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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 646 787 891
Rank change year-on-year +141 +104 -62
Permanent jobs citing Inventory Management 243 188 365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.19% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.20% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 152 87 145
10th Percentile £25,025 £30,950 £27,700
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% -2.22%
75th Percentile £52,500 £72,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £91,000 £79,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -30.00% +17.65% -

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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
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% +10.53%

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 20 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 20 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 +97 190 £37,500 -25.00% 160
UK excluding London +64 181 £35,000 -30.00% 112
Work from Home +107 63 £50,000 -4.76% 34
South East +53 57 £35,000 -30.00% 34
Midlands -3 51 £32,500 -55.17% 30
London +78 37 £48,500 +29.33% 53
West Midlands +5 34 £32,500 -55.17% 25
North of England +31 23 £46,250 -7.50% 24
East of England - 17 £28,000 - 15
East Midlands -7 16 £25,500 -64.83% 5
Scotland -53 15 £25,250 -38.79% 1
North West -11 10 £58,750 -9.62% 16
Yorkshire +87 9 £40,000 -17.95% 4
Wales +15 7 £50,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
South West -29 5 £39,529 -24.71% 13
North East -1 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 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (7.82%) Exchange Server 2010
3 15 (6.17%) Skype for Business
4 5 (2.06%) CMS
5 4 (1.65%) IBM Notes
5 4 (1.65%) IIS
5 4 (1.65%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.23%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (1.23%) SAS
6 3 (1.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (18.52%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (15.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (4.12%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.65%) 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 (6.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (4.94%) SAP WM
3 9 (3.70%) SAP MM
4 8 (3.29%) SAP SCM
5 6 (2.47%) NetSuite
5 6 (2.47%) SAP PP
6 5 (2.06%) SAP SD
7 4 (1.65%) SAP APO
7 4 (1.65%) SAP IBP
7 4 (1.65%) 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 (23.05%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (21.40%) Azure
3 19 (7.82%) Azure Monitor
4 15 (6.17%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (3.70%) SaaS
6 8 (3.29%) AWS
6 8 (3.29%) Serverless
7 7 (2.88%) Azure API Management
7 7 (2.88%) Azure Event Grid
7 7 (2.88%) Azure Functions
7 7 (2.88%) Azure Service Bus
7 7 (2.88%) Google Workspace
8 6 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.47%) Power Platform
9 5 (2.06%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.23%) Dropbox
10 3 (1.23%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.23%) Rubrik
11 2 (0.82%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.64%) VPN
2 15 (6.17%) Skype
3 13 (5.35%) LAN
4 10 (4.12%) Firewall
5 9 (3.70%) WAN
6 8 (3.29%) HTTPS
6 8 (3.29%) SSL
7 7 (2.88%) Internet
7 7 (2.88%) Wireless
8 5 (2.06%) DNS
8 5 (2.06%) Intranet
9 4 (1.65%) WebEx
10 3 (1.23%) Fibre Channel
10 3 (1.23%) iSCSI
10 3 (1.23%) SAN
10 3 (1.23%) VoIP
11 2 (0.82%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (0.82%) WLAN
12 1 (0.41%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.41%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.53%) SQLite
3 6 (2.47%) Power BI
4 4 (1.65%) 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%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.41%) MS Access
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle OWB
6 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (7.82%) Git
2 8 (3.29%) Vagrant
3 4 (1.65%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.82%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.82%) SpecFlow
General
1 98 (40.33%) Social Skills
2 68 (27.98%) Finance
3 59 (24.28%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (21.40%) Manufacturing
5 32 (13.17%) Retail
6 22 (9.05%) Law
7 18 (7.41%) Legal
8 15 (6.17%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (4.94%) Marketing
9 12 (4.94%) Telecoms
10 10 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.88%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (2.47%) Advertising
12 6 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.65%) 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 42 (17.28%) IT Support
2 25 (10.29%) Analyst
3 23 (9.47%) Senior
4 19 (7.82%) Lead
5 15 (6.17%) Consultant
6 14 (5.76%) IT Support Specialist
6 14 (5.76%) Support Specialist
7 13 (5.35%) Administrator
8 12 (4.94%) IT Analyst
9 11 (4.53%) IT Technician
10 10 (4.12%) Architect
10 10 (4.12%) Support Engineer
11 9 (3.70%) SAP Architect
11 9 (3.70%) Support Analyst
12 8 (3.29%) Linux Administrator
12 8 (3.29%) Linux Systems Administrator
12 8 (3.29%) SAP Consultant
12 8 (3.29%) Systems Administrator
13 7 (2.88%) IT Support Analyst
13 7 (2.88%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.82%) HTML
2 15 (6.17%) .NET
2 15 (6.17%) .NET Core
2 15 (6.17%) Entity Framework
3 11 (4.53%) .NET Framework
3 11 (4.53%) ASP.NET
3 11 (4.53%) ASP.NET MVC
3 11 (4.53%) Blazor
3 11 (4.53%) RESTful
3 11 (4.53%) Universal Windows Platform
3 11 (4.53%) YAML
4 9 (3.70%) WPF
5 8 (3.29%) CSS
6 7 (2.88%) SignalR
6 7 (2.88%) WinForms
7 4 (1.65%) JSON
7 4 (1.65%) REST
8 2 (0.82%) EDI
8 2 (0.82%) SAPUI5
9 1 (0.41%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.17%) Self-Motivation
2 29 (11.93%) Management Information System
3 26 (10.70%) Onboarding
4 20 (8.23%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.88%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.06%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.06%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.65%) FMCG
7 4 (1.65%) 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%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.82%) IoT
9 2 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.82%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 53 (21.81%) Windows
2 27 (11.11%) Windows 10
3 19 (7.82%) Android
3 19 (7.82%) Apple iOS
4 18 (7.41%) Linux
5 13 (5.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (3.29%) CentOS
6 8 (3.29%) Ubuntu
7 7 (2.88%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.88%) 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 49 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (15.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 36 (14.81%) Analytics
4 34 (13.99%) Time Management
5 33 (13.58%) Logistics
6 32 (13.17%) Customer Service
7 31 (12.76%) Supply Chain Management
8 29 (11.93%) ERP
9 25 (10.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 24 (9.88%) Agile
11 23 (9.47%) Process Improvement
11 23 (9.47%) Project Management
12 22 (9.05%) Inventory Control
13 21 (8.64%) Asset Management
13 21 (8.64%) Business Intelligence
14 19 (7.82%) Decision-Making
14 19 (7.82%) Identity Management
14 19 (7.82%) Log Analytics
15 18 (7.41%) DevOps
16 17 (7.00%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 24 (9.88%) SQL
2 18 (7.41%) C#
3 15 (6.17%) T-SQL
4 11 (4.53%) XAML
5 10 (4.12%) Shell Script
6 8 (3.29%) PowerShell
7 6 (2.47%) Python
8 4 (1.65%) C++
8 4 (1.65%) R
8 4 (1.65%) VB.NET
9 3 (1.23%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.23%) PHP
10 2 (0.82%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.41%) ABAP
11 1 (0.41%) Go
11 1 (0.41%) Java
11 1 (0.41%) Ruby
11 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 63 (25.93%) Degree
2 27 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 22 (9.05%) SC Cleared
4 18 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (5.35%) CCNA
5 13 (5.35%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.88%) SAP Certification
7 6 (2.47%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.06%) A+ Certification
8 5 (2.06%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (1.65%) CCNP
9 4 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.65%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.82%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.41%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.47%) QA
2 8 (3.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 7 (2.88%) GDPR
3 7 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.47%) SLA
5 4 (1.65%) NEBOSH
6 3 (1.23%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.23%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (7.82%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.17%) 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 (9.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.29%) Ansible
3 3 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 105 (43.21%) Microsoft
2 63 (25.93%) SAP
3 15 (6.17%) Google
4 11 (4.53%) Cisco
4 11 (4.53%) DevExpress
5 9 (3.70%) Apple
6 8 (3.29%) Oracle
7 5 (2.06%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.06%) Sage
8 4 (1.65%) Facebook
8 4 (1.65%) Lotus
9 3 (1.23%) 3PAR
9 3 (1.23%) Mitel
9 3 (1.23%) ShoreTel
9 3 (1.23%) VMware
9 3 (1.23%) WooCommerce
9 3 (1.23%) Xero
10 2 (0.82%) RedPrairie
10 2 (0.82%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.82%) ServiceNow