Logistics Job Trends in the North of England

Logistics
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England 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 134 149 212
Rank change year-on-year +15 +63 +88
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 139 140 63
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.32% 1.51% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 1.68% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 91 48 51
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £53,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +7.50% -16.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £77,500 £68,125
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,625 £85,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.84% -9.17% +4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,573 8,340 7,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.25% 90.17% 89.69%
Number of salaries quoted 4,539 3,744 5,511
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,542 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% -1.82% -1.87%
75th Percentile £66,367 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Logistics job vacancy trend in the North of England

Logistics
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Logistics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Logistics

Logistics
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Logistics in the North of England over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Logistics in the North of England

Logistics
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Logistics within the North of England 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
Yorkshire +21 67 £50,000 +7.53% 45
North West -13 52 £50,000 -9.09% 53
North East +11 20 £30,000 -53.85% 12
Logistics
England

Logistics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 3 (2.16%) Confluence
1 3 (2.16%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.72%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.72%) Site Server
Applications
1 10 (7.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.04%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 8 (5.76%) Shopify
2 7 (5.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (4.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (2.16%) SAP MDG
5 2 (1.44%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.72%) Magento
6 1 (0.72%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.72%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.72%) SAP MII
6 1 (0.72%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.72%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.91%) Power Platform
2 9 (6.47%) AWS
3 8 (5.76%) SaaS
4 7 (5.04%) Microsoft Copilot
5 6 (4.32%) Azure
6 4 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.44%) GCP
7 2 (1.44%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.44%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.72%) BigCommerce
8 1 (0.72%) dbt
8 1 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.72%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.72%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.72%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.16%) Firewall
2 1 (0.72%) 4G
2 1 (0.72%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.72%) Internet
2 1 (0.72%) LAN
2 1 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.91%) Power BI
2 3 (2.16%) Tableau
3 2 (1.44%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.72%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.72%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.72%) Looker
4 1 (0.72%) Metadata
4 1 (0.72%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (2.16%) JIRA
2 2 (1.44%) Git
General
1 54 (38.85%) Manufacturing
2 37 (26.62%) Finance
2 37 (26.62%) Social Skills
3 27 (19.42%) Retail
4 19 (13.67%) Pharmaceutical
5 14 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (8.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (5.76%) Marketing
8 7 (5.04%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.88%) Advertising
10 3 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.44%) Games
11 2 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.72%) Automotive
12 1 (0.72%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (30.94%) Development Manager
2 21 (15.11%) Business Development Manager
2 21 (15.11%) Business Manager
3 13 (9.35%) Analyst
4 10 (7.19%) Lead
4 10 (7.19%) Software Engineer
5 9 (6.47%) Graduate
5 9 (6.47%) Graduate Software Engineer
5 9 (6.47%) Linux Engineer
5 9 (6.47%) Logistics Engineer
5 9 (6.47%) Senior
6 8 (5.76%) Developer
6 8 (5.76%) Project Manager
6 8 (5.76%) Software Engineering Graduate
7 7 (5.04%) Team Leader
8 6 (4.32%) Business Analyst
8 6 (4.32%) Java Developer
8 6 (4.32%) Junior
9 5 (3.60%) IT Manager
9 5 (3.60%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.04%) Micronaut
2 2 (1.44%) CSS
2 2 (1.44%) HTML
2 2 (1.44%) JSON
2 2 (1.44%) React
2 2 (1.44%) Vue
2 2 (1.44%) XML
3 1 (0.72%) .NET
3 1 (0.72%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.72%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.72%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (0.72%) EDI
3 1 (0.72%) OAuth
3 1 (0.72%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.72%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (14.39%) Learning Management System
2 13 (9.35%) Driving Licence
3 9 (6.47%) Blog
4 7 (5.04%) Virtual Team
5 6 (4.32%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.16%) Social Media
7 2 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.44%) FMCG
7 2 (1.44%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.44%) Life Science
7 2 (1.44%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.44%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.44%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.72%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (0.72%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.72%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.72%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.91%) Linux
2 3 (2.16%) Windows
3 1 (0.72%) Android
3 1 (0.72%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (22.30%) Process Improvement
2 28 (20.14%) Decision-Making
3 25 (17.99%) Business Development
4 20 (14.39%) Actionable Insight
5 17 (12.23%) Project Delivery
6 14 (10.07%) Customer Service
6 14 (10.07%) E-Commerce
7 13 (9.35%) CI/CD
7 13 (9.35%) Software Engineering
8 12 (8.63%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (8.63%) Project Management
9 11 (7.91%) Computer Science
9 11 (7.91%) CRM
10 10 (7.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (7.19%) Dashboard Development
11 9 (6.47%) Agile
11 9 (6.47%) DevOps
12 8 (5.76%) AI
12 8 (5.76%) ITIL
12 8 (5.76%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 20 (14.39%) SQL
2 15 (10.79%) Java
3 9 (6.47%) PL/SQL
4 8 (5.76%) C
4 8 (5.76%) C++
4 8 (5.76%) Python
5 2 (1.44%) COBOL
5 2 (1.44%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.72%) C#
6 1 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 20 (14.39%) CIPD
1 20 (14.39%) Degree
2 11 (7.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (1.44%) CISMP
3 2 (1.44%) GSEC
4 1 (0.72%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.72%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.72%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.72%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.72%) PMP
4 1 (0.72%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.76%) Accessibility
1 8 (5.76%) GDPR
1 8 (5.76%) QA
2 5 (3.60%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.44%) Def Stans
4 2 (1.44%) IEC 61508
4 2 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.44%) SLA
5 1 (0.72%) IASME
System Software
1 2 (1.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (12.95%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.35%) SAP
3 4 (2.88%) Ariba
3 4 (2.88%) Databricks
4 3 (2.16%) Adobe
5 2 (1.44%) Oracle
5 2 (1.44%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.72%) Apple
6 1 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.72%) Google
6 1 (0.72%) Intel
6 1 (0.72%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.72%) Sage
6 1 (0.72%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.72%) VMware
6 1 (0.72%) WooCommerce
6 1 (0.72%) Wyse