Retail Contracts in the Midlands

Retailing
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 79 86
Rank change year-on-year +14 +7 -15
Contract jobs citing Retail 48 54 89
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.51% 1.96% 2.59%
As % of the General category 4.02% 3.57% 4.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 35 68
10th Percentile £323 £408 £306
25th Percentile £416 £519 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £620 £425
Median % change year-on-year -19.35% +45.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £538 £744 £539
90th Percentile £556 £798 £679
England median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £13.83 -
England median hourly rate £30.25 £16.00 £19.81
% change year-on-year +89.06% -19.23% +20.06%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,194 1,513 1,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 62.38% 54.88% 55.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 1,034 1,359
10th Percentile £190 £207 £213
25th Percentile £343 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £488 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +1.56% +2.67%
75th Percentile £550 £611 £588
90th Percentile £650 £738 £688
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 167 83
10th Percentile £13.98 £11.75 £11.80
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.90 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.88 £17.50 £20.32
Median % change year-on-year +7.90% -13.88% +14.80%
75th Percentile £30.00 £38.13 £32.13
90th Percentile £34.24 £53.80 £51.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the Midlands

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in the Midlands

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in the Midlands

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in the Midlands

Retail
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
West Midlands -1 27 £450 -30.77% 322
East Midlands +16 18 £500 +1.27% 316
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.17%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.67%) Azure
2 4 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (6.25%) AWS
3 3 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.17%) GCP
4 2 (4.17%) Power Automate
4 2 (4.17%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.17%) PowerApps
4 2 (4.17%) SaaS
5 1 (2.08%) GitHub
5 1 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.25%) LAN
2 2 (4.17%) Firewall
2 2 (4.17%) Network Security
2 2 (4.17%) SD-WAN
2 2 (4.17%) Unified Communications
2 2 (4.17%) VoIP
2 2 (4.17%) WAN
2 2 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) Data Lake
1 2 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Cypress.io
1 1 (2.08%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 18 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (18.75%) Finance
3 4 (8.33%) Marketing
3 4 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.25%) Legal
4 3 (6.25%) Local Government
5 1 (2.08%) Automotive
5 1 (2.08%) Back Office
5 1 (2.08%) Banking
5 1 (2.08%) Games
5 1 (2.08%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (25.00%) Consultant
2 10 (20.83%) Analyst
3 6 (12.50%) Senior
4 5 (10.42%) Business Analyst
4 5 (10.42%) Project Manager
5 4 (8.33%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 3 (6.25%) Architect
6 3 (6.25%) Developer
6 3 (6.25%) ERP Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Project Consultant
6 3 (6.25%) Retail Business Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) SAP Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) SAP Consultant
6 3 (6.25%) Software Developer
6 3 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.25%) Test Manager
7 2 (4.17%) Junior Architect
7 2 (4.17%) Risk Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Senior Network Consultant
7 2 (4.17%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.25%) .NET
1 3 (6.25%) CSS
1 3 (6.25%) HTML
2 2 (4.17%) Middleware
3 1 (2.08%) RESTful
3 1 (2.08%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.17%) EPoS
1 2 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.08%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.08%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.08%) Linux
1 1 (2.08%) Mac OS
1 1 (2.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (12.50%) Agile
3 6 (12.50%) Data Analysis
3 6 (12.50%) DevOps
3 6 (12.50%) Project Management
3 6 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 6 (12.50%) User Experience
4 5 (10.42%) CI/CD
4 5 (10.42%) ERP
4 5 (10.42%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (8.33%) Data Governance
5 4 (8.33%) Migration
5 4 (8.33%) Test Strategy
6 3 (6.25%) Actionable Insight
6 3 (6.25%) Due Diligence
6 3 (6.25%) Financial Analysis
6 3 (6.25%) Mentoring
6 3 (6.25%) Project Delivery
6 3 (6.25%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 3 (6.25%) C#
2 3 (6.25%) SQL
2 3 (6.25%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.08%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (8.33%) Degree
2 3 (6.25%) Chartered Engineer
2 3 (6.25%) MRICS
2 3 (6.25%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (2.08%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.08%) AAT
3 1 (2.08%) ACCA
3 1 (2.08%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (2.08%) CIMA
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.25%) GAAP
1 3 (6.25%) IFRS
1 3 (6.25%) QA
2 1 (2.08%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.08%) PMO
2 1 (2.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (2.08%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) FortiGate
1 2 (4.17%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 8 (16.67%) SAP
2 2 (4.17%) Aruba
2 2 (4.17%) Cisco
2 2 (4.17%) Fujitsu
2 2 (4.17%) Mitel
3 1 (2.08%) Cognos
3 1 (2.08%) ServiceNow