Retail Contract Job Trends in Northampton

Retailing
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Northampton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Contract jobs citing Retail 8 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Northampton 2.84% - 0.87%
As % of the General category 3.67% - 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £372 - -
90th Percentile £410 - -
Northamptonshire median daily rate £350 - £675
% change year-on-year - - +28.57%

All General Skills
Northampton

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 Northampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 218 150 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton 77.30% 69.77% 48.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 116 42
10th Percentile £309 £330 £229
25th Percentile £352 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £489
Median % change year-on-year - -18.20% +6.96%
75th Percentile £450 £500 £537
90th Percentile £500 £588 £588
Northamptonshire median daily rate £400 £408 £489
% change year-on-year -1.84% -16.67% +5.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £21.39 - -
Northamptonshire median hourly rate £21.39 £40.85 £51.00
% change year-on-year -47.64% -19.90% +52.06%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Northampton

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in Northampton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Retail

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend in Northampton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Retail

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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 (12.50%) AWS
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Analyst
1 7 (87.50%) Information Analyst
1 7 (87.50%) Information Security Analyst
1 7 (87.50%) Security Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Compliance Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Governance Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Information Governance Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Information Risk Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Security Compliance Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Security Risk Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Business Continuity
1 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (87.50%) Data Protection
1 7 (87.50%) Information Security
1 7 (87.50%) ITSM
1 7 (87.50%) Penetration Testing
1 7 (87.50%) Ticket Management
2 1 (12.50%) API Design
2 1 (12.50%) Data Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
2 1 (12.50%) SDLC
2 1 (12.50%) Service Management
2 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
1 1 (12.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (12.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) GRC
2 2 (25.00%) GDPR
6 Retail jobs in Northampton