Inventory Management Jobs

Inventory Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Inventory Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Inventory Management over the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 528 632 673
Rank change year-on-year +104 +41 +183
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Inventory Management 209 213 154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.24% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.30% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 119 126 105
10th Percentile £27,700 £25,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,250 £31,250 £38,828
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% -17.39%
75th Percentile £57,279 £52,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £68,750 £89,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Inventory Management 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 54,591 70,877 68,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.87% 81.50% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 28,870 42,703 45,956
10th Percentile £26,929 £31,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,055 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.11% -8.99% +4.76%

Inventory Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Inventory Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Inventory Management in the UK

Inventory Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Inventory Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Inventory Management

Inventory Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Inventory Management over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Inventory Management in the UK

Inventory Management
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Inventory Management within the UK over the 6 months to 23 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +98 194 £42,500 +6.25% 203
UK excluding London +76 131 £42,500 +6.25% 144
London +108 72 £49,500 -10.00% 72
Work from Home +41 50 £42,500 -15.00% 66
South East +3 33 £42,500 -12.82% 51
Midlands +35 27 £45,000 +38.46% 22
North of England -6 24 £37,500 -25.00% 39
South West +82 19 £55,000 +2.80% 15
East Midlands +33 18 £32,500 +27.45% 7
East of England -18 18 £28,000 -30.00% 10
Yorkshire +27 11 £31,500 -21.25% 12
West Midlands +7 9 £49,500 +52.31% 15
North West -13 8 £37,500 -25.00% 23
Scotland +64 5 - - 6
Wales 0 5 £27,500 -45.00% 2
North East - 5 £53,000 - 5

Inventory Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 35 (16.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (6.22%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.96%) Confluence
4 1 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (19.14%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (8.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (6.70%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (1.44%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (1.44%) Photoshop
4 3 (1.44%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.96%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 16 (7.66%) Dynamics NAV
1 16 (7.66%) NetSuite
1 16 (7.66%) Sage 200
1 16 (7.66%) Sage CRM
2 6 (2.87%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (2.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.44%) SAP APO
4 3 (1.44%) SAP IBP
4 3 (1.44%) SAP MM
4 3 (1.44%) Shopify
5 2 (0.96%) SAP LE
5 2 (0.96%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.48%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.48%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.48%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.48%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 41 (19.62%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (11.48%) Azure
3 19 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
3 19 (9.09%) SaaS
4 14 (6.70%) OneDrive
5 12 (5.74%) GitHub
6 11 (5.26%) Entra ID
6 11 (5.26%) Nutanix
7 8 (3.83%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.96%) AWS
10 1 (0.48%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.48%) Azure Machine Learning
10 1 (0.48%) dbt
10 1 (0.48%) GCP
10 1 (0.48%) Google Docs
10 1 (0.48%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.48%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.48%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.48%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.57%) LAN
2 15 (7.18%) Firewall
3 12 (5.74%) WebEx
4 9 (4.31%) Ethernet VPN
5 8 (3.83%) Network Security
5 8 (3.83%) WAN
6 7 (3.35%) DHCP
6 7 (3.35%) DNS
6 7 (3.35%) TCP/IP
6 7 (3.35%) VoIP
7 6 (2.87%) OSPF
8 5 (2.39%) NX-OS
9 4 (1.91%) BGP
9 4 (1.91%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (1.91%) VLAN
9 4 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.44%) Internet
10 3 (1.44%) SAN
11 2 (0.96%) EIGRP
11 2 (0.96%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.22%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.83%) Power BI
3 6 (2.87%) Tableau
4 2 (0.96%) Looker
5 1 (0.48%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.48%) DB2
5 1 (0.48%) MS Access
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.48%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.44%) JIRA
2 1 (0.48%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.48%) Git
2 1 (0.48%) MLflow
General
1 114 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 58 (27.75%) Finance
3 33 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (14.35%) Manufacturing
5 29 (13.88%) Documentation Skills
6 22 (10.53%) Marketing
7 19 (9.09%) Retail
8 18 (8.61%) Electronics
9 13 (6.22%) Back Office
10 12 (5.74%) Law
11 11 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (3.83%) Banking
13 7 (3.35%) Advertising
14 5 (2.39%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.91%) Financial Institution
16 3 (1.44%) French Language
16 3 (1.44%) General Ledger
17 2 (0.96%) Legal
17 2 (0.96%) Police
17 2 (0.96%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (15.31%) IT Support
2 23 (11.00%) Analyst
3 21 (10.05%) Administrator
4 20 (9.57%) Consultant
5 19 (9.09%) Desktop Support
6 18 (8.61%) Developer
6 18 (8.61%) IT Administrator
7 16 (7.66%) Network Engineer
7 16 (7.66%) Sage 200 Support
7 16 (7.66%) Sage Support
8 15 (7.18%) Dynamics NAV Developer
8 15 (7.18%) SaaS Developer
9 13 (6.22%) Senior
10 11 (5.26%) Support Engineer
11 10 (4.78%) Support Consultant
12 9 (4.31%) Support Analyst
13 8 (3.83%) Desktop Engineer
13 8 (3.83%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 8 (3.83%) IT Analyst
14 7 (3.35%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.74%) XML
2 3 (1.44%) HTML
2 3 (1.44%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (0.96%) CSS
3 2 (0.96%) React
4 1 (0.48%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.48%) Jest
4 1 (0.48%) Middleware
4 1 (0.48%) REST
4 1 (0.48%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.48%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 43 (20.57%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (8.61%) Onboarding
3 16 (7.66%) Driving Licence
3 16 (7.66%) NHS
4 6 (2.87%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.39%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.39%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.91%) CCTV
6 4 (1.91%) CMDB
7 3 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.44%) FMCG
7 3 (1.44%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.96%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.96%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.96%) Digital TV
8 2 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.96%) EPoS
8 2 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 67 (32.06%) Windows
2 24 (11.48%) Windows 10
3 17 (8.13%) Linux
4 9 (4.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (4.31%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.39%) Android
5 5 (2.39%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.91%) Mac OS X
6 4 (1.91%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.91%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.44%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.96%) VMS
9 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (18.66%) Business Intelligence
3 37 (17.70%) Customer Service
4 33 (15.79%) ERP
5 31 (14.83%) Mentoring
6 29 (13.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (12.92%) CRM
7 27 (12.92%) ITIL
8 20 (9.57%) Project Management
9 19 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (8.61%) Business Enablement
11 17 (8.13%) DevOps
11 17 (8.13%) Logistics
12 16 (7.66%) Data Integration
12 16 (7.66%) E-Commerce
12 16 (7.66%) Quality Management
12 16 (7.66%) Validation
13 15 (7.18%) Computer Science
14 14 (6.70%) Load Balancing
14 14 (6.70%) Pricing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 28 (13.40%) SQL
2 13 (6.22%) Java
3 12 (5.74%) C
3 12 (5.74%) C#
4 7 (3.35%) Python
5 3 (1.44%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.96%) Bash
6 2 (0.96%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.96%) X++
7 1 (0.48%) R
7 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 58 (27.75%) Degree
2 23 (11.00%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (6.70%) CCNP
4 13 (6.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (5.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (4.78%) CCIE
7 9 (4.31%) CCNA
7 9 (4.31%) MCSE
7 9 (4.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 6 (2.87%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (2.87%) Security Cleared
9 5 (2.39%) CCSA
9 5 (2.39%) CCSE
9 5 (2.39%) SC Cleared
10 4 (1.91%) Check Point Certification
10 4 (1.91%) CISSP
10 4 (1.91%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (1.91%) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.74%) ISO 9001
1 12 (5.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.35%) SLA
3 3 (1.44%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.96%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.96%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.96%) GDPR
5 1 (0.48%) NIST
5 1 (0.48%) QA
System Software
1 42 (20.10%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.31%) vSphere
4 2 (0.96%) Firmware
5 1 (0.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (6.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.39%) SCCM
3 4 (1.91%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 4 (1.91%) CSIRT
4 2 (0.96%) Terraform
4 2 (0.96%) WSUS
Vendors
1 75 (35.89%) Microsoft
2 29 (13.88%) Cisco
3 25 (11.96%) VMware
4 18 (8.61%) Apple
4 18 (8.61%) CheckPoint
5 16 (7.66%) Sage
6 15 (7.18%) YouTube
7 14 (6.70%) F5
7 14 (6.70%) SAP
8 12 (5.74%) HP
9 6 (2.87%) ServiceNow
10 5 (2.39%) Adobe
10 5 (2.39%) Arista
10 5 (2.39%) Manugistics
10 5 (2.39%) Trend Micro
11 4 (1.91%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.91%) MobileIron
11 4 (1.91%) Riverbed
12 3 (1.44%) Oracle
13 2 (0.96%) Dell