Logistics Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Logistics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Logistics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 191 95
Rank change year-on-year +116 -96 +150
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 1,517 564 1,928
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.14% 1.68% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% 1.90% 3.25%
Number of salaries quoted 951 329 773
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -15.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,003 29,702 59,344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.70% 88.63% 80.26%
Number of salaries quoted 35,156 15,836 41,039
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,875 £32,951 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,772 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.54% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,268 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Logistics job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Logistics
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Logistics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Logistics

Logistics
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Logistics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Logistics in the UK excluding London

Logistics
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Logistics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 July 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 +58 386 £50,000 +25.00% 91
South East +99 360 £43,000 +2.38% 120
North of England +42 336 £55,000 +18.92% 69
West Midlands +57 231 £55,000 +22.22% 44
Northern Ireland +22 221 £41,000 +50.46% 13
North West +98 212 £60,000 +51.90% 32
East Midlands +28 150 £37,500 -2.60% 46
South West -3 104 £41,000 -36.92% 28
Yorkshire -37 103 £52,500 -4.55% 34
East of England +10 83 £55,000 +10.00% 25
North East -32 21 £40,000 -11.11% 5
Scotland +30 16 £55,000 +129.17% 7
Wales -39 12 £50,000 -5.29% 9
Logistics
UK

Logistics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 14 (0.92%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.40%) CMS
4 3 (0.20%) Confluence
5 1 (0.066%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.066%) IIS
5 1 (0.066%) WordPress
Applications
1 95 (6.26%) AutoCAD
2 91 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
3 73 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 32 (2.11%) Revit
5 16 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.33%) InDesign
8 5 (0.33%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.26%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.13%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.066%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 36 (2.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.79%) SAP SD
3 8 (0.53%) SAP ERP
3 8 (0.53%) SAP GTS
3 8 (0.53%) SAP Travel Management
4 7 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
4 7 (0.46%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.26%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
6 4 (0.26%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.20%) SAP EWM
7 3 (0.20%) SAP WM
7 3 (0.20%) Shopify
8 2 (0.13%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.13%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.066%) Infor LN
9 1 (0.066%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 103 (6.79%) Azure
2 74 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (4.48%) SaaS
4 61 (4.02%) Power Platform
5 31 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
6 25 (1.65%) AWS
7 14 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (0.86%) Entra ID
9 10 (0.66%) GitHub
10 9 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (0.53%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (0.46%) Power Automate
12 7 (0.46%) PowerApps
13 6 (0.40%) GCP
14 5 (0.33%) Anthropic Claude
14 5 (0.33%) Azure Event Grid
14 5 (0.33%) Serverless
15 4 (0.26%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (0.26%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 95 (6.26%) TETRA
2 52 (3.43%) WAN
3 45 (2.97%) LAN
4 34 (2.24%) Firewall
5 17 (1.12%) Wireless
6 14 (0.92%) TCP/IP
7 13 (0.86%) VPN
8 11 (0.73%) Network Security
9 10 (0.66%) DHCP
9 10 (0.66%) DNS
10 9 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.40%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.40%) VLAN
12 3 (0.20%) Internet
12 3 (0.20%) Intranet
12 3 (0.20%) VoIP
13 2 (0.13%) Remote Desktop
14 1 (0.066%) MPLS
14 1 (0.066%) OSPF
14 1 (0.066%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (1.71%) Power BI
2 25 (1.65%) SQL Server
3 8 (0.53%) Oracle Database
4 7 (0.46%) MySQL
4 7 (0.46%) Power Query
4 7 (0.46%) SAP HANA
5 6 (0.40%) Tableau
6 5 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.26%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.26%) GIS
8 3 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.20%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.20%) SQLite
9 2 (0.13%) DTS
9 2 (0.13%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 22 (1.45%) JIRA
2 7 (0.46%) Git
3 5 (0.33%) Claude Code
3 5 (0.33%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.13%) Postman
6 1 (0.066%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.066%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.066%) Gatling
6 1 (0.066%) JMeter
6 1 (0.066%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.066%) Selenium
6 1 (0.066%) Yeoman
General
1 357 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 192 (12.66%) Finance
3 150 (9.89%) Manufacturing
4 124 (8.17%) Retail
5 102 (6.72%) Analytical Skills
6 80 (5.27%) Organisational Skills
7 51 (3.36%) Law
8 47 (3.10%) Marketing
9 44 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (2.44%) Public Sector
11 27 (1.78%) Legal
12 26 (1.71%) Electronics
13 19 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
14 17 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 12 (0.79%) Automotive
16 12 (0.79%) Telecoms
17 11 (0.73%) Billing
18 8 (0.53%) German Language
18 8 (0.53%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 317 (20.90%) Business Manager
2 312 (20.57%) Development Manager
3 307 (20.24%) Business Development Manager
4 104 (6.86%) Analyst
5 93 (6.13%) Developer
6 86 (5.67%) Technical Engineer
7 82 (5.41%) Senior
8 80 (5.27%) Lead
9 56 (3.69%) Logistics Manager
10 53 (3.49%) Administrator
10 53 (3.49%) Support Engineer
11 52 (3.43%) IT Support
12 51 (3.36%) Architect
13 49 (3.23%) Design Engineer
14 46 (3.03%) Project Engineer
15 44 (2.90%) Support Technician
16 41 (2.70%) IT Technician
17 40 (2.64%) Infrastructure Manager
18 39 (2.57%) Security Manager
19 37 (2.44%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.44%) .NET
2 17 (1.12%) EDI
3 16 (1.05%) Middleware
4 13 (0.86%) AngularJS
5 12 (0.79%) SAP Fiori
6 8 (0.53%) SAP TM
7 7 (0.46%) .NET Core
8 6 (0.40%) HTML
9 5 (0.33%) .NET Framework
9 5 (0.33%) Gherkin
9 5 (0.33%) Next.js
9 5 (0.33%) React
9 5 (0.33%) Web Services
10 4 (0.26%) Node.js
10 4 (0.26%) ODBC
10 4 (0.26%) REST
11 3 (0.20%) JSON
11 3 (0.20%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (0.20%) SAP Core Interface
11 3 (0.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (3.76%) Driving Licence
2 45 (2.97%) Management Information System
3 43 (2.83%) Renewable Energy
4 39 (2.57%) Onboarding
5 27 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
6 26 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
7 24 (1.58%) Product Ownership
8 21 (1.38%) Data Centre
9 17 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (0.79%) EPoS
11 9 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.53%) Data Structures
12 8 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (0.53%) Social Media
13 7 (0.46%) FMCG
13 7 (0.46%) Robotics
13 7 (0.46%) SCADA
13 7 (0.46%) Web Conferencing
14 6 (0.40%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 65 (4.28%) Windows
2 24 (1.58%) Windows Server
3 11 (0.73%) Android
4 9 (0.59%) Linux
4 9 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.20%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.066%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.066%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.066%) Unix
7 1 (0.066%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (22.08%) Business Development
2 265 (17.47%) Project Delivery
3 225 (14.83%) Problem-Solving
4 207 (13.65%) Project Management
5 142 (9.36%) ERP
6 137 (9.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 129 (8.50%) CRM
8 107 (7.05%) E-Commerce
9 103 (6.79%) Customer Service
10 86 (5.67%) Mentoring
10 86 (5.67%) PRINCE2
11 81 (5.34%) ITIL
11 81 (5.34%) Stakeholder Management
12 75 (4.94%) Decision-Making
13 67 (4.42%) Technology Strategy
14 64 (4.22%) Roadmaps
15 63 (4.15%) Service Delivery
16 59 (3.89%) Actionable Insight
16 59 (3.89%) IT Strategy
16 59 (3.89%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (3.82%) SQL
2 39 (2.57%) C#
3 14 (0.92%) PowerShell
4 12 (0.79%) JavaScript
5 11 (0.73%) Python
6 8 (0.53%) Clojure
6 8 (0.53%) TypeScript
7 7 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.33%) RPG
9 4 (0.26%) Bash
10 3 (0.20%) Java
10 3 (0.20%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.13%) RPG III
11 2 (0.13%) RPG IV
11 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.066%) C++
12 1 (0.066%) Perl
12 1 (0.066%) PHP
12 1 (0.066%) R
12 1 (0.066%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 96 (6.33%) DBS Check
2 52 (3.43%) Degree
3 43 (2.83%) NVQ Level 3
4 25 (1.65%) PMI Certification
5 24 (1.58%) PMP
5 24 (1.58%) Security Cleared
6 21 (1.38%) ACCA
6 21 (1.38%) CIMA
7 17 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (1.12%) HNC
7 17 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 15 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (0.79%) SC Cleared
10 8 (0.53%) ISTQB
10 8 (0.53%) Postgraduate
11 7 (0.46%) HND
12 6 (0.40%) CIPD
13 5 (0.33%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (3.76%) QA
2 34 (2.24%) ISO 9001
3 31 (2.04%) GRC
4 30 (1.98%) PMO
5 22 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (1.12%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.12%) ISO 14001
7 17 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 16 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 15 (0.99%) GDPR
9 15 (0.99%) SLA
10 7 (0.46%) Data Quality
11 4 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.066%) AQAP
12 1 (0.066%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.066%) IFRS
12 1 (0.066%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (1.45%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.79%) Hyper-V
2 12 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.46%) Docker
4 2 (0.13%) Firmware
4 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.066%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (1.05%) SCCM
2 7 (0.46%) Ansible
3 6 (0.40%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.33%) Terraform
5 4 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.13%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.13%) Grafana
6 2 (0.13%) Nagios
6 2 (0.13%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.066%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.066%) SCOM
7 1 (0.066%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.066%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 220 (14.50%) Microsoft
2 64 (4.22%) SAP
3 27 (1.78%) Oracle
4 17 (1.12%) Motorola
5 16 (1.05%) IFS
6 15 (0.99%) Fortinet
6 15 (0.99%) SonicWALL
7 13 (0.86%) Cisco
8 12 (0.79%) Salesforce
8 12 (0.79%) VMware
9 11 (0.73%) Adobe
10 8 (0.53%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.46%) Epicor
11 7 (0.46%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.46%) IBM
12 5 (0.33%) Facebook
12 5 (0.33%) Google
12 5 (0.33%) Infor
12 5 (0.33%) Pardot
12 5 (0.33%) SolarWinds