Retail Contracts in Central London

Retailing
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 57 94
Rank change year-on-year +1 +37 -10
Contract jobs citing Retail 74 78 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 3.70% 3.20% 2.26%
As % of the General category 5.24% 4.86% 3.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 43 47
10th Percentile £381 £245 £343
25th Percentile £450 £431 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.95% - -12.50%
75th Percentile £659 £675 £644
90th Percentile £740 £775 £803
London median daily rate £550 £516 £550
% change year-on-year +6.54% -6.14% -6.38%

All General Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,412 1,604 2,401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 70.56% 65.82% 62.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 911 1,146 1,697
10th Percentile £325 £331 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £685 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £806 £825
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 15
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.20
25th Percentile £25.11 £21.36 £18.42
Median hourly rate £30.04 £24.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.15% -31.43% -23.08%
75th Percentile £49.22 £30.25 £53.25
90th Percentile £74.63 £47.65 £58.75
London median hourly rate £34.00 £28.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year +19.30% -10.94% -13.51%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in Central London

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in Central London

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in Central London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in Central London

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in Central London

Retail
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Central London region over the 6 months to 3 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
City of London +2 64 £570 +4.59% 54
West End of London -4 6 £450 -10.89% 8
Camden 0 5 £450 -10.89% 2
City of Westminster - 3 £575 - 2
Retail
London

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 6 (8.11%) Confluence
2 3 (4.05%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (2.70%) CMS
3 2 (2.70%) Drupal
4 1 (1.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.70%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.70%) SAP Retail
3 1 (1.35%) Magento
3 1 (1.35%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.35%) SAP CAR
3 1 (1.35%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.35%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.35%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.35%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.35%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 13 (17.57%) AWS
1 13 (17.57%) Azure
2 5 (6.76%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (5.41%) Snowflake
4 3 (4.05%) GitHub
4 3 (4.05%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.70%) Attraqt
5 2 (2.70%) dbt
5 2 (2.70%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.70%) IBM Blueworks
5 2 (2.70%) Storyblok
6 1 (1.35%) Alation
6 1 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.35%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.35%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.35%) SaaS
6 1 (1.35%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.35%) DHCP
1 1 (1.35%) DNS
1 1 (1.35%) Firewall
1 1 (1.35%) VLAN
1 1 (1.35%) VPN
1 1 (1.35%) VRRP
1 1 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.05%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.70%) Data Vault
2 2 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.70%) Power BI
3 1 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.35%) Big Data
3 1 (1.35%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.35%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (1.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Cypress.io
1 1 (1.35%) JIRA
1 1 (1.35%) Terragrunt
General
1 30 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 25 (33.78%) Finance
3 15 (20.27%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (18.92%) Banking
4 14 (18.92%) Corporate Banking
4 14 (18.92%) Investment Banking
4 14 (18.92%) Retail Banking
5 8 (10.81%) Marketing
6 4 (5.41%) Financial Institution
6 4 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.05%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.70%) Law
9 1 (1.35%) Games
9 1 (1.35%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.35%) Legal
9 1 (1.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (14.86%) Analyst
2 9 (12.16%) Project Manager
2 9 (12.16%) Senior
3 8 (10.81%) Business Analyst
4 7 (9.46%) Lead
5 5 (6.76%) Data Engineer
5 5 (6.76%) Retail Business Analyst
6 4 (5.41%) Administrator
6 4 (5.41%) Architect
6 4 (5.41%) AWS Data Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) AWS Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Designer
6 4 (5.41%) Product Manager
6 4 (5.41%) Senior Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Data Analyst
7 3 (4.05%) Data Modeller
7 3 (4.05%) Developer
7 3 (4.05%) Python Data Engineer
7 3 (4.05%) Python Engineer
7 3 (4.05%) SAP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.41%) Kafka
2 3 (4.05%) PySpark
3 2 (2.70%) .NET
3 2 (2.70%) HTML
3 2 (2.70%) Middleware
3 2 (2.70%) Node.js
3 2 (2.70%) React
4 1 (1.35%) Ajax
4 1 (1.35%) AWS CDK
4 1 (1.35%) FastAPI
4 1 (1.35%) Flask
4 1 (1.35%) JSON
4 1 (1.35%) OAuth
4 1 (1.35%) OpenID
4 1 (1.35%) SOAP
4 1 (1.35%) SQLAlchemy
4 1 (1.35%) Web Services
4 1 (1.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.11%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.76%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.41%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.05%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.70%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.70%) Digital Media
5 2 (2.70%) Replication
5 2 (2.70%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.35%) CMDB
6 1 (1.35%) Digital Wallet
6 1 (1.35%) FMCG
6 1 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.35%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.05%) Windows
2 1 (1.35%) Android
2 1 (1.35%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.35%) Linux
2 1 (1.35%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.35%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (22.97%) Agile
1 17 (22.97%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (18.92%) Wealth Management
3 11 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (12.16%) Validation
5 8 (10.81%) Roadmaps
6 7 (9.46%) ERP
6 7 (9.46%) Project Management
7 6 (8.11%) Artificial Intelligence
7 6 (8.11%) Decision-Making
7 6 (8.11%) Migration
7 6 (8.11%) Project Delivery
7 6 (8.11%) User Experience
8 5 (6.76%) Data Pipeline
8 5 (6.76%) Data Science
8 5 (6.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 5 (6.76%) E-Commerce
8 5 (6.76%) SAP Implementation
8 5 (6.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (6.76%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.51%) SQL
2 7 (9.46%) Python
3 2 (2.70%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (4.05%) Degree
1 3 (4.05%) PMP
2 2 (2.70%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.05%) MiFID
2 2 (2.70%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (2.70%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.35%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.35%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.35%) GDPR
3 1 (1.35%) PMO
3 1 (1.35%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.35%) Firmware
2 1 (1.35%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (5.41%) Terraform
2 2 (2.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.35%) Ansible
Vendors
1 13 (17.57%) SAP
2 8 (10.81%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.41%) Adobe
4 2 (2.70%) Dell
4 2 (2.70%) HP
4 2 (2.70%) Pure Storage
4 2 (2.70%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.35%) BMC
5 1 (1.35%) Confluent
5 1 (1.35%) Databricks
5 1 (1.35%) Google
5 1 (1.35%) IBM
5 1 (1.35%) IBM Sterling
5 1 (1.35%) Klarna
5 1 (1.35%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (1.35%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.35%) Oracle
5 1 (1.35%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.35%) Remedy
5 1 (1.35%) Veeam