Highest Paying Logistics Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Logistics Jobs Summary

There have been 302,034 listed Logistics Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	300,235	99.40 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,357	0.45 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	442	0.15 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 5,808 new Logistics Jobs posted each week, or 25,170 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	5,773	25,020
Contract	34	149

The busiest month for new permanent Logistics Jobs in the UK is November, whilst the quietest month is June.

The busiest month for new contract Logistics Jobs is January, and the quietest month is May.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Logistics Jobs

Permanent Logistics Jobs

Latest month: February 2026

Jobs listed

21,641

Up 156.9% vs last year

Average salary

£39,020.00

Up 1.0% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Logistics Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: February 2026

Jobs listed

Up 61.2% vs last year

Average day rate

£545.00

Down 0.2% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: February 2026

Jobs listed

Up 56.5% vs last year

Average day rate

£540.00

Up 7.7% vs last year

Last 12 Month Total Listed Logistics Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
February 2026	21,641
January 2026	7,539
December 2025	11,739
November 2025	56,828
October 2025	4,799
September 2025	3,656
August 2025	3,636
July 2025	2,615
June 2025	1,880
May 2025	2,052
April 2025	2,297
March 2025	2,344

The Highest Paying Logistics Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head Of Logistics	2	£63,175.00	£66,250.00	£69,325.00
Materials Scheduler	2	£50,000.00	£52,500.00	£55,000.00
Logistics Manager	71	£48,365.00	£52,105.00	£55,850.00
Distribution	610	£44,110.00	£46,435.00	£48,755.00
Transport Manager	166	£42,510.00	£44,805.00	£47,105.00
Depot Manager	87	£41,990.00	£43,990.00	£45,990.00
Driving	36,112	£42,600.00	£43,705.00	£44,800.00
Planner	3,795	£37,850.00	£43,115.00	£48,385.00
HGV	24,526	£41,035.00	£43,005.00	£44,985.00
Skip Driver	6	£40,000.00	£42,500.00	£45,000.00
Tramper	4,255	£40,775.00	£41,735.00	£42,695.00
Depot Operative	4	£39,500.00	£41,625.00	£43,750.00
Car Transporter	10	£40,285.00	£40,925.00	£41,565.00
Tipper Driver	8	£39,015.00	£40,265.00	£41,515.00
HGV 1 Driver	8,713	£39,165.00	£40,250.00	£41,320.00
Fleet Manager	63	£36,415.00	£40,020.00	£43,625.00
Transport Driver	1	£40,000.00	£40,000.00	£40,000.00
Class 1 Driver	11,553	£38,400.00	£39,370.00	£40,340.00
ADR Driver	9	£38,230.00	£38,605.00	£38,980.00
HGV Driver	9,490	£37,540.00	£38,525.00	£39,510.00
Class 2 ADR Driver	2	£38,325.00	£38,325.00	£38,325.00
Transport Planner	276	£34,625.00	£38,025.00	£41,420.00
Tanker Driver	24	£36,575.00	£37,745.00	£38,920.00
Transport	1,939	£35,865.00	£37,685.00	£39,500.00
HGV 2 Driver	275	£36,415.00	£37,540.00	£38,675.00
Materials Planner	13	£34,000.00	£37,000.00	£40,000.00
Telehandler	6	£34,000.00	£37,000.00	£40,000.00
Supply Chain Planner	6	£35,000.00	£36,875.00	£38,750.00
ADR	31	£36,050.00	£36,845.00	£37,635.00
Class 2 HIAB Driver	35	£35,690.00	£36,485.00	£37,275.00
Class 2 Driver	723	£35,750.00	£36,405.00	£37,060.00
Logistics Supervisor	6	£35,375.00	£36,315.00	£37,250.00
Logistics	2,215	£34,125.00	£35,990.00	£37,870.00
LGV	96	£34,290.00	£35,630.00	£36,970.00
Transport Supervisor	8	£33,665.00	£35,385.00	£37,100.00
Transport Assistant	5	£32,500.00	£35,175.00	£37,850.00
Export Manager	10	£32,625.00	£35,040.00	£37,460.00
Refuse Driver	3	£35,000.00	£35,000.00	£35,000.00
Production Planner	111	£32,870.00	£34,715.00	£36,560.00
Driver	20,474	£33,790.00	£34,530.00	£35,275.00
Multi Drop Driver	25	£33,015.00	£33,880.00	£34,750.00
Freight Forwarder	323	£30,325.00	£33,230.00	£36,140.00
Export Clerk	16	£29,855.00	£32,965.00	£36,070.00
Airline	6	£30,835.00	£32,665.00	£34,500.00
Crane Driver	1	£32,275.00	£32,275.00	£32,275.00
Air Freight Operator	13	£28,960.00	£32,210.00	£35,460.00
Truck Driver	20	£31,565.00	£32,070.00	£32,580.00
Recovery Driver	30	£31,275.00	£31,905.00	£32,540.00
Import Coordinator	5	£29,000.00	£31,750.00	£34,500.00
Service Driver	6	£29,650.00	£31,600.00	£33,550.00
Supply Chain Coordinator	38	£29,440.00	£31,315.00	£33,190.00
Shunter	2	£29,500.00	£30,750.00	£32,000.00
Sales Progressor	34	£28,760.00	£30,720.00	£32,680.00
Customs Clerk	8	£29,250.00	£30,665.00	£32,085.00
Reach Truck	13	£30,305.00	£30,515.00	£30,720.00
Reach Truck Driver	5	£30,065.00	£30,340.00	£30,615.00
Dispatcher	43	£29,520.00	£30,215.00	£30,905.00
Delivery Van Driver	2	£29,000.00	£30,000.00	£31,000.00
Import Clerk	6	£27,500.00	£30,000.00	£32,500.00
Coach Driver	2	£29,700.00	£29,700.00	£29,700.00
Export Administrator	9	£29,000.00	£29,500.00	£30,000.00
Plant Hire Controller	2	£28,000.00	£29,500.00	£31,000.00
Van Driver	47	£28,705.00	£29,440.00	£30,180.00
Forklift Driver	11	£28,580.00	£28,955.00	£29,330.00
Logistics Administrator	32	£27,500.00	£28,815.00	£30,125.00
Order Processor	70	£26,545.00	£27,920.00	£29,295.00
Despatch Coordinator	2	£27,000.00	£27,750.00	£28,500.00
Sales Order Processing	35	£26,680.00	£27,635.00	£28,595.00
Distribution Operative	7	£26,690.00	£27,470.00	£28,250.00
Multidrop Driver	2	£26,200.00	£26,825.00	£27,450.00
Materials Handler	2	£25,950.00	£26,625.00	£27,300.00
Delivery Driver	1	£19,825.00	£19,825.00	£19,825.00