Retail Contract Job Trends in London

Retailing
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in London. 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 69 93 74
Rank change year-on-year +24 -19 +37
Contract jobs citing Retail 744 405 544
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.74% 2.98% 3.11%
As % of the General category 6.19% 4.37% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 203 330
10th Percentile £350 £325 £323
25th Percentile £450 £448 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £688 £650 £650
90th Percentile £788 £755 £738
England median daily rate £540 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.86% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 7 10
10th Percentile - £33.20 -
25th Percentile - £41.88 £18.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £52.50 £25.06
Median % change year-on-year -57.14% +109.50% -21.49%
75th Percentile £43.75 £61.38 £51.88
90th Percentile £52.75 £71.50 £62.12
England median hourly rate £21.00 £16.30 £16.30
% change year-on-year +28.83% - -17.72%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 12,029 9,274 10,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.54% 68.15% 62.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,704 6,182 7,725
10th Percentile £350 £331 £335
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £694 £700
90th Percentile £788 £813 £825
England median daily rate £525 £514 £534
% change year-on-year +2.14% -3.75% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 176 211
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.66 £20.13
Median hourly rate £31.50 £33.45 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -5.82% +5.47% -9.40%
75th Percentile £44.59 £50.86 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.25 £63.75 £68.75
England median hourly rate £33.00 £27.17 £33.65
% change year-on-year +21.47% -19.26% +10.18%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Retail job vacancy trend in London

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Retail

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Retail in London

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Retail

Retail
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Retail in London over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Retail in London

Retail
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the London 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
Central London -5 79 £550 - 106
South London -11 5 £190 -65.45% 4
West London -22 2 £900 +50.00% 56
North London - 1 £538 - 6
Retail
England

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (2.42%) CMS
2 17 (2.28%) Confluence
3 14 (1.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 9 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.54%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.27%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) CICS
7 1 (0.13%) Mule
7 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (1.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 10 (1.34%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.67%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.54%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.40%) InDesign
8 3 (0.40%) Notion
9 2 (0.27%) UserZoom
10 1 (0.13%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.13%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 21 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.28%) Shopify
3 7 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.94%) Magento
4 5 (0.67%) Oracle Retail
4 5 (0.67%) SAP Retail
5 4 (0.54%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.40%) Finacle
6 3 (0.40%) SAP CAR
6 3 (0.40%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.27%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.27%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.13%) Cognos Controller
8 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
8 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.13%) SAP AFS
Cloud Services
1 104 (13.98%) Azure
2 72 (9.68%) AWS
3 46 (6.18%) GCP
4 37 (4.97%) Snowflake
5 36 (4.84%) Power Platform
6 19 (2.55%) GitHub
7 18 (2.42%) Figma
8 15 (2.02%) Entra ID
9 14 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (1.34%) Google Workspace
12 9 (1.21%) dbt
13 8 (1.08%) BigCommerce
13 8 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (1.08%) Miro
13 8 (1.08%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 7 (0.94%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 7 (0.94%) WhatsApp
15 5 (0.67%) Microsoft 365
15 5 (0.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.48%) Network Security
2 9 (1.21%) WAN
3 7 (0.94%) LAN
3 7 (0.94%) Wireless
4 5 (0.67%) ATM
4 5 (0.67%) Firewall
4 5 (0.67%) RFID
5 4 (0.54%) Internet
6 3 (0.40%) BGP
6 3 (0.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 3 (0.40%) IPsec
6 3 (0.40%) OSPF
6 3 (0.40%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.40%) SMS
6 3 (0.40%) VLAN
6 3 (0.40%) VPN
7 2 (0.27%) CTI
7 2 (0.27%) SSL
7 2 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.13%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.70%) Power BI
2 25 (3.36%) BigQuery
3 16 (2.15%) Metadata
4 15 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (1.88%) Tableau
6 11 (1.48%) Data Lake
7 10 (1.34%) MySQL
7 10 (1.34%) NoSQL
8 8 (1.08%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.94%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.94%) Power Query
10 6 (0.81%) Looker
10 6 (0.81%) Semantic Layer
11 5 (0.67%) Couchbase
11 5 (0.67%) Data Vault
11 5 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.54%) SQL Server
13 3 (0.40%) Big Data
13 3 (0.40%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 40 (5.38%) JIRA
2 16 (2.15%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.88%) Git
4 7 (0.94%) Subversion
5 4 (0.54%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.54%) Maven
6 3 (0.40%) ERwin
7 2 (0.27%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.27%) git-flow
7 2 (0.27%) GitLab
7 2 (0.27%) JMeter
7 2 (0.27%) MLflow
7 2 (0.27%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.27%) webpack
8 1 (0.13%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.13%) Selenium
8 1 (0.13%) WebDriver
General
1 217 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 166 (22.31%) Finance
3 76 (10.22%) Banking
4 65 (8.74%) Marketing
5 49 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (6.05%) Organisational Skills
7 43 (5.78%) Retail Banking
8 40 (5.38%) Investment Banking
9 37 (4.97%) Corporate Banking
10 35 (4.70%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.02%) Advertising
12 14 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.75%) Legal
14 11 (1.48%) Private Banking
15 10 (1.34%) Public Sector
15 10 (1.34%) Telecoms
16 9 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 123 (16.53%) Architect
2 107 (14.38%) Senior
3 79 (10.62%) Analyst
4 76 (10.22%) Project Manager
5 55 (7.39%) Lead
6 52 (6.99%) Business Analyst
6 52 (6.99%) Solutions Architect
7 39 (5.24%) Designer
7 39 (5.24%) Senior Manager
8 33 (4.44%) Product Manager
9 31 (4.17%) Technical Manager
10 27 (3.63%) Data Architect
10 27 (3.63%) Developer
10 27 (3.63%) Enterprise Architect
11 23 (3.09%) Senior Project Manager
12 22 (2.96%) Programme Manager
13 21 (2.82%) Consultant
14 19 (2.55%) Product Owner
15 15 (2.02%) Data Engineer
15 15 (2.02%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.70%) REST
2 22 (2.96%) VML
3 17 (2.28%) Spring
4 15 (2.02%) HTML
5 14 (1.88%) CSS
5 14 (1.88%) React
6 13 (1.75%) Kafka
6 13 (1.75%) Spring Boot
7 12 (1.61%) Django
8 11 (1.48%) Middleware
9 10 (1.34%) J2EE
9 10 (1.34%) OAuth
10 9 (1.21%) RESTful
11 7 (0.94%) .NET
11 7 (0.94%) AngularJS
11 7 (0.94%) OAuth2
11 7 (0.94%) OpenID
11 7 (0.94%) SOAP
12 6 (0.81%) jQuery
12 6 (0.81%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 52 (6.99%) Product Ownership
2 32 (4.30%) FMCG
3 25 (3.36%) Onboarding
4 20 (2.69%) Marketing Technology
5 19 (2.55%) Cloud Native
6 15 (2.02%) Mobile App
6 15 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (1.75%) Operational Technology
8 12 (1.61%) Data Structures
8 12 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.34%) Data Centre
9 10 (1.34%) EPoS
10 9 (1.21%) Graphic Design
11 8 (1.08%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
12 7 (0.94%) IoT
12 7 (0.94%) Management Information System
12 7 (0.94%) Taxonomies
12 7 (0.94%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.81%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.28%) Windows
2 10 (1.34%) Linux
3 8 (1.08%) Unix
4 6 (0.81%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.67%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.27%) Android
7 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.27%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.13%) SUSE
8 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (25.94%) Agile
2 184 (24.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 134 (18.01%) E-Commerce
4 109 (14.65%) Analytics
4 109 (14.65%) Migration
5 102 (13.71%) Roadmaps
6 91 (12.23%) AI
7 78 (10.48%) Problem-Solving
8 68 (9.14%) User Experience
9 67 (9.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 65 (8.74%) Customer Experience
10 65 (8.74%) Decision-Making
11 64 (8.60%) Workshop Facilitation
12 62 (8.33%) CRM
13 58 (7.80%) Project Management
14 53 (7.12%) Logistics
15 52 (6.99%) Project Delivery
15 52 (6.99%) Scrum
16 51 (6.85%) CI/CD
16 51 (6.85%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 63 (8.47%) Python
2 57 (7.66%) SQL
3 40 (5.38%) Java
4 15 (2.02%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.08%) TypeScript
6 7 (0.94%) C#
7 6 (0.81%) R
8 5 (0.67%) Bash
8 5 (0.67%) Groovy
8 5 (0.67%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.54%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.40%) ABAP
10 3 (0.40%) Bicep
10 3 (0.40%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.40%) VBA
11 2 (0.27%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.27%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 49 (6.59%) Degree
2 25 (3.36%) Security Cleared
3 19 (2.55%) SC Cleared
4 14 (1.88%) PMP
5 9 (1.21%) CISSP
5 9 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.08%) PMI Certification
7 7 (0.94%) CISM
8 5 (0.67%) CSPO
9 4 (0.54%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.40%) APMP
10 3 (0.40%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.40%) CRISC
10 3 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.40%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.40%) PhD
10 3 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.27%) ACCA
11 2 (0.27%) CISA
11 2 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.70%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.57%) QA
3 21 (2.82%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.61%) PCI DSS
5 11 (1.48%) GDPR
6 10 (1.34%) PMO
7 5 (0.67%) NIST
7 5 (0.67%) SLA
8 4 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.40%) PSD2
10 2 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.27%) GAAP
10 2 (0.27%) IFRS
10 2 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.27%) WCAG
11 1 (0.13%) COBIT
11 1 (0.13%) GRC
11 1 (0.13%) GxP
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 15 (2.02%) Active Directory
1 15 (2.02%) Docker
2 6 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (3.23%) Terraform
2 15 (2.02%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.88%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 5 (0.67%) Ansible
5 3 (0.40%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.40%) SCCM
5 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.27%) CA Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.27%) Grafana
6 2 (0.27%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.13%) Argo
7 1 (0.13%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.13%) Istio
Vendors
1 61 (8.20%) Microsoft
2 51 (6.85%) SAP
3 37 (4.97%) Databricks
3 37 (4.97%) Oracle
4 33 (4.44%) Google
5 32 (4.30%) Salesforce
6 31 (4.17%) Adobe
7 12 (1.61%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.61%) Zscaler
8 9 (1.21%) Braze
8 9 (1.21%) Splunk
9 8 (1.08%) Sitecore
10 7 (0.94%) MuleSoft
11 6 (0.81%) Apple
11 6 (0.81%) IBM
11 6 (0.81%) JDA
11 6 (0.81%) Workday
12 4 (0.54%) Cisco
12 4 (0.54%) MicroStrategy
12 4 (0.54%) Temenos