Retail Contract Job Trends in Hillingdon

Retailing
West London > Hillingdon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Hillingdon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 26 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 -11 -
Contract jobs citing Retail 4 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hillingdon 2.80% 4.40% 1.19%
As % of the General category 3.92% 9.52% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £690 - -
25th Percentile £713 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £813 - £650
75th Percentile £900 - £675
90th Percentile £923 - -
West London median daily rate £813 £600 £475
% change year-on-year +35.42% +26.32% +97.92%

All General Skills
Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 102 42 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon 71.33% 46.15% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 24 51
10th Percentile £380 £158 £250
25th Percentile £464 £315 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £694 £419 £475
Median % change year-on-year +65.61% -11.84% -24.00%
75th Percentile £788 £450 £550
90th Percentile £900 £471 £627
West London median daily rate £500 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -19.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile £14.80 - £32.39
25th Percentile £16.71 £25.00 £35.75
Median hourly rate £20.93 £25.08 £42.58
Median % change year-on-year -16.54% -41.11% +54.84%
75th Percentile £25.36 £46.75 £50.67
90th Percentile £27.39 £47.20 £54.77
West London median hourly rate £27.50 £27.07 £37.50
% change year-on-year +1.58% -27.81% -42.31%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Hillingdon

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing Retail

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in Hillingdon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in Hillingdon over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in Hillingdon

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing Retail

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) CPLEX
General
1 4 (100.00%) Aviation
2 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Product Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Change Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Data Scientist
3 1 (25.00%) Research Scientist
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Product Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Science
2 3 (75.00%) AI
3 2 (50.00%) AI Transformation
3 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Logistics
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Storytelling
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Business Case
4 1 (25.00%) Constraint Programming
4 1 (25.00%) Decision Science
4 1 (25.00%) Mathematical Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Product Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations