Retail Contracts in the East of England

Retailing
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 24 30
Rank change year-on-year -41 +6 -8
Contract jobs citing Retail 28 89 106
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.22% 5.55% 5.51%
As % of the General category 3.83% 9.56% 9.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 21 40
10th Percentile £450 £263 £257
25th Percentile £456 £325 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.20% +2.25%
75th Percentile £663 £588 £650
90th Percentile £738 £600 £826
England median daily rate £525 £505 £534
% change year-on-year +3.96% -5.39% -2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 28 32
10th Percentile £14.50 £16.00 -
25th Percentile £15.85 £16.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -23.72% +7.87% -
75th Percentile £16.60 - £22.00
90th Percentile £17.50 £21.46 -
England median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £19.81
% change year-on-year - -17.72% +1.59%

All General Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 732 931 1,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 58.10% 58.04% 57.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 309 591
10th Percentile £189 £246 £209
25th Percentile £341 £331 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £625
90th Percentile £675 £650 £738
England median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 363 260
10th Percentile £14.63 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.33 £16.30 £14.25
Median hourly rate £41.48 £40.00 £17.33
Median % change year-on-year +3.69% +130.85% -11.14%
75th Percentile £65.06 £50.00 £49.00
90th Percentile £81.35 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +12.24%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the East of England

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Retail in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Retail in the East of England

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in the East of England

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Retail in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Retail in the East of England

Retail
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the East of England region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Hertfordshire -19 14 £550 +10.00% 44
Cambridgeshire -13 10 £450 -2.70% 41
Bedfordshire -11 4 £425 -19.05% 15
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (3.57%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.57%) MS Visio
1 1 (3.57%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (3.57%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.71%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.14%) Azure
4 1 (3.57%) AWS
4 1 (3.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (3.57%) Copilot Studio
4 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.57%) GCP
4 1 (3.57%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.57%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.57%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (3.57%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.57%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Git
General
1 14 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Manufacturing
2 5 (17.86%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Finance
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Marketing
4 2 (7.14%) Spanish Language
5 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (42.86%) Analyst
2 9 (32.14%) Service Analyst
2 9 (32.14%) Service Desk Analyst
3 5 (17.86%) Call Centre Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Business Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Senior
5 2 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Communications Specialist
6 1 (3.57%) Customer Service Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Finance Manager
6 1 (3.57%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Programme Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Supply Chain Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Django
1 1 (3.57%) OAuth
1 1 (3.57%) OAuth2
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (3.57%) React
1 1 (3.57%) REST
1 1 (3.57%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Social Media
2 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.57%) Digital Media
2 1 (3.57%) IVR
2 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.57%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.00%) Customer Experience
1 7 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (21.43%) Customer Service
3 5 (17.86%) Incident Management
3 5 (17.86%) ITIL
3 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (14.29%) Active Listening
4 4 (14.29%) Agile
4 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (10.71%) Analytics
5 3 (10.71%) Change Management
5 3 (10.71%) Programme Delivery
6 2 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (7.14%) Customer-Centricity
6 2 (7.14%) Data Modelling
6 2 (7.14%) Data Strategy
6 2 (7.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 2 (7.14%) Risk Management
6 2 (7.14%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) Python
2 1 (3.57%) SQL
2 1 (3.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (17.86%) A+ Certification
2 5 (17.86%) MCSA
3 2 (7.14%) Degree
4 1 (3.57%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) SLA
2 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.57%) GRC
2 1 (3.57%) PMO
2 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Ansible
1 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Citrix
1 5 (17.86%) ServiceNow
2 4 (14.29%) Oracle
3 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.14%) Instagram
5 1 (3.57%) Facebook
5 1 (3.57%) OneTrust
5 1 (3.57%) TikTok
5 1 (3.57%) Twitter