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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 78 81
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 -51
Contract jobs citing Retail 25 33 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.06% 1.90% 1.96%
As % of the General category 3.35% 3.59% 3.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 23
10th Percentile £440 £263 £385
25th Percentile £455 £472 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.56% +7.14% -2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £575
90th Percentile £661 £750 £633
South East median daily rate £560 £488 £545
% change year-on-year +14.87% -10.55% +9.00%
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 -
% change year-on-year +40.63% - -

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 746 918 1,093
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 61.60% 52.82% 61.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 461 631
10th Percentile £318 £263 £313
25th Percentile £407 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% +7.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 64 35
10th Percentile £14.75 £17.87 £17.00
25th Percentile £16.66 £41.50 £21.13
Median hourly rate £32.18 £61.60 £52.10
Median % change year-on-year -47.76% +18.23% +131.56%
75th Percentile £63.87 £70.88 £66.33
90th Percentile £87.64 £87.46 £73.33
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -67.18% +14.70% +138.10%

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 3 August 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 3 August 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
Bracknell +7 13 £605 +24.10% 20
Reading +9 8 £450 -14.29% 44
Slough - 1 - - 9
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 3 (12.00%) Camunda
2 2 (8.00%) CMS
2 2 (8.00%) Confluence
2 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) SaaS
3 2 (8.00%) AWS
3 2 (8.00%) PaaS
4 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.00%) Boomi
4 1 (4.00%) GCP
4 1 (4.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Firewall
1 1 (4.00%) NAS
1 1 (4.00%) Network Security
1 1 (4.00%) NGFW
1 1 (4.00%) SAN
1 1 (4.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Data Hub
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Automotive
4 1 (4.00%) Back Office
4 1 (4.00%) Games
4 1 (4.00%) Marketing
4 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Project Manager
2 6 (24.00%) Architect
3 5 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (16.00%) Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) E-Commerce Manager
5 3 (12.00%) E-Commerce Project Manager
5 3 (12.00%) Senior
6 2 (8.00%) Business Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Digital Project Manager
6 2 (8.00%) Lead
6 2 (8.00%) Supply Chain Manager
7 1 (4.00%) Digital Business Analyst
7 1 (4.00%) E-Commerce Analyst
7 1 (4.00%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
7 1 (4.00%) Head of Information Security
7 1 (4.00%) Head of Security
7 1 (4.00%) Product Owner
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Transformation Programme Manager
7 1 (4.00%) Web Applications Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (8.00%) React
1 2 (8.00%) REST
2 1 (4.00%) Blazor
2 1 (4.00%) CSS
2 1 (4.00%) HTML
2 1 (4.00%) LDAP
2 1 (4.00%) MACH
2 1 (4.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (8.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.00%) EPoS
2 2 (8.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.00%) Private Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Linux
2 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Agile
2 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (20.00%) Project Management
3 5 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 4 (16.00%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (12.00%) Business Case
5 3 (12.00%) Business Strategy
5 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (12.00%) CRM
5 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (12.00%) E-Commerce
6 2 (8.00%) BPMN
6 2 (8.00%) DevOps
6 2 (8.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (8.00%) IT Strategy
6 2 (8.00%) Microservices
6 2 (8.00%) Security Operations
6 2 (8.00%) Service Design
6 2 (8.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) C#
1 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (8.00%) PMP
2 1 (4.00%) CISM
2 1 (4.00%) CISSP
2 1 (4.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) GDPR
1 2 (8.00%) PMO
1 2 (8.00%) QA
2 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.00%) GRC
2 1 (4.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) SCCM
1 1 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Oracle
2 2 (8.00%) VMware
3 1 (4.00%) Dell
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (4.00%) Qualys
3 1 (4.00%) Splunk
3 1 (4.00%) Workday
3 1 (4.00%) Zscaler