Logistics Job Trends in the West Midlands

Logistics
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands 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 69 44 87
Rank change year-on-year -25 +43 +83
Permanent jobs citing Logistics 137 236 96
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.59% 5.70% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.16% 6.22% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 115 28 56
10th Percentile £35,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £53,656
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -11.47% -2.44%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £63,125
90th Percentile £95,000 £69,000 £96,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% -5.98% +1.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,341 3,795 3,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.12% 91.62% 87.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,264 1,687 2,757
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £37,938 £41,563 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Logistics
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Logistics job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Logistics
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Logistics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Logistics

Logistics
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Logistics in the West Midlands

Logistics
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Logistics within the West Midlands 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
Staffordshire +15 38 £55,000 +29.41% 2
Birmingham +10 29 £57,500 +6.98% 19
Shropshire - 19 £40,000 - 12
Coventry -4 15 £52,500 -4.55% 1
Worcestershire - 13 £95,000 -
Warwickshire -30 12 £62,500 +6.38% 11
West Bromwich - 3 £50,000 -
Solihull -20 1 £90,000 -
Kingswinford - 1 £60,000 -
Logistics
England

Logistics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (0.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (8.76%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.46%) Trello
4 1 (0.73%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (2.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.46%) Primavera
2 2 (1.46%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.73%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.68%) SaaS
2 7 (5.11%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (5.11%) Smartsheet
3 6 (4.38%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.46%) Asana
4 2 (1.46%) Azure
4 2 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.46%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.73%) Figma
5 1 (0.73%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.19%) Cisco Wireless
1 3 (2.19%) SD-WAN
1 3 (2.19%) WAN
1 3 (2.19%) Wireless
2 1 (0.73%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.73%) FTP
2 1 (0.73%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.38%) Power BI
2 3 (2.19%) Tableau
3 1 (0.73%) Looker
3 1 (0.73%) Power Query
3 1 (0.73%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.73%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.19%) Git
2 2 (1.46%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.73%) Balsamiq
General
1 25 (18.25%) Social Skills
2 21 (15.33%) Retail
3 18 (13.14%) Finance
3 18 (13.14%) Manufacturing
4 14 (10.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (8.03%) Aerospace
5 11 (8.03%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (8.03%) Automotive
5 11 (8.03%) Pharmaceutical
6 7 (5.11%) Digital Health
7 5 (3.65%) Marketing
8 4 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.19%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.46%) Law
10 2 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.73%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 18 (13.14%) Business Manager
2 17 (12.41%) Business Development Manager
2 17 (12.41%) Development Manager
3 13 (9.49%) Account Executive
3 13 (9.49%) Technical Specialist
4 12 (8.76%) Technical Support
5 11 (8.03%) Support Engineer
5 11 (8.03%) Technical Engineer
5 11 (8.03%) Technical Support Engineer
6 9 (6.57%) Developer
7 8 (5.84%) Business Systems Manager
8 6 (4.38%) Analyst
8 6 (4.38%) Coordinator
8 6 (4.38%) Logistics Manager
8 6 (4.38%) Senior
8 6 (4.38%) Software Developer
9 5 (3.65%) ERP Manager
9 5 (3.65%) Implementation Manager
9 5 (3.65%) IT Manager
10 4 (2.92%) Business Development Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.84%) EDI
2 6 (4.38%) .NET
2 6 (4.38%) .NET Core
3 4 (2.92%) REST
4 2 (1.46%) JSON
4 2 (1.46%) Web Services
5 1 (0.73%) CSS
5 1 (0.73%) EDIFACT
5 1 (0.73%) HTML
5 1 (0.73%) SOAP
5 1 (0.73%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.14%) FMCG
2 13 (9.49%) Renewable Energy
3 6 (4.38%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.92%) Web Conferencing
5 3 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.19%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.19%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.19%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.46%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.73%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.73%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (18.25%) Business Development
2 21 (15.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 20 (14.60%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (9.49%) Supply Chain Planning
5 12 (8.76%) Project Delivery
6 10 (7.30%) Customer Service
6 10 (7.30%) ERP
7 9 (6.57%) Project Management
8 8 (5.84%) Decision-Making
9 7 (5.11%) Preventative Maintenance
10 6 (4.38%) Analytics
10 6 (4.38%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (4.38%) Full-Stack Development
11 5 (3.65%) Data Analysis
11 5 (3.65%) Migration
11 5 (3.65%) Resource Allocation
11 5 (3.65%) Roadmaps
11 5 (3.65%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (3.65%) Strategic Thinking
12 4 (2.92%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.76%) SQL
2 8 (5.84%) JavaScript
3 7 (5.11%) C#
3 7 (5.11%) Python
4 1 (0.73%) ABAP
4 1 (0.73%) ActionScript
4 1 (0.73%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 5 (3.65%) Degree
2 2 (1.46%) SC Cleared
2 2 (1.46%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.92%) QA
2 3 (2.19%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.73%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.73%) Docker
Vendors
1 11 (8.03%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.57%) Oracle
3 7 (5.11%) SAP
4 4 (2.92%) Cisco
4 4 (2.92%) HubSpot
5 2 (1.46%) Ariba
5 2 (1.46%) Google