Logistics Job Trends in the South East

Logistics
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Logistics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 192 224
Rank change year-on-year +114 +32 -24
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 273 118 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.63% 1.31% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.28% 1.49% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 158 57 55
10th Percentile £25,077 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -25.00% +13.21%
75th Percentile £58,750 £59,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,500 £80,000 £85,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% -5.98% +1.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,324 7,915 7,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.21% 88.16% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,975 3,773 5,421
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Logistics job vacancy trend in the South East

Logistics
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Logistics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Logistics

Logistics
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Logistics in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Logistics in the South East

Logistics
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Logistics within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Thames Valley +66 134 £45,000 +20.00% 41
Berkshire +58 84 £50,000 -28.57% 25
Hampshire +57 52 £50,000 +33.33% 26
Surrey +33 50 £48,500 +7.78% 7
Buckinghamshire +22 37 £32,500 -13.33% 7
Kent -7 26 £50,000 -41.18% 8
Oxfordshire +14 13 £47,500 +35.71% 9
East Sussex - 11 £30,000 - 3
Middlesex - 3 £37,500 - 2
West Sussex - 1 £57,500 - 5
Logistics
England

Logistics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (1.10%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 34 (12.45%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.93%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 58 (21.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.56%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.73%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (0.73%) Q-Pulse
3 2 (0.73%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.37%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.37%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.37%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.37%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.37%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 29 (10.62%) Azure
2 14 (5.13%) AWS
3 12 (4.40%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (3.30%) SaaS
5 7 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (2.56%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.83%) GitHub
7 5 (1.83%) Miro
8 1 (0.37%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.37%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.37%) GCP
8 1 (0.37%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.37%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (4.03%) VPN
3 9 (3.30%) LAN
3 9 (3.30%) Unified Communications
3 9 (3.30%) VoIP
3 9 (3.30%) WAN
4 7 (2.56%) SD-WAN
5 6 (2.20%) Firewall
5 6 (2.20%) Wireless
6 3 (1.10%) DHCP
6 3 (1.10%) DNS
6 3 (1.10%) Network Security
6 3 (1.10%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.10%) VLAN
7 2 (0.73%) 5G
7 2 (0.73%) 802.11
7 2 (0.73%) Internet
7 2 (0.73%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.56%) Power BI
2 6 (2.20%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.10%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.37%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (8.79%) JIRA
2 17 (6.23%) Postman
2 17 (6.23%) Selenium
2 17 (6.23%) SoapUI
2 17 (6.23%) Team Foundation Server
2 17 (6.23%) WebDriver
3 6 (2.20%) Git
4 5 (1.83%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
General
1 132 (48.35%) Social Skills
2 112 (41.03%) Finance
3 78 (28.57%) Manufacturing
4 71 (26.01%) Marketing
5 27 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (8.42%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (5.13%) Retail
8 13 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.66%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (2.93%) Public Sector
10 8 (2.93%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (2.20%) Aviation
12 6 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.20%) Legal
13 4 (1.47%) Advertising
14 3 (1.10%) Games
15 2 (0.73%) Automotive
15 2 (0.73%) Banking
16 1 (0.37%) Billing
Job Titles
1 109 (39.93%) Analyst
2 71 (26.01%) Senior
3 61 (22.34%) Senior Analyst
4 57 (20.88%) SAP Analyst
5 26 (9.52%) Business Manager
6 25 (9.16%) Business Development Manager
6 25 (9.16%) Development Manager
7 21 (7.69%) Developer
8 15 (5.49%) Head of IT
8 15 (5.49%) Test Analyst
9 14 (5.13%) Coordinator
9 14 (5.13%) Software Developer
10 12 (4.40%) Financial Analyst
10 12 (4.40%) Supply Chain Analyst
11 10 (3.66%) IT Support
12 9 (3.30%) Support Analyst
13 8 (2.93%) Business Analyst
13 8 (2.93%) Support Engineer
14 7 (2.56%) Junior
14 7 (2.56%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.06%) HTML
2 21 (7.69%) .NET
3 17 (6.23%) SOAP
4 5 (1.83%) CSS
4 5 (1.83%) JSON
4 5 (1.83%) REST
4 5 (1.83%) XML
5 3 (1.10%) EDI
6 2 (0.73%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.73%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.37%) Blazor
7 1 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.59%) Onboarding
2 14 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
4 12 (4.40%) NHS
5 11 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (3.66%) Blog
7 7 (2.56%) Operational Technology
8 6 (2.20%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.20%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.83%) e-Learning
9 5 (1.83%) IoT
10 4 (1.47%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.47%) Learning Management System
11 3 (1.10%) CCTV
11 3 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.73%) BYOD
12 2 (0.73%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.76%) Windows
2 4 (1.47%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.10%) Linux
3 3 (1.10%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.37%) Android
4 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (34.07%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (22.71%) User Acceptance Testing
3 58 (21.25%) Data Collection
3 58 (21.25%) Data Management
3 58 (21.25%) Incident Management
3 58 (21.25%) SAP Implementation
4 57 (20.88%) Architectural Design
4 57 (20.88%) Decision Quality
4 57 (20.88%) Impact Analysis
4 57 (20.88%) Quality Management
4 57 (20.88%) Technical Leadership
4 57 (20.88%) Translating Business Requirements
5 41 (15.02%) Project Management
6 40 (14.65%) Customer Service
7 36 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
8 34 (12.45%) ERP
9 32 (11.72%) Agile
10 29 (10.62%) Business Development
11 28 (10.26%) ITIL
12 26 (9.52%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 34 (12.45%) SQL
2 20 (7.33%) C#
3 17 (6.23%) Java
4 6 (2.20%) JavaScript
4 6 (2.20%) Python
5 4 (1.47%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 48 (17.58%) Degree
2 23 (8.42%) ISTQB
3 17 (6.23%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 12 (4.40%) ACCA
4 12 (4.40%) CIMA
4 12 (4.40%) Master's Degree
5 11 (4.03%) DBS Check
6 10 (3.66%) AWS Certification
6 10 (3.66%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.30%) DV Cleared
7 9 (3.30%) Security Cleared
8 8 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (2.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (2.56%) CCNP
9 7 (2.56%) PMI Certification
9 7 (2.56%) PMP
10 6 (2.20%) ISEB
11 2 (0.73%) CISMP
11 2 (0.73%) GSEC
11 2 (0.73%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.76%) QA
2 10 (3.66%) SLA
3 8 (2.93%) NIST
4 6 (2.20%) Software Quality Assurance
5 5 (1.83%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.47%) GDPR
7 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.37%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.37%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (1.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.37%) Docker
2 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 64 (23.44%) SAP
2 55 (20.15%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.56%) Cisco
3 7 (2.56%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.20%) Zoho
5 4 (1.47%) Saba
6 2 (0.73%) IBM
6 2 (0.73%) IFS
6 2 (0.73%) OpenText
6 2 (0.73%) Ruckus Wireless
6 2 (0.73%) Sage
7 1 (0.37%) BT
7 1 (0.37%) Citrix
7 1 (0.37%) Google
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle
7 1 (0.37%) Qualys
7 1 (0.37%) Splunk
7 1 (0.37%) Tenable