The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in the Home Counties. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
3
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing Retail
1
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Home Counties
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 Home Counties.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills
4
3
13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties
57.14%
37.50%
52.00%
Number of daily rates quoted
1
1
10
10th Percentile
-
-
£399
25th Percentile
-
£515
£449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£490
£530
£525
Median % change year-on-year
-7.55%
+0.95%
-4.55%
75th Percentile
-
£545
£625
90th Percentile
-
-
£665
South East median daily rate
£500
£488
£500
% change year-on-year
+2.56%
-2.50%
-
Retail Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties
Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties.
Retail Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Home Counties
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Retail in the Home Counties.
Retail Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Home Counties
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Retail also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Home Counties region with a requirement for Retail.
Retail Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Home Counties 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:
