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 21 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	28	30	36
Rank change year-on-year	+2	+6	-18
Contract jobs citing Retail	12	12	8
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire	3.12%	3.30%	2.02%
As % of the General category	5.53%	6.03%	3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted	4	2	2
10^th Percentile	-	£198	£400
25^th Percentile	£413	£240	£419
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£467	£310	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+50.65%	-38.00%	+33.33%
75^th Percentile	£555	£380	£556
90^th Percentile	£638	£422	£560
East of England median daily rate	£500	£550	£500
% change year-on-year	-9.09%	+10.00%	+53.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted	4	10	2
10^th Percentile	£13.31	£14.50	£16.81
25^th Percentile	£13.40	£15.70	£17.57
Median hourly rate	£14.36	£16.65	£18.84
Median % change year-on-year	-13.75%	-11.60%	-4.92%
75^th Percentile	£15.80	£18.25	£20.10
90^th Percentile	£15.90	£18.50	£20.86
East of England median hourly rate	£14.00	£16.65	£16.90
% change year-on-year	-15.92%	-1.48%	-14.69%

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 general skills in Cambridgeshire.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills	217	199	212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire	56.36%	54.67%	53.40%
Number of daily rates quoted	59	59	57
10^th Percentile	£185	£210	£238
25^th Percentile	£270	£381	£388
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£450	£525	£500
Median % change year-on-year	-14.29%	+5.00%	+6.95%
75^th Percentile	£578	£650	£588
90^th Percentile	£610	£700	£641
East of England median daily rate	£450	£500	£475
% change year-on-year	-10.00%	+5.26%	-5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	76	82	83
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£13.80	£15.00
25^th Percentile	-	£14.38	£15.62
Median hourly rate	£14.22	£16.00	£16.23
Median % change year-on-year	-11.13%	-1.42%	+11.93%
75^th Percentile	£20.11	£18.33	£16.85
90^th Percentile	£34.11	£31.00	£48.75
East of England median hourly rate	£28.50	£20.00	£20.00
% change year-on-year	+42.50%	-	+12.87%

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 Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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 21 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in Cambridgeshire

Retail Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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 21 October 2026. 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
Cambridge	+12	4	£467	+50.65%
Peterborough	-3	4	-	-	1
Retail East of England

Retail Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 21 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Retail also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridgeshire region with a requirement for Retail.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Active Listening	33.3%	4
1	Customer Experience	33.3%	4
1	Customer Service	33.3%	4
1	E-Commerce	33.3%	4
1	Shopify	33.3%	4
6	Change Management	16.7%	2
6	Continuous Improvement	16.7%	2
6	Data Migration	16.7%	2
6	Data Quality	16.7%	2
6	Digital Transformation Programme	16.7%	2
6	Migration	16.7%	2
6	Problem-Solving	16.7%	2
6	Process Improvement	16.7%	2
6	Risk Management	16.7%	2
6	Workday	16.7%	2
6	Workday HCM	16.7%	2
17	Analytics	8.3%	1
17	Azure	8.3%	1
17	Business Intelligence	8.3%	1
17	Data Architecture	8.3%	1
17	Data Transformation	8.3%	1
17	Databricks	8.3%	1
17	DBS Check	8.3%	1
17	Decision-Making	8.3%	1
17	Enterprise Architecture	8.3%	1
17	ERP	8.3%	1
17	ETL	8.3%	1
17	Event-Driven	8.3%	1
17	Kafka	8.3%	1
17	Microsoft	8.3%	1

Retail Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Organisational Skills	41.7%	5
2	Finance	33.3%	4
2	Manufacturing	33.3%	4
2	Social Skills	33.3%	4
5	Analytical Skills	25.0%	3
6	Romanian Language	16.7%	2
6	Spanish Language	16.7%	2
8	Banking	8.3%	1
8	Dutch Language	8.3%	1
8	Hungarian Language	8.3%	1
8	Lithuanian Language	8.3%	1
8	Local Government	8.3%	1
8	Presentation Skills	8.3%	1
8	Retail Banking	8.3%	1