Retail Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Retailing
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 39 21 18
Rank change year-on-year -18 -3 +6
Contract jobs citing Retail 6 41 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 2.17% 8.28% 8.08%
As % of the General category 3.75% 13.99% 13.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - £295 -
25th Percentile - £325 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 £300
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -33.33%
75th Percentile - £463 £325
90th Percentile - £500 -
East of England median daily rate £525 £425 £600
% change year-on-year +23.53% -29.17% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 32 46
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £16.30 £15.25
Median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -23.72% +7.87% +1.59%
75th Percentile - £21.39 £22.00
90th Percentile - £21.46 -
East of England median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £19.81
% change year-on-year -23.72% +7.87% +1.59%

All General Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 160 293 369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 57.97% 59.19% 62.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 90 156
10th Percentile £245 £223 £200
25th Percentile £363 £350 £227
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £439
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -3.13% -2.50%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £525
90th Percentile £650 £582 £594
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 154 144
10th Percentile - £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £15.62 - £14.04
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.67% +3.45% +6.15%
75th Percentile £18.85 £21.46 £20.56
90th Percentile £33.05 £52.03 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £31.64 £38.12 £21.00
% change year-on-year -17.00% +81.52% +44.83%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in Cambridgeshire

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in Cambridgeshire

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in Cambridgeshire

Retail
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Cambridgeshire 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
Peterborough -3 4 - - 27
Retail
East of England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) Call Centre Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) Service Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Customer Service
1 5 (83.33%) Incident Management
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) Storyboarding
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) A+ Certification
1 5 (83.33%) MCSA
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Citrix
1 5 (83.33%) ServiceNow