Retail Contracts in Leeds

Retailing
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Leeds. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 22 12
Rank change year-on-year -4 -10 +6
Contract jobs citing Retail 37 46 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 6.55% 6.13% 9.99%
As % of the General category 11.60% 12.57% 16.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 14 48
10th Percentile £393 £421 £414
25th Percentile £481 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £450 £560
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -19.64% +6.67%
75th Percentile £628 £529 £700
90th Percentile £755 £567 £791
West Yorkshire median daily rate £563 £450 £560
% change year-on-year +25.00% -19.64% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 14 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £12.15 £18.50
Median hourly rate - £12.30 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - -35.26% +80.95%
75th Percentile - £12.45 £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £12.30 £19.00
% change year-on-year - -35.26% +80.95%

All General Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 319 366 708
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 56.46% 48.80% 61.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 213 481
10th Percentile £235 £300 £350
25th Percentile £365 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.49% -9.09% +7.84%
75th Percentile £570 £575 £650
90th Percentile £634 £635 £743
West Yorkshire median daily rate £478 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -4.50% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 36 11
10th Percentile £25.15 - £12.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £12.15 £14.25
Median hourly rate £29.56 £14.25 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.44% -25.01% -10.59%
75th Percentile £50.48 £15.73 £21.16
90th Percentile £79.33 £36.88 £21.31
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £14.63 £18.50
% change year-on-year +51.38% -20.95% -1.07%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in Leeds

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in Leeds

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in Leeds over the 6 months to 26 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in Leeds

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in Leeds

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Applications
1 20 (54.05%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (51.35%) Entra ID
1 19 (51.35%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.41%) Azure
2 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.70%) AWS
3 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.70%) GCP
3 1 (2.70%) SaaS
3 1 (2.70%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.70%) Power BI
General
1 28 (75.68%) Social Skills
2 18 (48.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (10.81%) Games
4 3 (8.11%) Finance
5 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Legal
6 1 (2.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (51.35%) Support Manager
2 14 (37.84%) IT Manager
3 12 (32.43%) 1st Line Support
3 12 (32.43%) 1st Line Support Manager
3 12 (32.43%) IT Support
3 12 (32.43%) IT Support Manager
4 6 (16.22%) Support Assistant
5 4 (10.81%) Compliance Executive
5 4 (10.81%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Implementation Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Senior
6 2 (5.41%) Senior Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Implementation Project Manager
7 1 (2.70%) IT Project Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Lead
7 1 (2.70%) Relationships Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Release Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Service Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) EDI
1 1 (2.70%) Middleware
1 1 (2.70%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 19 (51.35%) iPhone
1 19 (51.35%) Smartphone
2 3 (8.11%) EPoS
3 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.70%) FMCG
3 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.70%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 19 (51.35%) Mac OS
2 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (54.05%) ITIL
1 20 (54.05%) ITSM
1 20 (54.05%) Service Management
2 19 (51.35%) Customer Service
2 19 (51.35%) Incident Management
2 19 (51.35%) Mobile Device Management
3 8 (21.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (18.92%) Project Management
4 7 (18.92%) Supplier Management
5 5 (13.51%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (10.81%) Change Management
6 4 (10.81%) Proactive Management
6 4 (10.81%) Regulatory Change
7 3 (8.11%) Anti-Money Laundering
7 3 (8.11%) KYC
8 2 (5.41%) Customer-Centricity
8 2 (5.41%) DevOps
8 2 (5.41%) Release Management
8 2 (5.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (5.41%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) Python
1 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.70%) ACCA
1 1 (2.70%) ACSP
1 1 (2.70%) ACTC
1 1 (2.70%) Degree
1 1 (2.70%) PMI Certification
1 1 (2.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) GDPR
1 1 (2.70%) PMO
1 1 (2.70%) QA
System Software
1 19 (51.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (51.35%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 21 (56.76%) Microsoft
2 19 (51.35%) Apple
2 19 (51.35%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.41%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.70%) Google
4 1 (2.70%) MuleSoft