Retail Contract Job Trends in Plymouth

Retailing
Devon > Plymouth

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Plymouth. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Retail 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Plymouth 7.50% - -
As % of the General category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £129 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £133 - -
75th Percentile £136 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median daily rate £133 £160 £292
% change year-on-year -17.19% -45.21% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £12.71 - -
Devon median hourly rate £12.71 - -

All General Skills
Plymouth

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 general skills in Plymouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 18 23 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Plymouth 45.00% 50.00% 34.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 3
10th Percentile £173 £200 £520
25th Percentile £238 £413 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -21.25% -16.67% +41.18%
75th Percentile £567 £538 -
90th Percentile £699 £800 -
Devon median daily rate £558 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +39.59% -15.79% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 6
10th Percentile £12.71 £19.02 £25.15
25th Percentile £12.99 £20.23 £37.50
Median hourly rate £17.25 £22.36 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.84% -57.41% -12.50%
75th Percentile £17.49 £24.37 £73.13
90th Percentile £18.60 £25.52 £87.50
Devon median hourly rate £18.11 £26.28 £25.28
% change year-on-year -31.09% +3.98% -57.88%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

Retail job vacancy trend in Plymouth

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in Plymouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing Retail

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend in Plymouth

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing Retail

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Support
1 2 (66.67%) IT Support Technician
1 2 (66.67%) IT Technician
1 2 (66.67%) Junior
1 2 (66.67%) Junior IT Support
1 2 (66.67%) Junior IT Technician
1 2 (66.67%) Junior Support Technician
1 2 (66.67%) Support Technician
2 1 (33.33%) EPoS Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) EPoS Field Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) EPoS Field Service Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Field Service Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) EPoS
2 1 (33.33%) Chip and PIN
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
Retail jobs