Retail Contracts with Work from Home Options

Retailing
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in remote or hybrid contract work. 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 92 58
Rank change year-on-year +13 -34 +33
Contract jobs citing Retail 403 594 1,827
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.73% 2.49% 4.17%
As % of the General category 4.67% 4.25% 7.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 404 1,160
10th Percentile £300 £366 £363
25th Percentile £378 £448 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £632 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -5.61% +1.90% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 25
10th Percentile £24.96 - £13.02
25th Percentile £28.28 - £18.75
Median hourly rate £35.06 £22.16 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.21% +3.07% +72.00%
75th Percentile £46.88 £32.67 £35.00
90th Percentile £54.75 - £48.00
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £19.81 £18.00
% change year-on-year -19.23% +10.06% +28.57%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,623 13,983 24,165
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.44% 58.57% 55.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,682 9,896 17,664
10th Percentile £325 £363 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 459 316 342
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.66 £13.53
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.71 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £49.00 £34.45
Median % change year-on-year -22.20% +42.24% +55.04%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.38 £65.54
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £31.96 £23.00
% change year-on-year -4.57% +38.96% +9.26%

Retail
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Retail trend for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Retail.

Retail daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Retail over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Retail daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Retail.

Retail hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Retail over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Retail hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (2.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 9 (2.23%) Confluence
3 8 (1.99%) CMS
4 5 (1.24%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.99%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.74%) SAS
7 2 (0.50%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.50%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.50%) Mule
7 2 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.50%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.25%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.25%) Jetty
8 1 (0.25%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (5.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.49%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.24%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.99%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.99%) InDesign
5 4 (0.99%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.74%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 26 (6.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 25 (6.20%) Dynamics AX
3 9 (2.23%) SAP Hybris
3 9 (2.23%) Shopify
4 7 (1.74%) SAP Retail
5 4 (0.99%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.99%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.99%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.74%) Oracle Retail
7 2 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.50%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 2 (0.50%) SAP CAR
7 2 (0.50%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.25%) Magento
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.25%) SAP POS DM
8 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 64 (15.88%) Azure
2 40 (9.93%) AWS
3 38 (9.43%) Power Platform
4 36 (8.93%) Dynamics 365
5 27 (6.70%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (5.46%) GCP
7 17 (4.22%) Power Automate
7 17 (4.22%) PowerApps
8 9 (2.23%) Adobe Analytics
8 9 (2.23%) Google Analytics
8 9 (2.23%) Google Sheets
8 9 (2.23%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 8 (1.99%) Amazon S3
9 8 (1.99%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.99%) Serverless
10 6 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (1.49%) BigCommerce
11 5 (1.24%) Cloudflare
11 5 (1.24%) Twilio
11 5 (1.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.48%) VPN
2 9 (2.23%) DNS
2 9 (2.23%) Firewall
3 8 (1.99%) Network Security
4 5 (1.24%) CTI
4 5 (1.24%) VoIP
5 3 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (0.74%) HTTP
6 2 (0.50%) ATM
6 2 (0.50%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.50%) DHCP
6 2 (0.50%) FTP
6 2 (0.50%) Internet
6 2 (0.50%) SCCP
6 2 (0.50%) VLAN
7 1 (0.25%) Broadband
7 1 (0.25%) IPsec
7 1 (0.25%) LAN
7 1 (0.25%) MPLS
7 1 (0.25%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.43%) Power BI
2 19 (4.71%) Data Lake
3 18 (4.47%) Tableau
4 10 (2.48%) BigQuery
4 10 (2.48%) SQL Server
5 9 (2.23%) MySQL
6 7 (1.74%) Looker
7 6 (1.49%) Metadata
8 5 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.24%) GIS
8 5 (1.24%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.99%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.74%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.74%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.50%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 22 (5.46%) JIRA
2 6 (1.49%) Postman
3 5 (1.24%) Git
3 5 (1.24%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.99%) ERwin
4 4 (0.99%) PHPUnit
4 4 (0.99%) Selenium
5 2 (0.50%) Appium
5 2 (0.50%) fastlane
5 2 (0.50%) GitLab
5 2 (0.50%) JMeter
5 2 (0.50%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.50%) Maven
5 2 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.25%) Applitools
6 1 (0.25%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.25%) Darcs
6 1 (0.25%) Mockito
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.25%) Travis CI
General
1 108 (26.80%) Finance
2 88 (21.84%) Social Skills
3 47 (11.66%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (11.17%) Marketing
5 28 (6.95%) Banking
6 24 (5.96%) Manufacturing
7 18 (4.47%) Public Sector
8 17 (4.22%) General Ledger
9 15 (3.72%) Corporate Banking
10 13 (3.23%) Investment Banking
10 13 (3.23%) Retail Banking
11 12 (2.98%) Legal
12 10 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.99%) Telecoms
14 7 (1.74%) Advertising
14 7 (1.74%) Electronics
14 7 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.74%) Publishing
15 6 (1.49%) Back Office
15 6 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (15.63%) Consultant
2 52 (12.90%) Developer
3 51 (12.66%) Architect
4 39 (9.68%) Analyst
4 39 (9.68%) Project Manager
5 30 (7.44%) Solutions Architect
6 28 (6.95%) Senior
7 21 (5.21%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 20 (4.96%) Lead
9 16 (3.97%) Business Analyst
10 13 (3.23%) Microsoft Consultant
11 12 (2.98%) Functional Consultant
12 11 (2.73%) SAP Consultant
13 10 (2.48%) Data Analyst
13 10 (2.48%) Junior
13 10 (2.48%) Software Engineer
14 9 (2.23%) Integration Consultant
14 9 (2.23%) Security Engineer
14 9 (2.23%) Workday Consultant
14 9 (2.23%) Workday Integration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.47%) CSS
2 12 (2.98%) HTML
3 11 (2.73%) REST
3 11 (2.73%) Web Services
4 10 (2.48%) React
5 9 (2.23%) JSON
5 9 (2.23%) Node.js
6 8 (1.99%) GraphQL
6 8 (1.99%) jQuery
6 8 (1.99%) Middleware
7 7 (1.74%) Sass
7 7 (1.74%) Spring
7 7 (1.74%) XML
8 6 (1.49%) OAuth
8 6 (1.49%) OAuth2
8 6 (1.49%) SAML
8 6 (1.49%) Swagger
8 6 (1.49%) VML
9 5 (1.24%) Laravel
9 5 (1.24%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.71%) FMCG
2 21 (5.21%) Data Structures
3 19 (4.71%) Management Information System
4 15 (3.72%) Mobile App
5 10 (2.48%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.48%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.49%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.24%) IVR
7 5 (1.24%) Marketing Technology
7 5 (1.24%) Virtual Team
8 4 (0.99%) Taxonomies
8 4 (0.99%) Wiki
9 3 (0.74%) CMDB
9 3 (0.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (0.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (0.74%) IoT
9 3 (0.74%) Mobile Banking
9 3 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.23%) Windows
2 7 (1.74%) Apple iOS
2 7 (1.74%) Linux
3 6 (1.49%) Unix
4 5 (1.24%) Android
5 4 (0.99%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.50%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.50%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.50%) VMS
6 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (17.62%) Agile
2 62 (15.38%) DevOps
3 50 (12.41%) E-Commerce
4 44 (10.92%) Business Intelligence
5 36 (8.93%) Analytics
6 35 (8.68%) Project Management
7 32 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (7.69%) Migration
9 29 (7.20%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (6.95%) CRM
11 23 (5.71%) CI/CD
11 23 (5.71%) Roadmaps
12 22 (5.46%) Customer Experience
12 22 (5.46%) ERP
12 22 (5.46%) User Experience
13 19 (4.71%) Accounts Payable
13 19 (4.71%) Requirements Gathering
14 18 (4.47%) Wealth Management
15 17 (4.22%) Computer Science
15 17 (4.22%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 51 (12.66%) SQL
2 38 (9.43%) Python
3 18 (4.47%) JavaScript
4 13 (3.23%) Java
5 7 (1.74%) PHP
6 6 (1.49%) ABAP
6 6 (1.49%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.24%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.99%) C#
8 4 (0.99%) Go
8 4 (0.99%) PL/SQL
8 4 (0.99%) Swift
9 3 (0.74%) R
10 2 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.50%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.50%) Ruby
11 1 (0.25%) Bicep
11 1 (0.25%) VB
11 1 (0.25%) VBScript
11 1 (0.25%) XPath
Qualifications
1 42 (10.42%) Degree
2 15 (3.72%) AWS Certification
3 12 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (2.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (2.48%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 6 (1.49%) SAP Certification
7 5 (1.24%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.99%) CISM
8 4 (0.99%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.99%) PMP
8 4 (0.99%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.99%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.50%) CEH
9 2 (0.50%) CSSLP
9 2 (0.50%) GCIH
9 2 (0.50%) GIAC
9 2 (0.50%) GSEC
9 2 (0.50%) Linux+ Certification
9 2 (0.50%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.23%) GDPR
2 12 (2.98%) PMO
3 10 (2.48%) QA
4 9 (2.23%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.23%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.24%) NIST
5 5 (1.24%) SLA
6 4 (0.99%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.99%) HIPAA
6 4 (0.99%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.99%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.50%) COBIT
7 2 (0.50%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.50%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.25%) GRC
8 1 (0.25%) IFRS
8 1 (0.25%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 13 (3.23%) Docker
2 11 (2.73%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.50%) HDFS
3 2 (0.50%) Snort
3 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (2.23%) Terraform
2 6 (1.49%) Ansible
2 6 (1.49%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.74%) logstash
3 3 (0.74%) Puppet
4 2 (0.50%) CloudHub
4 2 (0.50%) Grafana
4 2 (0.50%) Nessus
5 1 (0.25%) AppManager
5 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.25%) Kibana
5 1 (0.25%) MOM
5 1 (0.25%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 67 (16.63%) Microsoft
2 56 (13.90%) SAP
3 33 (8.19%) Google
4 29 (7.20%) Adobe
5 16 (3.97%) Salesforce
6 15 (3.72%) Oracle
7 12 (2.98%) Workday
8 10 (2.48%) Cisco
9 8 (1.99%) RedPrairie
10 7 (1.74%) Apple
10 7 (1.74%) Databricks
11 6 (1.49%) F5
11 6 (1.49%) Optimizely
11 6 (1.49%) Sitecore
12 5 (1.24%) Avaya
12 5 (1.24%) Genesys
12 5 (1.24%) Monetate
12 5 (1.24%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.99%) Ariba
13 4 (0.99%) Tealium