Retailing
Bedfordshire > Luton
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Luton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 28 | 20 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -8 | -9 |
| Contract jobs citing Retail | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton | - | 1.34% | 3.77% |
| As % of the General category | - | 1.56% | 5.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £263 | £481 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £275 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -43.59% | -11.36% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £288 | £494 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Bedfordshire median daily rate | £600 | £500 | £588 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.00% | -14.89% | +12.98% |
All General Skills
Luton
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 Luton.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills | 88 | 128 | 76 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton | 88.89% | 85.91% | 71.70% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 52 | 79 | 54 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £363 | £287 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £466 | £372 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £580 | £525 | £494 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.48% | +6.33% | -1.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £659 | £600 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £745 | £750 | £624 |
| Bedfordshire median daily rate | £580 | £525 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.48% | +7.69% | -2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 20 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £24.23 | - | £59.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £60.56 | £15.39 | £70.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £72.50 | £16.90 | £90.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +329.12% | -81.23% | +67.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £83.88 | £21.75 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £88.00 | £23.95 | - |
| Bedfordshire median hourly rate | £60.75 | £21.50 | £90.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +182.56% | -76.11% | +56.52% |
Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton
Job postings citing Retail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Luton.
Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Luton
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Retail in Luton.
Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Luton
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Retail in Luton.