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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 164 101
Rank change year-on-year +59 -63 +201
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 1,707 881 1,712
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.75% 2.05% 2.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 2.32% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,192 517 462
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £26,025
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £59,875
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,250
% change year-on-year - +5.82% -14.09%

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 71,441 38,014 56,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.31% 88.54% 81.05%
Number of salaries quoted 50,865 21,889 34,478
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,000 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
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 4 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 4 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 +35 437 £50,000 +20.48% 229
South East +75 432 £42,500 +13.33% 242
North of England +32 365 £60,000 +20.00% 205
London +25 246 £58,000 -14.07% 570
West Midlands +32 241 £50,000 +11.11% 104
North West +78 211 £60,000 +26.32% 108
East Midlands +15 191 £40,000 +0.61% 124
Yorkshire -31 127 £60,000 +9.09% 66
South West -38 108 £50,000 +2.56% 65
East of England +9 106 £54,300 +8.60% 84
North East -40 27 £40,000 -11.11% 34
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 21 (1.23%) SharePoint
2 13 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.64%) Confluence
4 3 (0.18%) WordPress
5 2 (0.12%) CMS
6 1 (0.059%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.059%) IIS
Applications
1 115 (6.74%) Microsoft Office
2 89 (5.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (0.53%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.12%) CapCut
7 2 (0.12%) SmartSuite
8 1 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.059%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.059%) InDesign
8 1 (0.059%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.059%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.059%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.059%) Trello
Business Applications
1 53 (3.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.94%) SAP SD
4 14 (0.82%) NetSuite
5 13 (0.76%) SAP Travel Management
6 8 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
6 8 (0.47%) SAP ERP
6 8 (0.47%) SAP EWM
6 8 (0.47%) SAP GTS
7 6 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
7 6 (0.35%) SAP IBP
8 5 (0.29%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.29%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.29%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.23%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 4 (0.23%) SAP SCM
9 4 (0.23%) SAP WM
10 3 (0.18%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 90 (5.27%) Azure
2 79 (4.63%) SaaS
3 65 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (2.99%) Power Platform
5 41 (2.40%) AWS
6 34 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
7 19 (1.11%) Entra ID
8 14 (0.82%) GitHub
9 11 (0.64%) Power Automate
9 11 (0.64%) Serverless
10 10 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (0.47%) GCP
13 7 (0.41%) PowerApps
13 7 (0.41%) Smartsheet
14 6 (0.35%) Anthropic Claude
15 5 (0.29%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (0.29%) Azure Service Bus
15 5 (0.29%) GitHub Copilot
15 5 (0.29%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.40%) Firewall
2 13 (0.76%) LAN
2 13 (0.76%) WAN
2 13 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (0.76%) Wireless
3 12 (0.70%) VLAN
3 12 (0.70%) VPN
4 7 (0.41%) DNS
5 6 (0.35%) Network Security
5 6 (0.35%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.23%) DHCP
7 3 (0.18%) Internet
7 3 (0.18%) Intranet
7 3 (0.18%) VoIP
8 2 (0.12%) FTP
8 2 (0.12%) IPv4
8 2 (0.12%) IPv6
8 2 (0.12%) SSL
8 2 (0.12%) WireGuard
9 1 (0.059%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (2.75%) Power BI
2 37 (2.17%) SQL Server
3 13 (0.76%) Relational Database
3 13 (0.76%) Tableau
4 11 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (0.59%) GIS
5 10 (0.59%) Oracle Database
6 8 (0.47%) MySQL
6 8 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (0.41%) Power Query
7 7 (0.41%) SAP HANA
8 5 (0.29%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.23%) Db2
9 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.23%) SQLite
10 3 (0.18%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 30 (1.76%) JIRA
2 18 (1.05%) Git
3 6 (0.35%) Claude Code
4 3 (0.18%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.12%) Hudson
5 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.12%) LSMW
5 2 (0.12%) Postman
6 1 (0.059%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.059%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.059%) Gatling
6 1 (0.059%) JMeter
6 1 (0.059%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.059%) Selenium
6 1 (0.059%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.059%) Zephyr
General
1 413 (24.19%) Social Skills
2 256 (15.00%) Finance
3 224 (13.12%) Manufacturing
4 211 (12.36%) Retail
5 154 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
6 113 (6.62%) Organisational Skills
7 59 (3.46%) Marketing
8 47 (2.75%) Public Sector
9 46 (2.69%) Law
10 36 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 33 (1.93%) Electronics
11 33 (1.93%) Pharmaceutical
12 32 (1.87%) Legal
13 25 (1.46%) Telecoms
14 23 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (1.29%) Automotive
16 20 (1.17%) Billing
17 19 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
18 18 (1.05%) Aerospace
18 18 (1.05%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 338 (19.80%) Business Manager
2 333 (19.51%) Development Manager
3 326 (19.10%) Business Development Manager
4 121 (7.09%) Analyst
5 99 (5.80%) Senior
6 95 (5.57%) Logistics Manager
7 94 (5.51%) Developer
8 65 (3.81%) Administrator
9 62 (3.63%) IT Support
10 59 (3.46%) Technical Engineer
11 56 (3.28%) Consultant
12 54 (3.16%) Project Manager
13 51 (2.99%) IT Manager
14 46 (2.69%) Coordinator
15 45 (2.64%) Support Technician
16 43 (2.52%) Lead
17 39 (2.28%) Business Analyst
18 37 (2.17%) Account Executive
18 37 (2.17%) IT Analyst
19 35 (2.05%) Logistics Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.81%) .NET
2 20 (1.17%) EDI
2 20 (1.17%) Middleware
3 16 (0.94%) React
4 14 (0.82%) AngularJS
4 14 (0.82%) Terraform
5 13 (0.76%) SAP TM
6 11 (0.64%) SAP Fiori
7 10 (0.59%) Web Services
8 8 (0.47%) REST
9 7 (0.41%) .NET Framework
9 7 (0.41%) HTML
9 7 (0.41%) XML
10 6 (0.35%) .NET Core
10 6 (0.35%) Next.js
10 6 (0.35%) Node.js
10 6 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (0.29%) Django
11 5 (0.29%) Matplotlib
11 5 (0.29%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 75 (4.39%) Driving Licence
2 64 (3.75%) Onboarding
3 57 (3.34%) Self-Motivation
4 52 (3.05%) Renewable Energy
5 37 (2.17%) Management Information System
6 29 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
6 29 (1.70%) Product Ownership
7 28 (1.64%) FMCG
8 25 (1.46%) Robotics
9 22 (1.29%) Data Centre
9 22 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
10 21 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (0.88%) EPoS
13 14 (0.82%) Web Conferencing
14 12 (0.70%) Data Structures
15 10 (0.59%) CCTV
16 9 (0.53%) Video Editing
17 8 (0.47%) Cloud Native
17 8 (0.47%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 78 (4.57%) Windows
2 33 (1.93%) Linux
3 25 (1.46%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.00%) Android
5 12 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (0.53%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.059%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.059%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.059%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.059%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (21.73%) Business Development
2 291 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
3 200 (11.72%) Continuous Improvement
3 200 (11.72%) Customer Service
4 198 (11.60%) ERP
5 193 (11.31%) CRM
6 182 (10.66%) Project Delivery
7 170 (9.96%) Project Management
8 142 (8.32%) E-Commerce
9 137 (8.03%) Stakeholder Management
10 134 (7.85%) Decision-Making
11 106 (6.21%) Agile
12 90 (5.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 86 (5.04%) AI
14 82 (4.80%) ITIL
15 75 (4.39%) Service Delivery
16 73 (4.28%) Roadmaps
17 66 (3.87%) Actionable Insight
18 65 (3.81%) Business Intelligence
19 62 (3.63%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 107 (6.27%) SQL
2 51 (2.99%) C#
3 40 (2.34%) Python
4 20 (1.17%) TypeScript
5 19 (1.11%) JavaScript
6 18 (1.05%) PowerShell
7 12 (0.70%) Go
8 8 (0.47%) Clojure
8 8 (0.47%) Java
9 7 (0.41%) C++
9 7 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.35%) RPG
11 4 (0.23%) Bash
11 4 (0.23%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.23%) RPG IV
11 4 (0.23%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.18%) ABAP
12 3 (0.18%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.18%) Swift
12 3 (0.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 107 (6.27%) DBS Check
2 89 (5.21%) Degree
3 51 (2.99%) NVQ Level 3
4 30 (1.76%) PMI Certification
5 27 (1.58%) PMP
6 21 (1.23%) Security Cleared
7 19 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 18 (1.05%) ACCA
8 18 (1.05%) CIMA
9 17 (1.00%) HNC
10 15 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (0.88%) Postgraduate
10 15 (0.88%) SC Cleared
11 11 (0.64%) HND
12 10 (0.59%) CIPD
13 9 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (0.53%) ISTQB
14 8 (0.47%) SAP Certification
15 5 (0.29%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (2.17%) ISO 9001
2 34 (1.99%) SLA
3 32 (1.87%) QA
4 30 (1.76%) GDPR
4 30 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (1.23%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 19 (1.11%) ISO 14001
8 17 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 16 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 13 (0.76%) Data Quality
11 11 (0.64%) PMO
12 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.29%) GRC
14 4 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.12%) EU AI Act
16 1 (0.059%) ISO/IEC 15288
16 1 (0.059%) NIST
16 1 (0.059%) SOC 2
16 1 (0.059%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 27 (1.58%) Active Directory
2 25 (1.46%) Docker
3 16 (0.94%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.23%) Firmware
5 4 (0.23%) IAG
6 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.12%) iptables
7 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (1.35%) SCCM
2 20 (1.17%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.41%) Grafana
5 6 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (0.35%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.29%) Autotask
7 4 (0.23%) Ansible
7 4 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (0.12%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.059%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.059%) SCOM
9 1 (0.059%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.059%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 289 (16.93%) Microsoft
2 111 (6.50%) SAP
3 38 (2.23%) Oracle
4 21 (1.23%) Fortinet
4 21 (1.23%) SonicWALL
5 18 (1.05%) IFS
6 17 (1.00%) HubSpot
7 12 (0.70%) Google
7 12 (0.70%) ServiceNow
8 11 (0.64%) Cisco
8 11 (0.64%) VMware
9 9 (0.53%) Sage
10 8 (0.47%) IBM
10 8 (0.47%) Infor
11 7 (0.41%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.35%) Epicor
13 5 (0.29%) Facebook
13 5 (0.29%) JDA
13 5 (0.29%) Kaseya
14 4 (0.23%) Ariba