Retail Contracts 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 77 50
Rank change year-on-year +15 -27 -24
Contract jobs citing Retail 14 26 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 1.88% 1.61% 3.88%
As % of the General category 3.21% 3.87% 7.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 24
10th Percentile £315 £406 £250
25th Percentile £381 £450 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -15.96% +2.17% +35.29%
75th Percentile £588 £669 £602
90th Percentile £592 £744 £721
South East median daily rate £475 £475 £550
% change year-on-year - -13.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.25
Median hourly rate - £16.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year - -13.51% +12.12%
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £16.00 £20.33
% change year-on-year +40.63% -21.30% +23.21%

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 436 671 713
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 58.52% 41.50% 54.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 322 310 473
10th Percentile £257 £290 £228
25th Percentile £400 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £598 £650 £625
90th Percentile £650 £738 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 121 75
10th Percentile £19.09 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.32 £28.70
Median hourly rate £60.00 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -0.26% +187.50%
75th Percentile £75.00 £61.30 £67.50
90th Percentile - £65.00 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £45.00 £46.25
% change year-on-year -51.11% -2.70% +131.25%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in Hampshire

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in Hampshire

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in Hampshire over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in Hampshire

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in Hampshire

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 15 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
Fareham 0 7 £450 -25.00% 5
Southampton +3 3 £325 -43.48% 22
Portsmouth +11 1 £343 - 18
Retail
South East

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (21.43%) AWS
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) GCP
2 1 (7.14%) Sumo Logic
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Bitbucket
1 2 (14.29%) Git
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Banking
2 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Analyst
1 5 (35.71%) Business Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Delivery Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Service Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Business IT Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
3 2 (14.29%) IT Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) IT Business Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) PHP Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Retail Business Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Architect
4 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
4 1 (7.14%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) REST
1 1 (7.14%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) EPoS
2 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (28.57%) Agile
2 4 (28.57%) E-Commerce
3 3 (21.43%) ITIL
3 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) API Development
4 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.14%) Architectural Design
5 1 (7.14%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (7.14%) DevOps
5 1 (7.14%) Event-Driven
5 1 (7.14%) Microservices
5 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) Project Management
5 1 (7.14%) SDLC
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (7.14%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Java
1 2 (14.29%) PHP
1 2 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) C#
2 1 (7.14%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle