Retail Contracts in Cheshire

Retailing
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 47 53 54
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Retail 11 5 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.45% 0.99% 1.70%
As % of the General category 3.51% 1.60% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £408 - -
25th Percentile £409 £313 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £381 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.48% -19.74% +5.56%
75th Percentile £488 £472 £488
90th Percentile £518 £500 -
North West median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - -
75th Percentile £33.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £13.00 -
% change year-on-year +150.00% - -

All General Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 313 313 308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 69.71% 62.10% 58.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 200 205
10th Percentile £325 £276 £219
25th Percentile £388 £391 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £580 £563 £566
90th Percentile £688 £627 £650
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 22 19
10th Percentile £19.00 £16.57 £14.65
25th Percentile £27.20 £17.72 £23.15
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.58 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +32.22% -19.52% +45.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 £37.25 £33.95
90th Percentile £86.00 £43.75 £36.00
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in Cheshire

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in Cheshire

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in Cheshire

Retail
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Cheshire 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
Crewe - 7 - - 8
Warrington -4 3 £469 +44.23% 23
Macclesfield - 1 £425 - 1
Retail
North West

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 3 (27.27%) Azure
1 3 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (18.18%) Power Automate
2 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 2 (18.18%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
2 1 (9.09%) Tableau
General
1 7 (63.64%) Automotive
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Automation Engineer
1 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Development Manager
2 1 (9.09%) DevOps Automation Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Lead
2 1 (9.09%) Network Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Senior
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Augmented Reality
1 5 (45.45%) e-Learning
1 5 (45.45%) Podcast
1 5 (45.45%) Self-Motivation
1 5 (45.45%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Project Management
2 5 (45.45%) Benchmarking
2 5 (45.45%) Business Case
2 5 (45.45%) Coaching
2 5 (45.45%) Supplier Management
3 4 (36.36%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) DevOps
4 3 (27.27%) Process Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Agile Project Management
5 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (9.09%) Change Control
6 1 (9.09%) Configuration Management
6 1 (9.09%) Customer Engagement
6 1 (9.09%) ERP
6 1 (9.09%) Marketing Strategy
6 1 (9.09%) Release Management
6 1 (9.09%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 1 (9.09%) Scrum
6 1 (9.09%) WFM
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Adobe
2 1 (9.09%) Ceridian
2 1 (9.09%) Salesforce