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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 80 64
Rank change year-on-year -6 -16 +12
Contract jobs citing Retail 54 90 169
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.98% 2.62% 3.34%
As % of the General category 3.61% 4.69% 6.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 69 132
10th Percentile £408 £308 £290
25th Percentile £519 £364 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £425 £470
Median % change year-on-year +45.88% -9.57% +17.50%
75th Percentile £744 £538 £550
90th Percentile £798 £678 £688
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% +7.50%
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 £19.81 £16.50
% change year-on-year -19.23% +20.06% +26.92%

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 1,497 1,920 2,756
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 54.88% 55.81% 54.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,022 1,356 2,054
10th Percentile £206 £214 £220
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £480 £465
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +3.23% +16.25%
75th Percentile £614 £588 £550
90th Percentile £738 £684 £653
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 82 105
10th Percentile £11.75 £11.80 £9.74
25th Percentile £13.90 £13.41 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.41 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year -14.26% +15.31% +10.63%
75th Percentile £38.13 £32.19 £24.50
90th Percentile £53.80 £51.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.31 £21.30
% change year-on-year -12.56% +61.08% -5.33%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +31 42 £650 +36.84% 179
East Midlands -15 12 £494 +25.80% 155
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 (1.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (1.85%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) NEC Housing
1 2 (3.70%) PeopleSoft HCM
1 2 (3.70%) Workday HCM
2 1 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.85%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.85%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.85%) SAP MM
2 1 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (18.52%) Azure
2 9 (16.67%) AWS
3 5 (9.26%) CloudFront
3 5 (9.26%) Entra ID
3 5 (9.26%) Power Platform
3 5 (9.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.26%) DNS
1 5 (9.26%) Network Security
1 5 (9.26%) VPN
2 2 (3.70%) SMS
3 1 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.56%) Power BI
2 1 (1.85%) Data Vault
2 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.85%) MySQL
2 1 (1.85%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.85%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.85%) Tableau
General
1 11 (20.37%) Finance
1 11 (20.37%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.96%) Automotive
3 5 (9.26%) Marketing
3 5 (9.26%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.70%) Cantonese Language
5 2 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.70%) Local Government
5 2 (3.70%) Mandarin Language
5 2 (3.70%) Publishing
6 1 (1.85%) Back Office
6 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.85%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (16.67%) Analyst
2 7 (12.96%) Lead
3 5 (9.26%) Applications Engineer
3 5 (9.26%) Business Analyst
3 5 (9.26%) Cloud Engineer
3 5 (9.26%) Security Engineer
4 3 (5.56%) Architect
4 3 (5.56%) Developer
4 3 (5.56%) IT Support
4 3 (5.56%) Programme Manager
4 3 (5.56%) Project Manager
4 3 (5.56%) Technical Leader
5 2 (3.70%) Consultant
5 2 (3.70%) Coordinator
5 2 (3.70%) Data Analyst
5 2 (3.70%) Marketing Analyst
5 2 (3.70%) Mobile Solutions Architect
5 2 (3.70%) Oracle Programme Manager
5 2 (3.70%) Product Manager
5 2 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.26%) OAuth
1 5 (9.26%) OAuth2
1 5 (9.26%) SAML
2 2 (3.70%) React Native
3 1 (1.85%) .NET
3 1 (1.85%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.85%) Dask
3 1 (1.85%) Keras
3 1 (1.85%) NumPy
3 1 (1.85%) Pandas
3 1 (1.85%) PySpark
3 1 (1.85%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.85%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (1.85%) React
3 1 (1.85%) SAP PI
3 1 (1.85%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.26%) Cloud Native
1 5 (9.26%) FMCG
2 2 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.70%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.85%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.85%) CCTV
3 1 (1.85%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (24.07%) Agile
2 7 (12.96%) Project Management
2 7 (12.96%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (11.11%) Data Science
4 5 (9.26%) Application Security
4 5 (9.26%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (9.26%) CI/CD
4 5 (9.26%) Cloud Security
4 5 (9.26%) Data Security
4 5 (9.26%) Defensive Programming
4 5 (9.26%) DevSecOps
4 5 (9.26%) Identity Access Management
4 5 (9.26%) Incident Response
4 5 (9.26%) Infrastructure Management
4 5 (9.26%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (9.26%) Task Automation
4 5 (9.26%) The Twelve-Factor App
5 4 (7.41%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (7.41%) Business Analysis
5 4 (7.41%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.81%) SQL
2 4 (7.41%) Python
3 1 (1.85%) C#
3 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.85%) Scala
3 1 (1.85%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (9.26%) AWS Certification
2 4 (7.41%) Degree
3 2 (3.70%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.85%) PhD
4 1 (1.85%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.70%) GDPR
2 2 (3.70%) PMO
2 2 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 5 (9.26%) Active Directory
1 5 (9.26%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (9.26%) Informatica
1 5 (9.26%) Oracle
2 4 (7.41%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.56%) PeopleSoft
3 3 (5.56%) SAP
3 3 (5.56%) Workday
4 2 (3.70%) Databricks
4 2 (3.70%) NEC
4 2 (3.70%) Northgate
5 1 (1.85%) Adobe
5 1 (1.85%) CODA
5 1 (1.85%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.85%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.85%) Sage