Retail Contract Job Trends in Durham

Retailing
North East > Durham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Durham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Retail 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Durham 3.57% - -
As % of the General category 5.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - -
North East median daily rate £206 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

All General Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 19 42 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham 67.86% 73.68% 47.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 27 9
10th Percentile £219 £153 £158
25th Percentile £297 £289 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £475 £175
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% +171.43% -53.33%
75th Percentile £694 £584 £230
90th Percentile £750 £713 £460
North East median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 8
10th Percentile - £18.96 £10.60
25th Percentile £67.50 £20.22 £11.01
Median hourly rate £70.00 £22.63 £15.46
Median % change year-on-year +209.39% +46.35% -
75th Percentile £72.50 £24.72 £20.77
90th Percentile - £25.79 -
North East median hourly rate £52.50 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +218.18% -5.71% -

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Durham

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in Durham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Retail

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend in Durham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Retail

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) NFC
1 1 (100.00%) RFID
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT