Retail Contracts in England

Retailing
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 87 59
Rank change year-on-year +11 -28 +21
Contract jobs citing Retail 1,001 1,283 2,771
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.67% 2.73% 3.95%
As % of the General category 4.66% 4.61% 6.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 787 1,729
10th Percentile £278 £344 £363
25th Percentile £400 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £530 £530
Median % change year-on-year -3.07% - +6.00%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £729 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -5.61% +1.90% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 40 115
10th Percentile £11.44 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £12.15 £19.06 £15.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £20.41 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.59% +23.67% +22.22%
75th Percentile £21.37 £22.00 £22.00
90th Percentile £21.46 £22.16 £22.25
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £19.81 £18.00
% change year-on-year -19.23% +10.06% +28.57%

All General Skills
England

Retail falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,502 27,813 40,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 57.33% 59.13% 57.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,781 19,606 28,322
10th Percentile £281 £315 £325
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,827 910 1,280
10th Percentile £12.88 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £31.97 £30.65 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.32% +36.21% +7.14%
75th Percentile £52.64 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £31.96 £23.00
% change year-on-year -4.57% +38.96% +9.26%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Retail in England

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Retail in England.

Daily rate trend for Retail in England

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in England

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Retail in England.

Hourly rate trend for Retail in England

Retail
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Retail in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Retail in England

Retail
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +32 522 £525 -4.55% 592
North of England -14 142 £500 -4.76% 469
South East +20 121 £475 -13.64% 365
East of England +1 102 £413 -31.25% 147
Yorkshire -14 73 £500 -9.09% 186
North West -4 60 £425 -15.00% 255
Midlands -29 49 £610 +28.42% 368
West Midlands +10 37 £650 +36.84% 183
South West -25 25 £475 -1.30% 232
East Midlands -30 12 £513 +13.89% 184
North East +3 4 £600 +6.19% 36
Retail
UK

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 17 (1.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 17 (1.70%) CMS
2 16 (1.60%) Confluence
3 9 (0.90%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.70%) SAS
5 5 (0.50%) Headless CMS
5 5 (0.50%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.30%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.20%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.20%) Apache
7 2 (0.20%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.100%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.100%) Appian
8 1 (0.100%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 47 (4.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.10%) Photoshop
5 10 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
6 9 (0.90%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.60%) InDesign
8 4 (0.40%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.100%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.100%) Blender
10 1 (0.100%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.100%) Final Cut Pro
10 1 (0.100%) InVision
10 1 (0.100%) Sketch
10 1 (0.100%) Trello
Business Applications
1 38 (3.80%) Shopify
2 31 (3.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 27 (2.70%) Dynamics AX
4 14 (1.40%) SAP Retail
5 10 (1.00%) SAP Hybris
6 6 (0.60%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.60%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.60%) SAP EWM
7 5 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.40%) Magento
8 4 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.40%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.40%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 3 (0.30%) Oracle Retail
9 3 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
9 3 (0.30%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.20%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
10 2 (0.20%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 112 (11.19%) Azure
2 90 (8.99%) AWS
3 71 (7.09%) Power Platform
4 55 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
5 44 (4.40%) Dynamics 365
6 41 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (4.00%) GCP
8 29 (2.90%) BigCommerce
9 22 (2.20%) Power Automate
9 22 (2.20%) PowerApps
10 19 (1.90%) Serverless
11 16 (1.60%) Google Analytics
12 15 (1.50%) Amazon S3
12 15 (1.50%) SaaS
13 14 (1.40%) Adobe Analytics
13 14 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
13 14 (1.40%) Cloudflare
14 12 (1.20%) Akamai
14 12 (1.20%) SAP Commerce Cloud
15 11 (1.10%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.90%) Wi-Fi
2 20 (2.00%) Firewall
3 13 (1.30%) Network Security
4 12 (1.20%) DNS
5 11 (1.10%) ATM
6 10 (1.00%) VPN
7 9 (0.90%) VoIP
8 8 (0.80%) LAN
9 6 (0.60%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (0.60%) Internet
10 5 (0.50%) WAN
11 4 (0.40%) CTI
11 4 (0.40%) Wireless
12 3 (0.30%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.30%) Wireshark
13 2 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
13 2 (0.20%) FTP
13 2 (0.20%) HTTP
13 2 (0.20%) PBX
13 2 (0.20%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (7.09%) Power BI
2 33 (3.30%) Data Lake
3 27 (2.70%) Tableau
4 20 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (2.00%) MySQL
5 16 (1.60%) SQL Server
6 13 (1.30%) NoSQL
7 9 (0.90%) BigQuery
7 9 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.80%) Big Data
9 7 (0.70%) Looker
9 7 (0.70%) Metadata
9 7 (0.70%) SAP HANA
10 6 (0.60%) Data Mining
10 6 (0.60%) DynamoDB
10 6 (0.60%) MS Access
10 6 (0.60%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 6 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 40 (4.00%) JIRA
2 22 (2.20%) Git
3 18 (1.80%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.40%) Postman
5 9 (0.90%) Maven
6 6 (0.60%) Selenium
6 6 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.40%) ERwin
7 4 (0.40%) GitLab
7 4 (0.40%) PHPUnit
7 4 (0.40%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.40%) Visual Website Optimizer
7 4 (0.40%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.30%) JMeter
8 3 (0.30%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.20%) Appium
9 2 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.20%) JUnit
9 2 (0.20%) Mockito
9 2 (0.20%) TeamCity
General
1 296 (29.57%) Social Skills
2 238 (23.78%) Finance
3 116 (11.59%) Marketing
4 109 (10.89%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (7.69%) Banking
6 40 (4.00%) Manufacturing
7 35 (3.50%) Corporate Banking
8 33 (3.30%) Telecoms
9 30 (3.00%) Investment Banking
10 28 (2.80%) Legal
11 27 (2.70%) Public Sector
11 27 (2.70%) Retail Banking
12 26 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (2.10%) General Ledger
13 21 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (1.60%) Automotive
16 14 (1.40%) Advertising
17 11 (1.10%) Publishing
18 8 (0.80%) Billing
Job Titles
1 156 (15.58%) Analyst
2 111 (11.09%) Project Manager
3 89 (8.89%) Architect
4 83 (8.29%) Developer
5 69 (6.89%) Consultant
5 69 (6.89%) Lead
6 65 (6.49%) Senior
7 50 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
8 49 (4.90%) Business Analyst
9 38 (3.80%) Service Analyst
10 33 (3.30%) Service Desk Analyst
11 23 (2.30%) Data Analyst
12 19 (1.90%) SAP Consultant
13 18 (1.80%) IT Manager
13 18 (1.80%) Microsoft Consultant
14 17 (1.70%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
14 17 (1.70%) Product Manager
14 17 (1.70%) Programme Manager
15 15 (1.50%) Data Engineer
15 15 (1.50%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.40%) HTML
2 23 (2.30%) VML
3 20 (2.00%) Spring
4 19 (1.90%) CSS
4 19 (1.90%) React
5 16 (1.60%) .NET
5 16 (1.60%) REST
6 15 (1.50%) Spring Boot
7 14 (1.40%) GraphQL
7 14 (1.40%) Node.js
8 12 (1.20%) Swagger
8 12 (1.20%) Web Services
9 11 (1.10%) Kafka
10 10 (1.00%) AngularJS
10 10 (1.00%) jQuery
10 10 (1.00%) JSON
11 9 (0.90%) PySpark
12 8 (0.80%) OAuth
12 8 (0.80%) RESTful
12 8 (0.80%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 45 (4.50%) FMCG
2 33 (3.30%) Management Information System
3 29 (2.90%) EPoS
3 29 (2.90%) Product Ownership
4 28 (2.80%) Data Structures
5 23 (2.30%) Driving Licence
6 22 (2.20%) Mobile App
7 16 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.50%) Cloud Native
8 15 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.20%) Credit Risk
9 12 (1.20%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.00%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.00%) Marketing Technology
11 9 (0.90%) CMDB
11 9 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (0.90%) Onboarding
11 9 (0.90%) Smartphone
12 7 (0.70%) Digital Signage
13 6 (0.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 40 (4.00%) Windows
2 29 (2.90%) Apple iOS
3 18 (1.80%) Linux
4 17 (1.70%) Android
4 17 (1.70%) Unix
5 12 (1.20%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.80%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.80%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.30%) Debian
7 3 (0.30%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.30%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.20%) VMS
9 1 (0.100%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (18.58%) Agile
2 142 (14.19%) E-Commerce
3 112 (11.19%) Stakeholder Management
4 103 (10.29%) DevOps
5 88 (8.79%) Problem-Solving
6 87 (8.69%) Analytics
7 85 (8.49%) Customer Service
8 84 (8.39%) Project Management
9 77 (7.69%) Migration
10 76 (7.59%) Business Intelligence
11 72 (7.19%) Customer Experience
12 61 (6.09%) Decision-Making
13 60 (5.99%) CRM
14 58 (5.79%) CI/CD
15 54 (5.39%) Roadmaps
16 53 (5.29%) ITIL
17 52 (5.19%) Time Management
18 51 (5.09%) Coaching
19 44 (4.40%) Requirements Gathering
20 42 (4.20%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 114 (11.39%) SQL
2 76 (7.59%) Python
3 38 (3.80%) Java
4 34 (3.40%) JavaScript
5 17 (1.70%) C#
6 12 (1.20%) PHP
7 10 (1.00%) TypeScript
8 9 (0.90%) Go
9 8 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (0.70%) ABAP
11 6 (0.60%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.50%) R
12 5 (0.50%) Scala
12 5 (0.50%) VBA
13 4 (0.40%) Bash
13 4 (0.40%) C
13 4 (0.40%) Swift
14 3 (0.30%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.30%) Ruby
14 3 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (9.89%) Degree
2 39 (3.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 28 (2.80%) A+ Certification
3 28 (2.80%) MCSA
4 25 (2.50%) SC Cleared
4 25 (2.50%) Security Cleared
5 19 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (1.80%) AWS Certification
7 15 (1.50%) PMI Certification
8 14 (1.40%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.30%) PMP
10 7 (0.70%) SAP Certification
11 6 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (0.60%) MCP
12 5 (0.50%) CISSP
13 4 (0.40%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.40%) CEH
13 4 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.40%) CISM
13 4 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.40%) QA
2 31 (3.10%) PMO
3 24 (2.40%) Data Quality
4 22 (2.20%) SLA
5 20 (2.00%) GDPR
6 12 (1.20%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.70%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.70%) NIST
9 5 (0.50%) IFRS
9 5 (0.50%) ISO 22301
10 4 (0.40%) GRC
10 4 (0.40%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.40%) IFRS 9
10 4 (0.40%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.40%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.30%) COBIT
11 3 (0.30%) GAAP
12 2 (0.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 28 (2.80%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.40%) Docker
3 2 (0.20%) HDFS
3 2 (0.20%) Snort
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.100%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.100%) Firmware
4 1 (0.100%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (2.10%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.70%) Terraform
3 15 (1.50%) Ansible
4 8 (0.80%) Puppet
5 6 (0.60%) SCCM
6 4 (0.40%) Grafana
7 3 (0.30%) HP Fortify
7 3 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.30%) Kibana
7 3 (0.30%) logstash
8 2 (0.20%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.20%) Control-M
8 2 (0.20%) Nessus
8 2 (0.20%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.100%) AppManager
9 1 (0.100%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.100%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.100%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.100%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.100%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 136 (13.59%) Microsoft
2 123 (12.29%) SAP
3 64 (6.39%) Adobe
4 56 (5.59%) Google
5 51 (5.09%) Salesforce
6 38 (3.80%) ServiceNow
7 29 (2.90%) Citrix
8 28 (2.80%) Oracle
9 27 (2.70%) Sitecore
10 21 (2.10%) F5
11 19 (1.90%) Cisco
12 16 (1.60%) Apple
12 16 (1.60%) Databricks
13 12 (1.20%) Dell
13 12 (1.20%) Intel
14 9 (0.90%) Optimizely
14 9 (0.90%) Splunk
14 9 (0.90%) Workday
15 8 (0.80%) Monetate
15 8 (0.80%) RedPrairie