Retail Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Retailing
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 24 28 57
Rank change year-on-year +4 +29 -13
Contract jobs citing Retail 14 26 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 5.93% 5.46% 2.63%
As % of the General category 9.27% 10.48% 4.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 16 14
10th Percentile £176 £298 £450
25th Percentile £413 £375 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +0.96%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £538
90th Percentile £555 £700 £585
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 £15.25 - -
Median hourly rate £15.50 - -
75th Percentile £15.75 - -
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
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 151 248 552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 63.98% 52.10% 63.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 166 439
10th Percentile £275 £201 £246
25th Percentile £402 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% +1.06% +2.73%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £650 £750 £663
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 2
10th Percentile - £15.23 £12.68
25th Percentile - £19.13 £17.44
Median hourly rate £14.20 £24.72 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -42.55% -5.85% +113.24%
75th Percentile £20.50 £28.75 £35.44
90th Percentile £62.50 £30.00 £40.43
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 Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in Buckinghamshire

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in Buckinghamshire

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Retail in Buckinghamshire

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in Buckinghamshire

Retail
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Buckinghamshire 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
Milton Keynes -4 6 £525 +16.67% 42
Amersham +1 4 £475 - 15
High Wycombe - 1 - - 22
Bletchley - 1 £177 - 3
Retail
South East

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 (7.14%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Chatbot
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (7.14%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
1 2 (14.29%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (7.14%) Google Analytics
2 1 (7.14%) Power Automate
2 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
2 1 (7.14%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Big Data
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Automotive
4 2 (14.29%) Marketing
5 1 (7.14%) Brand Awareness
5 1 (7.14%) Financial Institution
5 1 (7.14%) General Ledger
5 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Service Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Automation Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Business Data Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Coordinator
3 1 (7.14%) Data Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Data Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Integration Developer
3 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
3 1 (7.14%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Platform Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Power Platform Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) Node.js
1 2 (14.29%) Parceljs
1 2 (14.29%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) AI Agents
1 1 (7.14%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (7.14%) EPoS
1 1 (7.14%) FMCG
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) ERP
1 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
2 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
2 3 (21.43%) Project Management
3 2 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (14.29%) Analytics
3 2 (14.29%) API Integration
3 2 (14.29%) B2C
3 2 (14.29%) Business Impact Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Conversational UI
3 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 2 (14.29%) Impact Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) ITIL
3 2 (14.29%) Migration
3 2 (14.29%) Order Management
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.14%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
2 1 (7.14%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) SAP
3 1 (7.14%) Alteryx
3 1 (7.14%) Databricks
3 1 (7.14%) Google
3 1 (7.14%) Salesforce