Retail Contracts in Reading

Retailing
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Reading. 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 33 74 68
Rank change year-on-year +41 -6 -24
Contract jobs citing Retail 27 17 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 4.52% 1.43% 1.83%
As % of the General category 6.68% 2.35% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 17
10th Percentile £410 £311 £438
25th Percentile £500 £328 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £363 £588
Median % change year-on-year +65.52% -38.30% +27.03%
75th Percentile £675 £409 £650
90th Percentile - £434 £720
Berkshire median daily rate £600 £525 £535
% change year-on-year +14.29% -1.87% +7.00%

All General Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 404 722 649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 67.67% 60.57% 62.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 341 397
10th Percentile £319 £205 £363
25th Percentile £450 £363 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £650 £608 £675
90th Percentile £700 £675 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +0.70% -2.91% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 41 9
10th Percentile - £42.00 £39.70
25th Percentile - £52.90 £52.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £61.60 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year -52.92% -4.75% +130.98%
75th Percentile - £76.99 £66.21
90th Percentile - £87.53 £70.80
Berkshire median hourly rate £57.50 £59.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% +161.59%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Retail in Reading

Retail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Retail in Reading

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

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

Daily rate histogram for Retail in Reading

Retail
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Retail in Reading

Retail
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (3.70%) Camunda
Business Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) Azure
2 1 (3.70%) SaaS
General
1 19 (70.37%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (55.56%) Telecoms
3 10 (37.04%) Finance
4 7 (25.93%) Billing
5 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
6 2 (7.41%) General Ledger
7 1 (3.70%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) IT Manager
2 12 (44.44%) IT Operations Manager
2 12 (44.44%) Operations Manager
3 11 (40.74%) Performance Manager
4 7 (25.93%) Data Manager
5 6 (22.22%) Architect
5 6 (22.22%) Senior
5 6 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (18.52%) Telecoms Manager
7 3 (11.11%) Analyst
8 2 (7.41%) Data Analyst
8 2 (7.41%) Finance Manager
8 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Manager
8 2 (7.41%) Integration Architect
8 2 (7.41%) Operations Analyst
8 2 (7.41%) Report Manager
8 2 (7.41%) Security Engineer
8 2 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (7.41%) Senior Manager
8 2 (7.41%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) Web Services
2 1 (3.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Actionable Insight
1 10 (37.04%) Data Analysis
1 10 (37.04%) DataOps
2 5 (18.52%) Balanced Scorecard
2 5 (18.52%) Customer Experience
2 5 (18.52%) Quality Management
2 5 (18.52%) Scorecard
3 3 (11.11%) ITIL
3 3 (11.11%) Performance Management
3 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (7.41%) Analytics
4 2 (7.41%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 2 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (7.41%) Data Analytics
4 2 (7.41%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (7.41%) Information Security
4 2 (7.41%) Security Architecture
4 2 (7.41%) Self-Awareness
4 2 (7.41%) SOA
4 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) ACCA
1 2 (7.41%) CISM
1 2 (7.41%) CISSP
2 1 (3.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) QA
2 2 (7.41%) IFRS
Vendors
1 13 (48.15%) Splunk
2 10 (37.04%) Dynatrace
3 7 (25.93%) Oracle
4 2 (7.41%) Microsoft