Logistics Job Trends in the Midlands

Logistics
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Logistics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 32 88
Rank change year-on-year -29 +56 +64
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 263 403 160
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.34% 6.19% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.11% 6.88% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 218 76 111
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,125 £42,188 £40,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -11.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,125 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,000 £71,250 £90,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% -8.33% +4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,401 5,860 4,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.41% 89.96% 87.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3,542 2,565 3,848
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Logistics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Logistics job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Logistics
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Logistics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Logistics

Logistics
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Logistics in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Logistics in the Midlands

Logistics
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Logistics within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 January 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
West Midlands -32 146 £55,000 +15.79% 53
East Midlands -15 117 £39,758 -27.71% 31
Logistics
England

Logistics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (1.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (5.32%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.76%) Trello
4 1 (0.38%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.76%) Misys Midas
2 2 (0.76%) Primavera
2 2 (0.76%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.76%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.38%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 56 (21.29%) SaaS
2 14 (5.32%) Power Platform
3 11 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (2.66%) Smartsheet
5 5 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (1.90%) GCP
6 4 (1.52%) GitHub
7 2 (0.76%) Asana
7 2 (0.76%) Azure
7 2 (0.76%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.38%) Figma
8 1 (0.38%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 39 (14.83%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (1.14%) Cisco Wireless
2 3 (1.14%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.14%) WAN
2 3 (1.14%) Wireless
3 1 (0.38%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.38%) DHCP
3 1 (0.38%) DNS
3 1 (0.38%) FTP
3 1 (0.38%) RFID
3 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.32%) Power BI
2 3 (1.14%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.14%) Tableau
3 2 (0.76%) MariaDB
3 2 (0.76%) MySQL
3 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.38%) Looker
4 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.38%) Power Query
4 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.28%) JIRA
2 3 (1.14%) Git
3 2 (0.76%) GitLab
3 2 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.38%) Balsamiq
General
1 88 (33.46%) Social Skills
2 84 (31.94%) Retail
3 54 (20.53%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (16.35%) Finance
5 31 (11.79%) Automotive
6 23 (8.75%) Manufacturing
7 19 (7.22%) Digital Health
8 17 (6.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (5.32%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (4.18%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.28%) Marketing
12 4 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.14%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.76%) Law
14 2 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.38%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 43 (16.35%) 2nd Line Support
2 33 (12.55%) Analyst
3 27 (10.27%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 23 (8.75%) Business Manager
5 22 (8.37%) Business Development Manager
5 22 (8.37%) Development Manager
6 21 (7.98%) Support Analyst
7 17 (6.46%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 17 (6.46%) IT Support
7 17 (6.46%) Support Engineer
8 16 (6.08%) Technical Support
9 15 (5.70%) Senior
10 14 (5.32%) Account Executive
10 14 (5.32%) ERP Analyst
11 13 (4.94%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
11 13 (4.94%) ERP Support
11 13 (4.94%) SaaS Analyst
11 13 (4.94%) Software Analyst
11 13 (4.94%) Software Support Analyst
11 13 (4.94%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.42%) EDI
2 8 (3.04%) .NET
3 7 (2.66%) .NET Core
3 7 (2.66%) REST
4 3 (1.14%) CSS
4 3 (1.14%) HTML
5 2 (0.76%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.76%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.76%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (0.76%) CSS3
5 2 (0.76%) HTML5
5 2 (0.76%) JSON
5 2 (0.76%) Web Services
6 1 (0.38%) Doctrine
6 1 (0.38%) EDIFACT
6 1 (0.38%) SOAP
6 1 (0.38%) Symfony
6 1 (0.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (16.73%) Onboarding
2 30 (11.41%) FMCG
3 13 (4.94%) Renewable Energy
4 8 (3.04%) Virtual Team
5 6 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.90%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.52%) Web Conferencing
8 3 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.14%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.14%) SCADA
9 2 (0.76%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.38%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.76%) Windows
2 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (32.32%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (30.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 64 (24.33%) Mentoring
4 61 (23.19%) ERP
5 57 (21.67%) Customer Service
6 45 (17.11%) CRM
7 43 (16.35%) E-Commerce
8 42 (15.97%) Root Cause Analysis
9 40 (15.21%) Data Privacy
10 39 (14.83%) Analytical Thinking
11 30 (11.41%) Business Development
12 20 (7.60%) Network Management
12 20 (7.60%) Service Desk Management
13 19 (7.22%) Preventative Maintenance
14 15 (5.70%) Network Monitoring
15 14 (5.32%) Project Management
16 13 (4.94%) Project Delivery
16 13 (4.94%) Supply Chain Planning
17 12 (4.56%) Business Intelligence
18 10 (3.80%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 62 (23.57%) SQL
2 48 (18.25%) C#
3 12 (4.56%) Python
4 9 (3.42%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.76%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.38%) ABAP
6 1 (0.38%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.38%) ActionScript 2.0
6 1 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.38%) PHP
6 1 (0.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (4.18%) Degree
2 4 (1.52%) RIBA
3 2 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.76%) SC Cleared
3 2 (0.76%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.38%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (14.07%) QA
2 3 (1.14%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.38%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (0.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) MOM
Vendors
1 20 (7.60%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.18%) Oracle
2 11 (4.18%) SAP
3 9 (3.42%) Cisco
4 7 (2.66%) Google
5 5 (1.90%) Databricks
6 4 (1.52%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.76%) Ariba
8 1 (0.38%) Epicor