Retail Contracts in Berkshire

Retailing
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 94 85
Rank change year-on-year +38 -9 -43
Contract jobs citing Retail 37 30 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.15% 1.51% 1.66%
As % of the General category 5.01% 2.66% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 24
10th Percentile £440 £278 £429
25th Percentile £531 £359 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -1.87% +7.00%
75th Percentile £675 £594 £638
90th Percentile £710 £690 £693
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.25 - -
Median hourly rate £31.50 - -
75th Percentile £32.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £16.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year +40.63% -13.51% +12.12%

All General Skills
Berkshire

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 common skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 739 1,127 1,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 63.00% 56.80% 62.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 551 708
10th Percentile £300 £205 £325
25th Percentile £413 £325 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% -2.91% +8.42%
75th Percentile £632 £589 £631
90th Percentile £700 £650 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 87 27
10th Percentile £19.91 £22.75 £19.10
25th Percentile £30.25 £42.50 £22.33
Median hourly rate £57.50 £59.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% +161.59%
75th Percentile £65.62 £69.47 £68.11
90th Percentile £88.87 £87.46 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £23.34 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -48.13% -5.26% +137.50%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Retail in Berkshire

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Retail in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Retail in Berkshire

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in Berkshire

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Retail in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Retail in Berkshire

Retail
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Reading +41 27 £600 +65.52% 62
Bracknell +15 6 - - 9
Windsor -11 1 £575 -14.81% 1
Retail
South East

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (2.70%) Camunda
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) Azure
2 2 (5.41%) SaaS
3 1 (2.70%) AWS
3 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Firewall
1 1 (2.70%) Network Security
1 1 (2.70%) NGFW
1 1 (2.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.70%) Tableau
General
1 23 (62.16%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (40.54%) Telecoms
3 10 (27.03%) Finance
4 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
5 7 (18.92%) Billing
6 2 (5.41%) General Ledger
7 1 (2.70%) Back Office
7 1 (2.70%) Games
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) IT Manager
2 12 (32.43%) IT Operations Manager
2 12 (32.43%) Operations Manager
3 11 (29.73%) Performance Manager
4 8 (21.62%) Architect
4 8 (21.62%) Senior
4 8 (21.62%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (18.92%) Data Manager
6 6 (16.22%) Project Manager
7 5 (13.51%) Telecoms Manager
8 4 (10.81%) Analyst
9 2 (5.41%) Business Analyst
9 2 (5.41%) Data Analyst
9 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Manager
9 2 (5.41%) Integration Architect
9 2 (5.41%) Operations Analyst
9 2 (5.41%) Security Engineer
9 2 (5.41%) Senior Analyst
9 2 (5.41%) Senior Manager
9 2 (5.41%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) Web Services
2 1 (2.70%) Blazor
2 1 (2.70%) CSS
2 1 (2.70%) HTML
2 1 (2.70%) LDAP
2 1 (2.70%) MACH
2 1 (2.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
1 1 (2.70%) EPoS
1 1 (2.70%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
1 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Linux
1 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) Actionable Insight
1 10 (27.03%) Data Analysis
1 10 (27.03%) DataOps
2 5 (13.51%) Balanced Scorecard
2 5 (13.51%) Customer Experience
2 5 (13.51%) Quality Management
2 5 (13.51%) Scorecard
3 4 (10.81%) Agile
3 4 (10.81%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (8.11%) ITIL
4 3 (8.11%) Performance Management
4 3 (8.11%) Project Management
5 2 (5.41%) Data Analytics
5 2 (5.41%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (5.41%) Information Security
5 2 (5.41%) Security Architecture
5 2 (5.41%) SOA
5 2 (5.41%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) C#
1 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.41%) ACCA
1 2 (5.41%) CISM
1 2 (5.41%) CISSP
2 1 (2.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) QA
2 2 (5.41%) IFRS
2 2 (5.41%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (2.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (37.84%) Splunk
2 10 (27.03%) Dynatrace
3 9 (24.32%) Oracle
4 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.70%) Google
5 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.70%) VMware
5 1 (2.70%) Zscaler