 (1.84%) Linux
3 24 (1.26%) Windows Server
4 16 (0.84%) Android
5 12 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (0.53%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.16%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.053%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.053%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.053%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (20.27%) Business Development
2 343 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
3 267 (14.06%) Customer Service
4 243 (12.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 237 (12.48%) ERP
6 232 (12.22%) CRM
7 186 (9.79%) Project Delivery
8 177 (9.32%) Project Management
9 176 (9.27%) Stakeholder Management
10 160 (8.43%) Decision-Making
11 149 (7.85%) E-Commerce
12 113 (5.95%) Agile
13 100 (5.27%) AI
14 99 (5.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 94 (4.95%) Service Delivery
16 84 (4.42%) ITIL
17 82 (4.32%) Process Improvement
18 79 (4.16%) Roadmaps
19 78 (4.11%) Business Intelligence
20 76 (4.00%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 114 (6.00%) SQL
2 52 (2.74%) C#
3 43 (2.26%) Python
4 19 (1.00%) TypeScript
5 18 (0.95%) JavaScript
5 18 (0.95%) PowerShell
6 14 (0.74%) Go
7 8 (0.42%) Clojure
7 8 (0.42%) Java
8 7 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.32%) C++
9 6 (0.32%) RPG
10 5 (0.26%) VB.NET
11 4 (0.21%) Bash
11 4 (0.21%) RPG IV
11 4 (0.21%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.16%) ABAP
12 3 (0.16%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.16%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.16%) Swift
Qualifications
1 116 (6.11%) Degree
2 104 (5.48%) DBS Check
3 55 (2.90%) NVQ Level 3
4 31 (1.63%) PMI Certification
5 28 (1.47%) PMP
6 21 (1.11%) Security Cleared
7 18 (0.95%) HNC
8 17 (0.90%) ACCA
8 17 (0.90%) CIMA
9 16 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (0.84%) Postgraduate
9 16 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 16 (0.84%) SC Cleared
10 14 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (0.68%) HND
12 10 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (0.47%) ISTQB
14 8 (0.42%) SAP Certification
15 7 (0.37%) CIPD
16 6 (0.32%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (2.37%) SLA
2 40 (2.11%) QA
3 34 (1.79%) GDPR
4 33 (1.74%) ISO 9001
5 28 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.42%) Accessibility
7 17 (0.90%) Data Quality
8 16 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
8 16 (0.84%) ISO 14001
9 15 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 14 (0.74%) PMO
11 13 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.42%) GRC
13 6 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.11%) EU AI Act
16 1 (0.053%) ISO/IEC 15288
16 1 (0.053%) NIST
16 1 (0.053%) SOC 2
16 1 (0.053%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 29 (1.53%) Active Directory
2 27 (1.42%) Docker
3 15 (0.79%) Hyper-V
4 8 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.21%) Firmware
5 4 (0.21%) IAG
6 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.11%) iptables
7 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (1.21%) SCCM
2 21 (1.11%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (0.32%) Grafana
5 5 (0.26%) Autotask
5 5 (0.26%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.21%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (0.16%) Ansible
7 3 (0.16%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.053%) SCOM
9 1 (0.053%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.053%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 340 (17.90%) Microsoft
2 133 (7.00%) SAP
3 46 (2.42%) Oracle
4 21 (1.11%) Fortinet
4 21 (1.11%) SonicWALL
5 19 (1.00%) HubSpot
6 18 (0.95%) IFS
7 17 (0.90%) ServiceNow
8 14 (0.74%) Google
9 12 (0.63%) Sage
10 11 (0.58%) Cisco
10 11 (0.58%) Infor
11 10 (0.53%) Salesforce
11 10 (0.53%) VMware
12 9 (0.47%) IBM
13 6 (0.32%) Ariba
13 6 (0.32%) Epicor
14 5 (0.26%) Dell
14 5 (0.26%) JDA
14 5 (0.26%) Siemens