Retail Contract Job Trends in Aberdeen

Retailing
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Aberdeen. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Retail 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Aberdeen 3.33% - -
As % of the General category 8.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £129 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £133 - -
75th Percentile £136 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £261 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -48.99% +2.50% -14.89%

All General Skills
Aberdeen

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 general skills in Aberdeen.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 25 22 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 41.67% 64.71% 45.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 13 11
10th Percentile £153 £167 £313
25th Percentile £413 £281 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £455 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -17.27% +212.64%
75th Percentile £556 £500 £594
90th Percentile £588 - £638
Scotland median daily rate £463 £470 £450
% change year-on-year -1.60% +4.44% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £19.39 - -
25th Percentile £25.71 £26.85 £26.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £27.40 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +36.86% +3.40% +53.98%
75th Percentile £48.13 £27.95 £26.75
90th Percentile £53.75 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £16.11 £19.23 £16.92
% change year-on-year -16.22% +13.65% -31.19%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Retail relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Retail job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Retail.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Retail

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Retail.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Retail

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) EPoS Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) EPoS Field Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) EPoS Field Service Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Field Service Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Chip and PIN
1 2 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (100.00%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service