Inventory Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Inventory Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Inventory Management over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 660 788 897
Rank change year-on-year +128 +109 -66
Permanent jobs citing Inventory Management 244 187 348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.19% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.19% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 153 87 138
10th Percentile £25,050 £30,950 £27,850
25th Percentile £27,000 £35,875 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £52,500 £68,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £83,500 £80,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -30.00% +17.65% -2.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Inventory Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,701 95,929 153,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.52% 95.60% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 59,701 56,502 82,944
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Inventory Management.

Salary trend for Inventory Management in the UK

Inventory Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Inventory Management over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Inventory Management in the UK

Inventory Management
Top 17 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 14 May 2024. 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
England +90 190 £37,500 -25.00% 157
UK excluding London +63 183 £35,000 -30.00% 113
Work from Home +99 64 £50,000 -4.76% 32
South East +51 58 £37,500 -25.00% 28
Midlands +8 51 £32,500 -55.17% 30
London +93 36 £48,500 +29.33% 44
West Midlands -4 34 £32,500 -55.17% 25
North of England +30 23 £46,250 -7.50% 25
East of England - 17 £28,000 - 20
East Midlands -5 16 £25,500 -64.21% 5
Scotland -42 15 £25,250 -38.79% 1
North West -5 10 £58,750 - 17
Yorkshire +93 9 £40,000 -17.95% 4
Wales +19 7 £50,000 - 4
Northern Ireland - 7 - -
South West -31 5 £39,529 -24.71% 12
North East -6 4 £42,500 -15.00% 4

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 27 (11.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (7.79%) Exchange Server 2010
3 14 (5.74%) Skype for Business
4 5 (2.05%) CMS
5 4 (1.64%) IBM Notes
5 4 (1.64%) IIS
5 4 (1.64%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.23%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (1.23%) SAS
6 3 (1.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (18.44%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (15.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (4.10%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.23%) Final Cut Pro
5 3 (1.23%) Photoshop
5 3 (1.23%) Pro Tools
5 3 (1.23%) SketchUp
5 3 (1.23%) SPSS
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (6.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (4.92%) SAP WM
3 9 (3.69%) SAP MM
4 8 (3.28%) SAP SCM
5 6 (2.46%) NetSuite
5 6 (2.46%) SAP PP
6 5 (2.05%) SAP SD
7 4 (1.64%) SAP APO
7 4 (1.64%) SAP IBP
7 4 (1.64%) Shopify
8 3 (1.23%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.41%) Epicor Tropos
9 1 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.41%) Primavera
9 1 (0.41%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.41%) Sage CRM
9 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.41%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.41%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 56 (22.95%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (21.72%) Azure
3 19 (7.79%) Azure Monitor
4 15 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (3.69%) SaaS
6 7 (2.87%) AWS
6 7 (2.87%) Azure API Management
6 7 (2.87%) Azure Event Grid
6 7 (2.87%) Azure Functions
6 7 (2.87%) Azure Service Bus
6 7 (2.87%) Google Workspace
6 7 (2.87%) Serverless
7 6 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.46%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.05%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.23%) Dropbox
9 3 (1.23%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.23%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.82%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.61%) VPN
2 14 (5.74%) Skype
3 13 (5.33%) LAN
4 10 (4.10%) Firewall
5 9 (3.69%) WAN
6 8 (3.28%) HTTPS
6 8 (3.28%) SSL
7 7 (2.87%) Internet
7 7 (2.87%) Wireless
8 5 (2.05%) DNS
8 5 (2.05%) Intranet
9 3 (1.23%) Fibre Channel
9 3 (1.23%) iSCSI
9 3 (1.23%) SAN
9 3 (1.23%) VoIP
9 3 (1.23%) WebEx
10 2 (0.82%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.82%) WLAN
11 1 (0.41%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.38%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.51%) SQLite
3 6 (2.46%) Power BI
4 4 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.23%) Big Data
5 3 (1.23%) EDRMS
5 3 (1.23%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.41%) MS Access
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle OWB
6 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (7.79%) Git
2 8 (3.28%) Vagrant
3 4 (1.64%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.23%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.23%) SpecFlow
General
1 97 (39.75%) Social Skills
2 69 (28.28%) Finance
3 59 (24.18%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (21.72%) Manufacturing
5 33 (13.52%) Retail
6 20 (8.20%) Law
7 19 (7.79%) Legal
8 15 (6.15%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (4.92%) Marketing
9 12 (4.92%) Telecoms
10 10 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (3.28%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (2.46%) Advertising
13 5 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.64%) Welsh Language
15 3 (1.23%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.23%) Electronics
16 2 (0.82%) Billing
16 2 (0.82%) Games
Job Titles
1 41 (16.80%) IT Support
2 26 (10.66%) Analyst
3 23 (9.43%) Senior
4 20 (8.20%) Lead
5 15 (6.15%) Consultant
6 14 (5.74%) IT Support Specialist
6 14 (5.74%) Support Specialist
7 13 (5.33%) Administrator
8 12 (4.92%) IT Analyst
9 11 (4.51%) IT Technician
10 10 (4.10%) Architect
10 10 (4.10%) Support Engineer
11 9 (3.69%) SAP Architect
11 9 (3.69%) Support Analyst
12 8 (3.28%) Linux Administrator
12 8 (3.28%) Linux Systems Administrator
12 8 (3.28%) SAP Consultant
12 8 (3.28%) Systems Administrator
13 7 (2.87%) IT Support Analyst
13 7 (2.87%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.79%) HTML
2 15 (6.15%) .NET
2 15 (6.15%) .NET Core
2 15 (6.15%) Entity Framework
3 11 (4.51%) .NET Framework
3 11 (4.51%) ASP.NET
3 11 (4.51%) ASP.NET MVC
3 11 (4.51%) Blazor
3 11 (4.51%) RESTful
3 11 (4.51%) Universal Windows Platform
3 11 (4.51%) YAML
4 9 (3.69%) WPF
5 8 (3.28%) CSS
6 7 (2.87%) SignalR
6 7 (2.87%) WinForms
7 4 (1.64%) JSON
7 4 (1.64%) REST
8 2 (0.82%) EDI
8 2 (0.82%) SAPUI5
9 1 (0.41%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.70%) Self-Motivation
2 29 (11.89%) Management Information System
3 25 (10.25%) Onboarding
4 18 (7.38%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (2.87%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.87%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.05%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.05%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.64%) FMCG
7 4 (1.64%) Social Media
8 3 (1.23%) Acoustics
8 3 (1.23%) Cybercrime
8 3 (1.23%) EPoS
8 3 (1.23%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.23%) Video Editing
8 3 (1.23%) Video\Live Streaming
9 2 (0.82%) Photography
9 2 (0.82%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.82%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 52 (21.31%) Windows
2 26 (10.66%) Windows 10
3 19 (7.79%) Linux
4 18 (7.38%) Android
4 18 (7.38%) Apple iOS
5 13 (5.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (3.28%) CentOS
6 8 (3.28%) Ubuntu
7 7 (2.87%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.87%) Windows Server
8 3 (1.23%) Unix
8 3 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.82%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.82%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (20.90%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (15.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 35 (14.34%) Analytics
4 33 (13.52%) Logistics
4 33 (13.52%) Time Management
5 31 (12.70%) Customer Service
5 31 (12.70%) Supply Chain Management
6 30 (12.30%) ERP
7 25 (10.25%) Agile
8 24 (9.84%) Stakeholder Management
9 23 (9.43%) Process Improvement
9 23 (9.43%) Project Management
10 22 (9.02%) Inventory Control
11 21 (8.61%) Asset Management
12 20 (8.20%) Business Intelligence
13 19 (7.79%) Decision-Making
13 19 (7.79%) Identity Management
13 19 (7.79%) Log Analytics
14 18 (7.38%) DevOps
15 17 (6.97%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.25%) SQL
2 18 (7.38%) C#
3 15 (6.15%) T-SQL
4 11 (4.51%) XAML
5 10 (4.10%) Shell Script
6 7 (2.87%) PowerShell
7 6 (2.46%) Python
8 4 (1.64%) C++
8 4 (1.64%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.64%) R
8 4 (1.64%) VB.NET
9 3 (1.23%) PHP
10 2 (0.82%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.41%) ABAP
11 1 (0.41%) Bash
11 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 63 (25.82%) Degree
2 27 (11.07%) Security Cleared
3 22 (9.02%) SC Cleared
4 18 (7.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (5.33%) CCNA
5 13 (5.33%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.87%) SAP Certification
7 5 (2.05%) A+ Certification
7 5 (2.05%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.05%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (1.64%) CCNP
8 4 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.64%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.82%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.41%) GCIA
10 1 (0.41%) GCIH
10 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.41%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.25%) QA
2 8 (3.28%) GDPR
2 8 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (2.46%) SLA
4 4 (1.64%) NEBOSH
5 3 (1.23%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.23%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.41%) NIST
6 1 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (7.79%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.15%) Docker
3 3 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.23%) vSphere
4 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (9.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.28%) Ansible
3 3 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 103 (42.21%) Microsoft
2 64 (26.23%) SAP
3 16 (6.56%) Google
4 11 (4.51%) DevExpress
5 10 (4.10%) Cisco
6 9 (3.69%) Apple
7 8 (3.28%) Oracle
8 5 (2.05%) Red Hat
8 5 (2.05%) Sage
9 4 (1.64%) Facebook
9 4 (1.64%) Lotus
10 3 (1.23%) 3PAR
10 3 (1.23%) Mitel
10 3 (1.23%) ShoreTel
10 3 (1.23%) VMware
10 3 (1.23%) WooCommerce
10 3 (1.23%) Xero
11 2 (0.82%) RedPrairie
11 2 (0.82%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.82%) ServiceNow