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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 273 176
Rank change year-on-year +158 -97 +61
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 1,359 465 1,369
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.68% 1.19% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 1.28% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,000 284 855
10th Percentile £29,450 £28,575 £24,500
25th Percentile £35,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -18.18%

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 59,806 36,392 71,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.87% 93.41% 85.15%
Number of salaries quoted 39,236 20,177 53,681
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,750 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

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 May 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 May 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 +54 381 £50,000 +11.11% 125
South East +115 300 £42,500 -15.00% 97
North of England +109 300 £50,000 +11.11% 106
West Midlands +55 257 £55,000 +22.22% 81
London +60 199 £55,000 -26.67% 147
North West +94 170 £60,000 +50.00% 53
East Midlands +24 120 £49,500 +10.00% 44
South West +22 106 £35,000 -49.09% 39
Yorkshire +14 97 £50,000 +53.85% 40
East of England +12 62 £45,000 - 49
North East -6 33 £31,000 -31.11% 13
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 12 (0.88%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.81%) CMS
3 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.074%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.074%) Confluence
4 1 (0.074%) IIS
4 1 (0.074%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.074%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 101 (7.43%) Microsoft Office
2 59 (4.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.37%) InDesign
6 5 (0.37%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.15%) Trello
8 1 (0.074%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.074%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 56 (4.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.32%) Sprinklr
3 14 (1.03%) Dynamics AX
3 14 (1.03%) SAP SD
4 11 (0.81%) SAP ERP
4 11 (0.81%) SAP Travel Management
5 9 (0.66%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.52%) SAP EWM
6 7 (0.52%) SAP GTS
6 7 (0.52%) SAP IBP
6 7 (0.52%) SAP MM
6 7 (0.52%) SAP WM
7 4 (0.29%) Magento
7 4 (0.29%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
7 4 (0.29%) Shopify
8 3 (0.22%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.22%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 2 (0.15%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 99 (7.28%) SaaS
2 53 (3.90%) Azure
3 45 (3.31%) Power Platform
4 33 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (1.47%) AWS
5 20 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
6 10 (0.74%) Serverless
7 8 (0.59%) Azure Service Bus
8 5 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (0.37%) Azure Event Grid
9 4 (0.29%) Amazon S3
9 4 (0.29%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.29%) GitHub
9 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (0.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (0.22%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (0.22%) AWS Step Functions
10 3 (0.22%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.22%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.47%) Wireless
2 13 (0.96%) Firewall
2 13 (0.96%) WAN
3 10 (0.74%) TCP/IP
3 10 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (0.66%) SD-WAN
5 8 (0.59%) DNS
5 8 (0.59%) VPN
6 7 (0.52%) DHCP
7 4 (0.29%) LAN
8 3 (0.22%) Cisco Wireless
8 3 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.15%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.15%) Intranet
10 1 (0.074%) Bluetooth
10 1 (0.074%) FTP
10 1 (0.074%) RFID
10 1 (0.074%) SAN
10 1 (0.074%) SNMP
10 1 (0.074%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (3.02%) Power BI
2 20 (1.47%) Tableau
3 14 (1.03%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.88%) GIS
5 9 (0.66%) DynamoDB
5 9 (0.66%) Power Query
6 7 (0.52%) SAP HANA
7 6 (0.44%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.22%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.15%) DB2
9 2 (0.15%) DTS
9 2 (0.15%) MySQL
9 2 (0.15%) QGIS
9 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.074%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.074%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.074%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 29 (2.13%) JIRA
2 15 (1.10%) Postman
3 13 (0.96%) Selenium
3 13 (0.96%) SoapUI
3 13 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
3 13 (0.96%) WebDriver
4 12 (0.88%) Git
5 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.074%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.074%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.074%) Claude Code
General
1 272 (20.01%) Social Skills
2 222 (16.34%) Manufacturing
3 193 (14.20%) Finance
4 149 (10.96%) Retail
5 98 (7.21%) Analytical Skills
6 73 (5.37%) Marketing
7 67 (4.93%) Organisational Skills
8 42 (3.09%) Public Sector
9 29 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
10 25 (1.84%) Law
11 19 (1.40%) Electronics
11 19 (1.40%) Telecoms
12 18 (1.32%) German Language
13 17 (1.25%) Automotive
13 17 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.18%) Dutch Language
15 15 (1.10%) Billing
15 15 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (0.81%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 298 (21.93%) Development Manager
2 282 (20.75%) Business Manager
3 273 (20.09%) Business Development Manager
4 123 (9.05%) Analyst
5 109 (8.02%) Senior
6 59 (4.34%) Developer
7 51 (3.75%) Administrator
8 47 (3.46%) Logistics Manager
9 44 (3.24%) Architect
10 41 (3.02%) Account Executive
11 40 (2.94%) Consultant
12 39 (2.87%) IT Support
13 38 (2.80%) Senior Manager
14 36 (2.65%) Coordinator
15 32 (2.35%) Account Manager
16 31 (2.28%) Solutions Architect
17 30 (2.21%) IT Manager
17 30 (2.21%) Senior Business Development Manager
17 30 (2.21%) Senior Business Manager
17 30 (2.21%) Senior Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.09%) .NET
2 20 (1.47%) EDI
3 15 (1.10%) React
3 15 (1.10%) SAP Fiori
3 15 (1.10%) SOAP
4 13 (0.96%) HTML
5 12 (0.88%) Middleware
6 11 (0.81%) SAP TM
7 7 (0.52%) .NET Core
7 7 (0.52%) Matplotlib
7 7 (0.52%) Seaborn
8 6 (0.44%) AWS Amplify
8 6 (0.44%) MapLibre
9 4 (0.29%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.29%) AWS CDK
9 4 (0.29%) Web Services
10 3 (0.22%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.22%) Gherkin
10 3 (0.22%) Node.js
10 3 (0.22%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 45 (3.31%) Driving Licence
1 45 (3.31%) Onboarding
2 33 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
3 31 (2.28%) Management Information System
4 28 (2.06%) Learning Management System
5 25 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 19 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
7 19 (1.40%) Product Ownership
8 17 (1.25%) NHS
9 14 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (0.96%) Data Centre
11 12 (0.88%) Social Media
12 11 (0.81%) Blog
12 11 (0.81%) Web Conferencing
13 9 (0.66%) Data Structures
13 9 (0.66%) FMCG
14 8 (0.59%) Operational Technology
15 7 (0.52%) EPoS
15 7 (0.52%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 37 (2.72%) Windows
2 10 (0.74%) Android
3 8 (0.59%) Linux
3 8 (0.59%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.29%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.22%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.074%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.074%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.074%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.074%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.074%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (24.43%) Business Development
2 151 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 131 (9.64%) ERP
4 127 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 117 (8.61%) Project Management
6 112 (8.24%) Decision-Making
7 100 (7.36%) Project Delivery
8 95 (6.99%) Stakeholder Management
9 88 (6.48%) Customer Service
10 84 (6.18%) Agile
11 83 (6.11%) E-Commerce
12 81 (5.96%) CRM
13 67 (4.93%) Business Intelligence
14 63 (4.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 62 (4.56%) AI
16 61 (4.49%) Analytics
17 55 (4.05%) Roadmaps
18 51 (3.75%) ITIL
19 48 (3.53%) Cybersecurity
20 47 (3.46%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 80 (5.89%) SQL
2 41 (3.02%) C#
3 35 (2.58%) Python
4 20 (1.47%) TypeScript
5 19 (1.40%) Java
6 14 (1.03%) JavaScript
7 8 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 8 (0.59%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.44%) C++
8 6 (0.44%) Clojure
9 5 (0.37%) C
9 5 (0.37%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.22%) ABAP
10 3 (0.22%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.22%) RPG
10 3 (0.22%) Swift
11 2 (0.15%) RPG III
11 2 (0.15%) RPG IV
12 1 (0.074%) PHP
12 1 (0.074%) Rust
Qualifications
1 80 (5.89%) Degree
2 59 (4.34%) DBS Check
3 27 (1.99%) Security Cleared
4 25 (1.84%) CIPD
5 22 (1.62%) ACCA
5 22 (1.62%) CIMA
6 19 (1.40%) ISTQB
7 14 (1.03%) SC Cleared
8 13 (0.96%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 12 (0.88%) HNC
9 12 (0.88%) PMI Certification
10 11 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (0.81%) PMP
11 7 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (0.52%) Postgraduate
11 7 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.37%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.29%) HND
13 4 (0.29%) RIBA
13 4 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (1.69%) ISO 9001
2 17 (1.25%) Accessibility
2 17 (1.25%) Data Quality
3 15 (1.10%) SLA
4 14 (1.03%) GDPR
5 13 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.88%) PMO
7 11 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (0.66%) ISO 14001
8 9 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 8 (0.59%) QA
10 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.074%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.074%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.074%) GRC
11 1 (0.074%) IFRS
11 1 (0.074%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (0.66%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.29%) Docker
2 4 (0.29%) Firmware
2 4 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.22%) IAG
4 1 (0.074%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (0.52%) SCCM
2 5 (0.37%) Ansible
2 5 (0.37%) Autotask
3 3 (0.22%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.15%) Nagios
4 2 (0.15%) Terraform
5 1 (0.074%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.074%) Grafana
5 1 (0.074%) MOM
5 1 (0.074%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.074%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.074%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 149 (10.96%) Microsoft
2 78 (5.74%) SAP
3 26 (1.91%) Oracle
4 19 (1.40%) NEC
5 18 (1.32%) Salesforce
6 12 (0.88%) Cisco
7 11 (0.81%) Adobe
8 9 (0.66%) HubSpot
8 9 (0.66%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.52%) Databricks
9 7 (0.52%) IBM
10 6 (0.44%) Ariba
10 6 (0.44%) Fortinet
10 6 (0.44%) IFS
10 6 (0.44%) Sage
10 6 (0.44%) SonicWALL
11 5 (0.37%) Facebook
11 5 (0.37%) Instagram
11 5 (0.37%) Pardot
11 5 (0.37%) SolarWinds