Retail Contracts in the Midlands

Retailing
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 68 66
Rank change year-on-year -20 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Retail 50 92 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.86% 2.79% 3.21%
As % of the General category 3.35% 5.04% 5.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 68 127
10th Percentile £363 £306 £290
25th Percentile £516 £368 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £453 £450
Median % change year-on-year +34.81% +0.56% +11.46%
75th Percentile £747 £550 £541
90th Percentile £801 £699 £680
England median daily rate £513 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.38% -0.94% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £11.06 - -
25th Percentile £11.23 - -
Median hourly rate £13.83 - -
75th Percentile £16.63 - -
90th Percentile £16.67 - -
England median hourly rate £16.00 £20.63 £16.50
% change year-on-year -22.42% +25.00% +17.86%

All General Skills
Midlands

Retail is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,493 1,827 2,766
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 55.56% 55.43% 54.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,035 1,305 2,060
10th Percentile £208 £216 £220
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £556
90th Percentile £725 £694 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 78 101
10th Percentile £11.75 £11.80 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.91 £13.41 £13.50
Median hourly rate £17.50 £22.13 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.92% +19.62% +23.33%
75th Percentile £35.00 £41.75 £27.50
90th Percentile £52.56 £51.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £30.16 £32.00 £21.78
% change year-on-year -5.75% +46.91% -0.99%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the Midlands

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in the Midlands

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in the Midlands

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in the Midlands

Retail
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Midlands region 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +17 38 £650 +36.84% 200
East Midlands -17 12 £494 +16.18% 167
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (2.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (2.00%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.00%) NEC Housing
1 2 (4.00%) PeopleSoft HCM
1 2 (4.00%) Workday HCM
2 1 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.00%) SAP Business One
2 1 (2.00%) SAP ERP
2 1 (2.00%) SAP MM
2 1 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.00%) Azure
2 9 (18.00%) AWS
3 6 (12.00%) Power Platform
4 5 (10.00%) CloudFront
4 5 (10.00%) Entra ID
4 5 (10.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.00%) DNS
1 5 (10.00%) Network Security
1 5 (10.00%) VPN
2 2 (4.00%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.00%) Power BI
2 2 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (4.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.00%) Data Mining
3 1 (2.00%) Data Vault
3 1 (2.00%) MySQL
3 1 (2.00%) SAP HANA
3 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.00%) Tableau
General
1 11 (22.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.00%) Finance
3 6 (12.00%) Automotive
4 5 (10.00%) Marketing
5 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Cantonese Language
6 2 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Local Government
6 2 (4.00%) Mandarin Language
6 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Publishing
7 1 (2.00%) Back Office
7 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.00%) Multimedia
7 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (20.00%) Analyst
2 7 (14.00%) Lead
3 5 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
3 5 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 5 (10.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 5 (10.00%) Security Engineer
4 3 (6.00%) Architect
4 3 (6.00%) Data Analyst
4 3 (6.00%) Developer
4 3 (6.00%) Programme Manager
4 3 (6.00%) Project Manager
4 3 (6.00%) Technical Leader
5 2 (4.00%) Agile Business Analyst
5 2 (4.00%) Consultant
5 2 (4.00%) Coordinator
5 2 (4.00%) Marketing Analyst
5 2 (4.00%) Marketing Data Analyst
5 2 (4.00%) Mobile Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.00%) Oracle Programme Manager
5 2 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.00%) OAuth
1 5 (10.00%) OAuth2
1 5 (10.00%) SAML
2 2 (4.00%) React Native
3 1 (2.00%) .NET
3 1 (2.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.00%) Dask
3 1 (2.00%) Keras
3 1 (2.00%) NumPy
3 1 (2.00%) Pandas
3 1 (2.00%) PySpark
3 1 (2.00%) PyTorch
3 1 (2.00%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (2.00%) React
3 1 (2.00%) SAP PI
3 1 (2.00%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) Cloud Native
1 5 (10.00%) FMCG
2 2 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.00%) CCTV
3 1 (2.00%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.00%) Agile
2 7 (14.00%) Project Management
2 7 (14.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (12.00%) Data Science
4 5 (10.00%) Analytics
4 5 (10.00%) Application Security
4 5 (10.00%) CI/CD
4 5 (10.00%) Cloud Security
4 5 (10.00%) Data Security
4 5 (10.00%) Defensive Programming
4 5 (10.00%) DevSecOps
4 5 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
4 5 (10.00%) Incident Response
4 5 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
4 5 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (10.00%) Task Automation
4 5 (10.00%) The Twelve-Factor App
5 4 (8.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (8.00%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.00%) SQL
2 4 (8.00%) Python
3 1 (2.00%) C#
3 1 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (2.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.00%) Scala
3 1 (2.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (10.00%) AWS Certification
2 4 (8.00%) Degree
3 2 (4.00%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.00%) PhD
4 1 (2.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.00%) GDPR
2 2 (4.00%) PMO
2 2 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 5 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (10.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (10.00%) Informatica
1 5 (10.00%) Oracle
2 4 (8.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.00%) PeopleSoft
3 3 (6.00%) SAP
3 3 (6.00%) Workday
4 2 (4.00%) Databricks
4 2 (4.00%) NEC
4 2 (4.00%) Northgate
5 1 (2.00%) Adobe
5 1 (2.00%) CODA
5 1 (2.00%) MuleSoft
5 1 (2.00%) Sage