Retail Contracts in the Thames Valley

Retailing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 79 93 40
Rank change year-on-year +14 -53 +64
Contract jobs citing Retail 60 55 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.24% 1.91% 4.89%
As % of the General category 4.06% 3.11% 8.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 39 147
10th Percentile £263 £435 £308
25th Percentile £375 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% -6.31%
75th Percentile £600 £585 £631
90th Percentile £700 £640 £663
South East median daily rate £475 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £16.00 £22.16 £16.50
% change year-on-year -27.80% +34.30% -17.50%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,477 1,767 2,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 55.07% 61.42% 60.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 783 1,134 1,395
10th Percentile £205 £270 £225
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £491 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.42% +3.26%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £575
90th Percentile £660 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.70% - +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 40 64
10th Percentile £17.62 £16.03 £11.40
25th Percentile £22.50 £20.63 £13.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £30.23 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.67% +72.74% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.69 £64.93 £23.75
90th Percentile £81.48 £76.20 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £52.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year -13.96% +161.50% -20.00%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the Thames Valley

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in the Thames Valley

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Retail in the Thames Valley

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in the Thames Valley

Retail
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Thames Valley 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
Buckinghamshire +31 30 £488 -7.14% 50
Berkshire -9 28 £513 -4.21% 47
Oxfordshire +2 2 £475 -17.39% 25
Retail
South East

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (5.00%) SAS
2 2 (3.33%) Apache Spark
2 2 (3.33%) Confluence
2 2 (3.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Magento
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle AGIS
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle Retail
1 1 (1.67%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.00%) Power Platform
2 8 (13.33%) AWS
3 4 (6.67%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (3.33%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (3.33%) Amazon EMR
4 2 (3.33%) Amazon S3
4 2 (3.33%) OpenShift
4 2 (3.33%) SaaS
5 1 (1.67%) Azure
5 1 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.67%) PaaS
5 1 (1.67%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.67%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.67%) 5G
1 1 (1.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.00%) Power BI
2 6 (10.00%) Tableau
3 3 (5.00%) Big Data
4 2 (3.33%) Apache Hive
4 2 (3.33%) Hadoop
4 2 (3.33%) Impala
5 1 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (1.67%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (8.33%) JIRA
2 3 (5.00%) Git
3 2 (3.33%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.33%) Maven
General
1 21 (35.00%) Finance
2 19 (31.67%) Social Skills
3 18 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (18.33%) Marketing
5 9 (15.00%) Banking
6 6 (10.00%) Corporate Banking
7 5 (8.33%) Telecoms
8 3 (5.00%) Automotive
9 2 (3.33%) Billing
9 2 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.67%) Advertising
10 1 (1.67%) German Language
10 1 (1.67%) Legal
10 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (26.67%) Analyst
2 7 (11.67%) IT Manager
3 5 (8.33%) Architect
3 5 (8.33%) Consultant
3 5 (8.33%) Coordinator
3 5 (8.33%) Developer
3 5 (8.33%) IT Operations Manager
3 5 (8.33%) Operations Manager
3 5 (8.33%) Performance Manager
3 5 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (6.67%) Business Analyst
4 4 (6.67%) Pricing Analyst
4 4 (6.67%) Project Manager
4 4 (6.67%) Technical Coordinator
4 4 (6.67%) Technical Support
5 3 (5.00%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
5 3 (5.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
5 3 (5.00%) Lead
5 3 (5.00%) Security Manager
5 3 (5.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.33%) Kafka
1 2 (3.33%) Spring
2 1 (1.67%) CSS
2 1 (1.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.00%) Cloud Native
2 3 (5.00%) Credit Risk
2 3 (5.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.67%) FMCG
3 1 (1.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.67%) Smart Energy
3 1 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.33%) Linux
1 2 (3.33%) Unix
2 1 (1.67%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (13.33%) Analytics
2 8 (13.33%) B2B
2 8 (13.33%) ITIL
2 8 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (11.67%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (11.67%) Customer Experience
3 7 (11.67%) Roadmaps
4 6 (10.00%) B2C
4 6 (10.00%) E-Commerce
4 6 (10.00%) Project Management
4 6 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (10.00%) Time Management
5 5 (8.33%) Agile
5 5 (8.33%) Balanced Scorecard
5 5 (8.33%) Change Management
5 5 (8.33%) Data Analysis
5 5 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 5 (8.33%) Quality Management
5 5 (8.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (25.00%) SQL
2 4 (6.67%) VBA
3 3 (5.00%) Java
4 2 (3.33%) Scala
5 1 (1.67%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (3.33%) AWS Certification
1 2 (3.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 2 (3.33%) Degree
2 1 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.33%) QA
2 4 (6.67%) PMO
3 3 (5.00%) IFRS
3 3 (5.00%) IFRS 9
4 2 (3.33%) GDPR
4 2 (3.33%) GRC
4 2 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.67%) NIST
5 1 (1.67%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.67%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.33%) Control-M
1 2 (3.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.67%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 5 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 5 (8.33%) Salesforce
2 4 (6.67%) Workday
3 3 (5.00%) Dynatrace
3 3 (5.00%) Splunk
4 2 (3.33%) Alteryx
4 2 (3.33%) SAP
5 1 (1.67%) Facebook
5 1 (1.67%) Oracle
5 1 (1.67%) Twitter