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

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 25 41
Rank change year-on-year -2 +16 +30
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Retail 12 21 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 3.75% 5.57% 3.95%
As % of the General category 6.06% 9.09% 6.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 18
10th Percentile - £195 £390
25th Percentile - £200 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £209 £362 £525
Median % change year-on-year -42.27% -31.05% +7.69%
75th Percentile £725 £441 £606
90th Percentile - £613 £625
South East median daily rate £550 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% +10.00%
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 £16.34 £16.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +2.09% -27.27% +37.50%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 198 231 496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 61.88% 61.27% 61.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 143 368
10th Percentile £206 £213 £247
25th Percentile £331 £343 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% -10.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £536 £550 £600
90th Percentile £645 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 13 4
10th Percentile £13.54 £16.68 £13.29
25th Percentile - £22.50 £13.47
Median hourly rate £14.20 £27.50 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year -48.36% +102.65% +4.38%
75th Percentile £16.31 £28.75 £16.12
90th Percentile £43.78 £35.40 £20.70
South East median hourly rate £18.85 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -67.14% +14.70% +134.74%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Retail

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in Buckinghamshire

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Retail

Retail
DemandTrendContract 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 22 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes +2 11 £455 +25.55% 18
Bletchley - 1 £209 - 2
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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) AWS
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (16.67%) GCP
2 2 (16.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 1 (8.33%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) GitLab
2 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Automotive
3 3 (25.00%) Financial Institution
3 3 (25.00%) General Ledger
3 3 (25.00%) German Language
3 3 (25.00%) Marketing
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Architect
1 5 (41.67%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Coordinator
3 1 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Digital Marketing Coordinator
3 1 (8.33%) GCP DevOps
3 1 (8.33%) GCP DevOps Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) GCP Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) JIRA Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Salesforce Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Salesforce Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) B2C
2 3 (25.00%) ArchiMate
2 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (25.00%) ITIL
2 3 (25.00%) Microservices
2 3 (25.00%) Migration
2 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (25.00%) Service Management
2 3 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 3 (25.00%) Time Management
2 3 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 2 (16.67%) Containerisation
3 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 2 (16.67%) Data Integration
3 2 (16.67%) DevOps
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (16.67%) Product Information Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Korn
1 2 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 2 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Google
1 3 (25.00%) SAP
2 2 (16.67%) Ab Initio
3 1 (8.33%) Salesforce