Retail Contracts in the North of England

Retailing
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 65 41
Rank change year-on-year -17 -24 +17
Contract jobs citing Retail 115 108 226
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 2.88% 2.62% 4.32%
As % of the General category 4.69% 4.84% 7.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 62 133
10th Percentile £278 £313 £392
25th Percentile £425 £419 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £456 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -13.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile £636 £586 £625
90th Percentile £725 £600 £723
England median daily rate £525 £503 £530
% change year-on-year +4.48% -5.19% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £12.15 £18.50
Median hourly rate £95.00 £12.30 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +672.36% -35.26% +80.95%
75th Percentile - £12.45 £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £19.81
% change year-on-year - -17.72% +1.59%

All General Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,454 2,232 2,952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 61.52% 54.07% 56.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,549 1,299 1,940
10th Percentile £250 £300 £255
25th Percentile £375 £413 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -6.20% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £676 £688
England median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 171 145
10th Percentile £12.79 £13.50 £14.20
25th Percentile £15.38 £16.00 £16.85
Median hourly rate £22.14 £21.00 £21.36
Median % change year-on-year +5.43% -1.69% +11.95%
75th Percentile £44.50 £40.00 £35.75
90th Percentile £75.63 £51.91 £55.94
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +12.24%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in the North of England

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Retail in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Retail in the North of England

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in the North of England

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Retail in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Retail in the North of England

Retail
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
North West +9 56 £500 +11.11% 296
Yorkshire -21 53 £550 +7.32% 202
North East +5 6 £443 -31.92% 39
Retail
England

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (2.61%) CMS
2 2 (1.74%) Confluence
3 1 (0.87%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.87%) SAS
3 1 (0.87%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (19.13%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.61%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.87%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.87%) SAP CAR
3 1 (0.87%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.87%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.87%) SAP POS DM
Cloud Services
1 21 (18.26%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (16.52%) Entra ID
3 16 (13.91%) Azure
4 12 (10.43%) AWS
5 8 (6.96%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (5.22%) GCP
6 6 (5.22%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (3.48%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 4 (3.48%) Serverless
8 3 (2.61%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.61%) Figma
9 2 (1.74%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.74%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.74%) SaaS
10 1 (0.87%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.87%) OCI
10 1 (0.87%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.87%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.61%) Firewall
2 1 (0.87%) ATM
2 1 (0.87%) DHCP
2 1 (0.87%) DNS
2 1 (0.87%) Network Security
2 1 (0.87%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.35%) Power BI
2 3 (2.61%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.87%) Big Data
4 1 (0.87%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.87%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.87%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.87%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.61%) JIRA
1 3 (2.61%) Storybook
2 2 (1.74%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.87%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.87%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.87%) Robot Framework
General
1 60 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 21 (18.26%) Finance
3 20 (17.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (8.70%) Banking
5 9 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (6.96%) Marketing
7 6 (5.22%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (5.22%) Investment Banking
7 6 (5.22%) Public Sector
8 5 (4.35%) Manufacturing
8 5 (4.35%) Retail Banking
9 4 (3.48%) Corporate Banking
9 4 (3.48%) Games
10 3 (2.61%) Legal
10 3 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.74%) Automotive
11 2 (1.74%) Brand Awareness
11 2 (1.74%) Local Government
11 2 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.87%) Billing
Job Titles
1 19 (16.52%) Support Manager
2 17 (14.78%) IT Manager
3 15 (13.04%) Project Manager
4 14 (12.17%) Analyst
5 13 (11.30%) IT Support
6 12 (10.43%) 1st Line Support
6 12 (10.43%) 1st Line Support Manager
6 12 (10.43%) IT Support Manager
7 7 (6.09%) Lead
8 6 (5.22%) Architect
8 6 (5.22%) Senior
8 6 (5.22%) Senior Manager
8 6 (5.22%) Senior Project Manager
8 6 (5.22%) Support Assistant
9 5 (4.35%) Business Analyst
9 5 (4.35%) Consultant
9 5 (4.35%) Developer
9 5 (4.35%) Implementation Manager
9 5 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (3.48%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.48%) CSS
1 4 (3.48%) HTML
1 4 (3.48%) Node.js
1 4 (3.48%) RESTful
2 3 (2.61%) Bootstrap
2 3 (2.61%) CSS3
2 3 (2.61%) Express.js
2 3 (2.61%) HTML5
2 3 (2.61%) Next.js
2 3 (2.61%) React
2 3 (2.61%) Redux
3 2 (1.74%) .NET
3 2 (1.74%) Middleware
4 1 (0.87%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.87%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.87%) EDI
4 1 (0.87%) Kafka
4 1 (0.87%) PySpark
4 1 (0.87%) pytest
4 1 (0.87%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.52%) iPhone
1 19 (16.52%) Smartphone
2 7 (6.09%) EPoS
3 4 (3.48%) Data Structures
3 4 (3.48%) IoT
3 4 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.61%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.61%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.74%) Blog
5 2 (1.74%) Credit Risk
5 2 (1.74%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.74%) Digital Media
5 2 (1.74%) Digital Signage
5 2 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.74%) FMCG
5 2 (1.74%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.74%) Social Media
6 1 (0.87%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (16.52%) Mac OS
2 4 (3.48%) Windows
3 1 (0.87%) Linux
3 1 (0.87%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (22.61%) Stakeholder Management
2 23 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 22 (19.13%) ITIL
4 21 (18.26%) Customer Service
4 21 (18.26%) ITSM
4 21 (18.26%) Project Management
5 20 (17.39%) Service Management
6 19 (16.52%) Agile
6 19 (16.52%) Mobile Device Management
7 16 (13.91%) E-Commerce
8 14 (12.17%) Supplier Management
9 13 (11.30%) DevOps
10 12 (10.43%) Analytics
11 11 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (8.70%) Migration
12 10 (8.70%) Project Delivery
13 8 (6.96%) Roadmaps
14 7 (6.09%) Logistics
14 7 (6.09%) Project Governance
15 6 (5.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.09%) SQL
2 6 (5.22%) Python
3 2 (1.74%) Java
3 2 (1.74%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.87%) C#
4 1 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.87%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (2.61%) Degree
2 2 (1.74%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.87%) ACCA
3 1 (0.87%) ACSP
3 1 (0.87%) ACTC
3 1 (0.87%) CISM
3 1 (0.87%) CISSP
3 1 (0.87%) PMI Certification
3 1 (0.87%) PMP
3 1 (0.87%) SAP Certification
3 1 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.61%) PMO
2 2 (1.74%) GDPR
2 2 (1.74%) NIST
3 1 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (0.87%) COBIT
3 1 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.87%) QA
System Software
1 20 (17.39%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.74%) Docker
3 1 (0.87%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 1 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (16.52%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (3.48%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.61%) Ansible
4 2 (1.74%) Terraform
5 1 (0.87%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.87%) Puppet
5 1 (0.87%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 30 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 20 (17.39%) Apple
3 19 (16.52%) ServiceNow
4 7 (6.09%) Salesforce
5 6 (5.22%) SAP
6 2 (1.74%) Cisco
6 2 (1.74%) Databricks
6 2 (1.74%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.74%) Facebook
6 2 (1.74%) Google
6 2 (1.74%) Oracle
7 1 (0.87%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (0.87%) Ceridian
7 1 (0.87%) Criteo
7 1 (0.87%) F5
7 1 (0.87%) Fujitsu
7 1 (0.87%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.87%) SendGrid
7 1 (0.87%) Splunk
7 1 (0.87%) Veeam