Retail Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Retailing
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 49 58
Rank change year-on-year -22 +9 -5
Contract jobs citing Retail 22 26 35
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.67% 2.86% 2.70%
As % of the General category 3.48% 5.26% 5.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 21 14
10th Percentile £363 £425 £425
25th Percentile £488 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £463
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +35.14% +8.82%
75th Percentile £538 £650 £638
90th Percentile £610 £669 £703
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.17 - £21.00
Median hourly rate £16.34 - £22.00
75th Percentile £16.50 - £23.00
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £16.34 - £22.00
% change year-on-year - - +18.92%

All General Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 632 494 608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 47.88% 54.35% 46.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 350 344
10th Percentile £213 £267 £269
25th Percentile £375 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -7.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 27 50
10th Percentile £15.69 £20.06 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.75 £26.44
Median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% -36.36% +82.82%
75th Percentile £25.03 £72.50 £61.88
90th Percentile £53.17 £75.00 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £42.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -51.08% -15.00% +60.51%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Retail

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in Hampshire over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in Hampshire

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Retail

Retail
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Fareham -5 10 £375 -21.05% 6
Southampton +5 4 £600 -4.00% 17
Retail
South East

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.09%) Confluence
1 2 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Snowflake
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.55%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
3 1 (4.55%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) BigQuery
2 1 (4.55%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
General
1 5 (22.73%) Marketing
2 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (59.09%) Analyst
2 7 (31.82%) Help Desk Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Customer Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Customer Insight Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Insight Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Performance Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Project Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Service Performance Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Applications Support
5 1 (4.55%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) CRM Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) CRM Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Programme Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Leader
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Marketing Technology
1 2 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.55%) Digital Signage
2 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.55%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
1 1 (4.55%) Mac OS X
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
1 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (27.27%) CRM
3 4 (18.18%) Agile
3 4 (18.18%) Waterfall
4 3 (13.64%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (13.64%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (13.64%) Customer Retention
4 3 (13.64%) Customer Segmentation
4 3 (13.64%) Financial Modelling
4 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
5 2 (9.09%) Customer Insight
5 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
5 2 (9.09%) Performance Analysis
5 2 (9.09%) Performance Improvement
5 2 (9.09%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (9.09%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (9.09%) Roadmaps
5 2 (9.09%) Service Management
5 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) Python
1 3 (13.64%) SQL
2 1 (4.55%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) AirWatch
1 1 (4.55%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Databricks
2 2 (9.09%) Salesforce
2 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.55%) Meraki
3 1 (4.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud