Retailing
Cheshire > Chester
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Chester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 22 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Retail | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester | - | - | 3.03% |
| As % of the General category | - | - | 4.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £425 | £338 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.93% | -28.95% | - |
All General Skills
Chester
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 Chester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills | 59 | 37 | 65 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester | 83.10% | 66.07% | 65.66% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15 | 16 | 36 |
| 10th Percentile | £465 | £475 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £569 | £545 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £700 | £650 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.69% | +18.18% | +17.02% |
| 75th Percentile | £738 | £738 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £783 | - | £688 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £482 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.60% | +5.26% | +2.81% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 15 | 6 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £19.00 | £38.13 | £24.24 |
| 25th Percentile | £39.83 | £41.25 | £30.54 |
| Median hourly rate | £50.00 | £42.50 | £30.76 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.65% | +38.19% | +33.72% |
| 75th Percentile | £86.00 | £43.75 | £35.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £39.01 |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £33.40 | £26.66 | £30.54 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.28% | -12.70% | +28.59% |
Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.
Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Retail in Chester.