Retail Contract Job Trends 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 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 33 18
Rank change year-on-year 0 -15 -4
Contract jobs citing Retail 10 6 32
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 2.61% 1.65% 6.57%
As % of the General category 4.74% 3.02% 9.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 7
10th Percentile £198 £400 £229
25th Percentile £240 £419 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £500 £300
Median % change year-on-year -38.00% +66.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £380 £556 £369
90th Percentile £422 £560 £418
East of England median daily rate £579 £525 £310
% change year-on-year +10.24% +69.35% -43.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 23
10th Percentile £14.50 - -
25th Percentile £15.25 - £19.06
Median hourly rate £17.00 - £19.81
75th Percentile £18.50 - £20.56
90th Percentile - - £21.16
East of England median hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £19.81
% change year-on-year -8.57% -11.66% -

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 211 199 344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 55.09% 54.67% 70.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 57 106
10th Percentile £200 £256 £169
25th Percentile £431 £400 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £452
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% +10.56% +0.50%
75th Percentile £650 £588 £548
90th Percentile £700 £630 £644
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 70 182
10th Percentile £13.61 - £13.41
25th Percentile £14.38 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +11.93% -6.45%
75th Percentile £18.00 £16.85 £17.72
90th Percentile £31.00 £30.91 £20.56
East of England median hourly rate £20.35 £17.47 £17.72
% change year-on-year +16.47% -1.40% -12.08%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Retail relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Retail job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Retail

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 15 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in Cambridgeshire

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Retail

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 15 November 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 +7 8 - - 5
Cambridge -7 2 £310 - 2
Retail
East of England

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 9 (90.00%) Manufacturing
2 8 (80.00%) Organisational Skills
2 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Spanish Language
4 1 (10.00%) Lithuanian Language
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Analyst
1 8 (80.00%) Service Analyst
1 8 (80.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Data Architect
2 1 (10.00%) EPoS Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) EPoS Field Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (10.00%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Active Listening
1 8 (80.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (10.00%) AI
2 1 (10.00%) Analytics
2 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (10.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (10.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (10.00%) Fintech
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree