Retail Contract Job Trends in Lincolnshire

Retailing
East Midlands > Lincolnshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Lincolnshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - 12
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs citing Retail 7 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Lincolnshire 4.14% - 2.22%
As % of the General category 8.97% - 4.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -35.48%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £620 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £495 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +7.03% -7.50% +5.26%

All General Skills
Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 78 23 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 46.15% 51.11% 53.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 4 13
10th Percentile £224 £198 £430
25th Percentile £475 £231 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £382 £675
Median % change year-on-year +32.37% -43.48% +50.00%
75th Percentile £575 £519 £788
90th Percentile £695 - £814
East Midlands median daily rate £500 £402 £445
% change year-on-year +24.38% -9.66% -6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 9 11
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.35 £12.28
25th Percentile £18.81 £25.15 £20.87
Median hourly rate £48.52 £30.20 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year +60.66% -37.81% -
75th Percentile £74.00 £38.96 £51.91
90th Percentile £83.85 £53.00 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.75 £21.39 £15.82
% change year-on-year -12.34% +35.25% -52.64%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Lincolnshire

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing Retail

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in Lincolnshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in Lincolnshire over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in Lincolnshire

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing Retail

Retail
Contract Job Locations in Lincolnshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Lincolnshire region over the 6 months to 12 July 2026. 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
Lincoln - 5 £500 - 14
Scunthorpe - 2 - -
Retail
East Midlands

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincolnshire 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:

General
1 4 (57.14%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Business Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Retail Business Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Senior
1 4 (57.14%) Senior Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) FMCG
2 2 (28.57%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) Business Analysis
1 4 (57.14%) Inventory Management
1 4 (57.14%) Requirements Gathering
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (57.14%) Supply Chain Management
1 4 (57.14%) Waterfall
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Due Diligence
2 2 (28.57%) ERP
2 2 (28.57%) Lean Six Sigma
2 2 (28.57%) Six Sigma
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) APMG