Retailing
Lancashire > Lancaster
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Lancaster. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 1 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Retail | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Lancaster | 33.33% | - | - |
| As % of the General category | 50.00% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £170 | - | - |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £475 | - | £610 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +43.53% |
All General Skills
Lancaster
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 Lancaster.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancaster | 66.67% | 100.00% | 77.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £193 | - | £204 |
| 25th Percentile | £228 | - | £280 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £285 | £200 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +42.50% | -52.94% | +136.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £343 | - | £566 |
| 90th Percentile | £377 | - | £794 |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £455 | £450 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.11% | -18.18% | +3.77% |
Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancaster
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Retail relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancaster.
Retail
Daily Rate Trend in Lancaster
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancaster citing Retail.
