Logistics director salary UK 2026: supply chain, transport and take-home
The ONS group covers directors in logistics, warehousing and transport, with typical full-time pay of £83,447 and a simple average of £97,876. Compare supply chain and transport scope, the published range and estimated monthly take-home.
How to read the official logistics director salary figure
The ONS group covers directors across logistics, warehousing and transport. It is broader than one supply chain or logistics title and can include very different networks, fleets, sites, budgets and safety responsibilities.
The estimate is based on a small full-time job sample and is marked for cautious use. The midpoint still ranks among the highest occupations in the production data, but a real package should be judged against operational scale, bonus, travel, availability and regulatory accountability.
A logistics director and a supply chain director can overlap, but a supply chain remit may also include procurement, planning, inventory and supplier strategy. The ONS group is centred on logistics, warehousing and transport directors. Check the network, sites, fleet, countries and functions owned before comparing pay.
Which logistics leadership jobs this figure covers
Use the range for director-level logistics, warehousing and transport roles that map to the official occupation.
Good fit for this page
- Logistics directors, transport directors and warehouse or distribution directors
- Senior supply chain operations roles within the ONS group
- Gross employee earnings before tax, which may include payroll bonus or cash allowances
Use a different comparison for
- Logistics managers or warehouse managers without director-level scope
- HGV drivers, transport planners or operational supervisors
- Consultancy turnover or owner-manager profit treated as salary
Lower, typical and higher logistics director pay
The verified public extract does not include a published point above the median for this occupation. The ladder can show the market points available, but it cannot invent a missing upper rung.
- Lower-middle pay25th percentile£59,976
- Typical payMedian£83,447
No upper published point has been added. The personalised report can still combine your confirmed salary with take-home pay, True Wage and a suggested salary target.
Compare your confirmed salary with the official logistics director points, then see take-home pay and True Wage after travel, disruption time and work costs.
The verified public extract does not include an upper percentile for this occupation, so no missing salary point is guessed.
Official logistics director salary points used in this guide
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| Pay point | Annual salary | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| 25th percentile | £59,976 | Below the occupation midpoint |
| Median | £83,447 | The published midpoint |
| Mean average | £97,876 | Simple average, affected by high salaries |
The paid report estimates a position using the verified occupation data. It does not claim an exact ranking of every worker.
Logistics director salary per month and after tax
At the £83,447 occupation median, gross pay is about £6,954 a month. A standard 2026/27 estimate gives take-home pay of about £4,913 a month after tax and employee National Insurance. The simple average is shown separately where ONS published it.
The estimate uses the standard Personal Allowance, Income Tax bands for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and employee National Insurance. It does not include pension, student loan, salary sacrifice or a different tax code. Scottish Income Tax is different.
Typical logistics director salary and the published pay range
The published lower-middle point is £59,976 and the median is £83,447. ONS did not publish a reliable full-time upper-quartile point for this occupation, while the simple average of £97,876 shows that higher director packages still lift the mean.
The average above the midpoint suggests higher senior packages pull earnings upwards. Network size, fleet or warehouse scale, automation, international supply chains, safety and service performance can all change the market level.
Supply chain, transport and warehouse director salaries
These titles overlap, but the operating model and risk can be very different.
Supply chain director salary
A supply chain director may own procurement, planning, inventory and supplier strategy as well as logistics. The source does not publish a separate supply-chain-only figure.
Transport director salary
Fleet size, operator licensing, safety, compliance, depots and service performance can materially change a transport director role and package.
Warehouse and distribution director salary
Multi-site networks, automation, labour planning and peak demand can make a warehouse or distribution role broader than the title suggests.
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What usually changes logistics director pay
Director pay follows network scale, service risk and the complexity of the operating model.
Network and site scale
A single warehouse, national depot network and international supply chain create very different leadership responsibilities.
Transport, safety and compliance
Operator licensing, driver safety, dangerous goods, customs and regulated operations can increase risk and accountability.
Automation and transformation
Warehouse automation, systems replacement, network redesign and major contracts can lift the strategic scope of the role.
Availability and incentives
Peak periods, disruption response, travel and performance bonus should be assessed separately from guaranteed salary.
Logistics leadership and progression
The National Careers Service says supply chain managers organise the movement of goods and materials from suppliers and manufacturers to customers. Road transport managers focus on safe, timely and cost-effective movement of goods or passengers.
Director roles build on this operational knowledge with wider strategy, budgets, contracts, technology, people leadership and accountability for service and safety. Experience may come through transport, warehousing, planning, procurement or operations.
Further progression can lead to chief operating officer, managing director, consultancy or wider supply chain leadership. Those routes help explain why the average sits above the occupation midpoint.
Higher-paid roles usually combine operational scale with measurable improvement. Examples include safer transport, better service, lower cost, stronger inventory control, successful automation or a network redesign. Director-level accountability for disruption, regulation and major contracts should be visible in both the job description and the package.
What to check in a logistics director offer
A logistics director offer should reveal the real scale and operational risk.
- How many sites, vehicles, people, suppliers and countries sit under the role?
- Which safety, licensing, customs, inventory and service risks are you accountable for?
- How are bonus and long-term incentives linked to cost, service and safety?
- What travel, peak-period and out-of-hours disruption responsibilities apply?
Where the salary and industry information comes from
The pay figures are from the Office for National Statistics Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Table 14, 2025 provisional edition. They cover full-time employee jobs and do not cover self-employed people. Annual gross pay can include overtime, incentive pay, shift premiums and cash allowances reported through payroll, so it should not be read as guaranteed basic salary.
| Official job group | Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport. The everyday page title is narrower than the official group. |
|---|---|
| Quality | ONS marks this full-time estimate for cautious use. In plain English, treat it as broad market context rather than a close promise for one individual role. |
| Jobs in the estimate | About 10,000 full-time employee jobs |
| Career and role source | National Careers Service: Supply chain manager Supply chain duties, entry routes and progression. View source |
| Career and role source | National Careers Service: Road transport manager Transport operations, safety, cost and working pattern. View source |
Where the verified source extract leaves a salary point blank, this page leaves it blank too. A missing upper point is never filled with an estimate.
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Logistics director salary questions
What is the average logistics director salary in the UK?
Typical full-time pay for directors in logistics, warehousing and transport is the £83,447 median. The simple average is £97,876, and the actual role can vary considerably across supply chain, transport and warehouse operations.
How much is a logistics director salary per month after tax?
At the £83,447 median, gross pay is about £6,954 per month and a standard 2026/27 estimate gives about £4,913 after Income Tax and employee National Insurance, before pension or other deductions.
What is a supply chain director salary?
ONS does not publish a separate supply chain director figure in this table. The logistics, warehousing and transport director group provides broad context, but the remit may be wider or narrower.
What is a transport director salary?
The source includes transport directors but does not publish a separate transport-only figure. Fleet, depots, licensing, safety and service responsibility should be checked.
Why is there no upper-quartile figure?
The verified production extract does not publish a full-time 75th percentile for this occupation. No missing upper point has been estimated.
Is £83,447 a good logistics director salary?
It is 114% above the UK full-time median and is the fifth-highest occupation median in the production ranking. Network size and operational risk still decide whether it is competitive.
What is a logistics director salary in London?
This page uses UK-wide data and does not claim a London-only figure. Compare the national points with the network, sector, travel and incentive package.
What is the difference between a logistics manager and logistics director?
A manager may run a site, team or operation. A director is more likely to set strategy and own several sites, a national network, major budgets or wider safety and service results. Employers use titles differently, so check the actual scale.
Does a logistics director salary include bonus or car allowance?
The ONS measure is gross annual employee pay and may include some cash extras reported through payroll. A real offer should still separate guaranteed salary, bonus, car or cash allowance, pension and any long-term incentives.