Retail Contract Job Trends in the North East

Retailing
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 34 23
Rank change year-on-year -4 -11 +39
Contract jobs citing Retail 3 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.99% 1.75% 2.14%
As % of the General category 1.88% 3.25% 3.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - £491
25th Percentile £133 £575 £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £135 £600 £723
Median % change year-on-year -77.50% -16.96% +44.50%
75th Percentile £519 £625 £936
90th Percentile £748 - £1,035
England median daily rate £525 £525 £528
% change year-on-year - -0.47% -4.09%

All General Skills
North East

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 North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 160 154 131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 52.63% 54.04% 55.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 64 97
10th Percentile £200 £296 £269
25th Percentile £400 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.67%
75th Percentile £536 £588 £600
90th Percentile £600 £676 £720
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 7
10th Percentile £13.14 - £17.60
25th Percentile £13.75 £13.75 £18.00
Median hourly rate £19.25 £16.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -15.38% +56.00%
75th Percentile £20.63 £20.00 £26.13
90th Percentile - £42.24 £32.70
England median hourly rate £25.00 £33.65 £30.00
% change year-on-year -25.69% +12.15% +20.00%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Retail job vacancy trend in the North East

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Retail.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Retail

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in the North East over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in the North East

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Retail.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Retail

Retail
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the North East region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Tyne and Wear -8 3 £135 -77.50% 21
Retail
England

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) EPoS Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) EPoS Field Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) EPoS Field Service Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Field Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Field Service Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Head of Architecture
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
1 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification