Retail Contracts in the South West

Retailing
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 104 73
Rank change year-on-year -20 -31 -14
Contract jobs citing Retail 26 72 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.81% 1.95% 2.98%
As % of the General category 1.58% 3.93% 5.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 58 67
10th Percentile - £359 £413
25th Percentile £425 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -7.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £747 £588 £631
90th Percentile £809 £679 £728
England median daily rate £520 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -0.95% -0.94% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £10.42 - -
25th Percentile £10.52 - -
Median hourly rate £13.00 - -
75th Percentile £13.50 - -
90th Percentile £14.70 - -
England median hourly rate £16.00 £19.81 £16.50
% change year-on-year -19.23% +20.06% +26.92%

All General Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,645 1,830 1,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 51.26% 49.62% 51.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,009 1,332 1,336
10th Percentile £223 £263 £238
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £478
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +13.09% +2.14%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £670
England median daily rate £538 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -2.27% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 142 127
10th Percentile £13.69 £17.50 -
25th Percentile £17.48 £39.66 £15.90
Median hourly rate £45.00 £61.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% +46.43% +35.27%
75th Percentile £59.96 £70.00 £54.80
90th Percentile £76.20 £86.66 £63.60
England median hourly rate £28.71 £34.00 £21.13
% change year-on-year -15.56% +60.91% -6.09%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the South West

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in the South West

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in the South West over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in the South West

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in the South West

Retail
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the South West region over the 6 months to 19 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
Somerset +4 11 £475 +11.76% 30
Gloucestershire +12 5 £450 -7.69% 27
Bristol -4 5 £725 +48.72% 67
Devon -6 2 - - 27
Wiltshire 0 1 - - 39
Dorset - 1 £465 - 10
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (3.85%) CMS
1 1 (3.85%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Shopify
2 2 (7.69%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) BigCommerce
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.69%) Azure
3 2 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.85%) AWS
4 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.85%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (19.23%) Firewall
1 5 (19.23%) VoIP
1 5 (19.23%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (11.54%) LAN
2 3 (11.54%) Wireless
3 1 (3.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
General
1 14 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Finance
3 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Marketing
3 3 (11.54%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.85%) General Ledger
4 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (19.23%) Network Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) IT Manager
2 4 (15.38%) Project Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Administrator
3 3 (11.54%) IT Project Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Support Assistant
3 3 (11.54%) Technical Assistant
3 3 (11.54%) Technical Support
3 3 (11.54%) Technical Support Assistant
4 2 (7.69%) Data Administrator
4 2 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Programme Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Business Change Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Business Change Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Business Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Business Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Change Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) Telephony Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) VML
2 1 (3.85%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Blog
1 5 (19.23%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.85%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Mac OS
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (19.23%) B2B
2 5 (19.23%) Customer Acquisition
2 5 (19.23%) Customer Service
2 5 (19.23%) Load Balancing
2 5 (19.23%) Technology Strategy
3 4 (15.38%) Change Management
3 4 (15.38%) E-Commerce
3 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (11.54%) Customer Experience
4 3 (11.54%) DevOps
4 3 (11.54%) Global Marketing
4 3 (11.54%) Project Management
5 2 (7.69%) Data Entry
5 2 (7.69%) Data Validation
5 2 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (7.69%) Validation
6 1 (3.85%) Budget Control
6 1 (3.85%) Facilities Management
6 1 (3.85%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
1 1 (3.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 6 (23.08%) SAP
3 5 (19.23%) Adobe
3 5 (19.23%) Aruba
3 5 (19.23%) CheckPoint
3 5 (19.23%) Cisco
3 5 (19.23%) F5
3 5 (19.23%) Meraki
3 5 (19.23%) Salesforce
3 5 (19.23%) Sitecore
4 3 (11.54%) Dell
4 3 (11.54%) Intel
5 1 (3.85%) Ceridian