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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 31 88
Rank change year-on-year -29 +57 +61
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 261 403 157
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.34% 6.18% 3.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.10% 6.88% 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 216 76 109
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,188 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £48,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% -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 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.84% -9.17% +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 6,360 5,857 4,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.47% 89.85% 88.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,509 2,562 3,797
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,920
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 £75,309
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 5 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 5 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 -31 145 £55,000 +15.79% 69
East Midlands -20 116 £39,758 -27.71% 45
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 (1.15%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 15 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.77%) Trello
4 1 (0.38%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.77%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.77%) Misys Midas
2 2 (0.77%) Primavera
2 2 (0.77%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.77%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.38%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 54 (20.69%) SaaS
2 14 (5.36%) Power Platform
3 12 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (2.68%) Smartsheet
5 5 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (1.92%) GCP
6 4 (1.53%) GitHub
7 2 (0.77%) Asana
7 2 (0.77%) Azure
7 2 (0.77%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.38%) Figma
8 1 (0.38%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 39 (14.94%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (1.15%) Cisco Wireless
2 3 (1.15%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.15%) WAN
2 3 (1.15%) Wireless
3 2 (0.77%) RFID
4 1 (0.38%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.38%) DHCP
4 1 (0.38%) DNS
4 1 (0.38%) FTP
4 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.36%) Power BI
2 3 (1.15%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.15%) Tableau
3 2 (0.77%) MariaDB
3 2 (0.77%) MySQL
3 2 (0.77%) 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 (2.30%) JIRA
2 3 (1.15%) Git
3 2 (0.77%) GitLab
3 2 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.38%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.38%) Postman
General
1 89 (34.10%) Social Skills
2 85 (32.57%) Retail
3 54 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (16.86%) Finance
5 31 (11.88%) Automotive
6 23 (8.81%) Manufacturing
7 20 (7.66%) Digital Health
8 17 (6.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (5.36%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (4.21%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.30%) Marketing
12 4 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.15%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.77%) Law
14 2 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.38%) Banking
15 1 (0.38%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 43 (16.48%) 2nd Line Support
2 34 (13.03%) Analyst
3 27 (10.34%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 22 (8.43%) Support Analyst
5 21 (8.05%) Business Manager
6 20 (7.66%) Business Development Manager
6 20 (7.66%) Development Manager
7 18 (6.90%) IT Support
8 17 (6.51%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 17 (6.51%) Support Engineer
9 16 (6.13%) Technical Support
10 15 (5.75%) Senior
11 14 (5.36%) ERP Analyst
12 13 (4.98%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
12 13 (4.98%) ERP Support
12 13 (4.98%) SaaS Analyst
12 13 (4.98%) Software Analyst
12 13 (4.98%) Software Support Analyst
12 13 (4.98%) Support Technician
13 12 (4.60%) 2nd Line Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.45%) EDI
2 8 (3.07%) .NET
3 7 (2.68%) .NET Core
3 7 (2.68%) REST
4 3 (1.15%) CSS
4 3 (1.15%) HTML
5 2 (0.77%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.77%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.77%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (0.77%) CSS3
5 2 (0.77%) HTML5
5 2 (0.77%) JSON
5 2 (0.77%) Web Services
5 2 (0.77%) XML
6 1 (0.38%) Doctrine
6 1 (0.38%) EDIFACT
6 1 (0.38%) SOAP
6 1 (0.38%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 44 (16.86%) Onboarding
2 31 (11.88%) FMCG
3 13 (4.98%) Renewable Energy
4 8 (3.07%) Virtual Team
5 6 (2.30%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.53%) Web Conferencing
8 3 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.15%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.15%) SCADA
9 2 (0.77%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.38%) CMDB
10 1 (0.38%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.77%) Windows
2 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (32.95%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (30.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 64 (24.52%) Mentoring
4 61 (23.37%) ERP
5 58 (22.22%) Customer Service
6 45 (17.24%) CRM
7 43 (16.48%) E-Commerce
8 42 (16.09%) Root Cause Analysis
9 40 (15.33%) Data Privacy
10 39 (14.94%) Analytical Thinking
11 28 (10.73%) Business Development
12 20 (7.66%) Network Management
12 20 (7.66%) Preventative Maintenance
12 20 (7.66%) Service Desk Management
13 15 (5.75%) Network Monitoring
14 14 (5.36%) Project Management
15 13 (4.98%) Project Delivery
16 12 (4.60%) Business Intelligence
17 11 (4.21%) Supply Chain Planning
18 10 (3.83%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 63 (24.14%) SQL
2 48 (18.39%) C#
3 12 (4.60%) Python
4 9 (3.45%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.77%) 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 (4.21%) Degree
2 4 (1.53%) RIBA
3 2 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.77%) SC Cleared
3 2 (0.77%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (0.38%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (14.56%) QA
2 3 (1.15%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.38%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (1.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.38%) Docker
2 1 (0.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) MOM
Vendors
1 21 (8.05%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.21%) SAP
3 10 (3.83%) Oracle
4 9 (3.45%) Cisco
5 7 (2.68%) Google
6 5 (1.92%) Databricks
7 4 (1.53%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.77%) Ariba
9 1 (0.38%) Epicor