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 advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Retail over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 92 41
Rank change year-on-year +11 -51 +66
Contract jobs citing Retail 58 55 167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.23% 1.95% 4.76%
As % of the General category 4.01% 3.17% 7.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 38 135
10th Percentile £266 £438 £332
25th Percentile £375 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -8.09%
75th Percentile £600 £617 £613
90th Percentile £700 £658 £650
South East median daily rate £463 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -15.91% +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 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 Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,445 1,734 2,139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 55.49% 61.60% 60.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 774 1,146 1,382
10th Percentile £205 £280 £213
25th Percentile £332 £400 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £470
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £598 £610 £574
90th Percentile £663 £698 £650
South East median daily rate £493 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -1.40% +1.01% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 41 68
10th Percentile £17.57 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £22.52 £22.00 £12.31
Median hourly rate £47.50 £29.00 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year +63.79% +66.48% -17.24%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.00 £21.62
90th Percentile £75.77 £75.75 £39.13
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.26% +137.50% -24.70%

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 18 May 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 18 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
Buckinghamshire +30 28 £475 -9.52% 52
Berkshire -13 28 £525 -3.67% 55
Oxfordshire +8 2 £475 -17.39% 29
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 4 (6.90%) SAS
2 2 (3.45%) Confluence
2 2 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.72%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (1.72%) Magento
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle AGIS
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle Retail
1 1 (1.72%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (1.72%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 10 (17.24%) Power Platform
2 7 (12.07%) AWS
3 5 (8.62%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (3.45%) Amazon EMR
4 2 (3.45%) Amazon S3
4 2 (3.45%) Azure
4 2 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.45%) Power Automate
4 2 (3.45%) PowerApps
4 2 (3.45%) SaaS
5 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.72%) PaaS
5 1 (1.72%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.24%) Power BI
2 6 (10.34%) Tableau
3 1 (1.72%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.72%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (1.72%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (6.90%) JIRA
2 1 (1.72%) Git
General
1 23 (39.66%) Social Skills
2 16 (27.59%) Finance
3 15 (25.86%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (17.24%) Marketing
5 8 (13.79%) Banking
6 5 (8.62%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (3.45%) Automotive
7 2 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Billing
8 1 (1.72%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.72%) Legal
8 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (29.31%) Analyst
2 7 (12.07%) Architect
2 7 (12.07%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (10.34%) Consultant
4 5 (8.62%) Business Analyst
4 5 (8.62%) Coordinator
5 4 (6.90%) Data Analyst
5 4 (6.90%) Pricing Analyst
5 4 (6.90%) Project Manager
5 4 (6.90%) Technical Coordinator
5 4 (6.90%) Technical Support
6 3 (5.17%) Developer
7 2 (3.45%) E-Commerce Manager
7 2 (3.45%) E-Commerce Project Manager
7 2 (3.45%) Financial Analyst
7 2 (3.45%) Lead
7 2 (3.45%) Procurement Analyst
7 2 (3.45%) Risk Manager
7 2 (3.45%) Senior
7 2 (3.45%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) CSS
1 1 (1.72%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.90%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.17%) Cloud Native
2 3 (5.17%) Credit Risk
2 3 (5.17%) Mobile App
2 3 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.72%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.72%) FMCG
3 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.72%) Smart Energy
3 1 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.72%) Mac OS
1 1 (1.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (13.79%) B2B
2 8 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (13.79%) E-Commerce
2 8 (13.79%) Project Management
2 8 (13.79%) Roadmaps
3 7 (12.07%) Analytics
3 7 (12.07%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (10.34%) Change Management
4 6 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (10.34%) Data Analysis
4 6 (10.34%) Process Improvement
5 5 (8.62%) Agile
5 5 (8.62%) B2C
5 5 (8.62%) Decision-Making
5 5 (8.62%) Enterprise Architecture
5 5 (8.62%) ITIL
5 5 (8.62%) Service Delivery
5 5 (8.62%) Time Management
6 4 (6.90%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (24.14%) SQL
2 4 (6.90%) VBA
3 1 (1.72%) Java
3 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.72%) PHP
3 1 (1.72%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (5.17%) Degree
2 2 (3.45%) AWS Certification
2 2 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) PMO
2 3 (5.17%) IFRS
2 3 (5.17%) IFRS 9
3 2 (3.45%) GDPR
3 2 (3.45%) GRC
3 2 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.72%) NIST
4 1 (1.72%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.72%) QA
4 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 6 (10.34%) Salesforce
1 6 (10.34%) Workday
2 5 (8.62%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.45%) Alteryx
3 2 (3.45%) SAP
4 1 (1.72%) Facebook
4 1 (1.72%) Oracle
4 1 (1.72%) Twitter